Mastermind, less a magazine than it is a slim book, combines photography, writing, social commentary, and a heck of a lot of art direction. In the second issue, what at first looks like an ad is actually quite the opposite, and it’s quickly apparent that equal parts humor and
Just like Ethiopian soul in the ’70s, Cambodian psychedelic garage rock from the ’60s, called “circle dance music,” was eventually crushed by the incoming political regime. The Khmer Rouge imprisoned and killed off most of the artists, but these compilations are put together from the few tapes that happened to
Practiced knitters work one season ahead, planning spring sweaters in February and summer shrugs in April, which is why I’m making mittens in October. The best thing about fall knitting is wool, and my new mittens are going to be made of Lamb’s Pride wool from Nebraska’s
I have now watched the Quicktime preview to Crispin Glover’s self-made, low-budget movie What Is It? at least a dozen times. Crispin is dressed like a chorus member from a high school musical version of Lord of the Rings, there are more naked women in masks than
Carl’s Cars is a “magazine about people,” but hey, aren’t they all? What makes this Norwegian publication different is hard to nail down. Sure, there’s a fashionable streak of one-upmanship about it—with winsome girls folding skinny legs into the crushed velour interiors of cars built
You cannot listen to Voxtrot without thinking of the Smiths or Belle & Sebastian—distinct echoes of each are all over this Austin quartet’s Raised by Wolves EP. But when you hear their heights of soulful melancholy in treats like “Long Haul” and “Wrecking Force,” it will become obvious
Lately, I’ve been painting my apartment. When I paint a room, I don’t just paint a room. I usually add stripes, diagonals, half-tone walls. Why? Because I deserve punishment. Fortunately, there’s a nifty tool for creating super-straight lines: the Irwin chalk line reel with blue
Turn up your nose at Dunkin' Donuts and pass on the Krispy Kremes. Since 1953 the Vineyard Foodshop, aka Humphreys, in North Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard has been knocking out batches of addictive Bavarian cream doughnuts so large they're called Belly Bombs. Besides their mutant
Completed in 1841, Trafalgar Square’s so-called fourth plinth immediately suffered a funding crisis and has been statue-less ever since. In 1999, it became a showcase for new sculpture, and now it’s coming into its own with a series of longer installations. First up is Alison Lapper
Featuring the vibrant artwork of San Diego painter Nuvia Crisol Guerra, Loteria de la Mujer reimagines the popular Mexican party game with images of 20 stages in a woman’s life, from La Bebe to La Muerte. Played like Bingo, with each player using pinto beans to mark off “mujeres”
