How dope are Chromeo? Very. This duo, consisting of P-Thugg aka Patrick Gemayel and Dave 1 aka David Macklovitch, hails from Montreal and New York City. Dave 1 is also the older brother of DJ A-Trak, Kanye West’s tour DJ. He’s also a French professor at Columbia University. They describe themselves as the only successful Arab/Jewish collaboration since the beginning of time.
I music would be described as electrofunk I guess? Whatever. In the end, it’s just good music.
Their newest album is titled Fancy Footwork. Check them out.
Popular camera maker, Lomography, have enlisted Chinese artist, Dorothy Tang, to design a special version of the Diana+ model camera. The Diana+ camera has a plastic lens that allows users to take dreamlike photographs. The camera also has an adjustable aperture for wide-angle shots. With Beijing and the Olympics in the spotlight at the moment, this camera really caught my eye.
3 Na Massa is a Brazilian group heavily steeped in the music of the last four decades. The debut LP borrows from styles as diverse as Bossa Nova to trip-hop. Consisting of São Paulo-residents Rica Amabis, Pupillo and Sucinto Silva, the group sought a different female vocalist to voice each song on their self-titled record. The result is a diverse disc with 13 different chantreuses interpreting music that pays homage to both João Gilberto and Serge Gainsbourg.
The dynamic between the all-male band and the harem of female singers is palpable. Even their name — which translates to “three in the dough,” a Portuguese phrase for something that makes one’s mouth water — is a not-so-subtle reference to the sensual themes that permeate their music and lyrics.
A little cluttered but Jackie Chan’s pad is dope. Secret passageways, hidden rooms, inside of a warehouse… how do you top that? Oh wait, he’s going to attempt to do just that because he just bought a 80,000 square foot factory in the cuts of Hong Kong. Who knows what he’ll put in that.
The Generic Man is everything I like about footwear nowadays. Simple, clean design using classic silhouettes, quite the departure from my tastes a couple years eariler.
The Metal Shutter Houses, designed by Shigeru Ban. This residential development is located in West Chelsea, New York. The Metal Shutter Houses consist of nine duplexes (spread over eleven floors) with motorized, perforated metal shutters that rise and fall separately. Aside from the “Wow!”-factor of living somewhere with huge metallic motorized shutters, they’ve got really nice interiors as well. The ground floor will host an art gallery as well as the lobby. This project marks Shigeru Ban’s first endeavor into the US market. Currently, all but one of the units are already sold. The remaining unit can be yours for the miniscule price of $10million.
Here’s another video of Anthony Randolph (that really has nothing much to do with the rest of this post). It’s easy to get excited watching this kid. You can literally see the great potential he has. Now it’s just a matter of putting it all together and making it work in-game.
If you’ve been keeping up with the NBA at all the past two days, you might have heard that Baron Davis has opted out of his final year with the Warriors and will, most likely, join the Los Angeles Clippers.
A part of me felt betrayed, that the face (and the beard) of the Warriors franchise, would so suddenly leave his team hanging. When I put more thought into it, the situation did, unfortunately, make sense. Baron Davis is 29 years old. At this point in his career, he’s in his prime and is looking for long term stability and a chance to win a championship. The Clippers were willing to offer him a long term deal while the Warriors were reluctant to throw too much money his way. So from a business standpoint, Baron Davis made a great decision to opt out. Is he going to be that much more successful in LA though than he was in the Bay? Who knows. They have a young, talented squad. Just like the Warriors. It seems his chances at a chip are about the same but at least he’ll be safe financially for the long term.
Anyways, the Warriors organization and it’s fans have to move forward. Although we may be losing our best player, we still have a roster full of good, young talent (however frail they may be). We’ll also have some money saved in order to make a run at, possibly, some really outstanding players in the 2010 free agent market. The future isn’t so bleak.
