Name James Nord
Location NYC
First post October 2007As a narcissist with great looking friends, it was natural for James Nord to fall into photography. (Preferred equipment: Canon 1DS-Mark II with a 50mm 1.4 attached.) His passions are as diverse as his tie collection, but the most apparent is his love of cycling: James put over 10,000 miles on his bike this year! He got his first interview for his job thanks to his blog, his favorite word is “vulpine” (it means foxlike), and he wears a suit every day.
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Name Mike Mitchell’s Tumblr of Amazing Things
Location Los Angeles
First post August 2009Freelance illustrator Mike Mitchell is perhaps best known for his “I’m with Coco” poster, but it’s his take on the universal “Viking riding a unicorn in space with lightning-emitting AK-47” concept that truly resonates with us. With a focus on pop culture and the utterly ridiculous, Mike posts his original works, the works of his friends and influences, and the things that make him laugh. He blew up the internet last week after receiving a thank-you note from comedian Zach Galifianakis for creating a splendid portrait. Mike lives in LA with his wife, Lauren, and various pets named Auggie, Belly, Emo, and Peeka.
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The challenge: to listen to and review every band that is playing the 2011 SXSW Conference.
Name Kyoko Has a Blog
Location Maryland
First post March 2009Kyoko Escamilla is a photographer, crafter, and apple farmer born and raised in Nagasaki, Japan. From an early age, she’s been passionate about comics and superheroes. Thanks to them, she learned english, heroism, and the fact that not everyone can pull off the cape look. “Superheroes were my first set of friends,” she says. Every weekend, she sells her knitted hats, original photos, and apples at the local farmer’s market. Kyoko has dogs named Bo, Rufio, Tink, Lux, Mowgli, and Theodore Bear. She can juggle, enjoys magic, and is better at Call of Duty: Black Ops than you are.
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This world-renowned community and cultural center is focused on its mission of enriching the lives of all who pass through its doors.What’s the Daily?
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News and photos of the world we live in, from The Boston Globe.
The New Inquiry
First post September 2009The New Inquiry is a space for discussion that aspires to enrich cultural and public life by putting all available resources—both digital and material—toward the promotion and exploration of ideas. The New York based organization was founded in 2009 as a visible platform for critical thought, with endorsements and citations by The New York Times, Harper’s, Arts & Letters Daily, Bookforum, Inside Higher Education, The National Book Critics Circle, The Nation and others.
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Sixty-two word short stories. No more, no less.NFL Off-Season
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Name FAUX FIX
Location ConnecticutA collage of art-pop and hauntingly intimate vocals, Faux Fix is the studio brainchild of hypnotic chanteuse Katie Chastain and indie film composer Nathan Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom). Simultaneously ethereal and beat-driven, the songs liberally mix instruments and influences to form a backdrop of electro-theatrical arrangements. Final touches are being put on a full-length album now.
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A community of thought leaders and cultural creatives who give a damn. Join them as they collect and explore all things visual.Hovering Art Directors
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An American physician in an Urgent Care clinic who sees lots of stupid things. He copes by mumbling under his breath (and posting about it here).Photo by Christopher Kuehl.
Name Butch Walker
First post September 2008Butch Walker first gained attention in Cartersville, Georgia in the 80s as a guitarist and performer. He moved to LA in 1988, and less than a year later, his band was signed to Virgin Records. Today, Butch is best known as a musical renaissance man. He’s produced or written for Katy Perry, Weezer, Pink, and Avril Lavigne. His last album earned stellar reviews, with Rolling Stone calling him “one of America’s best singer-songwriters.” Next up, the August 30 release of The Spade, and the premiere of the first single, “Summer of 89,” on his Tumblr blog today.
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Independent record label and home to Bad Religion, Social Distortion, Bring Me The Horizon, Weezer and more.Polyvinyl Record Co.
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Kassette Klub believes in collaboration, music as art, kittens, and magic. But mostly they release music that they love.
Name Rebecca Ladds
Location Toronto, CanadaRebecca Ladds is a printmaking major at Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto, and her blog is a living portfolio of works from conception to completion. Her primary tools are ink and a ball pointed calligraphy nib, and she plans to study the art of jewelry-making through her upcoming minor in material art and design. Outside of class, Rebecca stays busy with commissioned work, creating art for her Etsy store, and tattooing oranges for practice. She also likes birds.
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Barrett works with social, online, and future technologies and he writes about everything from politics to the future of mass media.The Marshmallow Chronicles
Zachary and Sachi decided to quit their jobs in journalism and become itinerant surf bums for a year. And blog about it.Peace Corps
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Name Cole Stryker
Location New York
First Post January 2008Writer Cole Stryker is scholar of internet culture. Like some kind of geeked-out Indiana Jones, he slips into the underbelly of internet communities you may have never heard of, collects evidence of their strange and sometimes bizarre customs, and then emerges back in the sunlight to present his findings and their possible implications. His new book, Epic Win For Anonymous, is the latest collection of such anthropological findings. For fun, Cole enjoys eating boxes and boxes of pizza.
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George Dawe was an English portrait artist who painted 329 portraits of Russian generals. Today, with photoshop, Replaceface gives them a refresh.Crap at My Parents House
Pay homage to all of the weird crap that everyone’s parents seem to possess.The Art of Google Books
Captured mark of the hand and digitization as rephotography.
Name Lincoln Center
Location New York, NYNews and culture from the world’s leading performing arts center. Located in the heart of New York City on a 16-acre campus, Lincoln Center houses 12 prestigious cultural organizations including the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Juilliard School, Lincoln Center Theater, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Ballet, the New York Philharmonic, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the School of American Ballet, and Lincoln Center itself. Each year, Lincoln Center welcomes 5 million visitors, 3.6 million performance attendees, and thousands of artists.
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An exhibition of food as depicted in cinema.On Tap
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Name Carsten Höller: Experience
Location New Museum, New York
Info Exhibition runs through January 15, 2012Over the past twenty years, Carsten Höller has created a world that is equal parts laboratory and test site, exploring such themes as childhood, love, the future, and doubt. Höller left his early career as a scientist in 1993 to devote himself exclusively to art making, and his work is often reminiscent of research experiments. His pieces are designed to explore the limits of human sensorial perception and logic through carefully controlled participatory experiences.
(Photo by Jeff Ferzoco from this post.)
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Name FudeHouse
Location New YorkJeffrey de Picciotto is an actor, voiceover artist, teacher, video editor, and butcher who loves to eat. FudeHouse is a video-based blog for anyone interested in learning more about cooking. “I started it to empower people in the kitchen. Using fun and funky videos that, rather than talk at you about whole meals or specific recipes, convey principles with tips and tricks that you can use in many ways,” he says. Jeffrey has won 1st place on Food Network: Challenge and is a trained clown.
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Explore the age of digital reproduction through iconic images, per Google.
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