DAILYSESSION

By Freshness Magazine

Walk past Marc Jacobs‘ flagship in SoHo or his numerous specialty stores along Bleecker Street and you would think someone has a grudge against the influential fashion designer.  On each of the storefront window is a mysterious tag in drippy paint.  Of course the tagging is all intentional as it marks an upcoming collaboration project between Marc Jacobs and graffiti crew 1134NYC members MINT&SERF (aka MIRF).  More detailed information to come soon… [Read More]

By Vibe Magazine

Instead of waiting for a record label to finance their new album, Public Enemy has an even better idea: Have the fans pay for it. [Read More]

By Douglas Martin – NY Times

Mr. Magic, whose panache and persistence in bringing once-reviled rap to mainstream radio in the 1980s helped pave the way for the breakout of hip-hop culture, died on Friday in Brooklyn. He was 53.

The cause was a heart attack, said Tyrone Williams, his manager and producer. [Read More]

By Ben Sisario – NY Times

It was Wednesday at Downtown 161, and that meant it was Vinylmania day.

Most of the time Downtown 161, a record distributor in Lower Manhattan, is off limits to the public. But once a week it becomes an unusual kind of record store for friends of Vinylmania, a Greenwich Village shop that closed in 2007. Customers run their hands over items in fancy packaging, chat with the seller and brag about their collections — all the typical stuff that grows more endangered every time another store closes. [Read More]

By Fact Magazine

In November 2009 Rizzoli will publish The Velvet Underground: A New York Art, the first ever monograph devoted to a rock band.

Guided and in some ways created by their mentor and collaborator Andy Warhol, The Velvets were artwork as much as artists. They were the first act to explicitly merge pop culture and the fine arts, collapsing the border between “high” and “low” forms of entertainment. It wasn’t just about the music and the lyrics but the way they were presented: the sleeve designs, the performances, the photographs, and everything else besides. A New York Art celebrates the band’s far-reaching, multi-disciplinary creative vision. [Read More]

By Amos Barshad – NewYork Magazine

A Brooklyn label so retro it releases cassettes.

You have not heard the bands distributed by local independent record label Woodsist—home to such acts as Ganglians, Blank Dogs, and Psychedelic Horseshit—in that new iPod commercial. David Bowie and David Byrne have not become backstage fixtures at their shows. Pharrell, to date, has no interest in remixing their music. This is not that kind of Brooklyn-indie-rock success story. [Read More]

By Poe – Freshness Magazine

One point in the not so distant past, Lower East Side was not known for its hipsters’ dive bars nor epicurean’s gathering place.  One point in the not so distant past, Lower East Side was a den of criminals, of social rejects, of those down on their luck.  From its gritty past to the happening present, a photographer was there to documented all – Clinton Patterson, the unofficial historian of this little neighborhood between SoHo and East River. To showcase his extensive portfolio over the past 30 years, ALIFE’s newest venture, ALIFE Presents, along with Kinz + Tillou Fine Art, curated Clayton Patterson: L.E.S. Captured – Photographs, a photo retrospective on the his works and the rapid alterations Lower East Side underwent. [Read More]

By Michael Martin – NY Press

Many Chinese workers who usually depend on the help of a close-knit community are also suffering due to the economy.

Unemployed restaurant deliveryman Jianhua Wang says there’s no help left for him in New York’s Chinatown. Not in this economic climate. “Chinatown is full of compatriots,” he says, “but there are many cheaters.” [Read More]