Category: Culture

  • Apple HomePod video – Spike Jonze

    Apple HomePod video – Spike Jonze

    Yes, it’s a commercial flogging tech — but the combination of Spike Jonze, FKA Twigs and Anderson .Paak creates a moment of joy Several unexpected things happen in this Apple ad for its HomePod speaker: sullen singer FKA Twigs smiles, Siri actually understands what the vocalist says, and its soundtrack is terribly good. The Cupertino […]

  • Afropunk 2017 Street Style

    Afropunk 2017 Street Style

    Afropunk 2017 Some of the most fashionable folk at the music festival in Brooklyn, New York Instagram @natasha_thahane — “South African actress”  Website Natasha Thahane Afropunk 2017 Instagram @evulll Afropunk 2017 Instagram @malasanil @nadra.w @nedallll @azzoetic @blknilegrl @ilhaminspired Photo  @huesofstyle Afropunk 2017 Instagram @ohwawa_ Afropunk 2017 Instagram @kingqwazy4 Afropunk 2017 Instagram @naturalbabe10.11_pro Afropunk 2017 Instagram @mellmorgan Afropunk […]

  • Bill Evans Time Remembered by Bruce Spiegel – documentary

    Bill Evans Time Remembered by Bruce Spiegel – documentary

    Film about a skilled composer who was an integral figure in one of the greatest LPs ever made Website Bill Evans Time Remembered official site In the 1940s and ’50s, the jazz world was enthralled by the driving sound of hard bop. However, the relationship between a New Jersey pianist and Miles Davis would help […]

  • Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary – John Scheinfeld

    Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary – John Scheinfeld

    Movie trailer about the legendary jazz saxophonist that includes interviews with collaborators and fans, alongside rare footage Website Chasing Trane official site John William Coltrane is arguably the best saxophonist that ever graced this earth. It’s nigh on impossible to find peers, living or dead, who match his virtuosity. He’s even been canonise by the […]

  • Funky Typo-Grafix by Ian ‘Swifty’ Swift and Paul Bradshaw – book

    Funky Typo-Grafix by Ian ‘Swifty’ Swift and Paul Bradshaw – book

    A stylish tome celebrating the work of the graphic designer behind jazz mag Straight No Chaser and record labels Talkin’ Loud and Mo’ Wax Websites Ian Swift Paul Bradshaw Publisher Gamma Proforma With the advent of desktop publishing 20-odd years ago, a deluge of new magazines surfaced. Anyone with an Apple Macintosh could knock out […]

  • New York Bike Style book – Sam Polcer

    New York Bike Style book – Sam Polcer

    Browse New York Bike Style, a coffee-table book by street photographer Sam Polcer, which portrays a wide selection of eye-catching cyclists who make up the city’s two-wheeled tribe Book New York Bike Style (Prestel Publishing) Website Preferred Mode Not too long ago, cycling was a niche activity, reserved for skinny couriers, zealous hobbyists and fitness […]

  • Dust And Grooves: Adventures In Record Collecting – Eilon Paz

    Dust And Grooves: Adventures In Record Collecting – Eilon Paz

    Thumb through Dust And Grooves: Adventures In Record Collecting, photographer Eilon Paz’s coffee-table book that features eye-catching portraits of some of the world’s most ardent vinyl junkies Book Dust And Grooves: Adventures In Record Collecting Website Dust And Grooves Reports of vinyl’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, as the popularity of Eilon Paz’s Dust And […]

  • Vifa Copenhagen wireless speakers

    Vifa Copenhagen wireless speakers

    Introducing the Vifa Copenhagen wireless speakers, an unsung Danish firm’s attempt at creating devices that fuse style and substance Recommended price €899/£743/$1236 (approx.)   Websites Vifa design-people The Vifa Copenhagen is the kind of boombox a Scandinavian designer would covet. More accurately, it’s a wireless speaker that will reproduce the MP3s on your smartphone, tablet […]

  • In The Spirit Of Harlem book – Naomi Fertitta

    In The Spirit Of Harlem book – Naomi Fertitta

    A colourful coffee-table book exploring the rich cultural heritage of this influential Manhattan enclave Book In The Spirit Of Harlem (Assouline Publishing)   Website Assouline Publishing Of late, there’s been much talk of the gentrification of parts of New York that were once deemed undesirable. Harlem is one such district caught up in the conversation, […]

  • Grain Audio PWS – portable Bluetooth speaker

    Grain Audio PWS – portable Bluetooth speaker

    This walnut-wrapped Bluetooth speaker is an elegant alternative to its plasticky peers Price $249.00+shipping (approx. £150.00)   Website Grain Audio Jawbone should be credited for popularizing a whole new tech category: portable Bluetooth speakers. In fact, Jawbone has been so humongously successful, its Jambox speakers now have hundreds of competitors. One such rival is the […]