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December 2014
CINEMUSIC // CULTITUDE // HEALTHING // OUTERIENCE // SOCIALFEST
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socialfest How to be social ? 20
If you’ve recently been introduced to someone, or you see some new people around, go up to them and start a conversation. Even saying hi, asking for their name, and going, “Cool, nice meeting you. I’ll see you around later hopefully” can be good. Have you ever tried making pleasant conversation with someone you’ve run into, and they blew you off by giving one-word responses and obviously looking like they don’t want to be spoken too?
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Be fairly loose and generous with your invitations to people. Be the one to invite people out rather than waiting for them to come to you first. Don’t feel you have to know someone for a long time either.
BURNING MAN
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Pack your bag. Use a backpack, not a handbag. Take some food and drinks. Also take things you might need like a torch/lighter or money. (You might feel extra hungry or discover a nice shop.) Don't forget enough warm clothes if it is cold and sun lotion if the sun is shining.
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Take those ocean waves and mix in some baseball players and pinup girls, punk rock energy, D.I.Y. aesthetics and a Dada state of mind.
When two unlikely figures in Pettibon’s scribbled universe come together, it seems like an animal magnetism is responsible. When the a-ha moment doesn’t occur, the viewer is left feeling unsettled and exhilarated, perhaps emitting a nervous laugh to cover up the disappointment of not understanding.
But Pettibon’s work is more dark poetry than philosophical doctrine, and trying too hard to figure out exactly who’s speaking and why will be ignoring what makes his work so intoxicating.
CULTITUDE // Artists
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Though Pettibon has expressed his wish to communicate information, not obscure it, his language, both visual and lingual, is a beast all its own.
Swim in the painted chaos that is Pettibon’s jumbled visual waves, full of all the erratic ups-and-downs of the surf life, or the Los Angeles life, or just life in general. Life becomes like the sea, a deep surface of a giant blue.
When you bring shore life thoughts and theories into the surf the nose of your longboard breaks the surface of the wave, begins to pearl. months of their festival date.
u q u u o o b b $ $ $ a $ a d d ba ba By now, you’ve most likely spotted the Flower Beard on at least one of your news feeds. Bust magazine was one of the first to report on the trend, which is exactly what it sounds like: Woodsy, hipster guys putting flowers in their facial hair, specifically their magnificent beards. I was immediately smitten. It’s not surprising that this became a thing, really. With gender norms slowly (very slowly) fading into oblivion, it was only a matter of time before dudes embraced their secret envy of how awesome all us chicks looked in our flower crowns. Plus, it makes them look more sensitive, which everyone knows is a ma jor panty dropper. Amirite, ladies?!?! All the sites reporting on the zany trend stated that these beard gardens were only being used for artistic purposes, applied for portraits in hopes of getting tons of reblogs on Tumblr but never actually brought to the streets. “What a wasted opportunity,” the women of Bustle thought, as we sat in our Brooklyn offices, peering out the window at a guy playing flute whilst wearing a cat on his head. It was time to see how viable this fad was IRL, and we had just the beard to take it on.
Here’s the two step tutorial, if you feel like giving it a go: Step 1 : Buy some little flowers Step 2 : Stick them into beard
THE STREET TEST
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57 8 Donald our test-model, his flowery beard, and I, decided to head to a nearby bar. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn known for their outdoor fire pit, taco truck, and being consistently full of beautiful people. The typical guy that frequents this place is the bizarrely fascinating 50/50 combo of hipster guy and bro dude that feels like it should clash so hard that the human trying to embody it explodes into ash, but somehow it works. Donald and his beard would not go unnoticed.
I imagine this is what it’s like to be a D list celebrity who no one can quite place but thinks they should take a photo of to show their friends later, just in case. Final verdict? I, and Donald, wouldn’t recommend this look for every day. But if you have a special occasion (your wedding, making a big presentation at work, etc), the flower beard is a great way to go that extra mile with your look. Plus, as one pretty girl in the taco line said, I think that’s sexy as hell.
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On our walk over, the main reaction was giving a dirty look. “I’m getting a lotmore eye contact than I usually do,” Donald observed. “A really attractive woman just caught my eye and made a disgusted face.” My personal favorite was an older gentleman who spotted the beard garden, then wispered to his friend, “flower child”.
