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Kevin From Work – Just a Bit of Fun

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“Kevin From Work” operates on two tiers, not quite equally. At its core is a sweet (if unrequited) romance, about a young guy who secretly pines for the gal who sits in the adjacent cubicle. And that’s enveloped, chaotically, by a wacky, over-the-top, frequently lewd comedy, derived from all the strange characters that surround them. The two tastes — sweet and silly — don’t always mesh, but there’s enough here to like to put this ABC Family comedy in the “recommended” column, with the understanding that keeping its balance might be a bigger job than “Kevin” can handle.

The title character (Noah Reid) has fared reasonably well at the faceless food-supply company at which he toils, but he’s jumped at the opportunity to work in Italy. No, it’s not because of his crazy boss (Amy Sedaris) or eccentric co-workers, but rather due to the fact that spending every day within a few feet of Audrey (Paige Spara) — whom he sees encircled by animated birds and animals, like a Disney princess — has become too much to take, inasmuch as she has a rather physically imposing boyfriend.

Kacy Hill – Foreign Fields Reminds Us of James Blake

img_2805-edit_o-800x533It was no coincidence that James Blake’s synth tempest “The Wilhelm Scream” preceded the Beats 1 rollout of Kacy Hill’s “Foreign Fields” last week. Blake built his career on minimalist digitized piano ballads and delicate, lost-in-the-woods vocals; it was spareness as aesthetic, a Kinfolk-ian complexity on musical scaffolding. So it makes sense that Kanye West, an artist who hits upon a sound he likes and subsumes it wholly (see: Coldplay, Kid Cudi, Bon Iver, Travis $cott), and has called Blake his favorite artist, would find a way to add a similar brand of austere melodica to his in-house arsenal over at G.O.O.D. Music.
Hill’s first single, “Experience”, released a few months before she signed to West’s imprint in December, is brighter, more neon, but similarly delicate in style to “Foreign Fields”. Everything hinges on her strong-as-silk falsetto. On “Foreign Fields”, it builds over a Blake-ian path of strong piano chords, a Morse patchwork of drum pads, and handclaps, before melting into the whirr and clatter of the song’s inner machinery. And from the din emerges grand design: Like Blake or Zola Jesus or Austra’s Katie Stelmanis—amongst other contemporary, classically-sculpted synth-pop acts—Hill’s spiritual predecessor is Kate Bush.

Der Reiseführer der Zukunft – University Project

This one in German: Ein Reiseführer, der eigentlich keiner ist: Anstatt wie traditionelle Reiseführer durch die Stadt zu führen, gibt DSCVR Inspiration, sich zu verlieren. Der Reiseführer der Zukunft  wirft Fragen auf, motiviert zur kulturellen Interaktion und regt zur Reflexion des Erlebten an. Auf 156 Seiten und mit über 50 Impulsen und Stadtexperimenten inspiriert DSCVR zur Exploration – sowohl von unbekannten Orten und überraschenden Begegnungen, als auch von Gelassenheit und Muße auf Reisen. Und das Beste: Er ist für jede Stadt der Welt.DSCVR_0-1024x748 DSCVR_Buchruecken_2

Das Projekt ist im Rahmen meines Masterstudiums an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste im Departement Design entstanden und soll nun in einer ersten Auflage das Licht der Welt erblicken. Mit Hilfe von Reisenden weltweit – von Kapstadt über Tel Aviv bis nach Tokio – habe ich ein Sammelsurium an Impulsen, Experimenten und Reflexionen entwickelt, das die Mechanismen des Reisens neu denkt.

Mytheresa – A Website to Make (Consumer) Dreams Come True

mytheresa.com is becoming one of the world’s leading online retailers for women’s luxury fashion. The mytheresa.com success story began in 2006 as a small online shop associated with the multi-brand store THERESA., which has been the pillar of style, quality and luxury fashion competence in Munich for more than 25 years. Today, over 200 employees work together. They have great stuff and deliver worldwide.  Some of the newest arrivals from Tom Ford, Miu Miu and Dries Van Noten: P00147874-Leather-gloves-STANDARD P00151681-Jennifer-Soft-leather-shoulder-bag-STANDARD P00155326--STANDARD

Show Me a Hero – The Wire Revisited

show-me-a-hero-oscar-isaac-2Two words: Oscar Isaac. If that isn’t enough: The guys that brought you The Wire… Show me a Hero is an amazing new series produced by good old HBO.
The plot:Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office in 1987 during Yonkers’ worst crisis. When federal courts ordered public housing be built in the white, middle class side of town, it divided the city in a bitter battle fueled by fear, racism, murder and politics.
The trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyD4U8nd4ho