Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) continues to push the boundaries of his discography. The difficult-to-categorize English musician spans electronic, house, and drum and bass. Now partnering with drummer Nick Woodmansey, who records under the name Eminative……
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In a brilliant new ad, BMW harks back to the dawn of the internet and features a clip of Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel wondering, “What is ‘internet’ anyway? Do you write to it like mail?” Fast forward 21 years and the duo now sits in the new zero……
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Heckler Design’s Cliff display riser and desk drawer offers a sleek alternative to a stack of books. Machined of sturdy powder-coated steel, the unobtrusive desk accessory raises your monitor to eye level, hides wires, adds storage space all while……
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Drawing inspiration from Australia’s storied landscape, Tailfeather was founded in 2010 by a husband and wife team with the simple goal of creating timeless, well-crafted leather goods. With their recent workshop move from Tallarook to the Bellarine……
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Some thoughtful and thought-provoking ruminations today from San Francisco Chronicle executive food and wine editor Michael Bauer. On the heels of LA Times Pulitzer winner Jonathan Gold‘s front-page weekend coming out, he explains that he is not ready to abandon the veil of professional anonymity.
From Bauer’s blog post:
I’ve always said that in an ideal world I’d be unrecognized twice and recognized once, which would give me the benefit of seeing what the kitchen routinely puts out, and then witnessing the very best they can do — presuming they care about impressing critics.
While some people think anonymity is a ruse in these times, I still believe that trying to maintain a low profile has an advantage. If nothing else, it sends the message that I’m trying to emulate the experience of an average diner and it lets the restaurant know that I’m not out for free food or special treatment. Most restaurants understand the rules and how I operate so chefs rarely send out extra courses or try to comp a meal.
Bauer also revisits a recent, comical Twitter fail that revealed both his third-time destination and reservation pseudonym for an assignment encompassing Huxley. That review will be shared this weekend.
[Photo via: @michaelbauer1]In case you missed, the latest cover of Australian weekly magazine Woman’s Day has been stirring up a puzzled storm. The editors took a perfectly good January 19 photo of the Duchess of Cambridge and turned it into this:
Today, in the Canberra Times, a fellow Aussie journalist breaks down the futility of these efforts:
Sydney Morning Herald photo editor Daniel Adams says this is a case of someone going a bit overboard with the retouching. “They’ve overworked the image,” says Adams. “They’ve tried to make it pop, make her sparkle. But it’s given her a really hard look; it does not look normal.”
Adams says they’ve whitened her teeth and eyes and added color to her lips and cheeks.
The Woman’s Day photograph has also been sharpened, which Adams says is completely unnecessary. “Sometimes in newsprint we sharpen images because they soften in print, but magazines print on gloss so there’s no need to do that,” says Adams.
D.C.-based UPI writer Veronica Lenares thinks the Woman’s Day handiwork may constitute “one of the most unflatering pictures” of the Duchess ever circulated. Ouch!
To view the original and far more flattering shot of Middleton, click here.
The end of The Village Voice in print could be near. Voice Media Group — publisher of the Voice, LA Weekly, Miami New Times and more — has hired merger-and-acquisition firm Dirks, Van Essen & Murray to explore the possible sale of its papers.
The first to go will be OC Weekly. According to an announcement, the firm will “immediately” start considering options, “which could include the sale of the publication or a local partnership opportunity.”
VMG’s CEO Scott Tobias said that he was “proud” of owning the OC Weekly, which is nice, but won’t comfort anyone who works there.
Ever since Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter, he’s been an absolute joy to follow. As you can see from the above, the 83-year-old delivered some true gems today.
The Gawker tweet was a response to a post that suggested Murdoch is a serial drunk tweeter. Ironically, Murdoch’s tweet will only further that theory. That’s not a denial, folks.
The New York Times complaint is just old fashioned hating. If you can’t appreciate a rich dude expressing irrational anger on a social network, you’re not living your life right.
The cuts continue to emerge from Time Inc. Last week, we heard about Sports Illustrated’s decision to lay off the six remaining staff photographers in favor of freelance labor. Now, All You loses editor Nina Willdorf, who joined the publication in 2012 and jumped to the top spot last year. Suzanne Quint, the magazine’s publisher, is also out. Meanwhile, InStyle parts ways with at least six staffers and People says goodbye to at least one. “Since Joe Ripp became CEO, Time Inc. has been fundamentally re-engineering our business, including rightsizing in some areas and investing in others,” a spokeswoman tells Keith Kelly. “We are in a constant state of recalibration.”…
Rodale’s new Organic Life magazine, expected to debut in April, hires a host of new staffers. Former Saveur staffers Betsy Andrews and Karen Shimizu sign on as editor-at-large and deputy editor, respectively, while author Tracie MacMillan joins as political editor. The magazine also recruits about a dozen more new staffers, including creative director Chris Gangi and garden editor Doug Hall… Emmis Publishing president Elynn Russell retires, with Cincinnati president and publisher John Lunn filling the spot. Texas Monthly publisher Amy Updegrove resigns in a move that many think was forced by higher ups in the company… The New York Times Magazine snags former New Republic senior editor Julia Ioffe as a contributing writer. Meanwhile, TNR lands Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig as a staff writer. She’ll handle the religion beat… New York poaches Jaime Fuller from the Washington Post’s The Fix blog to write for New York’s Daily Intelligencer blog. The Post also loses Noah Kotch, who had been video director for two weeks… Read More
La nouvelle pub Volvo – « Vintersaga » vient de sortir. On y retrouve le réalisateur Gustav Johansson (que nous connaissons bien) derrière une caméra qui respire la beauté de la Suède froide, sombre et enneigée. Produit par New Land, les beaux plans s’enchainent, jouant avec nos sens et tout particulièrement le toucher.
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