Leaked Thursday via Diplo’s twitter.

“a lost/new/crazy song i did with @_M_I_A_ -this is only demo… i might leak the real version if u guys want…its classic mia vibe all u apathetic shitheadz“

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Luvina

This is by far one of the most beautiful covers I have seen in a long long time. I mean, I’ve always respected Vogue Paris (and all the other ones) because they are always more geared toward art than commerce — in my opinion. I mean, I know that Conde Nast is just a machine, but like, somehow all of the other VOGUE’s find a way to hold onto their artistic credibility, unlike American VOGUE, which will just use some random “actress”… Like, look at teh American VOGUE cover for October…

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wtf is that? sure I think Carey is beautiful and interesting looking, but this is the cover? UGHHHH. No comparision with these two covers and like that’s how it always is.. Damn. Carey Mulligan is too cute for this cover to not be straight bangin! And like, cut it with all the dumb text on the cover, can we just see the image?! Fuck.

Look at her on the cover of WONDERLAND…such a striking image..

This shit is so annoying. The whole thing of commerce before art is so disappointing and it’s so obvious when it happens.

Later nerds,

Antwan.

lady in the streets, but a freak in the bed. is that yo sister?

-antwan.

To celebrate the new school year I thought I’d post something didactic. Here’s David Lynch’s 1968 interpretation of the alphabet.

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Luvina

I’m not even sure how this is okay, at all. Like, where are the parents? — Oh wait, mama’s holdin’ the damn bowl!

-antwan.

So a few weeks ago, on our way to the Zac Posen show (so dope!!!), we stopped at this place, Tandem, for brunch (3pm, lol). It’s somewhere off the Jefferson L stop in Bushwick. It’s pretty unassuming, looks more like a garage from the outside than anything else. If you’re around, you should def check this place out. Good food, good tunez, and strong coffee.

Frittata.

You can order your own french press of coffee per table. And they were playing Best Coast (gush).

Kale salad and grits. Antwan prefers when Madea makes his grits but he said, “dey was goodt.”

Dude’s tattoo… pause. too much.

And apparently at night they have dance parties in some back room. I assume it must be pretty damn fun. This girl was like “yeah, I had a really ridic night at tandem. I almost went home/slept with some dude.” She’s a lesbian.

C

There’s something hypnotic about the intimate sounds of Warpaint. The all girl quartet from LA just released “Undertow” off their forth coming debut LP, The Fool. Catch their sweet, sweltering psychedelic sounds on tour or in full on October 25th.

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The other day I decided to watch BOONDOCKS for the first time in years. I ended up watching an episode called, “Stinkmeaner 3: The Hateocracy” [season 3, episode 5]  and it was all about these three geezers who had come to the town to beat the grandfather and all the kids’ asses cuz the grandfather killed some dude a long time ago named Stinkmeaner. LOL. This episode was dumb outta control and muhfuckas were gettin there ass beat left and right. Anyway, the family ended up hiring some random ass karate black dude to protect them and he was bougie ass hell and ended up fighting “Charlie Murphy”. Whatever whatever, point being, Charlie Murphy looks just like this bitch and it’s funny as hell.

Lol, now, look at his head shape/teeth/body type and tell me it’s not the same person! LMFAO! Dyin’.

I mean, he do look kinda good in a dress though…Haha. And dem’ pearls do suit him since he such a gentlewoman.

Cha-lay-mer-faaaaayyyyy!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!

He put up a good fight, but he def got his ass beat, LOL. Better luck next time.

The episode isn’t on AdultSwim anymore, but you can watch it HERE.

Lol, I gotta go.

later nerds,

antwan.

Ma Benz is actually a 1998 song by the French rap group NTM (Short for “Nique Ta Mère”, literally “fuck your mother”). This version is slow and seductive, nothing like the original.  I can’t stop listening to it. The video features sequins and a dancing half naked Grandma, you’re sold.

Visit Brigitte’s myspace to listen to more of their 70′s inspired French folk.

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Luvina

Antwan wants me to introduce myself before I start clogging up his blog with my nonsense. So HI, I’m Luvina, a 22 year old suburban malcontent turned New Yorker turned Parisian.  I moved to France from Brooklyn about a year ago, and I’ve been bitching about it ever since.  I’ll post mostly about film and music, with some French current events mixed in. I have a mixed media blog here, but it’s mostly for my own entertainment.

Here’s a recent photograph of me at work:

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Luvina

Japanese painter, Shuichi Nakano, depicts larger than life fauna in the steel and concrete flora of Japan’s cityscape in his works titled, ” Searching for Paradise”. The piece in the collection is so masterfully crafted one cannot help but take a second look and then another and another. Colors so beautifully faded and dream-like, the viewer is immediately taken on a journey through the paradise created by this very talented artist…Studio visit perthaps? Let’s see what we can do!

Take a look at a few more images from the “Searching for Paradise” works below and let us know what you think. Oh and don’t forget to check out the artist’s website to see some more awesome and inspiring works.

The hopelessness of this image, the way it makes me feel — the want, the hurt, the longing…

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later nerds,

antwan.

[all images copyright of the original artist]

Ben l’Oncle Soul (Ben the Soul Uncle) is a French Soul singer. And to be honest, that’s all you really need to know.

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CT

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