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Megan Fox in NYT Magazine; Men's Fashion

If you go to the homepage of the NYT Magazine right now, and scroll down a bit, you'll find a video interviewing Megan Fox for about 6 minutes. I couldn't find a way to direct link to the video or to embed it, but in it she once again proves that she's not just a pretty face. Between her pretty logical and mathematically sound reasoning on why she's usually the Mean Girl and her comments on comic books (long a haven for nerds), Megan Fox is someone I'll continue to keep my eye on.

Though I do take umbrage with the cat lady comments. Ah, so be it.

Additionally, I've been really bathing in menswear fashion photos lately. I found a few blogs thanks to this article from the NYT that Steve linked me to. And via those blogs I've started learning designers and finding other places to look at and read about men's fashion. It's a world that keeps reeling me in. May I recommend:

  • A Continuous Lean: Probably the best of the bunch I found, but it's focus on Made in America is a little off putting to me. Not because I don't believe in American quality, or the benefits of keeping your money local, but because I don't think it's fair to ignore the ingenuity and quality coming out of other countries.
  • Fine and Dandy Shop: My other new favorite and a little more personable than ACL. It's recent interview with A New York Dandy's John Wellington turned me onto V Man magazine. Which I hope to pick up a copy of this week while on vacation.
  • Kauffmann Mercantile: Found this via ACL and while it's less fashion and more gear, definitely an interesting blog to follow if you're interested in the history of good quality products and design (often times also common place).
  • Glenn O'Brien: O'Brien is GQ's Style Guy and was recently interviewed by ACL. (Through which I found out about designer Thom Browne, not to be confused with another designer I'm a fan of, Tom Ford.) Anyway - O'Brien's advice seems pretty well grounded and his discussions of style are entertaining as much as they are informative. He also writes for The GQ Eye feature.
  • NYT Sunday Styles: Finally there's the Sunday Styles section of the NYT. I remember a few years ago when Steve and I sat around ogling their annual (I think) publication focused purely on men's fashion. Now I've bookmarked it and will check it every week.

But how we move from A to B, it can't be up to me
December 2, 2009 7:48 PM

I went to sleep last night whispering this song to myself and woke up singing it in the shower:

and for you i keep my legs apart and forget about my tainted heart

If you like that then check this one out. A less ethereal, but no less favorite of mine by the same artist (who is Lykke Li, btw).

O Pioneers
October 13, 2009 10:06 PM

I have a copy of Leaves of Grass on my shelf but have never read it. I probably should. Because every time I do hear/read snippets that are always attributed to Whitman or that book in particular, I love them. So I'm not ashamed to admit that this new Levi's commercial only reinvigorated my interest.

It's part of their new "Go Forth!" campaign. So you can bet we'll be seeing similar commercials. I figured out it was a Levi's commercial about a quarter of the way through - but I still think it's marvelous. I love the lighting and editing. Not to mention the narration. I love how the actor performs it.

I'mma Let You Finish
September 17, 2009 10:35 PM

So many odd things about this video. I went looking for a clip of Kanye West on Jay Leno b/c while I'd heard (obviously) about the interview re: the VMAs, I hadn't seen it.

What I find first is this:

This is from the news station that I grew up on. The newscasters are people I actually recognize (unlike the ones I've had since 2003 in the Seattle area). They are Tweeting. Spokane and YouTube are not mutually exclusive. This whole Kanye thing is bananas.

That is all what went through my head.

Hairs Stand on End
August 20, 2009 4:45 PM

I don't know if you know this, but I have a thing for insane asylums. If a thriller involves an insane asylum, typically one that is sketchy and/or placed in history, then I am fully gun ho for this movie. They creep me out to no end and yet I am absolutely mesmerized.

Lucky for me my favorite superhero has his very own asylum to run around in. Come Tuesday I'll get to also:

Can't. Wait.

Walking Tall Against the Rain
August 20, 2009 10:50 AM

Every time I hear Rihanna's voice I fall for it a little harder. It takes some getting used to, but I missed the "Umbrella" craze and only heard it a few times on Sarah's iPod while driving to Spokane. It was her collaboration with T.I. that really got me hooked. (Though I should really listen to her solo stuff so that it's not all about her being a chorus girl).

Not to mention I'm already a big fan of Kanye and really want to be of Jay-Z. I heard this isn't even the best track on his album which comes out 9/8. It looks like the video is cut off early, so if you want the full song without interruption you can catch it via blip.fm

(video was removed, so just check it out at the entry in Kanye's blog)

Waiting for Words to Jump at Me.
July 12, 2009 6:55 PM

J. introduced me to this video. I asked her if it's the reason she is calling this summer the Summer of Twee. All she did was grin.

I don't think you can't smile while listening.

For me this summer has turned into Stephen King, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, and trying to remind myself to make dinner. A little twee can only improve things.

Dance Til You're Dead
May 26, 2009 9:19 PM

This video is all kinds of YES.

In case the video stops allowing embedding, here's a link to it

Dancing Zombie Werewolf!!! Plus Karen O!! She did that song in the Adidas commercial a few years back called "Hello Tomorrow". If you're curious still, let me know and I'll put up THAT video. This is the same band that does "Maps" in Rock Band which I adore. That video is also pretty awesome. But it doesn't have dancing zombies.

I woke up to this song after napping on the bus last week and in my haze didn't look to se what it was - I only knew Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the album, It's Blitz. I then searched in vain for it through that album but for whatever reason couldn't find it again/in time to add to the playlist I was building for my roadtrip. Bah! But today I saw on Kanye's blog he posted this and instantly I knew it was what I was looking for. Thank you Kanye West for reuniting me with this song!

let's be good human beings.
April 23, 2009 11:56 AM

This video quite possibly will make your day. I'll be posting it all over the internet.

what's going on on the floor?
March 10, 2009 8:02 PM

I am such a sucker for dance parties. And when it's brought to you by drum machines and DJs and electronica and basically the feeling you had when you were six years old dancing around to Michael Jackson in your underwear, I'm sold.

I have no idea how it took me a year to get to this song, but to my credit I heard of Lady Gaga at least a year ago.

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