People not subtly at all took photos. One girl audibly whispered: “Oh Holy shit! Look at that guy’s beard!” before very obviously uploading his picture to Instagram. Another table (two dudes, one girl) stared at Donald for the entirety of our visit.
bizarrely fascinating 50/50 combo of hipster guy and bro dude
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H ow Festivals
REvamped the Music Industry .
For the good bands, there’s always going to be demand if you’re away a long time says Charles Attal, a partner with C3 Presents, which produces Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits. All of this is possible because festivals have come to dominate the music industry, with more than 60 slated to take place in the U.S. this year. Festivals have become a huge part of American culture for Pasquale Rotella, chief executive of Insomniac, promoter of Electric Daisy, which began as a rave in 1997. A decade ago, festivals had distinct personalities: Coachella had the alt-rockers, Bonnaroo was more of a jam-band event. But as crowds grew, major headliners became harder to find, which meant more pressure to score highprofile reunions or megastars like Bruce Springsteen, whom Bonnaroo’s promoters spent years wooing before he agreed to headline in 2009.
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When festivals first started, it was really foreign all people could remember was Woodstock. It made it really difficult to explain. That’s no longer true.
CINEMUSIC // Festivals
Welcome to the strange economics of the modern rock festival, wherE every summer, defunct or dormant bands reunite to earn more for a few gigs than they did in years of touring and recording
The fiercest competition is regional. Cliff Burnstein, co-manager for Metallica and Red Hot Chili Peppers, says California is one of this summer’s big battlegrounds, now that Jay Z’s Made in America will be in Los Angeles, joining Outside Lands in San Francisco and BottleRock in Napa Valley. Major festivals like Coachella and Lollapalooza regularly sell out within hours of announcing their lineups. Of course, not every festival succeeds.In the earlier days of U.S. festivals, it was easier for independent companies to build a festival on niche music. That’s not the case today. Given the recent boom, you might think festivals have hit a saturation point. But numerous band managers and promoters say there’s still room for growth. Even for baby bands, festivals can make the difference between just surviving and thriving.
A festival pays three and a half or four times more than the average club show
One way those fests stay on top is with radius clauses which means bands can’t perform at any other show within, say, 300 miles and four or five months of their festival date. REALLY ?
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Being raised by Robin Williams guaranteed us a father figure, who you could share with everyone. He was there when you needed him, like in Night at the museum. His last movie, Boulevard, of Nolan Mack, presented in April at the Tribeca Movie Festival in New York, already showed signs of his late depression. His characters, fueled by more and more darkness could be detected in Insomnia, Photo Obsession or Greatest’s World Dad.
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on t he ot her side of t he screen but close to ourgenius hear s This tragi-comic became atmember of the universal heritage and culture of our generation. All in all, a very big Hollywood actor who became famous but who unfortunately, with all the new contemporary competition, seemed to have gotten lost and became less significant to the new generations. Because of the cultural supremacy and the personality cult, the disappearance of our idols feed on the craziest of rumors.
MOURN FROM OUR
CHILD HOOD In Robin William’s case, it was especially traumatizing for us because it dealt with suicide, and we could not find a rational answer. Also, the media used this sad story to create revenue and gossip. Unsurprisingly, denial theories appeared after a few years, making up plots concerning the deaths of many celebrities. Some people believe in a deserted island where celebrities would gather after their supposed deaths, enabling them to live in anonymity.
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of and Unlikegrief real life mourning, there isdeny no moral support for this kind of grief. People laugh at your sensibility, saying that you don’t even know them. Nevertheless, each of us joined in the litany of the «RIP» secretly or on social networks. Therefore, every idol who leaves us, is brought back to a human level and loses their idolized status, and that reminds us of the tiny thread that is our lives.
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CINEMUSIC // movies DID YOU KNOW ? The rapper Tupac Shakur would continue writing in secret for other artists, in the shadows from a hiding place in Honduras, and Jim Morrison is traveling around Africa...
new activities and situations People also have a knack for bringing the people they’re with into fun situations. Some of them just simply know good places to go and fun things to do. Others have this hard-to-pin-down ability to just get everyone they’re involved with into crazy circumstances. Rather than make a normal response to an event, they’ll be a bit more spontaneous and unpredictable and get all their friends involved in something memorable.
Get in touch with your immature side Having fun often means being more silly and childish than normal. You have to shelve the more sober parts of yourself and temporarily regress to a goofier, freer side of your personality. It means laughing at dumb jokes and stupid antics, instead of being serious and judgmental about them. I think a lot of people use alcohol to help them get into this state, but you can get there without it. .
