Pure Inspiration

Stephan Doitschinoff, aka Calma is a Brazilian street muralist/painter that caught my eye when I was breezing Juxtapoz. He currently has an exhibit in New york this month at the Johnathan Levine Gallery featuring beautiful paintings like the one above alongside this short film below. The movie displays the brilliant process that he goes through to create these magical murals and artwork. I love smoothly brushed thick outlines and the intricate stencil details add trademark style to the work. Pure inspiration.


TEMPORAL : The Art of Stephan Doitschinoff (aka Calma) from Jonathan LeVine Gallery on Vimeo.

After reviewing Rolling Stone’s top 50 albums of the year I was disappointed. I do agree that TV on the Radio deserves a lot of props for “Dear Science.” They had it as number one, it will definitely in my top ten. I know there will always be criticism with lists like these but I felt like Rolling Stone left some major albums out that made big waves in 2008. Now a top album list and a top track list are very different but when I turned to Pitchfork today for their top 100 tracks I found it more accurate and I have high hopes for their top 50 albums. It definitely cooks up a taste to suit an informed indie pallet but it does not seem to be handicapped by that hopeless TRL feel that Rolling Stone can’t seem to shed. Bands like Cut Copy and Santogold holding two top 25 spots as well as featuring a fairly unknown track by Hercules and Love Affair called “Blind” as number one. It is an interesting list and there are some unknowns on there that are worth checking out. On new years day I will be publishing STAABB’s top 15 albums of 2008 alongside the steeziest 25 tracks of 2008. Sheet is fashow tubeeREALdope.



Here is the top 25 tracks of 2008 off Pitchfork top 100 list

25 The Hold Steady - “Constructive Summer”
24 Gang Gang Dance - “House Jam”
23 Beyoncé - “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
22 Santogold - “Lights Out”
21 Hercules and Love Affair - “Hercules’ Theme”
20 The Juan MacLean - “Happy House”
19 Vivian Girls - “Where Do You Run To”
18 Women - “Black Rice”
17 Wiley - “Wearing My Rolex”
16 The Mae Shi - “Run to Your Grave”
15 Amadou and Mariam - “Sabali”
14 Lil Wayne - “A Milli”
13 Kanye West - “Flashing Lights”
12 Cut Copy - “Out There on the Ice”
11 David Byrne and Brian Eno - “Strange Overtones”
10 Estelle [ft. Kanye West] - “American Boy”
09 Portishead - “Machine Gun”
08 Air France - “Collapsing at Your Doorstep”
07 Cut Copy - “Hearts on Fire”
06 Deerhunter - “Nothing Ever Happened”
05 M83 - “Kim & Jessie”
04 Santogold - “L.E.S. Artistes”
03 Hot Chip - “Ready for the Floor”
02 Fleet Foxes - “White Winter Hymnal”
01 Hercules and Love Affair - “Blind”