Monthly Archives: August 2008

I SHALL ALWAYS MAINTAIN

That Nicole Wray is the best young R&B singer alive right now. Mariah Carey doesn’t count because she has transcended into a vision at Medjugorje. Nicole got dropped from Def Jam in ’04 after her Jem-themed video for “If I … Continue reading

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A TINY NOTE ON YOUNG JEEZY’S NEW ALBUM

He has a song called “My President is Black” about Barack Obama. And last night at his listening party gave a speech about registering to vote etc. Dudes. We must take this!

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LOST, AND THEN FOUND AGAIN… OF SORTS

Last Thursday I experienced a minor tragedy. I had wanted to wear my favorite beret to the American Teen premiere, a vintage black wool number with pearls and sequins dotting it in symmetrical rows, but the sun was oppressive and … Continue reading

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FRIENDLY FIRES PART TWO

On Monday resident FADER videographer Hanly Banks and I saw Brit sensations / fake shoegaze dance band Friendly Fires play in New York. We filmed some of their show, too, and put them up on the FADER bloggerstino, which you … Continue reading

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IF YOU LIVE IN NYC AND LIKE CONCEPTUAL SCULPTURE AND MID SCALE INSTALLATIONS

You should go see this show at the Chelsea Art Museum–it’s about the environment but it’s mostly not heavy handed, and it’s by new young artists but they are mostly not shitty or pretentious or driven solely by their retail … Continue reading

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TRINAMANICA

I suppose it is redundant to say that Trina is coming for K. Sis’ title considering like, w/out Trina K.Sis would not exist. But also, how weird is this vid?

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