Records Are Art!!

In Brooklyn WRecords By Monkey have been making bracelets and other jewelry out of reclaimed Records for more then 5 years and now they are trying their hand in Fine Art. They unveiled the new concepts at a gala opening last week at Sustainable NYC in the East Village. See how its possible to make Art out of the worst Music. This show is in the back of the shops wonderful coffee and dessert bar. Sustainable NYC is the new green store on Avenue A and is all about making old new by Sealing recycled, re-purposed, and local goods. A new place to shop for gilt free gifts.

Sustainable NYC-139 Avenue A New York, NY (at 9th St) East Village
WRecords By Monkey:
http://www.wrecordsbymonkey.com/

A Single Man

The sixties are all over the big screen with funny comedies and light hearted dramas. Tom Fords A Single Man, is set in the 60's but is not on the light side of drama. This has a dark forlorn quality that is not seen often in film. Colin Firth is so moving in this story of a man dealing with losing the love of his life. Played out in one day the script is about a detached yet emotional man that can no longer see the point in life. The story is based off a Christopher Isherwood novel that must be a impressive read. George Falconer (Firth) is a gay British university professor living in Southern California. The sudden death of his lover Jim (Matthew Goode) takes him by surprise and puts him in a living coma of grief and despair. When we lose someone close to our heart it is hard to see life like before, it is hard to see what can make the next day seem brighter. Even George's close friend Charley (Julianne Moore) is holding on to the past. It is hard to see how much you could mean to someone new when the past lives in your mind everyday. Can a Spanish stranger (Jon Kortajarena) or a young student (Nicholas Houltt) make George look to the future with hope? This is told through the eyes of Tom Ford a famous fashion designer is known for crisp and clean lines. Tom had to finance it himself and did a fine job in his directorial debut. The production team that created the sets in Mad Men made the sets in this film just picture perfect. This with the grainy style made some say this flick is clichéd or dated. With their logic just because a movie uses camera movement or wide pans instead of jumping from shot to shot with little cuts makes it seem slower or old-fashioned. Not the case in this beautiful film set in a time that might seem simpler then the fast paced world we live in now.
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The September Issue

Fashion is beautiful and glamorous. Fashion is also hard work, and long hours. The fashion industry is a creative workplace that can eat you alive. One has to have a real purpose and thick skin. Vogue has a long history as a fashion powerhouse. The best thing about "The September Issue" is that it lets you inside Vogue from the top down. First Anna Wintour lets the cameras straight into her office. They get to follow Wintour to the front row at Fashion Week. As September gets closer you get a first hand look at everything that's gets shoot, not everything makes the cut. The Hallways are crammed with styles for the next year. What is the fall of this year going to be? This extremely close look at the everyday of the New York offices was filmed in 2007 the thickest Vogue in history. Lots of dedicated people working for this magazine. Creative director Grace Coddingtion shines as a old world dreamer, she still has personal contact with the models and makes every Shoot her own. The film crew get high marks for the way the camera captured the world of Fashion from Rome to Paris. You can see why Wintour is at the top of her game. Anyone that wants to get into this circle of people "in the know," should watch this documentary and get a subscription to Vogue.