NewCityMovement

From Animaux by Geoffrey Cottenceau [Via: Yvan Rodic aka Facehunter at Refinery29]

Awesomest

Jason Forrest used to make music under the moniker 'Donna Summer' but now is just Jason Forrest. His music is a combination of many, many styles of music, all edited into a sort of new rock music. His new album “Shamelessly Exciting” is now available everywhere. The "Fantastic War Photographer" video by Joel Thrussell has been named video of the year by Res magazine, and top 5 by Pitchfork. It's been downloaded more than 300,000 times.

Last week, Anna Wintour, the editor of Vogue, agreed to allow A&E to film a documentary of the making of its September issue.

Time Tunnel 2007

A new era is dawning. Peace, Love, Joy and Happiness are finally possible, if only in one place, for one night. Here, music is the question. Positive people are the answer. This New Years Eve join the intensifying New City Movement as we fold time and space to explore future visions of House music. Let the crystal clear disco vibrations pull you in... leaving no reason to look back once you've entered the Time Tunnel, Two Thousand and Seven • Hosted by Carly • Dance-o-Lettes Perform Live at Countdown • Science Friction Visuals by Chris Howard • Monolith DJ Booth Design by Mark Hofeling • Special Champagne & Drink Prices • Take TRAX to our doorstep till 2AM • Time: 9:00 PM till... Door: $5.00 The Depot, 400 W South Temple, SLC, UT Tickets and info call (801) 456-2800

Soul Brother No. 1 has passed away. More at the NY Times.

The Other Rocky

Salt Lake's ballsy Mayor Rocky Anderson is featured in The Nation magazine's January 1st 2007 issue. Read the article here. Go! Fight! Win!

Pan's Lab

Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro delivers a unique, richly imagined epic with PAN’S LABYRINTH, a gothic fairytale set against the postwar repression of Franco’s Spain. Harnessing the formal characteristics of classic folklore to a 20th Century landscape, del Toro delivers a timeless tale of good and evil, bravery and sacrifice, love and loss. Looks pretty cool, could be really bad. From the director of Mimic, Hellboy and Blade II. But, I'm tempted to see anything with the word 'Labyrinth' in it. Preview Here. More Photos Here.

Energy Fields

Volume responds spectacularly to human movement, creating a series of audio-visual experiences. Step inside and see your actions at play with the energy fields throughout the space, triggering a brilliant display of light and sound. Make sure you download the hi-res video here. [Via: MoCo Loco]

Future Perfect

A wealth of still photos and posters from Kubrick's 2001. Boy did he over estimate human progress or what? [Via: Coudal]

My Recommended New Music list has been updated on the right side column.

Matar en Camera

Enrique Metinides photographed his first dead body before he was 12. It was as if he had caught a fever, because after that he couldn’t stop. For years while he slept he kept his radio in Mexico City tuned to emergency stations so that he could be awakened by the latest news of disaster. He would often throw on his clothes and rush into the night to see yet another car wreck or fire or murder. An exhibition of this Mexican photographer’s work is at Anton Kern in Chelsea. The picture above, from 1988, was taken during a shootout at a supermarket.

Saks Remix

Pentagram Design took to redesigning the Saks Fifth Avenue identity, going back to a early 70's cursive version, putting it on a grid and remixing it for  infinite pattern possibilities. [Via: Coudal]

A Series Of Instant Tubes

Freak your mind and body with the music of Frenchie record lables Ed Banger and Institubes, of which 90% is pretty hot shit.

Isn't it strange that small cats and foxes have slit shaped pupils while lions and wolves have round pupils even though they are in the same family.  

Quality Television

The Soup on E! is probably the best show on television. (I don't know why we pay for HBO, they've hit a neverending dry spell...) Soup satisfies any curiosity for American pop culture by condesing the week's reality and talk show's most head imploding clips down to a mere 30 minutes. (22 with Tivo). Watch it and you can spend more time with your kids.