Jonk Music: Best Songs of the 2000s: Part 1. Five Albums You Should Be Listening to Right Now. This week's curator: Chuck P, DJ for KCRW. Every two weeks, titans of the mediasphere give Nerve their music recommendations. This week: DJ Chuck P, of KCRW, whom you can join on his continuous search for what’s next on KCRW’s Music Blog. 1) High Highs, High Highs High Highs, from Brooklyn by way of Sydney, make music that’s light, airy, and easy to listen to. They remind me of what I love about both Tunng and the quieter moments from Blitzen Trapper, without sounding like either of those bands.
Their songs feature wonderful harmonies and melodies that stay with you well after it's over. Listen: Horses 2) Cough Cool, Clausen Despite being named after a Misfits song (they do an excellent cover of “Some Kinda Hate”), Cough Cool generally sounds nothing like the New Jersey hardcore pioneers. Listen: Suckers 3) Gauntlet Hair, Gauntlet Hair Tropicalia meets Animal Collective. Listen: Top Bunk 4) Zola Jesus, Conatus Zola Jesus (Nika Roza Danilova) puts her best instrument up front: her voice. Touch of Evil: Cinematic Villainy From the Year’s Best Performers - Interactive Feature. Producers: Joanna Milter, Kathy Ryan and Arem Duplessis/The New York Times Magazine. Prager studio manager: Erin Thompson. Associate Editor/DIT: Alexandra Mulcahy/Bunker Media. Qtake Operator: Paola Andrea Ochoa/Bunker Media. Steadicam Operator: Michael Alba.
Production Coordinators/B2Pro: Ruy Sanchez Blanco, Tracy Menzies and Carolina Pimenta.Color grade (video): Bob Curreri. Interface Design: Meghan Louttit, John Niedermeyer and Hilary Greenbaum/The New York Times Lighting Design: Christopher Bisagni (Chastain, Clooney, Davis, Dujardin, Dunst, Gosling, Mara, Oduye, Oldman, Shannon, Wasikowska); Joe Foley (Close); Len Levine (Pitt). Camera crew (video): David Araki, Jeffrey Baker, Miguel Benavides, Bill Buckingham, Alexander Hankoff, Derek Nelson, Dave Rottenberg, Sean Ruggeri, Basil Smith, Deepak Whitesides, Anna Yusim. Camera crew (photographs): Sean Garrison, Andrew Hanson, Marvin Orellana, Tyler William Parker, Jochem Sanders, John Shin.
Interns: Ashley Campbell, Kelsi Schmeideke. The Water Rippled Table. The elegant “Ripple Effect Tea Table” was designed by Jeonghwa Seo and Hanna Chung. It was made with ash, plywood, earthen ware, and pure water. Notes about the product design (from Seo and Chung’s website): [...] The tea table attempts to deliver an interface for analyzing the way of considering cultural differences in psychological level through the process of design and form. Business organizations need to be culturally sensitive when entering new markets or tossing out new products. Photos © Jeonghwa Seo and Hanna Chung Link via Toxel. Richard Mosse | Photography.
Refined Opulence: Casa Bauzà in Mallorca, Spain. Draw a Stickman.