I love artists who work with books, and even though these works are almost always a comment on the deterioration of the written word, I feel somewhat heartened that they exist at all. Brian Dettmer is one of those artists. He alters the information contained within the book through meticulous excavation & dissection, creating something entirely new.
I love artists who work with books, and even though these works are almost always a comment on the deterioration of the written word, I feel somewhat heartened that they exist at all. Brian Dettmer is one of those artists. He alters the information contained within the book through meticulous excavation & dissection, creating something entirely new.
Time to bring out Ms Knowles and get my dancing shoes on….!
Confessions of a Michael Stipe
“It’s only been six months,” longtime R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe says quietly. “So it’s really hard to even figure out who I am.” The 52-year-old is of course referring to life after his band, who — after three decades, 15 albums, and a meteoric rise from indie icons to mainstream superstars — announced they planned to “call it a day.”
“It’s pretty wild,” Stipe says. “I have this sensation that I’ve never felt … It’s kind of a newfound freedom.”
It was the end of an era, and not only for Stipe, but for anyone who’d grown up with REM. And yet, even as Stipe soul-searches, he is making some of the most creative work of his life. He’s got a studio in downtown Manhattan, where he is creating bronze sculptures of old cameras and cassette tapes. He’s producing a documentary about Internet fame. He (was) on Instagram, until a few weeks ago, when he proclaimed he did not want “any part” of Facebook “up in my grill.” And he has a crazy, beautiful, eccentric Tumblr — Confessions of a Michael Stipe — that he uses as a scrapbook to document it all. We sat down with Stipe at the Tumblr offices (among many giddy staffers) to get inside his head.
Cool beat and I love luisa’s vocal
Preview The Cribs’ In the Belly of the Brazen Bull on the Hype Machine this week.
Rihanna - Where Have You Been / You Da One (Alfonse Remix)
Here’s the latest remix - vocals from the opening two tracks from Rihanna’s Talk That Talk album.
Love this!
Breakbot rule! Love this.
