you're never fully dressed without a S-M-I-L-E

what a pair

like mother, like daughter

love always

rainy days

thanks to keely for her beautiful face! [rough scan]

La Blogotheque

i've been watching videos off La Blogotheque's website through YouTube and Dailymotion for some time now. It's a super rad concept where artists pass through Paris [although now they have US correspondents as well] for an impromptu sort of performance...Most of the videos are the musicians playing on the street, milling around and confusing the pedestrians/tourists. Occasionally, they'll go into a cafe or store and really freak people out. They're intimate yet public performances. The sound quality is also quite impressive.
It's always been my fantasy to experience people just randomly breaking out into song [although i have a sick feeling it has something to do with my ahem, musical-theatre upbringing].
Alas, you will find no jazz hands or ball changes here...only unique experiences that make you wish even more that you were in France.
For a complete catalog of performances go here.

Some of my favourites:

LYKEE LI:




BEIRUT:




BOWERBIRDS:




BON IVER:




ST. VINCENT:

#67.2 - St Vincent - Marry Me
by lablogotheque


ALELA DIANE:

trading the forest for the city

border patrol, pilsen, 2008
tropical popsicle, pilsen, 2008
canopy, nashota, 2008

WEEK for Eric

This is New York-based photographer Eric Week's work. The photographs are taken from his series "world was in the face of the beloved." He has also made this into a fine art book. The woman is his wife. i really love the concept of photographing the same subject over and over again. There's beauty in subtle transformation. Check him out: http://www.ericweeksphoto.com