Transcriptions 'Warning, This Won't Bring You Any Closer To The Music' - Kim Gordon Writer: Jefferson Hack Photos: Corinne Day As bass player and co-conspirator in Sonic Youth she has continually placed her music before her sexual persona, ripping out the boundaries in the male-orientated world of rock. As the axe and sublime vocal grind in the Free Kitten jazz/punk jam, she relentlessly
Transcriptions 'Heart Of Chrome' DNR October 14th 1991 HEART OF CHROME: Blondie’s Debbie Harry might have preferred a Heart Of Glass, but for this Rock ‘n’ Roll custom house gone wholesale, it’s chrome all the way. By: Robert Perola LOS ANGELES - John Bowman is a bit harried. "We're making an outfit for
Transcriptions 'John C. Jay: Weiden+Kennedy's Virtuoso' As a partner and Executive Creative Director of Wieden+Kennedy, John C. Jay is breaking new ground in the dynamic Japanese advertising market. But this is nothing new for Jay, an eclectic and innovative figure who made a major impact in the world of design and fashion in the 1980s
Transcriptions Hiroshi Fujiwara - Newsweek December 11, 2000 Hiroshi Fujiwara is cool. Just ask the kids who line up each day outside his streetwear boutique, Ready Made, in Tokyo's trendy Harajuku district. Rain or shine, scores of teen shoppers are waiting when the doors swing open. They file in a dozen at a time and snatch
Transcriptions Rare Nirvana Interview Translated From Rockin' On November 1993 Kurt Cobain: Wrestling with Pessimism and Self-Destruction "I had to exorcise my pessimistic and self-destructive tendencies with this album." What changes did the success of ‘Nevermind’ bring? Why was the album title changed? Did Kurt Cobain find salvation in his beloved Courtney? In a groundbreaking interview, Nirvana reveals
Transcriptions 'Beck: The Vanguard' Over the past decade, Beck has emerged as a groundbreaking force in music and an icon of personal style. With his new album, Guero, hitting stores now, we celebrate his visionary taste and wonder: Will we all be wearing this in five years? Interview: Mark Healy Photographs: Richard Burbridge Beck
Transcriptions Rick Owens article LA Times June 2002 Piles of fabric drift across the raw concrete floor like sand dunes, their flow impeded only by a few spare pieces of furniture, a stuffed monkey on a pedestal, a skull perched on a lamp and a gleaming black grand piano. Paint flakes from rough walls in the intriguingly decaying
Paid-members only Transcriptions Takayuki Kubo's search for the elusive Goodenough 'G' Logo T-shirt Me, Takayuki Kubo… I’ve been a writer for four months now. Earning a meager 100,000 yen a month, not much, but I spend most of it on clothes, so I guess I pay quite a bit of attention to fashion. Lately, though, there's something that'
Transcriptions 'What Vexed Did Next' - Interview with Joe Hunter & Adam Thorpe Scans from Dazed & Confused December 2004
Transcriptions 'Rita Ackermann Works 1993-1996' The world’s first Rita Ackermann art collection, Rita Ackermann Works 1993–1996, is finally here from "H" (Magazine)! This ultra-rare art book, limited to only 7,000 copies worldwide, spans over 100 pages and includes hidden sketches and diaries. Each copy is individually numbered, making it a
Transcriptions Hiroshi Fujiwara Interview Translated Hiroshi Fujiwara - The Revolutionary of the Streets: His Past, Present, and Future. This month, we have a special feature with a different twist. In an effort to explore the roots of Hiroshi Fujiwara’s world, we conducted an in-depth interview. From rare childhood photos and anecdotes to a report
Transcriptions Quadrophenia: The Store With Multiple Personalities QUADROPHENIA, a select shop once found in the Hankyu Department Store in Osaka, was the embodiment of four distinctly Japanese brands brought together by stylist and editor Tsuyoshi Noguchi, recruiting designers Jun Takahashi of UNDERCOVER, Takahiro Miyashita of NUMBER (N)INE, Daisuke Obana of N.HOOLYWOOD, and Nobuhiko Kitamura of