Both Pentagram and Firstborn take the same minimalist appoach. They have similar concept, but Firstborn is much slicker.
Art gallery: Cover Art: The Time Collection and Revolutionary Tides: The Art of the Political Poster (1914-1989)
Like the blend of colors at Chromazone as well as the design portfolio of Steve Leggat.
The Morning News redesigned. Still clean and organized!
What is happening to hip-hop? I haven’t heard a good joint lately, but I am glad Jay-Z is back and will drop his new album Kingdom Come. Now I am hoping both Nas, who will release Hip-Hop is Dead in November, and Hov will resuscitate rap music. It’s been way too damn long. But before these two enemy-turned-into-business hommies get their rhymes on, let’s take it back to the good old lyrical battles: Hov “Take Over; ” Nas “Ether;” Hov went “Super Ugly.”
I mean guys (except me not) love the pretty. If Ngo Thanh Van was ugly, there’s no way she could have sold her crappy debut, NTV Virus, for 600 bucks. Shit, even if Ha Tran auctioned her best album Nhat Thuc, the most she could get is 50 dollars. But I ain’t mad at NTV, she has to eat too. By the way, I still have an original copy of her album, and you can own it for 100 dollars. Anyone? Anh Binh, I know you want it.
My bad for keeps changing the colors on you. Visualgui.com is still my personal playground; therefore, I use her to experiment with colors and doing it live is kind of fun. It seems like you dig the dark background, and it sure fits well with my gloomy mind. Of course, I couldn’t put a nude picture right in front of your face, but it was an interesting experimentation. While I still am in this dark mood (thanks to some of you), I found the photo, which you are seeing right now, from Ao Trang’s collection that has the wicked quality I want to convey. So to the folks at Ao Trang: I owe you guys another beer.
Purple Refrain is Peter Zak’s jazz interpretations of Trinh Cong Son’s and Ngo Thuy Mien’s compositions. Check out the album at Dieu’s JustGoodTunes. She does have some very good tunes.
Live recordings of Trinh Cong Son and Khanh Ly at Quan Van in 1967. The collection is timeless. Thanks to Ducster. I hope you don’t mind me sharing this rare gem.
Jimi Hendrix’s infamous album cover of Electric Ladyland was picked as favorite design of the month by NowWashYourHands (so we could eat). Jimi sure was a “dreamfucker” (Greg Tate‘s word).
Norah Jones’ “I’ve Got To See You Again” (the beat and the voice are so damn seductive)
Jane Monheit’s “Love Me Or Leave Me” (Dig the switch between word and wordless interaction)
Diana Krall’s “Love Me Like a Man” (those blues chops are off the chain)
Madeleine Peyroux’s “Blue Alert” (Billie, Billie, can’t you see? Your voice just hipnotized me)
Mad props to Dieu!
For Thuy Van and her debut No Le Mot Cuoc Tinh: Shut up and dance.
All I know is that Ly Tong was arrested for littering papers in Viet Nam. That’s how much I care about Vietnamese politics. Le Huy Phong of Heart2Exist, on the other hand, is more aware of controversy than I am. He even made an unauthorized biography of Ly Tong, in which he praises Mr. Tong as “The courageous son of mother Viet Nam.” Call me an ass all you want, but I can’t take Phong or the rest of his H2E crew seriously. Sure, I give him the credit for being original, but he has no flows, no rhyming skills, and nada delivering techniques. Oh yeah, the chorus singing is a joke, too. By the way, what the fuck is up with the hip-hop cai luong shit? Stop clowning, dog!
