Our Legacy is a brand that has really gotten me excited lately, so much that I even ordered a pair of their chinos online and I never, ever order stuff from overseas just because of the hassle.  Anyways my friend Ryan just did an interview with the guys and previews the new season.  The thing I like about this is that there is a story behind it.  The have developed a character Sean, an Oxford dropout who pursues the Paris art scene.  Check it out.

H(Y)R COLLECTIVE ISSUE 3  

Also, their blog turned me on to a really cool concept.   Pre-worn APCs to give them autehntic distressing.  I mean I’ve been wearing mine for years and they have some good wear on them, but If your looking for a quick fix this sounds pretty cool, especially if they look this good.

My friends at Studio have put together a short video featuring PAtrick O’Dell speaking about some of his photos in his first solo show “To All My Friends”.

WATCH IT HERE 

I know it’s been a while, but we have been super busy and we are starting to get back into things.  Instead of doing Dejour monthly, we are just going to update the site as content rolls in and it will be frewuently updated.  Check out our new features including interviews with Lova, Stan from Hub Culture as well as White Arrows, byCorpus and a look at the classic Sperry Topsider, which seems more relvant than ever this season.

CHECK IT OUT HERE

One of my favorite sites to browse on the web is Epicly Later’d which is the photo journal of the Moz loving “most important person in skateboarding who doesn’t skateboard”, Patrick O’Dell.  So obviously I’m super excited that Studio Gallery (remeber they did that amazing So-Me show?) is bringing “To All My Freinds” to Toronto.  I’ll see you with your wayfarers, flannels and vans on June 27, 8PM.

STUDIO GALLERY PRESENTS: TO ALL MY FRIENDS 

Stacked” is the culmination of the two most recent series by Charles Lutz, “Denial & Acceptance” and “Sold”. The sculpture refers to Warhol’s box sculptures of the 1960’s as well as the trunks of the luxury manufacturer Louis Vuitton. These references could not be more contradictory, luxury versus domestic, mass production versus hand crafted, utilitarian versus decorative. Warhol’s box sculptures raised the everyday objects to the level of high art. Lutz takes the works a step further by raising them to the level of luxury, highlighting the absurdity of a Brillo, Heinz, Kellogg’s box becoming a status symbol. “Stacked” will be produced in a series of 7 plus one artist proof, each with it own unique color scheme and monogramming.

Interesting new work from Brookyln artist Charles Lutz.  He takes the classic LV trunks and turns them into boxes of blue collar commercial products.  Now I know his whole thing is working with Warhol’s peices but this seems like it’s been done 1000 times before.  I mean working with the LV monogram was done to death 5 years ago, but maybe his combing of the two brings an interesting aspect to it.

WARHOL DENIED (via WE ARE THE MARKET)

Vice Magazine compiles a look book from photographer Ryan Mcginley’s closet as he explains each outfit choice. Best way to describe his style? Bowery Bum meets Margiela art fag…

OUT OF THE CLOSET WITH RYAN MCGINLEY

 

Yes, we’re jumping on the muxtape bandwagon.  I’ll update it every so often so you can get an idea of what is playing through my speakers.

DEJOUR.MUXTAPE.COM 

I’m a huge fan of Moscot’s eyewear for their classic yet relevant styling so It’s interesting to see their new release, inspired by artist, Chris Benz.  They come in peacock, cerulean, golden olive and orchid.  Not something I would wear, but cool none the less.  They kind of look like those Oakley Frogskins.

MOSCOT NEBB LIMITED EDITION 

I was starting to think graphic novels were lame when I came across “The Ganzfeld.”  It’s a Brooklyn based collaborative art book that has this really big range of artists. If you are an artist it will probably make you feel really insecure. You can order different issues off their website or you could probably get the people at David Mirvish or Art Metropole (if you live in Toronto) to track it down for you. 

THE GANZFELD 

White Williams is actually Joseph Williams and Joseph Williams makes really good music.  He release his album at the end of last year, Smoke and I must have been sleeping because I just realized how amazing it is.  It was all done in various sublets with his laptop and I like the organic sound it has.  I feel like if it was done in a studio it would have been quite as charming.    Its kind of melancholic but kind of hopeful and kind of reminds me of that time in the morning when it is pretty dusty and the sun is coming through the window.  I’m not good at describing this stuff, so jut listen to it yourself at his my space.  I can see Jerry Hsu using “New Violence” in one of his parts in a skate video.

 WHITE WILLIAMS 

Here are some photos from the party at my loft last night. Didn’t manage to get many good one because I was busy having a good time.

Ryan from h(yr) collective has just put out his second issue of his online magazine which features some solid pieces (Kiya from Selfedge, Benny Gold…) so check it out.

H(Y)R COLLECTIVE

I’m proud to announce that on Wednesday June 4th I will be hosting the Virgins after party at my loft after the show.  $15 gets you as much beer as you can handle.  DJ sets from my friends Matt from Doppelhertz and Vaneska.  It’s going to be crazy and the place is small so its going to be sweaty.Here is a bonus new track from to get you in the mood : 

THE VIRGINS - PRIVATE AFFAIR.mp3

A young Glenn O’Brien and Jean Michel Basquiat on TV Party

Vice photographers have hot Ex-Girlfriends.

Kenneth Cappello shoots hair hats by Nagi Noda.

What exactly does Ryan McGinley ‘inspired’ mean?

Get you fix of hard to find swedish brands like Carin Wester and Our Legacy as well as favorites like Opening Ceremony and APC at Tres Bein.

Naked Girls and Disney Characters via Passarella Death Squad

Everyone know that pleated pants are for senile old men and guys who hate their jobs, but I’m a huge fan of the look.  Patrik Ervell (left) does a good version and I especially like the Carin Wester version.  Start to worry when I begin to praise socks and sandals…

I’ve been giving an un-proportionate amount of love to electronic based music lately so now it time to give some shine to real authentic music made with real instruments.  Enter She & Him.  Comprised of super cute actress Zooey Deschanel and a previous folk/indie/pop musician M. Ward.  I love their official Bio:

 The She & Him story begins when in 2006 , renowned one man band M. Ward, recorded a duet with a girl named Zooey Deschanel. A delightful recording session, the experience lead to a dialogue between the two about collaborating further. This, in turn, led to Deschanel admitting to secretly making dozens and dozens of home demos and hoarding them like acorns for the winter. Sick and tired of being stingy and secretive about music, Deschanel realized that if songs were acorns then this was indeed her wintertime: she sent the recordings to Ward and these demos became the basis for their first record, entitled Volume One.  

They craft really charing catchy country inspired pop songs that sound like they are lost treasures found in an attic from 30 or 40 years ago.They recently played to sold out audeinces in NY and LA and today they have anounced their North American tour:

Wednesday, July 23 Toronto, ONT @ Opera House 
Thursday, July 24 Northampton, MA @ Academy of Music 
Friday, July 25 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero 
Saturday, July 26 New York, NY @ Terminal 5 
Monday, July 28 Carrboro, NC @ Cats Cradle 
Tuesday, July 29 Atlanta, GA @ Varsity Playhouse 
Wednesday, July 30 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge 
Thursday, July 31 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel 
Saturday August 2 Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Festival 
Tuesday, August 5 Chicago, IL @ Park West 
Thursday, August 7 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue 
Friday, August 8 Madison, WI @ Barrymore 
Sunday August 10 Washington, DC @ V Fest

I’ll see you at the Toronto Show…

OFFICIAL WEBSITE

MYSPACE 

Coming soon from Tim Barber and tinyvices.com is TV Books.  Look out for monogrpahs, books and zines.  You know to expect great things from Tim and Tiny Vices so keep your eyes peeled

TVBOOKSHOP.COM 

What do Kanye, The Cobrasnake, Justice and DJ AM all have in common?  They all have copies of Dejour Paper and now you can too.  If you didn’t manage to get you hands on one of the Dejour Papers (I only made about 50), now is your chance.  I’ve put all the pages in a zip file and all you have to do is print them and staple them together.  Pretty self explanatory.

DOWNLOAD THE FILES HERE 

I know this is nothing new, but I’ve been playing HOLY GHOST! from Brooklyn (where else?) non stop latley.  I wouldn’t expect anything less from DFA.  Now that all the Serato DJs are slowly moving from blog electro to italodisco/whatever you want to call it, expect to hear a lot more from them.  I’m sure you have already heard “Hold On” (a.k.a. the new D.A.N.C.E.) but check them out on their mysapce.

 HOLY GHOST 

 This morning I got an email from Kevin at Given Collective and he put me on to his new project that he has been working on.  He explains it better than I do:

“The project itself is titled ‘One City Left’ and is a photography project that involved ten individuals in five North American cities. Each participant was given a disposable camera, and asked to set about the task of documenting the culture, places, and experiences they encounter in a particular time frame. The final images were compiled and have been turned into a website.” 

I love the concept of using disposable cameras for their raw organic quality.  Ever since Polaroid film has been discontinued people have been jumping to disposable cameras and I like what I see.  He has photos from about 10 artists, musicians and weirdoes, Heron Preston being one of them.

ONE CITY LEFT