The Legend

Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri also known as the Iron Sheik is on twitter. This is momentous. Look here.

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these two

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truisms by Jenny Holzer

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Found Part XXIII

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Song (& Video) of the Month

Went with Schnipper to see the premiere of this at the MOMA back in March - produced by the Directors Bureau, directed by Patrick Daughters and Marcel Dzama. It's definitely a gold star.


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barbaric

I forgot about this little gem of a video and stumbled upon it again a few days ago. Enjoy.

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with all due respect

©joe rodriguez

Joe Rodriguez was a teacher of mine at ICP. I recently came across this and immediately remembered everything he taught me. When you have a mentor you really admire, listen carefully to their every word. They'll have to move on to a new group eventually and it's important to keep them with you, even when they're not there.

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15 September - December 20th

Gosh, fall is really beautiful in the city. The plan was to see the leaves change upstate but looking around, its been plenty pretty around these parts.

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sort of awesome

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Video

Sing Sang Sung - Air

I have anxiously been waiting for a new release from the great French band AIR. The animations and directing were done by Mathematic and Mrzyk & Moriceau. Enjoy the first single off the new album!

-Sadaf

girl 7

Meet Ly Ngo. She has a true lovers heart and wears it on her sleeve. She isn't afraid to show these things in a city of hard players and secret weepers.

My little Ly baby brought me a cabbage flower for my birthday during dim sum brunch and I'm trying my hardest to dry that sucker so I can keep it forever. Like a lightening bug, she is in and out, unassuming and magical.

blackouts

I will say one thing about this years halloween - open bar tequila and the ability to be anonymous in costume is a deadly combination. I had fun at the Smile party considering.

Also, I'm starting to see a pattern here - check 2008 & 2007.

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big holiday coming up

LUIS from diluvio on Vimeo.

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Coincidence Part XVII

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CMJ week, donzo.

CMJ isn't as exciting as it used to be. That being said, it was nice to see some good bands with the female touch - Best Coast, Cold Cave, Raincoats, Jenny Wilson, XX, etc - all coincidentally had some estrogen in them and it felt pretty fantastic. Hey, what can I say, in high school I was a riot girl punk.

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morning glory

I'm a huge sandwich enthusiast. If there is bread, whether lavash, pita or sourdough, I will surely make a sandwich out of whatever is on a plate and the said bread. I'm also a huge breakfast sandwich enthusiast. New York Magazine just did an enticing page on 9 different egg sandwiches and their restaurant of origin. Read below.

Lovely.

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see what's on the other side, come along for the ride

14 tracks of greatness - iranian music from the psychedelic 60s, to the late 70s, to now. Dear friend Dara brought this to my attention last week and I'm spreading it around like butter on toast. Download here - http://www.sendspace.com/file/33xf9w & enjoy.

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paperball

Museum of Art and Design had a gala last week, it was a night of pure eye candy.

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old roll: fun while it lasted

Song of the Month

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s+d

I don't know what's gotten into all our friends on the west coast, but jesus christ, everyone is getting married. Maybe it's just that age or maybe it's just that our friends in NY are way too self involved to think of marraige, either way, here's to, like, the 4th wedding of 2009 in Cali.

Stacey & Devin's wedding a couple weeks ago was super special. Stacey is an original member of the deep girl gang formulated years ago out of lady camaraderie & carefree intentions where we used to tear up dance floors all over LA, dripping with sweat, and walk into work the next day at Fred Segal, put on our professional game face, and wait to repeat the glory that was single life for most of us. Devin has always been an epic bro, from the beginning. So it's no surprise they fell in love, got a bulldog, and made a beautiful ceremony out of Stacey's parents backyard. Of course we didn't let her go without a Palm Springs trip to a mid century modern pool house where we had a 2 night slumber party with homemade absinth. Clearly.

Congrats dudes.

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Coincidence Part XVI

Sometimes bachelorette parties spark memories of old ad campaigns.

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west coast

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dude 6

Meet Adam Loeb. He is a midwest born, college educated, know-it-all that can always teach you something new about world politics and/or jews. Early on, during the elections, he was down with Hilary just for arguments sake.

We shared a home in LA for about a year and every time we'd leave the house I'd have to ask Adam if he had his a) keys, b) wallet and c) phone - it took an extra 10 minutes to leave the house that year on every occasion. Recently he spent a lot a time traveling from Norway to Rwanda to whatever uncharted territory exists to track down war criminals and he still managed to call his girlfriend Annie often. Now I think thats pretty remarkable.

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More on the Awesome Book

Awesome Book Tour from Dallas Clayton on Vimeo.

Found Part XXII

As a youngster, my folks put my sister and I in ballet, swimming, and tennis classes. We always stuck out because we were the only non-white kids. This photos was recently uncovered from the ballet series. I remember being really bummed that they made the cross eyed kid take off his glasses because I thought it would ruin the photo. I didn't really care that he was cross eyed however, just that it made the photo look funny. Now I think this might be my favorite found photo of all time.

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dirty talk

Ever wonder what the deal is with the real lives of phone sex operators? Phillip Toledano did a pretty neat documentation on it. Check it.

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girl 6

Meet Jen Snyder. Thank you again Santa Cruz circa 2001-2005 for yet another babe in our brigade. In this fine human's skull lies a brilliant brain full of originality and hilarity. Her storytelling may be the funniest thing you'll ever hear and since the most important thing in life is laughing I highly encourage you find this woman and befriend her for quality of life.

Hoping one day we can live in the same city again so our minds can collide and make fantastical things. Fingers crossed.

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farwell fairweather weather

Even if summer is officially over now, im keeping a summer mindset until shorts make their way back into my wardrobe. It's the only way.

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Let Nature be your Professor

Thank you Stella McCartney, Ryan McGinley, and Bambi for making such a sweet collaboration (F/W 09-10)!

-Sadaf