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@thisachingdeal
Really late to the game with Chicago house but I clearly remember the first time I heard "Your Love" by #FrankieKnuckles and #JamiePrinciple. Summer 2006 during a DJ set by #TheGlimmers at Warm Up at PS1. So perfect. So timeless. #legendsneverdie
new order / leave me alone
I've been listening to early New Order a great deal lately. My renewed interest commenced 2 years ago with the film Carlos (Olivier Assayas, 2010) which prominently featured "Dreams Never End" from their debut LP Movement.
Their second LP Power, Corruption & Lies is where the band steps out of the shadows of Joy Division and fully coalesces as New Order. I can't quite pinpoint what it is about "Leave Me Alone," the last track on the album, that touches me so deeply. There's the bittersweet cadence of the beat and Bernard Sumner's weathered vocal. And the sentiment of something as simple as trying to convey a beautiful idea to someone special and just smiling when they don't understand. It gets me every time, particularly on this Blue Monday.
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david bowie / low (rca, 1977)
David Bowie wrote Low during an especially painful time in his life. Elements of the songs were initially written for The Man Who Fell to Earth, but the director did not think that they suited the film.
I recall dancing to "Be My Wife" in 2002 during a Justine D DJ set at the Tiswas party at Don Hill's. I didn't get the song back then. Eight years later, I got really into Iggy Pop's The Idiot, which Bowie produced and co-wrote. Around that time, I listened more closely to "Be My Wife" and was taken aback by the desperation in the vocal and blown away by the track's precision.
The first half of Low sounds almost celebratory compared to the ambient drone of the mostly instrumental second side. Taken as a whole, the catharsis is masterful and captivating. The themes of isolation, loneliness, and disillusion never wallow.
I love how side one ends so triumphantly with "A New Career in a New Town."
evan dando / all my life
I was really sad when I read the recent New York Magazine article on Evan Dando. I think that he is severely underrated as a songwriter and vocalist. I still unabashedly listen to It’s a Shame About Ray all of the time.
“All My Life” is a song written by former Australian wunderkind Ben Lee specifically for Evan. It’s from Evan's 2003 debut LP, Baby I’m Bored. The front cover of the album is a photograph of his estranged wife, model Elizabeth Moses.
The song is a cautionary tale. It's akin to the guy on his death bed who finally realizes, albeit too late, that he went about everything wrong and his time is out.
I shudder when he delivers the lyric “I bit my own sweet heart and blew it” at the end of the second verse.
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arthur russell / don't forget about me
My favorite Arthur Russell song changes on a monthly basis. Right now, it's "Don't Forget About Me." Arthur wrote this song early in his career and it's essentially about letting go of a lover. The song is pretty significant when taken into context with Arthur's career. Like many great artists, Arthur did not achieve the commercial success befitting of his enormous talent as a musician and songwriter. When he died of AIDS in 1992, he left behind a staggering catalog of unreleased material that has only recently been unearthed. I can't get over the tender and warm melody of "Don't Forget About Me." In Tim Lawrence's sweeping biography on Arthur, Hold Onto Your Dreams, one of Arthur's collaborators Steven Hall recalls playing the song for Joey Ramone a couple of years before Joey died. After he finished, Joey closed his eyes for a moment and then called the song a prayer. That sounds about right.
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seersucker / yacht club cool
Back in the summer of 2003, my friend Matt and I decided to start wearing Sperry-Top Sider boat shoes, Wayfarers, and Ralph Lauren polo shirts (this is what I was wearing as a youth on Long Island). We were 25 years old at the time and were envious of all of the guys docking their yachts on the Pier on the West Side (Matt was living on a boat on the Pier for part of that summer).
I still have the Polo Ralph Lauren seersucker jacket that I bought that spring. I wore it last Friday when it reached 75 degrees in the city with a white Calvin Klein underwear T-Shirt, broken-in APC jeans, and Sahara colored Sperry Top-Siders.
i like to / disco
In the summer of 2008 when I was still living in Little Italy, I found a place to park my car in Williamsburg on Wythe Avenue which did not have opposite sides parking restrictions. The only time you would have to move your car is when a film was being shot. This occurred about once a month, and if you did not move your car by the designated time, the film crew would relocate your car to a new parking spot away from their shoot. This happened to my car once, and I was amazed that the car was not damaged in any way and was parked in a legal spot a couple of blocks over.
