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Posted Apr. 12, 2008,
Nouveau York City: Openhouse Gallery Party
By Mike Nouveau
Last night at the Openhouse Gallery in Nolita, photographer Brantley Gutierrez premiered his "Sound and Light" exhibition. Put together by Spring Court and Archetype, the exhibit features photos of musical acts like Daft Punk, Cat Power, Fiona Apple, Arcade Fire, Bjork and a whole slew of others. LCD Soundsystem's Pat Mahoney DJed the event, which brought out many of the hipster elite of downtown New York.
Also, if you happened to be at this exhibit last night, and your name is Mikey or Mickey (presumably not OUR Mickey), then you might want to check this out: http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/mis/638130476.html
Posted Apr. 3, 2008,
About Last Night... PAPER's Annual Beautiful People Party at Hiro Ballroom
By Caroline Torem Craig
Apparently, New York City ranks fourth in the world in terms of population density, and it felt as if the whole city was crowded together at PAPER’s Beautiful People party held at the Hiro Ballroom last night! Californian crooner and BP cover girl Joanna Newsom performed for the throngs of rabid fans. All in all, it was a great, young, crowded, fun, laid-back party, but then all of a sudden the pressure was ON when Bjork, notoriously anti-photographer, arrived. It was my mission to document her iconic presence at our party! And I fought like a Nimiean lion to do it. I got four frames -- pop, pop, pop, pop -- just like the champagne served that evening, courtesy of Nicolas Feuillatte. The icing on the cake? H&M provide a PAPER + H&M T-shirt for all guests which read “I am a beautiful person.”
Party people; Bjork!
Posted Apr. 3, 2008,
Rei Kawakubo Does H&M!
By Kim Hastreiter
PAPER threw its 11th annual Beautiful People Party last night at Hiro and it was really fun. All the cute kids from the issue were in attendence and the adorable Joanna Newsom (our cover girl) hung out with us for a while before she performed. The glamourous Threeasfour's Adi, Angela and Gabi sat with me and their old friend Bjork joined us. (turns out she's friends and fan of Newsom also...) I love Bjork. She came with her sig other Matthew Barney who looked completely uncomfortable and disappeared soon after arriving.
Meanwhile, the event this year was sponsored by H&M and we heard from all the H&M kids who were at the party that they'd be announcing a new guest designer and that they were not allowed to tell us who it was!!! Of course we tried to drag it out of them with booze, cajoling and flirting but they wouldn't give and said that they were announcing their new designer today so we'd have to wait. We then all spent the evening putting bets on who it would be. We guessed Burberry, Paul Smith (I think this would be amazing) and Yohji Yamamoto and I SWEAR I thought to myself Rei Kawakubo, but dismissed the idea as being too outrageous. Well I woke up to an email press release confirming my greatest hope: YES! Rei Kawakubo will collaborate on a line of clothes this fall with the Swedish Giant. And I cant wait to see what she does and buy every piece. I wonder how looks like these will translate into 39 dollar pieces. CANT WAIT!
Posted Mar. 25, 2008,
The Olympics: No to Chinese Tyranny! Yes to Greek Goddess-Wear!
By Ann Magnuson
Like this Slate.com editorialist says, I wonder "Why SHOULDN'T We Boycott the Olympics?" What the Chinese military is up to in TIbet is (and has been since 1951) frightening. And yet the beauty of these Greek Olympic vestal vigins (a bevy of Greek actresses who took place in the lighting of the torch ceremony in Olympia yesterday) reminds us there is something quite beautiful and politically transcendent about the ancient games. Still, we applaud the protest that disrupted the ritual. Not to mention Bjork! And the French! And Prince Charles!
There are many good reasons to attend but perhaps better ones in favor of not, especially this one made in the Slate piece:
Posted Sep. 28, 2007,
Bjork Live at Madison Square Garden
By Shanon Kelley
This last Monday I saw my very first MSG concert.. and it was Bjork! Who doesn't love this spritely Icelander, can you answer me that? I'd seen her already this year and her set list was exactly the same but I didn't care one single bit. She is incredible and I'll have words with anyone who says otherwise. Her outfit was amazing as well. It reminded me of a dilophosaurus. Here she is in her golden glory. Down below you can see surprise guest (and PAPER favorite) Antony Hegarty who appears on her new album as well.
Posted Sep. 20, 2007,
Eight Items or Less... Is Back!
By Gary Pini
Gary Pini, our special, roving corresondent, has ceased to rove for a bit, and is back here at PAPERMAG HQ -- where we like him! Here are his aforementioned items!
