JeremyKotin @ November 17, 2008 # 2 Comments
1. WEB The 404
Maybe it’s because I work from home by myself that I just enjoy having the sound of other people’s chatter, but if I had to choose the chatter, I would definitely go with the guys at The 404. This live video stream of a radio show covers pretty much any topic you [...]
JeremyKotin @ November 10, 2008 # 2 Comments
1. EVENT Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion in Central Park
This exhibition transformed me over the course of a 45-minute guided tour. Equipped with an MP3 player telling me exactly how to move through Zaha Hadid’s fantastic sculpture of a structure, I experienced modern art in a way I wish more museums would adopt. Each piece, given [...]
JeremyKotin @ November 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet
1. EVENT Halloween in NYC
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday, mostly due to the gruesome nature of the proceedings in which I can freely enjoy my inner freak. But New York adds an extra layer of sumptuous crazy. I couldn’t help but smile riding the F Train to the LES with a couple Joe [...]
JeremyKotin @ October 6, 2008 # No Comment Yet
1. MOVIE The Earrings of Madame De… (1953)
This stunner of a film from director Max Ophuls has always been one of my absolute favorites ever since Andrew Sarris mumbled an incoherent introduction to the classic in a film course of mine. But once the screen went dark and Danielle Darrieux appeared, I was transfixed watching [...]
JeremyKotin @ September 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
1. ALBUM Johnny Flynn “A Larum”
The sound is something like The Decemberists if Josh Ritter were the lead vocalist, with a bit of a country bent. Here’s a sample lyric from “Tickle Me Pink,” one of my favorite tracks: “Pray for the people inside your head/for they won’t be there when you’re dead/muffled out and [...]
JeremyKotin @ September 15, 2008 # 3 Comments
1. ALBUM Philip Glass “The Book of Longing”
I absolutely love Philip Glass. I also find his work can be redundant (rolling chords can only change so much over forty years). This recent collaboration with Leonard Cohen, however, captures some of the original fire. Cohen’s boom-y bass pops up for narration, four singers transform Glass’ music [...]