Polaroid Paintings

Brooklyn based artist Matt Schwartz transforms polaroids into these etheral paintings. The artist peels the polaroid film and then presses the image onto water color paper to create these beautiful images.
Above are just a few of my favorites from his site She Hit Pause. Studios.

Record Deals...

Guided by Voices
Alien Lanes
Buy CD
$16.58
Vinyl EP

A classic. That's all you need to know...

(No) Check Please!

Not Eating Out in New York is a great website dedicated to consuming less and eating more by writer Cathy Erway. As many know, I also adopt this lifestyle ethos. I am a fan of dinners at home - having the comforts of drinking your own wine (without an insane corkage fee) and eating with your shoes off. Eating is comfort.

I recently made the dish Mint Chutney Potato Salad for friends and was very happy with the end result and the full bellies. Erway's recipes are well thought, original and easy to follow. Some featured recipes include Fresh Veggie Korean Pancakes, Peach Watermelon Sangria Sorbet & Tip of the Week: From Instant to Awesome Ramen.

Browse the site and make one of these dishes in your own kitchen this summer; don't eat out New York!

Record Deals...

Dinosaur Jr.
Farm
OMG Vinyl
$14.00
Vinyl LP











Plain and simple: This album kicks ass. This is Dinosaur Jr.'s 9th studio album and listen up kids because this is how rock sounds. Don't believe me, read it here.

Again, thank you J Mascis...

Lo-fi Country Clubs: Brooklyn Style

New York Times article Forget the Trash Bag, Bring a Towel by Melena Ryzik is about the recent lo-fi urban country clubs that are sprouting in Brooklyn.

People are transforming dumpster shells, lining them and filling with water to create swimming pools - VIP style. In addition to the pools you can outfit your urban retreat with lovely acutriments including plants, tables and chairs - IKEA style, naturally...

View the Dumpster Dips NYT slide show.

Flickr

Nanook of New York is on Flickr. I'll be downloading my random shots of Mi Casa, Das Feet and Bushwick's beauty...

Have a great weekend everyone. I'll be listening to Jimmy Wilson and going to the beach on Sunday!

Record Deals...

Beck
One Foot in the Grave
Ebay
$33.99
Vinyl LP









If my house was on fire I'd grab this. A fucking classic.

Scaley Andrew

Scaley Andrew's classic cassette tape, The Soul of Postmodernism, is available on CD now at Teenbeat Records.

Home Tour - Manhattan Loft

Martha Stewart magazine showed off this Manhattan loft some time ago...I love the space so much I find myself coming back to this issue often.

The lucky owners are winemaker Marco Pasanella, former Blueprint editor Rebecca Robertson and their son Luca. Their house, in a former shipbuilders' warehouse built in 1839.

Kurt Vile

Kurt Vile, now signed on Matador, has a new record, Childish Prodigy, coming out this fall. Constant Hitmaker, released in 2008, is on major rotation in my collection. The album is genius, soft, poetic, lo-fi, complex, beautiful...

Listen to Freeway, a track from Constant Hitmaker.

Vile is touring July 17 with summer shows and then a proper tour to promote the new record. Check upcoming dates on Matador.

Sonic Youth

I love concert posters of every kind - elaborate silk screened ones and even simple hand cut and paste on neon paper. I adore this one especially.

Sonic Youth is touring for their latest album on Matador, The Eternal, and above is a poster for the Richmond show tonight, July 8, 2009.

Pocket Workbooks

I think ever since grade school in Dunoon, Scotland I have obsessed with jotters and cute notebooks for writing. The adorable ones above are by the talented Wendy Chung on her Esty site, Dozi.

A set of three go for $24.00.

Record Deals...

The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead
Audiophile
$40.00
Vinyl LP








Happy Fourth of July America! Have a safe and fun holiday weekend everyone. I'll be in beautiful Keuka Lake in upstate New York with good friends enjoying the water, ice cold beers, the sunshine and fireworks!