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| For the first time in what must be months, I heard birds chirping outside my bedroom window this morning in NYC. Putting aside the fact that I believe all birds are essentially sky-rats, this sign generally indicates that Spring is definitely here. After coming to this realization, I immediately scoured the internet for some great new warm-weather tracks. By far the best I've found is Sex Life. This Portland group brings all the catchy beats and melodies that you need on a warm, sunny April day. If this had been played during the Spring-sequence of Bambi, I'm pretty sure Disney would have had a massive animal orgy on their hands. Check out the album art and one of their tracks, "Homegirl," below. And please try to keep your naughty bits covered.  http://discoworkout.com/HOMEGRL.mp3 | |
| OWN magazine 3/29/2010 15:52 EDT | |
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| Any Old Iron is Fabu | |
| There are 3 reasons why we here at OWN love Any Old Iron: 1) At 149 Orchard Street, it's the perfect place to stop by and pick up an outfit right before you go out until 5 a.m. on the Lower East Side.  2) It's jam packed with the best designers the U.K. has to offer, which means you can put the money you would spend on that London airfare towards one of their many incredible pieces. 3) The blazers are what really make this store stand out. Delightfully decadent and slightly cartoonish, each one has its own feel and persona. I think they pulled this metallic, disco-inspired jacket from the costume storage for Saturday Night Fever*.  My coworker James opted for this exuberant, sequined, black blazer.  I, on the other hand, decided to indulge in my passion for all things old-timey and flare-tastic with this admiral imitation blazer. Truly amazing!  So maybe it's about time you start second thinking that predictable sear sucker or linen blazer for spring. I, for one, am choosing to draw my inspiration from Captain Crunch. Let's hope Any Old Iron will only keep getting sweeter. *disco ball not included | |
| OWN magazine 3/22/2010 16:22 EDT | |
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| Marina Bay Sands | |
Marina Bay Sands will be the leading entertainment destination in Asia. It will feature large and flexible convention and exhibition facilities, 2,560 hotel rooms and suites,the rooftop Sands Sky Park, a museum, the best shopping mall in Asia, world-class celebrity chef restaurants, a casino, Paiza Club for premium players, an outdoor event plaza and theaters debuting with " The Lion King". | |
| OWN magazine 3/16/2010 22:48 EDT | |
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| Theo Sunglasses by TIM VAN STEENBERGEN | |
| theo sunglasses collection by Tim Van Steenbergen for summer 2010 Ready to discover new worlds Tim Van Steenbergen had an explorer from the year 1900 in the back of his mind when he designed the new sunglasses collection for theo. He wanted to return to essentials with the second theo by Tim Van Steenbergen. He also attempts to do this in his clothing collection. Call it romantic, retro or simply faithful to authentic values and then you know you are dealing with a genuine Tim Van Steenbergen. The Butterflies series is made up of 6 acetate pairs of glasses which were each given the Latin name of a butterfly. In this collection the butterfly symbolises the discovery of new worlds, in all their forms. www.theo.be  | |
| OWN magazine 3/16/2010 22:39 EDT | |
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| Buther shined at Toomey Tourell | |
| Butcher shines at Toomey Tourell: Most people take in abstract painting at a walk, but Londoner Eric Butcher has figured out how to keep pace with them. His "E/R.357" (2009) at Toomey Tourell has an ensemble of 14 partially painted extruded aluminum verticals carefully spaced along a wall. Some of the elements have polished faces that reflect and redouble their abutting painted surfaces. All have unpainted facets as well, where the aluminum asserts itself as the artwork's true substance. To walk this piece is to compose and recompose it through observation. Its geometry and built-in illusionism dictate that it cannot be seen whole. Several works in Butcher's show have in common that denial of summary views. The stringent spirit of Donald Judd's colored sculpture seems to inform Butcher's art. But the two artists would have diverged over Butcher's manifest interest in the translucency and gradations in hue of his oil and resin medium, as he glides it onto the metal surfaces. Butcher's sleek, elegant work comes attuned to the speed of Information Age perception, yet remains mindfully rooted in its ancestry of constructivist abstraction. Eric Butcher: Material Witness: Paintings. Through March 31. Toomey Tourell Fine Art, 49 Geary St., San Francisco. (415) 989-6444, www.toomey-tourell.com.  | |
| OWN magazine 3/16/2010 22:35 EDT | |
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