Nothing is the new black

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075494346655626702012-02-16T22:51:24.434-05:00Nothing is the new blackWe are living in the future and it is scary and I'd like to talk to you about it.rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-40719087699979161652010-04-28T23:10:00.002-04:002010-04-28T23:12:56.786-04:00Strawser & Smith

Best new old furniture store in the world has opened in Williamsburg! Gorgeous repurposed industrial furniture paired with select modern pieces.www.strawserandsmith.com

rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-2954462691146838592008-05-20T15:42:00.006-04:002008-05-21T09:52:28.727-04:00I have what you need.

I don't understand.Feeling adven- turous, I clicked on an ad at nymag.com. (I was looking a business up, okay?) It was for a furniture and accessories store I hadn't heard of...or had forgotten from another life. This purveyor of fine furniture has some of the most amazing traditional fake old fancy tchatkes (for the modern day Marie Antoinette?) I have ever, ever seen. And I have been to an

rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-64292631927390132722008-04-11T12:30:00.004-04:002008-04-11T13:04:43.193-04:00Problematic Abstraction

A new show at the New Museum featuring small works by Tomma Abts looks very intriguing. While I have not yet seen the show (but will and soon), the images of the works I have seen (at the New Museum's website and on nytimes.com) show Ms. Abts' interest to lie in representing three-dimensional spaces and hinting at photographic techniques (see elaborate use of "focus" at left). Strangely, the

rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-30229670166870587762008-03-18T10:02:00.006-04:002008-03-20T23:05:52.327-04:00De(con)struction

The crane collapse on the upper east side this past weekend was morbidly spectacular. I had my fill of gawking on a lunchtime walk past the site. The rescue workers had quite an audience of appreciative, slack-jawed onlookers.The following morning, my commute through Grand Central was interrupted by red tape barring my usual route through the station. Behind the red tape a group of men was

rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-76574896181697838562008-03-13T10:45:00.006-04:002008-03-19T09:57:37.084-04:00The Fold, presented not by Deleuze but by the Cooper Hewitt

I am really looking forward to seeing this exhibit at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum. "Rococo: The Continuuing Curve, 1730-2008" promises to have some breathtaking objects. Make sure you click through to slide #5. It is quite humbling, and thus important, to see objects that are not merely exceptional in our time, but which were standouts in their own time. It makes you remember

rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-62718884658725801362008-03-11T10:31:00.006-04:002008-03-11T11:24:12.137-04:00Can your imagination tell the difference between a 40 ft and a 50 ft reptile?

Luckily for you and me, dear reader, the Tuesday Science Times has become even more visually enticing. The newish Science in Pictures combines an extremely concise format with useless and bizarre information. And pretty pretty pictures, which was the only part I liked anyway. A fun picture or illustration is matched with a title, and an explanatory paragraph of two to four sentences. But don't

rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-59620714781013299252008-03-04T10:24:00.011-05:002008-03-04T22:21:53.344-05:00Amazon has me all figured out. Can it help me figure me out?

All Categories Arts & Photography Astronomy Classics Composers & Musicians Contemporary Art Criticism Culture

rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-12570564293593703982008-02-29T16:14:00.004-05:002008-03-03T09:35:35.137-05:00Art Fair Adventures

I attended the ADAA's "The Art Show" on Monday. While my cartoon at right is pretty damning, I actually enjoyed my visit immensely. On a weekday at noon, no one was around except for me! The booth attendants were bored of the art and each other (it was the last day of the fair) so were happy to answer all my questions. And I did discover a few young artists making interesting work.

rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-20126352456578508232008-02-19T09:19:00.010-05:002008-04-11T13:06:08.946-04:00Art History Lesson: Pierre Bonnard

I spent the President's Day weekend in Washington, DC. I saw the Pierre Bonnard painting on the left in a small show of high lights from the National Gallery's collection, "Small French Paintings." You could say that the subject of this work makes it the Frenchiest of all the works in the exhibition; it was definitely one of the best. This is a great painting for a number of reasons.This type of

rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-9004246990096799142008-02-13T16:41:00.007-05:002008-02-19T09:16:29.524-05:00How to fashion realistic male genitalia with everyday household items.

