The once secret world of the sneaker collector has exploded into popular culture, with a whole army of fans hungry for the rarest shoes, the latest designs or reissued classics in a never-ending myriad of color and materials. Sneaker fashion has evolved to the status level of couture. The exclusivity, craftsmanship and design in women’s haute couture has translated into the male sneaker world. This has spawned a renaissance of creativity, collaboration and demand. Bragging rights to be the first or only person in your circle to have the latest exclusive shoe comes at a cost.
My girlfriend has her Manolo Blahnik shoes. I have my Alife sneakers. Our habits are closer than we think.
Well it seems that between 1956-1959 the renowned artist wrote three theater pieces. The third one “The Burial of the Count of Orgaz” or “El entierro del Conde Orgaz” had its World premiering here in New York, at Queen’s Thalia Theater a week ago, and is still showing until May 25th. This is a FLAMENCO musical written by the great Spanish genius with all his characteristic humor and highly experimental style.
The piece is directed and designed by director Angel Gil Orrios, who also directed the premiere of the first two pieces by Picasso: “El deseo atrapado por la cola and Las Señoritas de Aviñon in previous years.
With original music and choreography, performances are in English on Fridays at 8pm and Saturdays at 3pm. Performance in Spanish on Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 4pm.
I love to draw naked people. Fat ones, skinny ones old ones young ones, for some reason that passion that I had in Art school of trying to capture as much as I can about a person by the expressions of their bodies lives with me still.
I realize that figurative work has not been in vogue for a while, and I wonder why I am still obsessed with drawing the figure inside out. I think it has to with an honest exploration of our humanness and its different forms of manifestations.
The body has a language that communicates so much. It can be subtle or flamboyant; awkward, self-conscious, tired, earnest, graceful, poised, monumental. Models say so much about themselves with their body movements. Maybe I’m also attracted to the idea that the unclothed individual occupies a timeless place, where the same thoughts, yearnings and attitudes and anxieties have existed for thousands of years. Over and over again I paint the experience, pressure, enlightenment, acceptance, sensuality, anger or ambition that each person presents me with. I relish the structure of their core, the curves of their reserves, the expression of their hands and feet and the experience of their faces. I capture with my line, what their bodies tell me with the same tone and intensity. I suppose the way I draw people also says a lot about the artist, but I’ll leave that to the viewer.
I give special thanks to Eviva the monumental, Robin the brash, Rebbecca the beautiful, and those many others who’s name I cannot remember who graced the model stands at Pratt & Parson’s campus’s from 91 to 98.
“Wear Sunscreen” was written by Mary Schmich, a columnist for the Chicago Tribune. The essay was later set to music and released on an album by Australian film director, screenwriter and producer Baz Luhrmann. You can watch it here:
Rodolfo Chikilicuatre - Baila el ChikiChiki (Posted by: 2M - María & Mónica M.)
The song that will represent Spain in the Eurovision Festival has become a big hit.
Believe or not everybody in Spain knows the lyrics of the song and they sing and dance to it.
Please click here; you’d be the judge!
I’ve had this in my head for a while. A lush tropical world where the birds, butterflies and the beats come together to give you a magical place. A lush island setting where the roots hang down from the trees. Its colorful, its fashionable, it’s at the essence of who who may of us that come from tropical places are… This is the beginning of a series, and the canvases will be big.
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In this age where there is so much worry about Britney’s general mental capacities, Christina Aguilera’s motherhood, and whether Aretha is mad at Beyonce for calling Tina the “queen”, I think it is important to remember the real divas.
The Met’s Opera season is in full swing, and what better way to open one’s mind to something a little more enlightening than by taking advantage of discounted ticket prices for Madama Butterfly?
Madama Butterfly is a blockbuster opera – maybe a Spielberg of an opera if those comparisons can actually be made!! It tells the story of a fifteen year old Geisha who marries an American Navy guy, who after a short, but happy time together in Japan, leaves for work, then returns three years later with an American wife. (Ok, that is the suuuper short version – believe me, the opera is longer). Puccini’s music embodies the same mixture of reality and fiction with distinct well known arias.
So, take advantage of the price and see real divas perform! For 10 performances only, you can get discounts of up to 35% OFF, just mention promotional code: TRVL
Is this a new trend or the reality of the music industry…?
The new overcrowded website is NIN.com where Trent Rezonor has decided to let you get the new Nine Inch Nails instrumental album à la carte:
Combo number one: “pirate double cheese burger”, free PirateBay/bit torrent download, a first from an established band, the equivalent to the dollar menu with no dollar. As the double cheese burger, product is incomplete; no pickles, just a nice 9 track preview. Combo number two: “the happy Jeff Bezos” 5 dollar download from amazon.com a nice push for the Amazon mp3 store. After the well reported battle over iTunes pricing structure, I don’t think Steve Jobs will accommodate Mr. Reznor’s new price scheme. Combo number three: my personal favorite, let’s call it “royale with cheese”. It’s the best of both worlds! Instant download plus a CD and the 16 page booklet. Call me old/new school, but I still like the smell of a new CD in the morning and the ability to browse through the liner notes. Plus I still get the instant satisfaction of digital downloads. Combo number four: “le big mac” a 75 dollar vinyl edition. Combo number five: “le big mac super sized” or the 300 dollar version: includes vinyl for purists, CD for your collection, the poster and the book signed by the artist… you get the idea! continue reading “NIN does Radiohead.”
