Wednesday, 25 June 2008

Mischa Barton launches handbag collection in London

Mischa BartonMischa Barton was in London earlier this week talking about the launch of her own handbag collection.


The range, inspired by the vintage finds the former 'O.C.' actress sourced on her travels, hits UK stores John Lewis, Debenhams and Fenwicks on July 2nd.


According to Elle magazine, the collection features leather, snakeskin and fabric bags all finished with a flower logo hand drawn by Mischa.


"Mischa has always loved fashion," her rep said Wednesday, "and especially handbags, which is why she jumped at the chance of creating her own line with a team of designers."




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Tuesday, 24 June 2008

The Magic Mushroom Band

The Magic Mushroom Band   
Artist: The Magic Mushroom Band

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   



Discography:


The Politics Of Ecstacy   
 The Politics Of Ecstacy

   Year: 1986   
Tracks: 8




 






Portastatic

Portastatic   
Artist: Portastatic

   Genre(s): 
Indie
   



Discography:


Be Still Please   
 Be Still Please

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 9




Though Mac McCaughan has muckle to keep him fussy -- playing in Superchunk, managing the successful Merge Records -- he likewise spends time transcription as Portastatic. With a variable batting order, the side-project has recorded two albums and respective singles since 1993, when Tom Sharpling of 18 Wheeler Records asked McCaughan to button some of his lo-fi, four-track recordings; he obliged with the singles "Sandals with White Socks" and "Freshman." Then in 1994, McCaughan released an intact Portastatic album, I Hope Your Heart Is Not Brittle. The radical followed with the Scrapbook EP and a second album, Irksome Note from a Sinking Ship. Nature of a Sap appeared in 1997. 2000's EP De Mel, De Melao paid court to classic Brazilian artists like Caetano Veloso and Arnaldo Baptista. In 2001, McCaughan returned with Looking for Leonard, the score to a film written and directed by Superchunk fans Matt Bissonette and Steven Clark. The uncut Summer of the Shark was released in 2003, only not before some other circumscribed edition undivided (2002's The Perfect Little Door).






'I'll Pick Ryan's Wife,' Says Seacrest's Mom

Ryan Seacrest might be a big shot executive these days, but there's one decision he won't be making without his mommy.

The TV mogul's mother, Connie, says that she expects to have a say when it comes to choosing his future wife!

"I'll certainly get a vote," she told Parade magazine. "I want Ryan to make the right choice. I guess that's a mother's dream."

But Connie, who feature's in his new NBC show Momma's Boys, says she has a little work to do on the American Idol host's lifestyle before Mrs Right is even going to look twice.

"Ryan likes to date, but he's so busy now. There's not a woman in the world that wants to go out with a guy who gets up at 4:30 in the morning and goes to bed at 8:30 at night.

"We're going to find him a better life as far as not working every single hour of the day before he makes a commitment."

But when the time is right, Mamma Seacrest she can vouch that her boy will make a great husband.

"But every woman should know that if the guy treats his momma well, he'll definitely take care of the girlfriend, and that describes Ryan perfectly."






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Artist Tim White Makes the Gradient

Tim White’s Nutations #1 (2008)Courtesy of Mark Jason Gallery
We’re kinda stuck on the Affordable Art Fair — lowly art bloggers tend to be so inclined. But not only because it makes us imagine the possibility of one day hanging our rustic (read: flaking, moldy) urban walls with art, but also because so much of this affordable art (well, it’s still a little out of our price range) is really fantastic: dreamy, grand, surprising. Above, Tim White’s mellow, sparkling rendering of what the term “blank slate” should muster in the imagination. After the jump, Nurit Basin reads the mind of eighties German one-hit wonder Nena. —Emma Pearse



Nurit Basin’s Red Balloons No. 1 (2007)Courtesy of AWOL Gallery


Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth

Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth   
Artist: Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth

   Genre(s): 
Rap: Hip-Hop
   



Discography:


Specialize   
 Specialize

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 4


Rare Tracks, Remixes   
 Rare Tracks, Remixes

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 10


The Main Ingredient   
 The Main Ingredient

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 16


Mecca and the Soul Brother   
 Mecca and the Soul Brother

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 16




 






Soloists, Choir, Orchestra

Soloists, Choir, Orchestra   
Artist: Soloists, Choir, Orchestra

   Genre(s): 
Classical
   



Discography:


Te Deum   
 Te Deum

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 5


Mass No.1 in D minor   
 Mass No.1 in D minor

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 6