Science Times rarely disappoints. This week's section does include a cute article about animals but I'd like to call your attention to another article "Building Organs Even the Prudish Can Handle."Who are these prudes? Doctors! I always assumed that a prerequisite for joining the medical profession was a lack of squeamishness and an ability to not be embarrassed by examining a stranger's body.

rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-50089091131092529592008-02-13T16:14:00.003-05:002008-02-13T16:21:01.709-05:00Too early, no coffee=headline confusion fun.

When I first sat down to my computer this morning, I was shocked and thrilled by this headline,"I love you, you love manmeat."I thought it was going to be some sweet Valentine's Day article about couples' amiable separations after finding out that the male partner is gay...but it turns out I was wrong. It is just some annoying oh-so-Time-sy article about couples with divergent bourgeoisie eating

rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-53631282684227747242008-02-12T10:36:00.004-05:002008-02-13T16:41:15.077-05:00Have you ever seen a staid old gentleman in an expensive suite...

...walk a dog in a fancy hotel lounge filled with woodshavings and miniature plastic fire hydrant replicas? Or a dog dressed up like an old lady about to go skiing? Now you can.Check out pictures #8 and #13.

rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-6467128630341657622008-02-06T23:28:00.000-05:002008-02-09T15:44:59.103-05:00Crime and Punishment

My official New Yorker recommendation this week is "Letter from Poland: True Crime" (February 11 & 18 issue). It is a fascinating study of a man who commits a murder of passion and then writes a splashy transgressive novel about it. The work frames the crime as part of the novel's amoralistic philosophical implications. The text and the author's philosophical views play a starring role during

rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-27375716348671782742008-02-05T19:20:00.000-05:002008-02-06T09:51:25.008-05:00Hogwash? Not the best wash, apparently.

I, like many of you readers, am often disappointed by much of what gets reported in The New York Times. Many are the mornings when, after reading some new trend piece (on the "significant" number of Americans who are building sound-proof snoring chambers or enrolling their fetuses in uterine college-prep courses), I declare I will cancel my subscription. But then Tuesday's Science Times rolls

rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-49809641081582011162008-01-30T20:46:00.001-05:002008-01-31T22:38:44.965-05:00Restaurant week reality check

Lunch at Cafe Boulud on the Upper East Side is exactly as you would imagine. It's got impeccable and heinously expensive food, like $5 dollar coffees and soup categories neither you nor the waiter can pronounce. And with your pre fixe dessert, you get FREE offensive commentary on your ass from the Italian-suited, Florida-tanned septuagenarians at the next table. Yay restaurant week!

rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-12119790687070172572008-01-30T16:50:00.000-05:002008-01-30T16:56:17.380-05:00What's black and white and red all over?

A blushing zorse! It’s nice to know that in this day and age, when so many species (thousands?) disappear each year, there are some dedicated people out there working to create new ones—like the zorse featured in this video. (Why not hebra? Sounds like a slur?)

rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-44174704171988600992008-01-30T16:28:00.000-05:002008-01-31T22:26:05.543-05:00Simulacrum schmimulacrum

In this film, a member of the paparazzi pretends to hide from Britney Spears and "catches" her pretending to accidentally bare her breast while she pretends that she is dancing alone as she desperately hopes the world is watching. It's been suggested that the public's insatiable appetite for drama has fueled her breakdown. I say that we're keeping her alive...she'll expire the second we stop

rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10617965267073239690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307549434665562670.post-91029157817630782912008-01-30T10:02:00.002-05:002008-01-30T16:28:03.621-05:00Dear Gentle Reader,

This blog is a new project. It will be evolving rapidly over the next few weeks.This blog will be informed by my own tastes, preferences and interactions. However, it is my hope that the content will be compelling to an audience greater than my immediate friends and acquaintances.The words and images I've been feeding myself on the internet are 90% drivel. Why not create my own content? I

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