Friday 29 February 2008
Madonna: HARD CANDY is close to come...
And the first cover of her 2008 start conqueering the world is the cover of up-to-come DAZED & CONFUSED magazine, made by Steven Klein.
And yes...as you read from the head, her albu which comesout on 28. of April (29. in Usa) is titled "HARD CANDY ";here you have more details of each track from the hot-of the spot-wished-anxiously anticipated album of 2008: Candy Store - This is the same exact as the version which leaked months and months ago. (And we briefly talked about this on our community several weeks ago).
4 Minutes - Very high energy, back and forth between Madonna and Justin Timberlake the whole song. Timbaland speaks throughout, but does not rap nor sing on the track. The song ends with a breakdown and Timbaland's voice. The horn/trumpet sound we hear in the jingle ball clip lasts throughout the entire song. The song ends in kind of a breakdown. Madonna's final words are "tick tock tick tock tick tock" then the beat changes and the horns stop as it goes into a breakdown, with a few more "tick tocks" and Timbaland saying, ''uh , yeah... we only got four minutes'', beats stop, now silence... "to save the world" add Timbaland.
Give It 2 Me - Funky, dancey track, this time by Pharrell Williams, who is heard on the track.
Heartbeat - Has an 80's feel, totally catchy. Think "Future Lovers" only better! The chorus reflects one of the true Madonna/Pop moments on the album.
Miles Away - Melodic, haunting, while still catering to the target audience of this album. One of the best songs.
She's Not Me - Hip-Hop, cool, fresh, sexy and EDGY. Madonna sings to a partner about another girl and how this girl just can't measure up to Madonna. She tells him, "she can love you in the shower" but "she doesn't have my name".
Incredible - A sleeper track, this one is subtle at first, but its groovy beats can make it grow into a fan favorite.
Beat Goes On - Completely different, less melody and more beat driven than the demo that was leaked. As we already revealed on December 4, Kanye West raps rather long verse at the end.
Dance Tonight - This is a fun one. Totally old school, Madonna and Justin duet. Simple wood block beat throughout. "Inspirational" Hey You-ish bits in the chorus about not needing to be rich, famous and beautiful to be understood, with dance/club driven verses and bridge.
Spanish Lesson - In this filler Madonna speaks in various languages and keeps with the urban theme.
Devil - Previously known to fans as "Even the Devil Wouldn't Recognize You", it's neither a ballad nor a dance song. Could more fittingly be compared to the being the "Isaac" of the album. Fate, angels, stars, disguises and lies make up this cool, dark track that will have you "keep on comin' back for more" as one lyric goes.
Voices - Madonna stays with her recent theme of keeping the more wordy, reflective songs for her last track with this one. Probably the most lyrically deep song on the album, the song poses a range of trippy questions to the listener/subject and it has a bit of a slower tempo while still keeping a hot hip hop beat.
Monday 18 February 2008
Rendez vous de mois: Chad White
Chad White is definitely the n.1 male model out there today. Is there any part of his body which isn't perfect?! Plz Chad, show us what are you hiding under your hands! Pictures taken by Arnaldo Anaya who recently shot Chad for Arena Magazine.
Sunday 3 February 2008
Andy Warhol exhibition
An exhibition of black and white photography by Pop Art icon Andy Warhol is now on at London’s Timothy Taylor Gallery until 29 February. ‘Portraits and Landscapes’ is a compilation of unseen photographs shot by the seminal artist during the last ten years of Warhol’s life and work, and coincides with the 21st anniversary of his death.
Click here to see images from the exhibition.
During his time spent in Manhattan, London and a plethora of other cities, Warhol photographically documented his everyday life. Consistently preoccupied with objects and matters of the every day, as made famous in his silk-screen paintings of consumer goods such as Campbell’s soup cans and dollar bills, the collection of images gives a fascinating insight into the artist’s life and mind as he captures commonplace objects that were to shape his existence.
From dog food, toilets and storefronts to teacups, mannequins and pigeons, ‘Portraits and Landscapes’ documents everything that Warhol happened upon, illustrating his love for the everyday. Although most famous for his prints, the exhibition reminds the audience of the importance of photography in Warhol’s career; often using the camera as a visual tape recorder and inspiration for his compositions on canvas.
