http://lostatsea.net music, media, art, culture, life, everything en-us http://lostatsea.net/images/front_logo_letters.gif http://lostatsea.net 48 144 The Five Kinds of Appeal to Authority You Meet on the Internet: "We know that humans--especially popes--are fallible. If only there were some credible source to which you might ascribe your toxic view Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-03-08 This is kind of ironic style we think, like the whole bacon meme. The Bird and The Bee will performing the album Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates live Friday a Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-03-05 "In an unprecedented opportunity to experience a major European film festival in New York, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) comes to BAM to present the entire slate from their Tiger Awards Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-03-04 There is apparently a war of words (and images) brewing on the streets of London between super-hyped media darling Banksy and the murky Team Robbo. NOT RELATED: The LA-based artist Marco Zamora "talks Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-03-03 We are keeping our MP3 downloads fresh (below left) and our Media Streams (top right) stocked for the winter, but thought we'd pass along info on a couple of free collections. SEE: One of them is a co Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-03-01 "The Siraj Centre in Bethlehem are running a series of cycle tours of Palestine. The political dimension of the journey is inescapable. The cyclists will pass the infamous 'Wall', visit one of many re Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-02-26 "Based on the filmmakers' actual experience, and starring the filmmakers themselves, Breaking Upwards explores a young, real life New York couple who, fours years into their relationship and battling Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-02-26 Le Tampographe Sardon, a French blog dedicated to rubber stamps. Printeresting, a website of "print-related content, including artwork, news, reviews, technology, and critical discourse." AisleOne, an Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:04:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-02-17 In keeping with the red-hearted holiday, on Saturday Chocolate & I, New York will present "an afternoon of activities for kids and an evening of pre-Valentine's Day festivities for singles" that is gu Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-02-11 A few years back we profiled a unique smoothie startup in Tucson, called Xoom Juice. We found the company, and its founder Ari Shapiro, so friendly that not long after that Shapiro began doing some wr Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-02-10 Down in rural Tennessee the Bonnaroo Festival will have dozens of name-brand acts at their event this year (June 10-13), from Stevie Wonder to Jay-Z to Weezer, Mike Shea's pal Norah Jones, LCD Soundsy Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-02-10 Cabinet Magazine is sponsoring two events next week in New York, and both are on the subject of hypochondria. The first, a panel entitled "The Art of Hypochondria," with Princeton University professor Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-02-04 "Do It Yourself! Do It Together!" That is the motto of the All-ages Movement Project, a group recently nominated by Good Magazine as an entrant in the Refresh Everything contest. The Pepsi-sponsored c Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-02-03 "Urban ecosystems sometimes have the ideal measures. When you get an infectious agent like rabies, it tends to have these untoward effects, meaning an outbreak." Raccoons in New York's storied Central Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-02-01 Earlier this week a Municipal Court Judge in Los Angeles ruled that an expert witness for prosecution's case against two animal rights activists "misled the grand jury" in his tesetimony. Federal pros Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-01-29 The unfortunate reality of reminiscing is that you can never go back to what you are longing for. You're always viewing past events through a filter, a filter that exists firmly in the present. Nostal... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=15143170934b94e151f0979 Many a mention has been made that Tomorrow, In a Year is not the proper follow-up to the Knife's brilliant Silent Shout that fans were hoping for. But considering the Dreijer siblings' increasingly ex... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:38:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=5943568884b8bd0fb8743e Having put out Mezzanine--a record so stunning yet disparate from their groundbreaking synthesis of Bristol soul and an invention that dogged from for years: trip-hop--recent Massive Attack has become... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:35:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=20321554784b80527bcd249 With Steven Merritt you never really know what you are going to get. Realism is a significant departure from the bands previous outing, Distortion, which was quite a departure from its predecessor, i.... Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:43:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=6694307524b7e03ba44039 When Nirvana went number one in the early 90s, rock critic Gina Arnold famously announced, "We won." Much to the surprise of, well, everyone, the kings of grunge found notoriety typically suited for p... Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=7372848914b7b713ec9e61 Clearly inspired by his recent collaboration with dubstep maestro (and teenage classmate!) Burial, and his recent DJ sets at London's Plastic People bashes, Kieran Hebden's latest and best opus since ... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:12:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=11618074654b6a842c2040e It takes only 73 seconds for tUnE-yArDs' first album to dissolve into a snippet of an obnoxious child giving a critical exegesis on the coolness of blueberries over seemingly pointless distortion. Wha... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=1833998644b6a8787272d0 If you haven't yet spent any time with Beach House and you're wondering why all of a sudden Victoria Legrand and Alex Scaly seem to be garnering double the attention of their first two not-exactly-ign... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:20:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=8599770124b6a811588b6e During these freezing winter days, with a possible thaw nowhere in sight, my mind frequently drifts away like a lazy breeze rustling through the palm fronds on a tropical island. I dream of burying m... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=13326191204b67bdb80bc78 Of the recent gaggle of summery guitar bands the internet is currently hard for, Surfer Blood has the coolest name and easily the coolest album art (can't go wrong with a checkered picture of a great ... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=20344315994b5ea86b30694 Pierce Brosnan does his best Tony Blair grin in Roman Polanski's first post-extradition film, "a thriller with topical ambitions: it takes place in a jittery, bomb-fearing Britain and America, where the weary rituals of security screenings refuse to let the characters or the audience relax." Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=7111219124b94db94ce65b Think the knitting trend from the mid-00s has gone? Think again. This weekend the creatives at <i>Cabinet</i> magazine are turning their art space over to a new workshop on "knots, knitting, and string figures." Not only will attendees be given access to string, they'll be plied with twisted baked goods and tasty wine as well. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=563969874b8d2ffd80b3a A Native Tongues Posse member and one half of Queens duo Black Sheep, Dres knows a thing or two about palling around. Now he wants to expand his crew by doing a five-track remix album with fans. In exchange for the beats, he's offering up 16 bars of his own flow on their work. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=5267502054b8fa51cd7d82 This weekend the NAHBS rolls into Virginia with an assortment of bikes, riders, clothes, ideas, companies and yes, more bikes. Oh, and there'll be beer, too. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=4030033704b4e1aa70b473 This Saturday will be the UK premiere of Los Angeles-based filmmaker Brian Butler's latest work, a seven and a half minute piece that includes performances by Butler, Kenneth Anger and Vincent Gallo. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=20233226274b5ec5eec9bc4 To promote the release of their new Eames Century Modern font collection, the Delaware design group is taking three people on a tour of Charles and Ray Eames's iconic California home next month. Winners will be announced this Friday, and you entries are valid until Thursday. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=19205991774b6ac2ed83c34 A new exhibition in Amsterdam, comprised of solo work by our favorite Dutch street artist, bridges the gap between poetic one-liners tagged in Krylon on concrete and more conventional paintings of acrylic on canvas. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=16902150824b6a9195f0d62 To put it in 140 characters or less: J.D. Salinger and Howard Zinn are gone. At a time when Apple's iPad is being touted as the killer of Amazon's Kindle, which was touted as the killer of the traditional novel, who will take their place? Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=14578895374b6a00a8c468a Billed as "a unique chocolate and food and culture immersion experience," the theme of the second edition of the cocoa-laden conference will addresss the idea of "The Journey" from February 8th until the 14th in New York. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=11902792784b604d565b922 It has been almost three decades since an influential punk magazine from Michigan closed down (hint: they gave rise to an influential Chicago label of the same name that recently folded as well). Thankfully, as a new exhibition in California proves, the love of zines is alive and well. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=19589358714b69e9d7861c2