A seductive 90s steel frame Bianchi road bike hangs in the office. Handsome Brooks England leather handlebar tape, saddle, toe straps, and saddle bag flatter the celeste frame. Exquisite ride. There’s only one problem. We can’t lock it up anywhere. The city would kidnap our baby in a heartbeat. And if not the entire bike, at least the Brooks saddle. We’ve been relegated to the subway for the better part of three years, blind to the winsome corners this city only shows those on two wheels. Brilliant Bicycle Company is seeking to change that...
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Outside of his beautifully melodramatic feature comedies, Wes Anderson has kept busy creating product commercials for companies for years. If you’re racking your brain to recall any spots besides his American Express spot (by far one of his best, as he also stars in it), that’s because many of them ran internationally. One of his best is...
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The first listen of JD McPherson's own brand of rockabilly is not all that different from rolling onto the tracks of an oncoming freight train and being T-boned for 36 minutes. That force...that crash…that wild attack. That’s McPherson's Let the Good Times Roll...
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Fred has this recurring fantasy where he flies home for the holidays, pulls up to his childhood home, and fishes his bags out of the trunk amidst a light snowfall. The warm glow in each window a flickering neon "vacancy" sign after a long stretch of flight delays. Floating into his old room, it's exactly how he left it in 1999. The plastic trophies, acoustic guitars, foosball table, love notes, and trading cards—all waiting for him like old friends. Here, the 17 year-old him never ages, immune to the years, months, and days. Weezer's Blue Album is on compact disc while My So-Called Life reruns (he secretly wanted to be Jordan Catalano) flicker on his television. Time just…stands....
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