Folk

Cross currents of cultural identification are always so interesting. The back and forth between American and British folk music is one such fascinating interaction. The banjo, an African instrument, was popularized in America, adopted by Irish folk performers, and generally embraced as an awesome instrument.

The Dodos - Horny Hippies

The Crooked Stills -

DogEared

Robin in the Rye - The boy wonder faces existential uncertainty, puberty, and almost certainly Asperger's syndrome

Covering Lolita - A compendium of various attempts at cover art for the titillating Nabokov novel.

Graphic Typography - Jody Barton

Siouxsie & the Banshee's - Kiss them For Me (Kathak 2 Remix)

image from Painted Roses by Sergio Lopez

Lit

Time to strap in - progress planned, and fortune earned. Time for a new job, a new perspective. Get lit within and keep the bridges from burning.
Dystopia (The Earth is on Fire) by RADIO YACHT

Time to Pretend

Mask by Herb Ritts

Is Glenn O'Brien pretentious? Maybe so, but we all pretend - he just picked the right fantasy. His guide to social climbing is full of name-drops and amusing/somewhat useful advice.

Fresh Coat

Paint - Photos by Aram Bedrossian for Ben Trovato

White - by Charlotte Hatherley

Tattooed Funny Pages - via the Aeger

Chris Thornley Illustrations - via Beware

1996

Where did April go? Down an existential hole that I floated right out of.

Concerts and papers - 20pages on the knowledge economy and its re-socializing affect (not effect Keira!).

Twin Shadow is great in front of you; all mustache/weird haircuts, disco rock and heartbreak. Pains of Being Pure at Heart was as dorky as their name suggests.

Annie had never heard of a band being dorky. Obviously she's never seen the Mobius Band's music video for "1996 (The Loving Sounds of Static)":

(image via inspirefirst)