We Don’t Care About the Young FolksWell, summer’s over, and the kids are going back to school. Thinking of this momentous time brought to mind Dear Lemon Lima, directed by Suzi Yoonessi, which screened earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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The Top Five Runway Falls
The catwalk has become a spectator sport in recent years, as model after model takes a spill. Here’s a face-plant highlight reel, with video and photos.
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Elijah Wood Does the Puppet Master
For absolutely no good reason, except that someone sent it to us, and it’s a beautiful August Wednesday afternoon so why not, we herewith present the “Dancey Dance” segment from last Monday’s premiere of Nick Jr.’s new live-action music series, Yo Gabba Gabba!. In it, Elijah Wood teaches us all how to do his dancey-dance, called the puppet master. Yeah. We recommend you stick around till the end, when Elijah and friends “go crazy.” It’s, uh, adorable.
Elijah Wood on Yo Gabba Gabba [YouTube via He Who Laughs]
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‘Culinary Conductor’ and ‘Love Chef’ Woo Rocco Online You probably don’t care that Rocco DiSpirito will be hosting a cooking show on Bertolli’s website, but the people who are auditioning to be his co-host sure do! As you might guess, there are a few oddballs in the bunch: In one video, Jernard “The Love Chef” and Rocco’s self-described No. 1 fan promises to “spread love all over the kitchen,” only to bark out his cooking demo like a drill instructor. Then there’s Nicole Navarro, a retired Vegas showgirl “inspired by culinary” who, as if to make up for her use of “culinary” as a noun, ends her demo with a high leg kick.
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Tay Zonday, Under the Covers In less time than it used to take to download the Hampster Dance on a dial-up modem, Tay Zonday’s musical epic “Chocolate Rain” has spawned thousands of cover versions, reimaginings, and recontextualizations.
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CBGB Founder Hilly Kristal Dies at 75His legendary venue helped launch the careers of punk luminaries like Ramones, Blondie, Television, and Talking Heads, though in later years it became just as famous for the unsanitary conditions of its bathrooms.
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Sarah Carlson Doesn’t Think Academics Have Much Style
NYU master’s student Sarah Carlson just finished her thesis on “the generation of buzz toward art openings on the New York gallery scene.” She’s Scandinavian, and she thinks Scandinavians are fashionable, but she’s “a bit schizophrenic” when it comes to style, she says. “Today I was going for a sort of perky look,” she says, “so lots of colors.” Where’d she get her colors? Find out in this week’s Video Look Book.
Sarah Carlson [Video Look Book]
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What the Terrorists Don’t Understand About Zac EfronThe Al Qaeda–affiliated Britons who issued death threats to Diddy and other dangerous subversives in the video that we highlighted earlier today really got us peeved.
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Kenneth Anger’s Early, Beautiful ‘Puce Moment’Today, we’re featuring one of Kenneth Anger’s earliest and most beautiful films. The footage was shot in 1949, but you’ll probably be shocked at how modern it feels.
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Religious Zealots vs. Pop CultureIt’s the end of August, and most of our pop stars are either on vacation, in prison, or planning their next DUIs — but for the zany Islamic fundamentalists trying to stamp out the influence of Western culture, it’s just another day at the office!
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Marty North Wears Shirts to Forget
Marty North is a potter, born and raised. He’ll make you tile floors or kitchen sinks or anything you want. Most of his clothes seem coordinated around ex-boyfriends — the hat comes from one, the shirt is to make him forget another — and he never removes his necklaces, one of which bears a bell. Why the bell? You’ll have to watch this week’s Video Look Book to find out.
Marty North [Video Look Book]
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Game OverHere, we reenter the beloved gorilla-baiting plumber’s life long after he’s rescued Princess Peach from the Mushroom Kingdom. Now, Peach and Mario are living in a dump in Brooklyn, and Mario’s mushroom habit has become, well, a problem.
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Max Roach Dies at 83Bebop drummer and jazz legend Max Roach died today of unspecified causes at the age of 83.
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R. Kelly Comes to Greenwich Village, Premieres Videos, Wows Vulture
R. Kelly! Live in New York! For the official premiere of Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13–22! Omg omg omg! Okay, yeah, so he barely said anything. And wouldn’t talk to press. And didn’t have much of a boldface-name turnout. So what? Vulture was at the IFC Center for that momentous occasion, and its minions report back.
R. Kelly Even More Awesome in Person [Vulture]
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Video: The Scene at Last Night’s MadonnathonLast night, in honor of Madge’s 49th birthday, hundreds of her craziest fans converged on B.B. King Blues Club to enjoy semi-reverent live performances of her greatest hits by amateurs of various genders, both talented and non.