With all the hype surrounding Casey Affleck and his upcoming projects -- Gone Baby Gone and The Assassination of Jesse James -- we wonder why our favorite Casey flick isn't even mentioned in in the press releases. We are talking, of course, about Drowning Mona (2000). The film, also starring Bette Midler, is hilarious. Rent it for the weekend!
DJs, both professional and bedroom, have been buzzing for the last few weeks about the eminent release of a new toy designed just for them. Called the Pacemaker, the handheld device is being billed as "the world's first professional pocket-size DJ system" that should allow you to arrive at your neighbor's loft party, plug in to their stereo and mix tracks from 120GB storage with bend, pitch, cue etc. just like turntables. Is Serato doomed? Out in November, though it has already been delayed once, the device should cost around $700.
Surprised by the selection of the Klaxons for the UK Mercury Prize for LP of the year? The nu-rave group beat out favorites Arctic Monkeys and Amy Winehouse with their LP Myths of the Near Future and they are appearing in New York City on Monday, September 24, with Bjork. The official afterparty is at Rebel on 30th Street and features Steve Aoki and Spank Rock.
The Spiegeltent in the South Street Seaport has been the summer home of everything from off-off Broadway shows to Turntables on the Hudson. They are folding for the season on September 30th. The tent is then planning to move to Miami and re-open on the beach at 23rd Street and Collins with a similar format and food and beverages provided by the nearby Raleigh Hotel. We hear they are looking for local Miami promoters to rock the house after the performances.
Though we haven't quite figured out the right use for them, we were intrigued by the availability of customized fake ATM receipts. Available for $5 plus shipping for four receipts at customreceipts.com, they allow you to include your own name and any "balance" you choose. Don't be greedy.
Posted May. 2, 2007,
Coachella Rocked My World: Part One
By Shanon Kelley
I just got back yesterday morning from an amazing weekend at Coachella. During the three-day-long festival I had the extreme pleasure of staying with the Brazilian cuties of CSS. We partied and played all weekend (and I even saw some great music in between). Other celebrities and musicians that I saw (and that were seen) include Amy Winehouse and Kelly Osbourne walking hand in hand, Vincent Gallo, Jeremy Scott, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore (talking to Arcade Fire and then making out with an Arctic Monkey), Perry Farrell, Courtney Love, Jason Statham (actor from Snatch and The Transporter), Danny DeVito, Lindsay Lohan, Steve Aoki, Mark Hunter, Cory Kennedy, Busy Phillips and Scarlett Johansson (singing with the Jesus & Mary Chain and then later driving home with Cameron Diaz).
My favorite siting by far was Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hutz. I was eating a slice of pizza in the shade of the press tent when he walked by. I didn't know what I was doing at the time but I suddenly yelled out "Hey!" with a stuffed mouth. He smiled and walked over, at which point I didn't know what else to do but smile and blurt out with a mouth full of food that I loved his band.
(Above two photos of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire and Lily Allen and her boyfriend)
Click below to see the first insallment of my Coachella photo extravaganza:
Posted Apr. 26, 2007,
Coachella Here I Come!
By Shanon Kelley
I'm off to the desert later this afternoon, kids! For the next three days I will be putting on 45 SPF sunblock every half hour to protect my porcelain Irish skin from the hot sun. To be quite honest, I'm actually a bit nervous about the heat -- but who cares? I'm going to Coachella!
It's going to be quite the festival this year what with Bjork, The Jesus & Mary Chain and of course the main attraction and my ultimate reason for attending this year -- Rage Against the Machine! Other favorites scheduled to perform include The Arcade Fire, CSS, Explosions in the Sky, Interpol, Grizzly Bear, Air, Mika, Pop Levi, Peter Bjorn and John, !!!, The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem and Blonde Redhead. My head is spinning already from the thought of so much amazing music all in one same place!
If you're not going, weep not! You can watch it all live and online at the AT&T Blue Room, April 27-29.
Posted Apr. 18, 2007,
Bjork on the Brain
By Shanon Kelley
With the imminent release of Volta on May 7th, all I hear, think and dream about is Bjork! With appearances by Antony Hagarty and tracks produced by Timbaland, this is certain to be Bjork's most exciting work to date. What's more, Brooklynvegan just posted an amazing email interview with her. Unfortunately for us though, no singles or album streams have been leaked yet (but I'm sure the label is happy about that). Here is a short clip from a song on the upcoming album called, "Earth Intruders" (the entire single/video will be out on April 24th).