Wednesday, October 31, 2007

DF is happening!

El mes de Octubre en la Ciudad de México fue espectacular y Noviembre no se quedará atrás. Desde conciertos con artistas de talla internacional (Daft Punk, Justice, The Killers, The Whitest Boy, The Rapture, etc) hasta exposiciones de artes variadas (Bienal de Femsa en San Idelfonso, Retrospectiva Tamayo, El Arca de Neón en el Muca Roma, Tránsito MX en el Laboratorio de Arte Alameda), nos hemos manetido ocupados y divertidos.

Justice (Salón Vive Cuervo).- Fue tanto el Justice craze que los boletos que costaban $350 pesos en ticketmaster, fueron escalando de precio en la reventa hasta llegar a los ridículos $1500 pesos. Me enteré por que obviamente no los compré a tiempo como todos los demás y a parte en lugar de llegar temprano para conseguir unos de $500... hice pre copeo en casa y llegue justo cuando había hordas de chavitos peleándoselos mientras pasaba el revendedor tal cual cerdo encebado gritando tengo boletos y ZAZ! hasta que lo cachaban (billetes en mano) y cerraban la transacción. Dicen que estuvo bueno...

Daft Punk (Palacio de los Deportes).- Nuevamente decidí ser participe de este evento demasiado tarde, pero el Facebook me salvó. Una chica de Guadalajara misteriosamente vendía sus boletos de $380 y nisiquiera cobró el cargo de ticketmaster (que es too much para mi gusto). Los lugares estaban muy arriba, pero por lo menos no me lo iban a contar... Entonces llegó la fecha y un amigo muy amablemente (o nada tonto) me vendió los suyos de $480) y yo vendí los míos en reventa. Qué show de luces tan espectacular. Por ahí veía a varios productores, road managers y músicos checando el dato. Todas las luces que traían en el escenario estaban sincronizadas perfectamente con la música y sus breaks. Lo más impresionante es que las chicas no dejaban de gritar de la emoción y brincoteaban como locas. A la hora me cansé... casi todas las rolas suenan igual y luego me puse a pensar si eran los Daft Punks debajo de los cascos o si eran unos stand ins.

Tamayo Revisited.- Obviamente el recinto que auspició esto fue el Museo Rufino Tamayo. Fuí en domingo como para curarme la cruda de superficialidad y fiesta de días anteriores y que bueno que la entrada fue libre. La verdad, no me identifiqué y no ví nada que me moviera. Sin embargo al ver las diferentes etapas de este célebre pintor, me percaté bien sobre su técnica y el brillo de los colores que utilizó a lo largo de su trayectoria. Lo que más me gustó fue la veintiúnica escultura que mostraron.

El Arca de Neón (Muca Roma). - No puedo decir mucho por que la curaduría estuvo a cargo de un amigo... lo que sí podría compartir es que solo me gustaron tres obras. Dos estaban en el mismo cuarto (una de dos muñecos inflables con proyecciones contrapuestas mismas que interactuaban y un elefantito o no sé que era y tenía muchos mangos, y se títulaba sex machine o algo así). La otra obra que me gustó fue una serie de fotos de alcantarillas.

Me falta ir a las demas expos y viene la Muestra de Cine Internacional así como el Festival de Cine Francés.

Guacamorrissey Night!


Hace un par de semanas, la casa productora capitalina Mr.Woo, celebró su aniversario al ritmo de Morrissey. Más de 350 personas acudieron al restaurante El Tío Luis (una penca taurina con mucho charm en la condesa)para beber y bailar con la actriz Chloe Sevigny, el diseñador Ben Cho y el músico Brian Degraw, Dj's de la fiesta "Morrissey Night" misma que se lleva a cabo todos los domingos en un bar del Soho Niuyorkino.

Yo me la pasé increíble!
para ver más fotos haz un click aquí: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_woo/


SOBRE MORRISSEY NIGHT:
http://nymag.com/listings/nightlife/Smiths-Morrissey-Night/
“Hordes of Morrissey fans stretch around the block outside this sexy lounge for the weekly Smiths party, a celebration of pre-rave Manchester miserablism D.J.’d by Ben Cho and Brian DeGraw.10pm to 4am
voted best Sunday night party according to New York Magazine
he hugely popular Smiths/Morrisey fest on Sundays) keeps the Moroccan-themed club au courant.”