One Sunday back in July of 2008, my wife, a friend, and I came back from the beach and parked the car on Wythe. It was around 5PM or so, and being that it was such a beautiful day, we had decided to walk down to the river to Grand Ferry Park. I used to be part of this mailing list called NYHappenings, which from around 2002 until 2005 or so, was this amazing mailing list for indie rock shows and dance parties happening throughout the city moderated by Dan Selzer. At the time, this list was an integral tool to centralize and share information. No Ordinary Monkey was part of NYHappenings and they would post each time they threw a party. Even though they were affiliated with people like Rub N’ Tug and James Murphy, I had never been to one of their parties.
As we were walking up to the park, there were a ton of people there and I could hear a DJ spinning dance music. I was in flip flops, swim trunks, and a t-shirt. There was a tent area where vodka lemonade was being served and the DJ was playing really great records—this was around the time that Balearic disco was still interesting. We had just stumbled upon a No Ordinary Monkey party. We had a couple of drinks and called up a few friends and before we knew it, dusk was starting to settle and we were steadily dancing on the water with about 100 other people.
At the height of the party, one of the No Ordinary Monkey DJ’s spun the Prins Thomas remix of Todd Terje’s “Bodies.” I remember, without irony, high fiving a dude on the dance floor.
the libertines / bowery ballroom may 5, 2003
I clearly remember seeing Peter Doherty earlier that day walking down Delancey Street. The Libertines had just played Coachella in late April and were in New York for 3 shows: CBGB's, Luxx, and Bowery Ballroom. They set up an August 2003 U.S. tour, but by that time, Peter had already been kicked out of the band for the first time.
They opened with "Horrorshow" which was played twice as fast as the record. The crowd went berserk. At one point they brought up a random guy that they had met on the street earlier that day to sing a demo they had been working on called "Merry Go Round." Before the last song, Peter started pulling the front row up on stage (myself included) for an invasion. Carlos accidentally hit me in the head with his guitar before they kicked into "I Get Along."
For that brief moment they were the best band in the world. This would be the last time Peter Doherty would play with The Libertines in New York. On that night at The Bowery, The Libertines were perfect.
robert haussmann / loves your dog
Robert is a rising star in the canine behavioral field. His Brooklyn-based company Dogboy, Inc. utilizes practical humane training for the urban dog. When he's not out working with Mayor Bloomberg's yellow Labradors, he's encouraging everyone he knows to rescue a dog. He is the authority on dog training in the Tri-state area.
shawn salim / hair stylist
Shawn Salim has been cutting my hair since 2005. He works out of the Armando Corral Salon in the Meatpacking District. He has a pretty eclectic resume having styled Mariah Carey, Rachel McAdams, and Gucci Mane, to name a few.
Check out his bio here.
Armando Corral Salon 12 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY, 10014 212.206.7712
running
Photo by Tait Simpson
I started running on and off back in the spring of 2005. I distinctly remember the conversation that sparked my life as a runner. While walking with a friend down Spring Street in a white V-neck, my friend said that I was in danger of becoming "the skinny guy with the gut." The next day, I was on the West Side Highway running 3 miles.
I started to get serious about running in October of 2009. My friend Tait had recently moved back to Williamsburg from L.A. As he is a native Oregonian, he has running in his DNA. Together with my friend Matt, the three of us began running together a couple of times a week. Matt and Tait were both better runners than me and were already New York Road Runners members. They both encouraged my development as a runner and in December of 2009, I competed in my first NYRR race--the Joe Kleinerman Classic 10K in Central Park. In January 2010, I ran my first half marathon--the Manhattan Half Marathon (also in Central Park). From there, the 3 of us talked seriously about starting a running team sanctioned by NYRR. Through Tait's hard work (he was recently certified by the USATF) and a co-sign from Matt and me, Team Firspring was born.
I ran 9 NYRR qualifying races (including 4 half marathons) in 2010. This, combined with 1 volunteer shift during the NYC Marathon Expo in November, guaranteed me a spot in the 2011 ING NYC Marathon via the NYRR 9 + 1 Program.
