1. A Toronto band with an unpronounceable name
Apparently they played a 12-hour show in NYC recently (in the LES Rogan store!) which is extremely odd as they are a hardcore, "non-conformist" freakshow whose name is so vulgar it can't even be printed. They have a song that is pro-pedophilia. The lead singer, "pink eyes", sometimes breaks bottles on his head or cuts himself with razorblades (I'd literally become week in the knees and pass out on the ground, only to be trampled, no question). Moby was there (and covered Blitzkrieg Bop), Ezra from Vampire Weekend was there, and so was some other dude from Dinosaur Jr.
It all comes back to the question of why on earth they were playing where they did, with said guests, and how they got even a semi-positive review in the Times...if anyone has anything to share about this phenomenon, or, better yet, if anyone was there, do tell!
2. Great, witty essay by Joe Queenan lamenting how overly positive reviews can be as detrimental as, if not more detrimental than, their negative counterparts
www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/books/review/Queenan-t.html?ref=books
3. Chanel Spring 2009 RTW
I wonder if Coco (and I don't mean Rocha) could have ever imagined a PVC-esque (I guess Karl would use leather) bandeau at Chanel? Yes, Karl is practically as inherently a part of the double C as Coco - he just gets it - but this is out there. And what is up with the floral, Little House on the Prairie, luminescent disaster?!
Also, I'm not afraid to admit that I love love love the shoes with the pom pom heels!! Overall, though, the collection was fascinating, with inspiration ranging from a decades-old portrait of Coco Chanel to Flamenco dancers and Parisian streetwalkers.
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