Archive for May 2011
Booze in Bulk
Posted on: May 31, 2011
Bottled Negroni cocktail, courtesy of Serious Eats
Granted, we are way past the fete-filled Christmas/New Year holiday season, but there are still plenty of party opportunities coming up. Whether you plan on celebrating Flag Day, Father’s Day, Independence Day, or a random summer night, you won’t want to spend your evening mixing drinks for everyone.
Instead, check out Serious Eats for tips on making drinks in advance. Being Negroni fans, we especially like their recipe for a bottled Negroni. And remember, you can always make punch.
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Found by Googling "Nerd Beach"
The rising trend of flip flops, seersucker and ice cream can only mean one thing: Memorial Day is upon us! As you’re getting your beach bags prepared and packing up the van for this glorious sun-filled weekend, we invite you to jam with us.
Today we present you with another installment of the FP Mixtape series. This Grooveshark hosted playlist will be your shimmering, dancing, woozy, embarrassing and nostalgia obsessed friend for the weekend. Featuring some new classics and old favorites, these 20 songs were carefully selected and sequenced by our staff to provide you with maximum good times. Click the title to enjoy. Happy Memorial Day!
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You Have So Much to Learn, and I Have So Much to Give, Oil on canvas, 50x60 in.
Being an artist is a great deal like being a dictator. Just like a dictator, I must live in a closed loop of self-delusion. A place where my words and ideas always ring true. A gilded daydream of grandiosity. There can be no room for doubt. I must be convinced that I have something vital to say. I must believe that the world is waiting in keen anticipation to hear my message.
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Battles - Gloss Drop
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Peter Lillis <(redacted)@gmail.com> |
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Leo Lopez <(redacted)@gmail.com> |
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Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:12 AM |
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Gloss Drop |
Leo,
Thanks again for the copy of the new Battles record, Gloss Drop; I’ve been unable to listen to much else. I will surely overplay the disc this summer.
Unfortunately, I may not be able to make deadline on the review. The record is so out-there, I fear my words may fall short. How can we put these sounds and feelings into coherent expression? Do you have any suggestions?
Pete
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Leo Lopez <(redacted)@gmail.com> |
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Peter Lillis <(redacted)@gmail.com> |
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Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:42 AM |
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Re: Gloss Drop |
Pete,
Chic Fatigue – Color My Black
Posted on: May 26, 2011
Anish Kapoor, Leviathan
For the 7th grade science fair, I wrote a paper on how color influences mood. More of a book report than a science project, I read a couple of articles on the observed effects of colors on human behavior, (e.g. babies cry more in yellow rooms; prisoners are less irritable in blue cells). For the required experiment, I made five different color “helmets” by stapling sheets of oak tag into cylinders and had classmates report on their feelings after spending several minutes with their heads inside. The result? Noses were smushed and everyone just saw black.
My career in research science never took off, but the visual interplay between black and color still fascinates me. As a native New Yorker, I consider it a birthright to dress head-to-toe in black. And yet, like being a cheerleader and having a garden, wearing color well is something I aspire to, as basic as it seems to people from other places. I’m not partial to a particular color, and I don’t really go in for prints. What I like is contrast, in particular, the contrast of a bright color against a more neutral, or natural one. So consider this a follow-up to my 7th grade project: further research on how to successfully mix bright and dark.
Free Yourself From Tyranny!
Posted on: May 25, 2011
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Although we at FP try to stay on top of the absolute latest happenings in music and culture, we have to admit that Jack Spearing at One Thirty BPM makes a good case for re-discovering classical music, “the snobby, expensive music that you would get around to listening to if you weren’t so busy tracking down rare Throbbing Gristle bootlegs and listening to that compilation of every good song ever done by anybody.”
Check out his introduction to Beethoven and go back soon for a look at another composer to free yourself from the tyranny of contemporary music!
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Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
(Today we begin our new series The Class of 2011, in which we profile up-and-coming artists through interviews, concert rundowns, record reviews, and more. Check back throughout the Summer and Fall to learn about and listen to the year’s most exciting new bands.)
Boise, Idaho songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Trevor Powers, who performs under the nom de pop Youth Lagoon, has been getting a lot of attention lately. Despite having only a handful of songs to his name, he has already established himself as one of the potential breakout stars of 2011. His music has been shortlisted by a number of prominent publications, and his upcoming full-length debut, The Year of Hibernation, is likely to be lauded by the indie music press. Trevor took some time out of his busy schedule to discuss the record, his songwriting process, and his experience as a musician in Boise with Frontier Psychiatrist last weekend.
Frontier Psychiatrist: Your debut full-length is titled The Year of Hibernation. How did you decide upon that title?
Youth Lagoon: I decided on that title because much of my life during that time was spent in a sense of hibernation. The year when I was writing those songs, I had a lot of stuff going on in my mind and my life, and so throughout the whole writing process I was, in a sense, hibernating in my bedroom. Read the rest of this entry »
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Foster the People
“Pumped Up Kicks,” the lead single on Foster the People’s debut album, has organically become an alt-pop radio hit with its breezy L.A. sound and Peter Bjorn And John’s “Young Folks”-inspired whistling. I was so engrossed with the cheery melody of its chorus that it took me a few listens to discover that the lyrics suggest dark, Columbine revenge. Then again, “catchy” can mean both pleasing and deceptive.
Foster the People, Pumped Up Kicks
On their debut Torches, L.A.-based Foster the People show a lot of promise with forays into rock, dance, and MGMT-styled psych pop. It doesn’t quite light the way into a new era of music and might not be gritty enough for rock enthusiasts, but Torches fills a void for those looking for catchy hooks and less derivative, more complicated pop.
Red Hook, I love it. The place has a faded sense of history, the polyglottal shouts of long-dead stevedores hanging in the air. It retains an atmosphere of waterfront decay à la Season 2 of The Wire that has been excised from other neighborhoods better served by public transport, even as much of Red Hook’s actual waterfront has been landscaped into parks and recreation areas. Still, looking out over the harbor, especially during the winter, one can be forgiven for concocting anachronistic adventure fantasies of hauling aboard a steamer ship bound for Singapore. As the proposal to build a street car from Atlantic Avenue down to Red Hook looks doomed, perhaps the neighborhood will continue to hold fast to its uniqueness, a sensibility that persistently remains in the face of IKEA and Fairway, which, truth be told, are very convenient to have around if you live nearby. Read the rest of this entry »
Frontier Photography – Carrie Levy
Posted on: May 20, 2011
Mark, 2010
In You Before All, I continue to use my camera to harshly manipulate my subjects. I introduce two paradoxical states: pain and ecstasy. I contort my subjects to look like victims; however, whether they are victims of pain or pleasure is open to debate.
Frontier Psychiatrist 