“I have to tell you,” Yoko Ono said to her audience at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Tuesday night, a few days before her 77th birthday, “you have a long life ahead of you, and it’s going to be beautiful.” Her Brooklyn Academy of Music show–half concert, half tribute–was filled with all Read More
Happy Thursday! Pitchfork has breaking details about Sonic Youth’s highly anticipated 16th studio album and followup to 2006′s Rather Ripped: June 9 release date; title is The Eternal (as in, Sonic Youth has been around for an eternity and they are eternally cool!).
The Eternal will be the first album by the Read More
We just heard that Kim Gordon is starting her own fashion line, mirror/dash. But what about clothes inspired by rock stars? Stephin Merritt—he of the golf caps and racist controversies—has been honored with his very own line of shoes courtesy of French shoemaker Bluedy. You can see the cute little numbers here. Read More
Pitchfork brings us this gem from The New York Times Styles section: Kim Gordon, long-time bass player of Sonic Youth and godmother of all things cool, has started a new fashion line called Mirror/Dash with two of her friends—Melinda Wansbrough and Jeffrey Monteiro. The first piece is a Françoise Hardy-inspired military-style Read More
At 8:30 p.m. on Monday, September 8, the bi-annual paparazzi bloodbath had already started outside the Marc Jacobs show. Gawkers and cameramen lined Lexington Avenue, which was clogged with town cars, while security guards admitted guests to the Lexington Avenue Armory, a sign that the designer intended to start on time-at 9 p.m. (who could Read More
