Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Food | Instant Noodles


Hooray for the instant noodle! Why? Around 57 years of age does not a nice round birthday make... So what?! Hooray because. Thank you Momofuku Ando. Where would a student and a “student” be without you?! 


What I didn’t know, or rather didn’t as yet practice beyond fiery spice addition to the blander flavor packs, is the art of dressing up instant noodles. Yes, the concept of adding extras such as vegetables, eggs, meat, seafood, even milk or thicker sauces, is a revelation to me. Omelet mode, anyone? See for yourself if you are new to it, too – oh you, future master of Maruchan gourmet (see hack 36). 



My mind boggles. Easily done.



I am simple about it. Just the block of instant noodles boiled with included seasoning; I reserve the resulting broth for the cooked noodles to float in as I slurp them and to be drank. That’s the way I heart them. And the simplicity is the why I heart them so. What’s your way?
BOTH: INSTANT NOODLES FOR DUMMIES by ADJI HERDANTO via BEHANCE

Monday, January 19, 2015

Fashion | How To Pronounce The Hardest Names In Fashion courtesy of i-D

So you may NEVER sound uncivilized.

 



i-D’s playful take on pronunciation teaches you how to speak your international fashion alphabet, from Azzedine Alaïa (AH'ZE'DEEN AH'LAI'AH) in Paris to Zegna (ZEN'YA) in Milan. Director Barnaby Roper at Cadence NY.

Friday, January 16, 2015

Music | “In the Moment” vs. “BABYMETAL”

IN THE MOMENT via HTS! 
BABYMETAL via BABYMETAL WALL @ JPOPASIA
I got it out of synch. Then again, time is not really linear. 

In the Moment, a Los Angeles based band, released a new album in November 2014 that is wonderfully titled “Black Widow”. What is there not to like about a Black Widow? Venomous female spider with predilection for sexual cannibalism; a Russian spy / superhero in the Marvel universe; basically, a seductive guaranteed-to-be-deadly lady. But I digress… It started when the single “Sick Like Me” was released, and if heavy metal is your thing and you like it fronted by smooth, alluring yet roaring, say… black-widow style vixen backed by a requisite and finely executed grind of her cronies, you will be a very happy prey.

Then I found “Vixen”, or to be correct “Megitsune” - a song by a Japanese group BABYMETAL, and a blend of heavy metal and J-pop. And my head split between “OK… sure… I get it… why not, it’s catchy” and confusion of “is this where things are heading?!” This is where I got out of synch. 

Things already got there back in 2010 when the group was formed (“Megitsune” was released in June 2013). Black widows they are not, not like In the Moment front woman, but this is another female fronted metal outfit (still confused on that… but let’s not be purists), so I am good with that on a fight-the-power sort of level (bear with me, I am still trying to convince myself of something here). Their pop and youth may be Lollita-esque when backed by the “heavy metal falling from the sky”, AND if you look at it with a certain slant. Baby Black Widows? We will see. Supposedly none of them knew what metal was before they were backed by it. 

What is certain, is that a mix of black and red is “metal”, and damn any anarchistic association! I mean, pop is not quite that. Not nowadays anyhow. Yet, both In the Moment and BABYMETAL have it. Where to go with this packaging? 

Go with it as just packaging. The sound is the real metric here. So – where on the scale do you land: “OK… sure… I get it… why not, it’s catchy” via “is this where things are heading?!” to “real Black Widows, please!”?

Monday, January 12, 2015

Art | Beatriz Milhazes Kaleidoscopes

BEATRIZ MILHAZES | FONDATION BEYELER via ARTOBSERVED
Living close to your city’s botanical gardens is a divine substitute for wilderness cities, by their very disposition, wipe out. The good people that run them curate flora that the city replaced, flora that could have acclimated to the area with or without human care, flora from beyond, ultimately for our education, pleasure and inspiration. Beatriz Milhazes is lucky to have her studio close to Rio de Janeiro botanical gardens. Flora is all there – in her art.
TOP: Noite De Verão (Summer Night) 2007 via DURHAM PRESS
BOTTOM LEFT: Set design for Tempo de Verão (Summertime) by Marcia Milhazes Contemporary Dance Company (2006) via ART TATTLER INTERNATIONAL
BOTTOM RIGHT: Sul da América 2002 via WIKIART

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