Team Firspring has grown. We were lucky to have a great runner / visual artist named JP join the team in its nascent stage. He along with Tait designed our logo and uniforms. Tait's girlfriend Fríða recently started the women's team. We currently do 1 long co-ed group run per week on Saturday or Sunday (mid-week interval training will commence in the spring).
I run 4 miles a day in the gym four mornings before work each week (I make sure to do a round of planks each morning after stretching thoroughly). I try to do Yoga on Saturdays and then the long run on Sundays. I'm currently running roughly 24 miles per week.
Protein Shake
ON Gold Standard 100% Whey (Double Rich Chocolate) 2 Tablespoons of Bob’s Red Mill Flax Seed Meal 1 Generous Scoop of Organic Peanut Butter (Trader Joe’s or Fairway) 1 Banana Skim Milk Ice
My Running Playlist Shit Robot / Simple Things (Work It Out) (Todd Terje Version) Pete Heller / Big Love (Original 12" Mix) Star Slinger / May I Walk With You? Factory Floor / Lying John Talabot / Sunshine Loose Joints / Tell You (Today) Mr. Fingers / Stars Phoenix / Rally Sidwho? / Pay For Love (Jamie Paton Edit) Tiger & Woods / Deflowered
underworld / two months off
The sentiment of this song transcends genre.
I can’t think of anything more beautiful than the idea of someone bringing light into a dark place.
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frye / brando engineer boot
I bought my pair of Frye Brando Engineer boots three years ago. The color that I have is gray. The leather on these is really great--texturally, it feels almost like a horse saddle (I treat them once a year with mink oil). It seems that Frye has ceased making the Brando model and replaced it with Rand. A friend of mine bought a pair of Rand Engineer boots and the leather and buckles are inferior (they are also not available in gray).
These boots were my calling calling card a couple of years ago. I wore them this past week for the first time in awhile and was reminded about how much that I love them.
leaving / catherine corsini (2009)
There is something incredibly mesmerizing about Kristin Scott Thomas. She has never been more radiant on camera than in the exquisitely shot Leaving. She plays Suzanne, a bored housewife living in the south of France married to a highly successful doctor named Samuel (Yvan Attal). She falls in love with Ivan (With a Friend Like Harry’s Sergi López), an ex-convict from Spain that her husband foolishly hires to build an office on their sprawling property. She ends up leaving her controlling, and at times abusive, husband and two teenage children to be with Ivan. Suzanne and Ivan struggle together to carve out a life where she is cut off from her husband's wealth.
Samuel gets Ivan in a compromising situation which he agrees to get him out of on the condition that Suzanne come back to him. Suzanne acquiesces and robotically resumes her life as Samuel’s wife.
The film has heavy Shakespearean overtones and ends tragically. Though the second half of the film becomes mired in Suzanne's mania, the image that resonates is Suzanne alone on a hill giggling to herself with her hair blowing in the wind and the trees sprawled out in front of her.
Note: This film is currently available on Netflix Watch Instantly.
the knife / heartbeats (OneMusic session)
There is so much tension in this track that you almost drown in it. The playfulness of the studio version is removed and you’re left with nothing but gloom and longing. The heavy drum pad synthesizer lambastes the track after the first verse and the main keyboard sounds as if it will spiral out of control but somehow stays on course. It articulates the vertigo of being completely in love with someone who no longer has any use for you.
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l.l.bean / maine hunting shoes
Living in Brooklyn this winter, I do not know what I would have done without my pair of L.L.Bean Maine Hunting Shoes. For the past 4 winters, I wore Hunter wellies.
I wear my Maine Hunting Shoes with raw blue denim and black jeans. They are easy to get on and off (especially compared to Hunter) and can usually be worn all day (whereas the Hunter only looks appropriate during periods of heavy rain).
the radio dept. / closing scene
This track is beautifully brutal. The echoing vocal is murky and distorted and conveys a sense of despair and confusion. The clean drum barricades the melody from a moody synthesizer that is permanently on the cusp of swallowing the track whole. The universe created by the song is akin to the static screen that used to come on after network sign off. It’s the sound of a misrembered half dream and quite possibly the band's most concise moment.
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