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The Mayor, His Wife, His Press Secretary, and His ‘Very Good Friend’
We’ve been reading a lot about Rudy Giuliani lately. There was that Voice piece yesterday on why his kids are right to hate him. There’s the New Yorker profile we finally got around to reading last night (and which seemed only to provide a Steinbergian New Yorker’s View of Rudy to the rest of the country — was there anything in it, other than that his father, in addition to being a small-time gangster, was also a mean disciplinarian, that you didn’t already know?). And there’s the Harper’s cover we’ve been looking at on our coffee table for a week or so now, though we can’t quite bring ourselves to crack it.
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Jenna Davis Doesn’t Like Her Feet
Fashion designer Jenna Davis doesn’t really like black shoes — but she’s wearing them. She likes to look polished but with something a little bit off — but today nothing’s really off. What else does this fashionable mass of contradictions have to say for herself? Find out in this week’s Video Look Book.
Jenna Davis [Video Look Book]
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Guns N’ Roses Handily Outdone by Guy on YouTubeIn what is easily the second-most-impressive hand-related YouTube music video we’ve seen all summer a manualist plays “Sweet Child o’ Mine” using only his palms and fingers.
Björk Makes the Case for OutsourcingIf you’d had told us that the best Björk video in years would be made by a nonprofessional filmmaker without any input from the increasingly obtuse Icelander herself, well, we’d definitely have believed you.
What Kind of Man Wears Short Shorts?
Stylist Charles Manning has recently started wearing short shorts. “It’s too hot to wear anything else,” he explains to New York’s Amy Larocca in this week’s Video Look Book. As it turns out, the short shorts are getting a reaction: Old men tell him they’re great; young men want to exchange high-fives. Maybe you’ll like ‘em, too.
Charles Manning [Video Look Book]
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Open House New York: The Future of Fire Island
The Hamptonization of Fire Island? Say it ain’t so! Our real-estate guru, S. Jhoanna Robledo, discusses the dread future of the once-quiet barrier island in this week’s installment of Open House New York, New York’s partnership with LX.TV and WNBC-TV.
She Does Her Little Turn on the Catwalk
Amy Larocca met Akia and Sahriya Baily in Soho recently and discovered that pageant queen and makeup artist Akia is now entering her daughter Sahriya in the contests. Sahriya will get only some blush and bronzer. No teeth whiteners! Check out Sahirya’s excellent walk by watching this week’s Video Look Book.
Akia and Sahriya Baily [Video Look Book]
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Video: Inside Proenza Schouler’s Dark Resort Collection
At Proenza Schouler’s studio recently, New York’s fashion director Harriet Mays Powell found designers Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough with a dark resort collection. “We’re just really attracted to dark colors,” McCollough said. “We like tons of grays.” A new metallic tank top displayed the duo’s high-low aesthetic. “We’re inspired by the idea of mid-century couture,” Hernandez said. “Mixing that sensibility with the reality that we’re kids from the nineties and it’s a dressed-down generation.” See three new Proenza garments and hear more from the designers by watching the video.
Fashion Studio: Proenza Schouler [NYM]
Open House New York: Self-Parked Cars to Self-Cleaning Toilets
What are the latest over-the-top amenities in new New York apartment buildings? On the first installment of New York’s new partnership with LX.TV and WNBC-TV, called “Open House New York,” real-estate editor S. Jhoanna Robledo takes a tour of an automated parking garage in lower Manhattan, a tricked-out kids’ playroom on the Upper West Side, and a space-age, remote-controlled toilet in Chelsea. The future is now, people! So take a look.
Open House New York [NYM]
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Outrageous Amenity of the Week [NYM]
Open House New York [Official site]
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When Lexington Avenue Attacks!
If you’ve always wondered what it might look like if the mild-mannered street in front of you were suddenly to explode, and if you weren’t lucky enough to be near Grand Central the other day, we’ve got some good news. The Fire Department located a security camera on Lexington Avenue that caught the steam-pipe explosion. The main problem with security cameras, of course, is bad composition — so just be warned to keep your eye on the top of the frame. Also, the Fire Department has confirmed that the time stamp on the tape is wrong. So don’t get hung up on that.
Moments Before the Steam Pipe Explosion [YouTube]
Video Shows Steam Pipe Explosion [City Room/NYT]
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Behold the Power of Crumbling Infrastructure
• Families of 9/11 victims are upset — are the families of 9/11 victims ever not upset? — because the city plans to commemorate the attacks’ sixth anniversary in the small Zuccotti park. Instead of, you know, in the middle of a giant construction site. [amNY]
Way Down in the Hole: Marc Lougee’s ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’Poe’s elliptical story has provided fodder for many elaborate feature-film retellings, but Lougee’s ruthlessly efficient take is short and to the point, packing in a whole lot of tension into seven slim minutes.
