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This (NSFW) video for El Guincho’s track Bombay has got a million lo-fi tricks up it’s visual sleeve and is a perfect pick-me-up for this late Sunday afternoon’s winter  “white skies / coffee cups /strewn newspaper /photo editing / trying to decide which documentary to watch on Netflix ” kinda vibe. If you want a [...]

Still feeling the slap of winter after returning from Miami, FL and Tulum, Mexico. I’m getting the weekend started right by singing along with The Walker Brothers:

There is a John Cohen photo hanging on the door to my local supermarket! It’s a flyer for The Dust Busters, a band that he collaborates with, but finding it amongst the fruits and vegetables was a rather shocking place to see such an esteemed photographer’s work. Here’s a link to Yasha Aginsky‘s 2009 documentary [...]

Stefania Pia turned me onto this Fabrizio D’André track Amore Che Vieni Amore Che Vai

In a nod to James Danziger‘s weekend video posts, this Marvin Gaye track (Far Cry) is flooring me right now:

I shot the cover for Colin Loggins’ latest Full Catastrophe Living release “Drowning By Proxy.” It’s got an indie pop sensibility + drum machines + a love of 80s English new wave. Think Ultra Vivid Scene, Guided By Voices, and New Order. It’s both ecstatic and introspective and it reminds me of feelings I had [...]

The West Indian Day Parade is massive. If you haven’t been you should put it on the to do list. Loud music, bikinis/feathers/glitter, jerk chicken, lots of people, lots of people dancing, flat bed trucks full of speakers. These pictures were taken when people finished the parade and I concentrated on the bikinis/feathers/glitter aspect but [...]

My friend DB Burkeman’s book “Stuck Up Piece of Crap” is being published by Rizzoli this September. It’s a history of stickers across counter-cultural movements with nods to skateboarding, punk rock, graffiti, political activism. I had to watch a couple of times but I spotted at least a few skate stickers I had when I [...]

SO SO HOT here in NYC. Here’s how Kerrilynn and I beat the heat: Campari on the roof! Music from the summer of ’66: