Friday 10 November 2023

LINKED UP 052

How to wear cool clothes in unpopping places. (Blackbird Spyplane)

The podcast duo who have become tastemakers for a certain genre of extremely online, tapped-in people around the world give us their thoughts on the lucky country. (GQ)

A Pop of Colour, Bucket Lists, Puglia: Nicky Haslam’s Snarky Annual Tea Towel Is Back
It's the most wonderful time of the year. (Evening Standard)

On My Radar: Cat Power’s Cultural Highlights
The indie singer-songwriter on her favourite New York restaurant, Dave Chappelle on top form, and Tracey Emin up close. (The Guardian)


A Chance to See Daniel Arnold’s New York Life on Gallery Walls
Attuned to moments in the city that many fail to notice, Daniel Arnold documents the personalities who rush, stumble, and idle through every sidewalk, subway, bodega, park, beach, and ferry throughout the five boroughs. (Juxtapoz)

Photographing the Modern-Day Dolce Vita
In Sam Youkilis’ debut book, Somewhere, the photographer dials up the realness of everyday Italians in all their bronzed glory. (The Face)

In the Studio With Theo Bardsley
The young London artist on painting the world around him. (Drake's)

Noah Davis: American Ethereal
Notes on a painter. (Drake's)


A Graphic Wizardry Journey With Will Bankhead
Will Bankhead is a name you probably already know and love. Head honcho of record/clothing label The Trilogy Tapes, DJ, designer and photographer for James Lavelle's record label Mo'Wax, co-founder (with Joy Orbison) of record label Hinge Finger, ex-sponsored skater for Slam City Skates, designer for Palace from the get-go, etc, etc. (Goodhood)

Faye Webster and Her Brother Luke on Creating Art With Your Family
The brother and sister duo talk their favourite Lorem artists, childhood memories and what it’s like working with your sibling. (Dazed)

Croaking Frogs, Buzzing Hornets, Squealing Dolphins: A Guide to Smithsonian Folkways’ Best Science and Nature Recordings
Celebrating the storied label’s 75th year with nine of their most unusual non-musical albums. (Pitchfork)

Backstage With Slowdive
Talking to the band about their new album and the ones that shaped us. (Monster Children)

The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place Turns 20 (Stereogum) 

P‑rallel Is Fanning the Flames of London Club Culture
The Face speaks to the DJ/producer about his Movement mixtape and dance music’s multicultural legacy. (The Face)

The legend of DJ Kenn is a story of sheer fate. (sabukaru)

How Priscilla Made the Sickest Soundtrack of the Year - Without Any Elvis Songs
Thomas Mars of Phoenix talks to GQ about doing the music for wife Sofia Coppola’s latest film, and shares his favourite movie needle drops of all time. (GQ)

Sofia Coppola’s Best Needle Drops
Hear songs that memorably accompanied scenes in The Virgin SuicidesLost in TranslationPriscilla and more. (NYT)

Harmony Korine - An Unstructured Reflection of Life
For decades, the art of film has largely been bound to conventional structures, be it character or plot. One director who sought to completely disrupt this was Harmony Korine. (GATA)

Writing Is Painful
Imagining the interior lives of those maligned, cancelled, and spurned, Emma Cline’s work as a writer is free of simplistic moralising, instead interested in the stories we all tell ourselves and how we create our own personal delusions. With her recently released second novel, The Guest, she delivers an already-classic exploration of class neurosis in late capitalist America. (Kaleidoscope)

What’s the Future of Books?
Amid historic disruption in the publishing industry, big questions are - rightfully - being asked. Here, experts weigh in on how books (and the ways we discover them) are going to change. (Esquire)

Is the Concept of Genres Deteriorating?
It's impact on culture. (Tower Records)