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Shock hit the international fashion world today as news of British designer Alexander McQueen's apparent suicide circled the globe, the same day fashion week kicked off in New York.

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Tokidoki started as the online portfolio of Italian artist Simone Legno. Tokidoki means "sometimes" in Japanese. Simone chose "sometimes" because everyone waits for moments that change one's destiny. In 2003, Simone received a very tokidoki email. The co-founder of Hard Candy Cosmetics had fallen in love with his website. Only hours after Simone ( Read more... )

         Alberto Seveso is young, but already famous Italian artist ( illustrator / graphic designer ) who takes the human body and uses it as a canvas for his abstract designs, but since his work is digital, he is freed from the restraints of a tangible human form. He uses colors but also plays with lines, spirals and volutes. His works ( Read more... )

Strange thing. I visited one LJ today for one particular reason and I ended up reading that person's post about "Maurice" film. I've had that Merchant-Ivory DVD for years and I made a promise to myself to read E.M.Forster's novel, but I didn't do that. I totally forgot about it. Boo me.

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Emmanuel Santarromana - Métropolitain
Hotel Costes, Vol. 6, mixed by Stéphane Pompougnac


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Jackie McKeown from 1990s and ex-Yummy Fur tells The Independent about being a rock star...

"I don't think any of us are really going rock star crazy. I don't think you can be a rock star in Glasgow - nobody lets you. When you're in Glasgow you'd just get the piss ripped right out of you if you started acting slightly rock starry.

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       Songwriting for Kapranos is essentially a process of editing, or perhaps a kind of sauce reduction; he’s aiming for a richness that will not come overnight. The third Franz Ferdinand album is likely to be released in 2008. Kapranos is at a loss to say how it will sound, though he thinks Outsiders, the mantra-like closing track from You Could ( Read more... )