The way in which Warhol used photography to chronicle everyday life has influenced many an aspiring artist, as seen in the recent exhibition from Stephen Shore. Drawing influence from the artist, Shore used Warhol as his muse, capturing his Factory years on film at the tender age of 17.
Through his own exploration of banality, Warhol aimed to democratise all experiences and celebrate the ordinary. In his works ‘Flea Market’ and ‘Litter’, he manages to evoke a sense of melancholy that exist in objects, forever changing the way people view the world – every bit as influential and holding as much resonance today as he did during his own generation.
During his time spent in Manhattan, London and a plethora of other cities, Warhol photographically documented his everyday life. Consistently preoccupied with objects and matters of the every day, as made famous in his silk-screen paintings of consumer goods such as Campbell’s soup cans and dollar bills, the collection of images gives a fascinating insight into the artist’s life and mind as he captures commonplace objects that were to shape his existence.
From dog food, toilets and storefronts to teacups, mannequins and pigeons, ‘Portraits and Landscapes’ documents everything that Warhol happened upon, illustrating his love for the everyday. Although most famous for his prints, the exhibition reminds the audience of the importance of photography in Warhol’s career; often using the camera as a visual tape recorder and inspiration for his compositions on canvas.
The way in which Warhol used photography to chronicle everyday life has influenced many an aspiring artist, as seen in the recent exhibition from Stephen Shore. Drawing influence from the artist, Shore used Warhol as his muse, capturing his Factory years on film at the tender age of 17.
Through his own exploration of banality, Warhol aimed to democratise all experiences and celebrate the ordinary. In his works ‘Flea Market’ and ‘Litter’, he manages to evoke a sense of melancholy that exist in objects, forever changing the way people view the world – every bit as influential and holding as much resonance today as he did during his own generation.
Saturday 2 February 2008
Guerrilla restaurant, New York
Good things come in small packages and in this case that applies to time, not portion size. Taking advantage of the demise of a former Hard Rock Café in midtown New York, the American food magazine Bon Appetit has taken temporary residence and created in its own words a ‘pop-up supper club’.
Open for just over a week, the guerrilla restaurant plays host to a number of high profile guest chefs, Michael Mina, Giada Delaurentiis, Will Farb and Emeril Lagasse, each given the reins over the kitchen for just a night. By day, the space is open to the public for light meals and by night, the space is transformed into an invitation-only venue hosting after parties, premieres and of course fund raisers (it is New York after all).
Rockwell Group has designed the interior, taking liberties with the temporary nature of the location and inspiration from the time of year by transforming the space from daytime leafy glade to nocturnal enchanted forest. With a combination of candles, hanging mirrors, webs of bungee cords and pools of blue paint dripping from the stairs, the design is daring, dramatic and spectacular, closer to Gotham City perhaps than NYC.
Open for just over a week, the guerrilla restaurant plays host to a number of high profile guest chefs, Michael Mina, Giada Delaurentiis, Will Farb and Emeril Lagasse, each given the reins over the kitchen for just a night. By day, the space is open to the public for light meals and by night, the space is transformed into an invitation-only venue hosting after parties, premieres and of course fund raisers (it is New York after all).
Rockwell Group has designed the interior, taking liberties with the temporary nature of the location and inspiration from the time of year by transforming the space from daytime leafy glade to nocturnal enchanted forest. With a combination of candles, hanging mirrors, webs of bungee cords and pools of blue paint dripping from the stairs, the design is daring, dramatic and spectacular, closer to Gotham City perhaps than NYC.
Book: Architectural Voices
This intriguing selection of essays touches on matters that are close to the heart of the British architectural experience, namely conservation, re-use and intervention.
Lewis, an architect, and Littlefield, an architectural writer, cover a wide range of different structures in this idiosyncratic survey, using interviews and historical research to strip away centuries of accretions in a quest to uncover the lives and stories behind each building. Their case studies encompass buildings ancient and modern and make for intriguing reading.
Lewis, an architect, and Littlefield, an architectural writer, cover a wide range of different structures in this idiosyncratic survey, using interviews and historical research to strip away centuries of accretions in a quest to uncover the lives and stories behind each building. Their case studies encompass buildings ancient and modern and make for intriguing reading.
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