The Modern Age

Putting Trend Spotters on the Spot - New York Times
Ms. Ogundehin and four others whose business it is to spot what’s coming next were asked to accompany a reporter on separate rounds of the show and to describe trends they were seeing.

I replayed the clip of Eli throwing to Tyree about 15 times already.
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According to The Canadian Press:
Former Radio-Canada host Dominique Payette was stunned to discover a 10-second clip of her interview with a little girl at the top of “Jumble, Jumble” by the White Stripes.
She is suing the band, demanding $70,000 in damages and the removal of the album “De Stijl” from store shelves.
The song begins with [...]

Last time I saw hometown heroes Vampire Weekend at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in September of 2007, the positive hype was high, uber Anonymous blog readers had already begun to revolt, and their album hadn’t even come out yet.

Fast forward to last Wednesday night, January 30th–the boys were back in town, playing the second [...]

Run, don’t walk! If you want to catch a glimpse of Mr. Jack White, who is surely supporting his lady love, Karen Elson and her new band “Birds,” playing at the Bowery Ballroom right now. Who else can you spot? Funny man Paul Rudd and the crew from the STELLA television show. Why are they [...]

ohnotheydidnt: James McAvoy Goodness
The eyebrow!

Are you winsome? Are you quirky? Do you have thick, chunky bangs and long, pin-straight hair? Methinks you should consider the clothes of Samantha Pleet, designer friend to impeccably dressed indie songstresses Au Revoir Simone.
Check out the coverage of her F/W 08 collection over at the super-hopping Nylonmag.com, now under the helm of the former [...]

NEW YORK GIANTS WIN SUPER BOWL XLII!!!
Woah! What an amazing finish in Glendale, Arizona! Eli Manning and David Tyree made it happen.
EAT THAT PATRIOTS! 18-1!

Watch the glory:
SB XLII Trophy Presentation

Ryan just posted a new video 4 hours ago telling the tale of being “cock-blocked by a ghost”–aka, removed from a Fashion Week show guest list by an unnamed person from his past. In the video he sings a song threatening the person who caused his anguish tonight by basically vowing to get them blocked [...]

Vampire Weekend was just on Letterman. If you saw the performance, you’d already know that they performed their TRL-approved single, “A-Punk,” off their recently released self-titled album.

As the performance was taped on Tuesday night, they were wearing the same clothes that folks saw them dressed in later at their Bowery Ballroom show. (See photo below, [...]