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‘We’re Not Carpet Monsters!’In this video, created especially by New York for the event, two dynamic bad-art collectors show off their shockingly avant-garde collection.
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Video: Zach Galifianakis Befuddles MobyIn this video, created especially for New York, Zach Galifianakis grills Moby on why music isn’t art, whether he’s ever sung a song with his feet, and more.
‘Times’ Techie Pogue Sings iPhone’s Praises
Our father is not typically on the cutting edge of technology, nor of technology coverage. So while we’re used to one-sentence e-mails like “Make sure you read Bruni” or “David Brooks lost whatever negligible credibility he had left today,” we were entirely surprised to open the in-box this afternoon and find, exuberantly capitalized, this message: “No further discussion: DAVID POGUE IS THE COOLEST PERSON IN AMERICA!!!” What was Pogue up to now, we wondered, and why was Dad so into it? Then we saw. Behold “iPhone: The Musical,” which is not so much a musical as a big-budget karaoke number. To Sinatra. It’s hilarious, and we’re jealous.
iPhone: The Musical [NYT]
Video: Man Man and Illinois LiveAbove, check out Man Man playing “Banana Ghost,” preceded by a brand-new song that we would title “Been Knocked Out Way Too Long,” but which is probably called “Kitten Apocalypse” or some shit.
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Christian Louboutin Makes Shoes for Showgirls
Who gets inspiration from sea anemones and showgirls? Christian Louboutin, of course. The French designer shares some of his new shoes (and handbags!) with New York’s fashion director, Harriet Mays Powell. The video’s got sexy boots and a sassy designer. Watch to see which is naughtier.
Fashion Studio: Christian Louboutin [Video]
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Walking the iPhone Line
The iPhone! This afternoon! Yay. New York contributor Tim Murphy stopped by the Fifth Avenue Apple Store yesterday to check in with the crazies lined up on the sidewalk. What drives them to wait on line for this piece of technology? “It’s all about picking up girls, man,” one dude tells Tim. “You just pull that thing out, and that’s what it’s about.” Ain’t that always the way?
Street Level: iPhone Debut [NYM]
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The Weirdest User Comment on the New Will Ferrell Viral VideoLast night, FunnyOrDie.com launched the sequel to its viral video hit “The Landlord.” The new video, again starring Will Ferrell and 2-year-old Pearl McKay (daughter of director Adam McKay), is called “Good Cop, Baby Cop” and pits unrepentant triple murderer Ferrell against “loose cannon” interrogator Pearl.
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Video: Superchunk Live at McCarren PoolYesterday we showed you the scene at this weekend’s McCarren Pool show in Williamsburg, at which Chapel Hellions Superchunk rocked, Brooklyn tots Slip-’n-Slid, and music fans baked under the sun. Today we’ve got full-song video of two performances from the show. Above, check out Superchunk playing their opener, “Driveway to Driveway”; below the jump, catch the band playing the always-great-live “Animated Airplanes Over Germany.”
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Kanye West’s New Video One-Upped in Advance by YouTube HandsKanye West may have hired profligate music-video legend Hype Williams to direct and the stunning R&B singer Cassie to co-star in the megabudget, special-effects-laden, three-months-in-the-making video for his next single, “Stronger.” But he’s already been shown up by a no-budget YouTube sensation.
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‘Manny’ Video Picks Up Where M.C. Rove Left Off
The absolute highlight of last night’s book party for Holly Peterson’s The Manny was the presentation of a, um, “viral” promo clip for the book, conceived (and perhaps bankrolled?) by the socialite auteur. “My publishers would like you to know they had nothing to do with this,” said Peterson, and we understand them completely. Still, the video just got posted on Daily Reel with a fawning write-up (“as creative as it gets”). We invite you to click through, provided you’re in the mood for UES types “rapping” about their Jamaican chauffeurs and Asian maids to a mangled Hall & Oates hook in the most horrifying display of minstrelsy this side of M.C. Rove. “We were just trying to be funny,” says director Michael Jaffe. Indeed! They even got a dwarf in there, and dwarves are comic gold — doubly so when they play babies! Triply so if it’s gay babies! Disclaimer: Daily Intel is not responsible if watching the clip (after the jump) results in spontaneous class war.
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Mama Always Said She’d Be the Chosen One
“The best campaign spot we’ve seen this season!”
—Kate Phillips, the New York Times
“An uproarious Web spoof!”
—Ian Bishop, New York Post
“Finally, Hil reveals fun side!”
—Michael McAuliff and Helen Kennedy, Daily News
Oh, just watch the damned thing yourselves.