October 25th
visited the New York City High Line
saw the Diane Von Furstenberg store with color-changing windows
saw the Assume Vivid Astro Focus exhibit at Phillips de Pury & Company via the High Line
saw the Gansevoort Hotel
saw the Standard Hotel
watched traffic go by on the 10th Avenue Square on the High Line
ate at Corsino Cantina restaurant
visited Fatty Crab restaurant
October 26th
saw the Fashion & Politics exhibit at the FIT Museum
saw the Gershwin Hotel
saw the Museum of Sex
saw the Lure Fishbar restaurant
ate at the Spring Natural restaurant
visited the PS1 Museum and saw the following five exhibits:
1...On-site: Chitra Ganesh
2...Laeandro Erlich: Swimming Pool
3...Learn to Read Art: A History of Printed Matter
4...Christian Marclay: 2822 Records (PS1)
5...Between Spaces
October 27th
listened to the following songs:
Hercules and Love Affair – Athene
Barry White – I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Babe
Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman
Beanie Man featuring Chevelle – Dancehall Queen
Apparat – Hold On
Method Man & Mary J. Blige – You’re All I Need
Gorillaz – New Genious
Celine Dion – The Power of Love
Inner City – Power of Passion
The Black Ghosts – Some Way Through This
Something A La Mode – Rondo Parisiano featuring Karl Lagerfeld
Ten City – That’s the Way Love Is
Yeasayer - Sunrise
October 28th
visited ThisSpotd.it
visited Fastcompany.com
listened to the following songs:
Dionne Farris – I Know
The Black Ghosts – Some Way Through
Something A La Mode – Rondo Parisiano featuring Karl Lagerfeld
October 29th
listened to a live performance of the song Ghost Riders in the Sky
saw the Alexander McQueen, Gucci, and Versace fashion shows on style.com
saw the movie Paranormal Activity
saw the Sweet Million ad campaign in the NYC subway
saw the movie Rain Man
October 30th
saw the opera The Damnation of Faust at the Met
saw the movie 30 Days of Night
saw the movie Never Back Down
listened to the following songs:
Trey Songz – I Invented Sex
Lloyd – You
October 31st
saw the movie Ghost
listened to the Righteous Brothers' Unchained Melody
The first thing that comes to mind is “Thug Love”. I suppose because I had grown up in the Bronx and was used to thugs offering various forms of “love”, it’s something that might’ve been there (in my head) all along, but suddenly songs like “I Invented Sex” and “You” seem so delicate, reassuring, and nurturing in a way. I can’t help but imagine an exhibit that takes visitors through the stages urban music has gone through, except this exhibit would do it audibly…people would walk into a space within a room and have their heads effortlessly filled with the sounds of music. Perhaps James Dyson (inventor of the cyclonic vacuum and bladeless fan) could help. The lyrics and beats within the songs are suggestive, bold, and often uncouth, but at the same time are like a whisper to the ear. Imagine a slim and sexy tattooed Barry White.
I had never really noticed how colorfully lit New York is. Shanghai, China is somewhat known for its color-changing neon lights that sprawl across apartment buildings and its Godzilla-sized TV screens that decorate building façades…it’s the nouveau riche coming through. New York too holds its own. We might be familiar with the Empire State buildings color-changing top…blue for Frank Sinatra, red and green for Christmas, but a night-time trip to New York’s Meatpacking District reveals Skittle-colored buildings at each turn: Diane Von Furstenberg’s color-changing store, the purple roof of the Gansevoort Hotel, and the electric blue lighting along the High Line all scream with pupil-shrinking displays of electricity and ingenuity…David LaChapelle’s dream come true.
Even in a “bad” economy, good restaurants never go out of business; some new ones even open up like Corsina Cantina, sister of Inoteca.
In fashion, “brighter the better” is rule of thumb for Spring Summer 2010. Think “neon and fluorescent” and “futuristic and alien” just like buildings in China and New York…via Alexander McQueen, Versace, and others.
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