Posts Tagged ‘music’

iMix: Tolerable Christmas Music

18th December 2009 by bellastraniera No Comments

Here’s a mix of songs from D. that will get you in the holiday spirit without making you feel like you’re trapped in an elevator with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Another good Christmas album, not available on iTunes, is Kindercore Christmas Two, an $8.99 download on Amazon. It includes the Kings of Convenience singing an [...]

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Alice Waters, Influential Chef and…DJ?

17th December 2009 by bellastraniera No Comments

She’s not just a proponent of fresh, organic food for all, she’s also a Radiohead fan. Who knew?

It’s definitely worth listening to Alice Waters’ guest DJ set on KCRW, if only to be hypnotized by her surprisingly sexy voice intoning, over Nina Simone’s “I Want a Little Sugar in my Bowl”:
It’s a beautiful sensual song, [...]

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iMix: October 2009

21st October 2009 by bellastraniera No Comments

Here’s an October mix of some of the best new songs coming out and a few rediscovered classics. Favorite sources include KCRW, the recent Fever Ray concert, the Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack and more. It has already accompanied us on several very long weekend drives, and we’re still not sick of it!

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Street Chic: Atlantic Antic Brooklyn

8th October 2009 by bellastraniera No Comments

The annual Atlantic Antic festival on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn isn’t your average tube-socks-and-Italian-sausage street fair: Hundreds of local Brooklyn businesses set up shop, from clothing shops like Steven Alan to favorite neighborhood restaurants like Building on Bond. Oysters on the half shell, vintage dresses, pulled pork sandwiches, live music and Six Point Ale: it’s [...]

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Fall’s Fashion Hit: Where the Wild Things Are

30th September 2009 by bellastraniera No Comments

As much as designers try to predict how music, art and film will influence fashion the next season, it’s always a wonderful wild card to see how things will turn out. Though Disney has seen to it that there’s a designer connection with the anticipated Tim Burton project Alice in Wonderland – they commissioned Tom [...]

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