Monday, February 4, 2008

SHOUT OUTS!!!

I live in Portland. I work for the ACE HOTEL. I read the Mercury.



taken from The Mercury's CUTE ALERT! of the Week : Tokyo Edition

Who: Takahiro Miyashita, Designer of Japanese label Number (N)ine
Where: The Menswear Fall 2008 Show in Paris
This past week in Paris, Japanese label Number (N)ine debuted their Fall 2008 Collection, titled My Own Private Portland. Miyashita’s love of all things Portland, including Gus Van Sant and early 90’s grunge clichés, were romanticized and updated to create comfortable yet sophisticated looks for Fall. The collection included plaid shirts, beaten-up boots, corduroy jackets, fringed moccasins and gloves, letterman jockwear, and distressed leather coats with leather-covered buttons. Everthing about the show, from the dark garage setting that Miyashita found in the Bastille, to the ACE Hotel blankets he gave the audience to keep them warm, demonstrated a loving nod to Portland and the effortless, unpretentious style that exists here.

Sad but Good



I just read this one and it is really good. Here is a description of the story:

Ghost Stories follows the lives and relationship of brothers Lou and Vince Lebeuf over the course of nearly seven decades. In this volume, eldest brother Lou, now a deaf and lonely man, lives out his final days on his farm full of guilt and regret for the decisions he made that tore his family apart. From their childhood on the farm, to Toronto in the 1950’s (where they both played professional hockey), Lou revisits his life, a silent observer haunted by his own memories.

TOPSHELF is the SHITTT!!!!

This one is good also.


Sunday, February 3, 2008

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Check this disturbing ish out.

SUPERTRASH!!!!

Crap Hound #7

I've been volunteering at Reading Frenzy for about a year now. Its a sweet gig and a good change from my 9 to 5. Its an independent bookstore in downtown Portland that sells magazines, zines, fiction, non-fiction, art books, alt comics and it hosts art shows monthly. Chloe Eudaly owns and runs it. She just released a new issue of Crap Hound. Here's some info about it:



Debuting in 1994, Crap Hound became a favorite of both zine readers and publishers, and has received enthusiastic reviews from sources including The New York Times Magazine, RE/Search Books, the American Institute Graphic Arts, and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.



Crap Hound #7: Church & State. This is the first all new issue of Crap Hound in nine years! Featuring 96 pages of glorious religious and patriotic imagery! Despite the nearly decade stretch between new issues, editor Sean Tejaratchi has been dutifully culling the choicest hight-contrast art, lovingly lifted from vintage catalogs, advertising, obscure books, and found ephemera.


Here are some interviews with Sean and reviews of previous issues:

Stop by and say hi if yer in the neighborhood. I'm there on Monday afternoons.