Top ten.1 KEMBRA PFAHLER Kembra Pfahler is an American performance artist and rock musician best known as the lead singer of the cult glam-punk band The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black.[1] She is known for the often sexual nature of her exhibits. Lead singer/founder of the Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black and inventor of such vaunted vaunt v. vaunt·ed, vaunt·ing, vaunts v.tr. To speak boastfully of; brag about. v.intr. To speak boastfully; brag. See Synonyms at boast1. n. 1. movements as "availabism" and "antinaturalism," Pfahler will debut a line of black-and white ready-to-wear apparel this month at American Fine Arts, Co., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , to coincide with Fashion Week. Titled "Salvo vs. Jaws," this presentation will showcase a surf-goth line inspired by the daytime, evening, and traveling looks of the members of her controversial rock band. And, yes, the films of Pier Paolo Pasolini and Steven Spielberg Noun 1. Steven Spielberg - United States filmmaker (born in 1947) Spielberg do serve as inspiration. 2 HERMANOS CASTRO, ESTETICA UNISEX Have you ever set your hair on fire? If so, you know how fast it burns. One day I happened to glance into this salon at 162 Sonora Street in Mexico City Mexico City Spanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city, 8,605,239; 2003 metro. area est., 18,660,000), capital of Mexico. Located at an elevation of 7,350 ft (2,240 m), it is officially coterminous with the Federal District, which occupies 571 sq mi and saw a man sitting calmly while flames licked at his head. A closer look revealed that, instead of scissors scissors Cutting instrument or tool consisting of a pair of opposed metal blades that meet and cut when the handles at their ends are brought together. Modern scissors are of two types: the more usual pivoted blades have a rivet or screw connection between the cutting ends , barber Luis Castro Luis Manuel Castro (November 25, 1876 - September 24, 1941) was the first Colombian to play professional baseball in the United States since Cuban player Esteban Bellán in 1871. Likewise, Castro was the first Latin American ballplayer to play in Major League Baseball. was using a small torch to give him a trim. Later, Luis and his brother Jose informed me that this technique, as old as the Roman Empire and now rarely practiced, is an excellent remedy for hair that's thinning due to stress and depression. For five dollars, men and women can have their spill ends sealed like the tip of a shoelace. ENRIQUE METINIDES Jaralambos Enrique Metinides Tsironides (b. February 12 1934) is a Mexican photographer known for his stark and often grisly depictions of a life in Mexico City. He worked as a photographer from 1949 to 1979 as part of the "Nota Roja" (or "bloody news"), shooting arresting photos , EL TEATRO DE LOS HECHOS (Ortega y Ortiz Editores, 2000) Looking through Theater of Facts just makes me feel lucky to be alive--and in one piece. Photographer Enrique Metinides has taken and collected pictures of car crashes and other daily catastrophes in Mexico City since he was a child in the 1940s. Eventually he gained access to cordoned-off crime scenes through connections to police and medical workers, and the result is a sensational archive that turns you into a speechless witness of one skillfully composed death after another. In an autobiographical text included here, Metinides reminisces about a time when photojournalists The is a list of notable photojournalists from throughout history:
4 "RULING CLASS: THE FABULOUS FAMILIES OF MEXICO CITY" (W magazine, June 2003) Mexico City is so fucking caliente these days that even famous photographers like Tina Barney Tina Barney (b. 1945, New York City) is a US photographer best known for her large-scale portraits of her family and close friends, many of whom are well-to-do denizens of New York and New England. make it south of the border--only to breathlessly sugar-coat the days and nights of those "deeply festive, deeply wealthy locals." 5 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE Los Tigres del Norte is one of the most popular norteño bands, from Rosa Morada, Sinaloa, Mexico. The group was started by Jorge Hernández, his brothers, and a cousin, and began recording after moving to San Jose, California in the late 1960s, when all the members were still in , 20 CORRIDOS INOLVIDABLES (Fonovisa Records Fonovisa Records is an American Spanish language record label. Fonovisa mainly produces Mexican style music. It is well known for its signing with artists such as Enrique Iglesias and Thalía. In late 2001, Fonovisa was acquired from Televisa by the Univision Music Group. , 2003) My all-time4avorite norteno band just released this compilation CD/DVD, which includes many "unforgettable" narcorrido hits and seven of their best videos. Four brothers and a cousin from Rosa Morada Mocorito in Sinaloa, Mexico, formed the group in 1968 to help out with the family's finances. Their lyrics tell of hardship and betrayal in the narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. trade and the struggle of Mexican immigrants in the US. Here's lead singer Jorge Hernandez describing one of their songs: "It speaks of the history that we had when all this land was ours--Texas, New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). , Arizona, California, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, and Colorado.... If we go by centuries, we're more American than the sons of the Anglo Saxons.... Who is the invader here?" 6 AUDIO SPOTLIGHT A noise complaint-free existence is almost within our reach. This new technology, developed by Dr. Joseph Pompei of Holosonic Research Labs in Watertown, Massachusetts The Town of Watertown is a city[1] in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 32,986 at the 2000 census. History Watertown, first known as Saltonstall Plantation, was one of the earliest of the Massachusetts Bay settlements. , projects and directs sound as if it were a beam of light. It's thrilling to imagine establishing your own aural boundaries: Whoever is within range of the beam hears high-quality sound while others nearby hear virtually nothing. Turn up the bass! 7 LUNA CORNEA This elegant photography magazine is the best you can find in Mexico. It appears three times a year, and each issue explores a particular theme or genre absolutely advertisement-free. Issue number 10 (September--December 1996) focuses on photographic documentation of ghostly phenomena, with pictures dating back as far as 1870. The editors have a flair for integrating authored work with anonymous photos retrieved from private individuals and medical, educational, press, and government archives, bringing nameless images into a context where we understand them again. 8 SIEGFRIED KRACAUER, THE MASS ORNAMENT I've had this book for many years now. Revisiting it recently (bored out of my mind by the thousand things I had to do, including this Top Ten), I found this: "People today who still have time for boredom and yet are not bored are certainly just as boring as those who never get around to being bored." 9 SALA DE ARTE PUBLICO SIQUEIROS (Mexico City) During the '60s, communist muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros turned his home into a public art space and, in 1973, donated it to the "people of Mexico." Today, the organization is directed by Itala Schmelz and run by a creative young team who have brought it back to life. I'm particularly looking forward to their November event "El Futuro + Aca" a festival of futuristic imagery as represented in obscure and hilarious Mexican science fiction films made between the '40s and the '80s, many unseen since their original release. 10 TARA DELONG. YOU DO THE MATH (Fatal Recordings, 2003) DeLong's first solo release on Berlin-based feminist label Fatal Recordings kicks ass! ("l just might vomit / On John, Jacob, and Muhammad," she explodes in the title freestyle rap.) You Do the Math is a crossover album, but backward: from English to Spanish, from the US to Mexico, which cracks me up. It includes "Orgia de Sangre," a touching duet with her foul-mouthed gangster father-in-law, and "Silicone Joan," a ballad about plastic surgery that sends chills up my spine. Fatal Recordings, founded four years ago by Hanin Elias, is itself Top Ten-worthy. Visit the website at www.fatal-recordings.com, read essays by Johanna Fateman and Kathleen Hanna, then sound off in the online forum. And why is Tara on this list? You do the math. Daniela Rossell is an artist based in Mexico City. Her photography is currently on view at Philomene Magers Munich Projekte and ArtPace, San Antonio. |
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