Smiths/Morrissey Night
Sway
305 Spring St., New York, NY 10013
nr. Greenwich St. See Map
212-620-5220

Monday, October 22, 2007

50 Ways to leave your lover - Paul Simon


"The problem is all inside your head", she said to me
The answer is easy if you take it logically
I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover

She said it's really not my habit to intrude
Furthermore, I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued
But I'll repeat myself at the risk of being crude
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover

You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

Ooo slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just listen to me
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

She said it grieves me so to see you in such pain
I wish there was something I could do to make you smile again
I said I appreciate that and would you please explain
About the fifty ways

She said why don't we both just sleep on it tonight
And I believe in the morning you'll begin to see the light
And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover

You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

Slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just listen to me
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

Shakuhachi

Fashion week in Mexico City is going on and it's made me think about new designers. Sadly, I don't think I like any of them... Most of them are still doing the 80's, skinny pant, neon colored fabrics and chunky nikeys... Maybe this year someone cooler than Alejandro Carlin (who seems to be getting the hang of it as if post Project Runaway) will emerge.

Meanwhile, check SHAKUHACHI, an Australian label designed by Jessie White. You must wonder why they used a Japanese word (that means "flute") ... well cause you have to be very skinny and perhaps boob-less. If have these "qualities" you will look great in these clothes!

http://www.shakuhachi.net.au/

Selvedge


Have you noticed that people are wearing darker denim? If their jeans look like new, un-touched denim that is still stiff and probably a construction worker would wear, that type of fabric is called SELVEDGE. They sure look nice, but I don't understand how someone would like to wear stiff, uncomfortable jeans (ejem... Simon and his stiff APC's). According to the UNIQLO paper " Way back when, denim was a big hit among the working class. Every farmer and every construction worker in America would buy a pair of jeans and wear it as they worked themselves to the bone under a scorching sun. Weather it was a 16-hour shift in the coal mines or hammering away at a new railroad, it was tiem spent in a pair of jeans." So, its funny to know that before, they were common men clothes and didn't cost half of your monthly rent...

CHECK UNIQLO'S PAPER #3
http://www.uniqlo.com/us/uniqlopaper/uniqlopaperno3.html

Tartan

In my catholic school days, when mum was ordering my uniform she would say that word. TARTAN... sounds like Tartar sauce, or something to do with tar... but until very recently I've gotten acquainted with the word. Living in New York (and riding the L train) made me want to wear a "lumberjack pattern" shirt. Many skinny-pants-fixed-gear-bike-organic-eating -hipsters and their likes have proven that the uniform is back! We are talking about the typical grungy Kurt Cobain shirt that made your next door neighbor a hottie... According to the UNIQLO paper "Tartan is a pattern composed of a series of different colored threads woven horizontally and vertically into one another. Originally, it was worn to indicate a person's rank. But in 1815, every single family in Scotland could have a tartan of its own."

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

KIOSK


How many times have you thought about the design of the things you use in your everyday life? Do you buy stuff cause of its wrapping or presentation? Do you prefer simple tags? Are you part of the club who thinks "Less is More"?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you will love KIOSK.

Two years ago, husband and wife team Alisa and Marco opened their store in the heart of Soho (N.Y.C.). Kiosk: An independent stand from which merchandise is sold, often placed in the common area of a shopping center. They offer a range of products from all over the world, one country at a time. The featured country changes approximately every four to five months. Everything in the store is sourced during travels and their currently featured country is Germany.

"We opened Kiosk to offer an antidote to over-design. We consider the objects we stock to be humble, straightforward and beautiful for their simplicity and directness. Often they are traditional goods that have been developed over generations or anonymous design found in general stores, DIYs and kiosks: products designed not around one personality but the result of local aesthetics and needs. Their beauty is sometimes hard to see in today’s over-saturated / over-hyped market; our motivation to start Kiosk was to shed some light on their quiet perfection."


95 SPRING STREET BETWEEN BROADWAY AND MERCER, 2nd FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10012
PHONE: 212 226 8601
OPEN WEDNESDAY – SATURDAY 12-7PM

or online http://kioskkiosk.com/

Richard Prince


I hate JFK flights that depart at 6:30AM. Either you go to bed quite early the night before, or you stay awake... So, I stayed awake, but not long enough to remember I had a flight and I lost it. Thanks to that, I could scratch the Richard Prince Exhibit at the Guggenheim off my "Things to do while in NY list".

It's a MUST and my recommendations are:

1. Do not read the brochure. It's all on the walls, the paintings and its self explicit
2. If you don't like American humor, don't understand it or are just not into it, ignore 50% of the exhibit.
3. Don't expect the Brooke Shields photograph to be gigantic or in a huge space, it's placed in a very adequate place (next to the bathroom in a dark hall).
4. If you like the nurse paintings high five! Those were my favorites.