on: the top three albums of 2014

1.  millie & andrea
     drop the vowels

2.  andy stott
     faith in strangers

3.  run the jewels
     run the jewels 2

always: patti smith

always: revolver

always: paris, texas

still: harry dean stanton

on: new musical offerings

14 years.  a bit less prince.  a tad more soul.  but, all in all, worth the wait.

and while it may not make the top three -- definitely top ten -- maybe even five...

always: jean-luc godard

on: jeff koons / centre pompidou

jeff koons.
centre pompidou.
paris.
26 november through 27 april.

while nowhere near exhaustive, quite a bit is there. and definitely worth a while.

on: new musical offerings

a return to form. and good.  so good.  it's been a bit.  but glad to have you back.

on: new musical offerings

oh.  and one more...

one track.  thirty odd minutes.

electric miles meets the cure.

savages / bo ningen.  words to the blind.

on: new musical offerings

whole here.  half of another.  and all simply brilliant.

andy stott.  faith in strangers.

get it.  now.

on: new musical offerings

parkay quarts. parquet courts.

constant nausea? content nausea.

similar.  but not same same.  but good.  actually, quite good.  so give it a go.

still: takashi murakami

takashi murakami.
in the land of the dead, steeping on the tail of a rainbow.
gagosian.
555 w. 24th street.
10 november through 17 january.

still: arlene gottfried

arlene gottfried.
sometimes overwhelming. 
daniel cooney fine art.
508 w. 26th st.
6 november through 20 december.

the nyc of yesteryear.  seventies and eighties.  pre disneyification.  pre giuliani.  what everyone feared and what everyone loved.

go go go.

on: new musical offerings

well, goddamn...

top three last year.  easily this year's hip hop best.

run the jewels 2.

now.

still: ralph lauren

on: new musical offerings

still out there as all get up.  raw.  a bit rough.

and would love to get a peek inside just...  just to see how you get there.

pharmakon. bestial burden.

on: the return

showtime.  2016.

on: new musical offerings

tinashe. aquarius.

2014's weeknd. this year's cut me.  and in between, miguel.

a touch janet. faint faint aaliyah. but all deep delicious beat.

on: new musical offerings

well, hello...

been a long time.

aphex twin.  syro. out now.

on: new musical offerings

shellac.  dude incredible.

their best / their better in quite some time.

still: big daddy kane

always: elvis presley

jay adams (1961 - 2014)

always: alfred hitchcock

tommy ramone (1952 - 2014)

on: annik honoré

no matter what they were or were not;  no matter whether you agreed or disagreed:  the muse behind many a great song...

on: three x three + one (the top ten new musical offerings of the first half of 2014)

1.  thee silver mt. zion memorial orchestra fuck off get free we pour light on everything

2.  actress ghettoville

3.  millie & andrea drop the vowels

4.  beck morning phase

5.  john frusciante enclosure

6.  warpaint warpaint

7.  neneh cherry blank project

8.  angel olsen burn your fire for no witness

9.  the body i shall die here

10.  eagulls eagulls

never, ever again: bereket

but not in the bad way.  simply because it no longer exists -- at least not for now.

but soon -- maybe soon -- somewhere on allen...

always: kentile floors

soon to be down. but perhaps not out.

always: frank lloyd wright

on: new musical offerings

parquet courts. sunbathing animal.

brooklyn by way of texas.  a bit wire.  a bit jonathan rich man.  some say television.  but all all good.

most definitely worth the time.

always: ian curtis

always: johnny cash

on: new musical offerings

beck.  morning phase.

out today.

reminiscent of sea change.  an exhale.  a return to form.  honestly quite good and to date, easily one of the best of the year.

always: william s. burroughs

philip seymour hoffman (1967 - 2014)

on: new musical offerings

actress. ghettoville.

out today.  

darren cunningham's fourth.  and according to him -- the 'conclusion of the actress image.'

wicked wicked. and not in the boston sense. this is good.

still: adidas stan smith

recently rereleased after several seasons away, stan smith is back.

available in three colorways and soon, four textures, make no mistake, green on white is the way to go.