Muse Magazine

Monday, April 30, 2007

LIFE: Food poisoning: Home sick: Stream of consciousness/channel surfing

-I’m sitting at home watching Laila Ali do the Lindy Hop to a saccharine remix of Stevie Wonder’s “Part-Time Lovers” on “Dancing With The Stars.” This is one of the most popular shows on television. Has the tube really come to this?

-My stomach is gurgling. Shouldn’t have eaten so many crackers with that peppermint tea.

-VH1 is showing a clip of Puff aka P.Diddy peeing, after which five commentators give their opinions on it. Does it really take five people to comment on his bathroom habits?

-CNN says blacks and latinos are twice as likely to be pulled over by the cops. It’s clearly a slow news day.

-Kate Moss’ clothing line went on sale at Top Shop today. I wonder if I should place an order online.

-I feel nauseous and, yet, still hungry.

-Mom is coming to town for a five-day visit on Thursday. Note to self to buy “Lion King” theater tickets. Or maybe she’ll want to see Fantasia in “Color Purple”?

-Back to “Dancing With the Stars.” Am I the only one who has been calling him “Eee-an Ziering” all this time?

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

FILMS: Grinding


































I'm a few weeks late on this one, but finally saw "Grindhouse" on Saturday and have not stopped thinking about it since. While critics generally loved the Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double-feature, the public isn't buying it because of it's length (3 1/2 hours) and violence. I, however, walked out of the theater happy to have given up my $12 for the two horror flicks. Both films had a certain campy, feminist edge (a heroine with a machine gun as a leg for Pete's sake) that I loved. And like the first and second "Kill Bill" installments, none of Rodriguez's or Tarantino's women needed to be saved by anyone. I ended up screaming with glee and clapping during the finale when three loud-mouthed chicks got revenge on a serial killer. It made me want to go take a kickboxing class.

WARDROBE: Introducing, the new series










































Now that the weather has finally changed, we're guessing that most of you have begun switching your wardrobe from the heavy winter stuff to lighter clothing for summer and spring. That said, we're psyched to introduce our new series of limited edition t-shirts. Each series will feature work from an emerging name in the art world. Our first shirt features an exclusive image from Matthew McGuinness. An internationally recognized artist (see winter issue of Intersection magazine). Brooklynite. Award-winning graphic designer. And bio-diesel-making, sustainability-promoting dude. Each tee is embellished with vintage buttons dating back to the 1950's. Check them out and then imagine rocking one this summer. We're giving away a limited supply of the first edition because we love you. Just send us your mailing address at info@musemag.net to cop one.


Monday, April 23, 2007

SOUNDS: Today's soundtrack
















"Scratch Your Name," by the Noisettes

Thursday, April 19, 2007

SOUNDS: Today's soundtrack

LIFE: On our to-do list this weekend

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

LIFE: We're nominated


















Now that www.readmuse.com is averaging roughly 18,000 visitors per week, we wanted to thank many of you for all of the emails of support we've been getting. We're especially floored by how the url link has traveled abroad with many of you checking for us from the UK, France, South Africa, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates (!), Colombia, Croatia, Iceland, the Netherlands, and many other countries (web server statistics tracking software is an amazing thing.) We love hearing from you. Please continue to email us at info@musemag.net.
And on another note, we're nominated for a Blogger's Choice Award. You can vote for us here.

SOUNDS: Today's soundtrack

SOUNDS: Um, we're speechless


















During a moment of writer’s block last night, we did a bit of YouTube surfing and stumbled upon Beyonce’s series of music videos for the deluxe edition re-release of “B’Day.” Could she dance any harder in those things? These songs totally make us want to bounce down a Soul Train line or something. We literally had the urge to jump up on top of our desk and do a pole dance like her version in “Suga Mama.” See what we mean here.

WARDROBE: High/low collaboration of the week, part two

Thakoon Panichgul, one of our favorites of New York's new crop of designers, is collaborating with the Gap on its Design Editions series. Rodarte and Doo.Ri also created capsule collections for the project but we like Thakoon's work best. See below.






Monday, April 16, 2007

LIFE: On our to-do list this week

























New York
Jump 'N' Funk (the last one)
S.O.B.'s
Thursday
10pm to 4am


When we got an email invite in our inbox for this with the subject line, "The last one for a while," we were confused. A week later, when we received another email with the subject line, "The last one, period," we were devastated. No word on what led to the split, but the monthly Afro-beat party's promoter, Debbie Sealy, and resident DJ, Rich Medina, are calling it quits. Fortunately, they won't leave a total void. Chris Annibell spins plenty of Afrobeat in his weekly party, Afrokinetic.

LIFE: Not the smartest arguments here

A few miscellaneous responses to last week's Don Imus controversy:

Snoop Dogg misses the point: "[Rappers] are not talking about no collegiate basketball girls who have made it to the next level in education and sports. We're talking about ho's that's in the 'hood that ain't doing shit, that's trying to get a nigga for his money. These are two separate things. First of all, we ain't no old ass white men that sit up on MSNBC going hard on black girls. We are rappers that have made these songs coming from our minds and our souls that are relevant to what we feel." -MTV

Joan Rivers doesn't get it either: "And I tell you, these [Rutgers] girls were lucky. They're all going to have a book deal. It's going to make their lives better, and they look great in red." -New York Magazine

WARDROBE: High/low collaboration of the week

Patrick Robinson follows Proenza Schouler as the next designer to tackle Target's GO International collection. We've been a Patrick fan ever since his days at Perry Ellis. Here's a sneak peek at the Mediterranean-themed line. It hits stores in May.







































Thursday, April 12, 2007

LIFE: Imus update

The complaints worked.

Monday, April 09, 2007

LIFE: I got your "nappy headed ho's"

For all of you who were as offended by Don Imus' remarks on the Don Imus Morning Show as we were, feel free to send your complaints to Karen Mateo at CBS Radio. karen.mateo@cbsradio.com

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

WARDROBE: Dress like Kate Moss




































































Think about it, how many other designers made money off of the whole skinny jean trend that Kate Moss sparked? That said, you have to give the girl credit for finally using her influence for her own clothing label instead of someone else’s. TopShop, the UK brand she’s collaborating with, has finally posted the look book for her line on its Web site. Here’s a peek at some of our favorites from the collection. See the entire line here.

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

SOUNDS: If our life had a soundtrack...






















The opening scene: A lone girl floats on a surf board in the middle of the North Caribbean off the coast of Costa Rica. (Scroll over song titles to listen.)

“Hi Sun,” by J*Davey


The action sequence: Just as she catches a wave, a gray fin pokes through the water in the near distance.

“Saddle Up,” by Bunny Rabbit


The resolution: Her heart begins to race with adrenaline (she knew she shouldn’t have rented “Open Water” the week before) until she sees water spout out the big fish's blow hole. The gray fin is only a dolphin, not a shark.

“Ocean Rave,” by CocoRosie
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