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socialfest // do’s
Take things a little further than you normally would This point is closely related to some of the ones above. This is hard to explain, but I’ve noticed fun people have a tendency to push things a little further than everyone else. If everyone is joking around, they’ll start making slightly more outrageous or edgy jokes. If everyone is on the dance floor, they’ll start dancing in a more kooky or showy way and get everyone else to join in. Not always, but sometimes this pushing involves taking things in a slightly more risque direction. There’s often fun to be had in pushing things slightly, but some people are hesitant to go there. The fun person helps everyone get into that territory. It takes skill and experience to know just how far to take things though. If you go too far, you can come off as insensitive, or make people uncomfortable.
I had discovered that I’m much less special than I thought I am, so whatever I find true for myself, other people might also relate to. Stephan Sagmeister
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Church of the flying
spagHetti monster It all started in Kansas in the year 2005, when the Kansas Board of Education issued a statement about teaching Intelligent Design along with the Theory of Evolution to its students or not. Intelligent Design is the idea of one God creating the earth, as opposed to the earth having gone through millions of years of evolution. Upon hearing about this, a certain physics graduate named Bobby Henderson wrote a letter to the school board, apparently asking them to also consider the other possibilities that lie within the context of intelligent design. In his letter, he introduces himself as a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and a concerned citizen. He argues that if intelligent design was to be added to the curriculum, then so should Pastafarianism, which is the belief that the Flying Spaghetti Monster- an invisible being with the shape and form of pasta noodles with two meat balls- designed the universe and is in fact responsible for everything in the world. It was a cleverly-worded satyr protesting the board’s decision to teach a religious idea alongside science and scientific theories.
May the sauce be with you
Because of his growing popularity (having tens of millions of hits to his website in just a year), Henderson received a lot of proposals from book publishers who wanted to print materials about the Spaghetti Monster. He got an advance payment from the Villard publishers, and so, the book entitled ‘The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster’ was born. Some of his more avid fanatics, however, led by a Venganza forum member with the user name Solipsy, have earlier collected and compiled texts from Pastafarians in the Venganza online forum, detailing somewhat analogous scripture to the Christian Bible. The project was entitled ‘Loose Cannon: A holy book of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster’. This collection is essentially a satiric interpretation of biblical text, completed after five years. Let us remember that there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design. I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. It was he who created all that we see and all that we feel. We feel strongly that the overwhelming scientific evidence pointing towards evolutionary processes is nothing but a coincidence, put in place by Him.
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socialfest // facts
The Kansas School Board made no favorable reply to Henderson’s letter, and so he published it online a few months after sending it to them. And there on his website, it gained a lot of internet attention. The Spaghetti Monster soon became an internet sensation, and was a widely-used symbol against teaching creationism and like ideas in the curriculum of public schools. Since making the letter public, Henderson has received a lot of written reactions from all over the country, and he has been putting them all online for his readers to view, comment on and debate about. Publishing both his ‘hate mail’ and fan mail not only made him and his letter more popular, but it also intensified the fanaticism of the people who have come to adhere to the beliefs and ideals of Pastafarianism.
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socialfest // facts
Henderson explains that the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has only one dogma, and that is it has no dogma. For a group that claims to be anti-religion, it is quite interesting to see that it is now somewhat a religion for some people. Mostly atheists, fanatics and followers of the Flying Spaghetti Monster now advocate their beliefs and ideals very actively. For example, a man in Austria who declares himself a member of the Pastafarian movement has won against the government, claiming the right to wear a spaghetti strainer in photographs for official and government documents.
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THE BURN BURNING MAN Before I explain just how ridiculous the spending habits of these baby billionaires have become, let’s go over the rules of Burning Man: You bring your own place to sleep (often a tent), food to eat (often ramen noodles) and the strangest clothing possible for the week (often not much). There is no Internet or cell reception.
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In recent years, the competition for who in the tech world could outdo who evolved from a need for more luxurious sleeping quarters. People went from spending the night in tents, to renting R.V.s, to building actual structures.
Anyone who has been going to Burning Man for the last five years is now seeing things on a level of expense or flash that didn’t exist before.
His camp includes about 100 people from the Valley and Hollywood start-ups, as well as several venture capital firms. And while dues for most non-tech camps run about $300 a person, he said his camp’s fees this year were $25,000 a person. A few people, mostly female models flown in from New York, get to go free, but when all is told, the weekend accommodations will collectively cost the partygoers over $2 million. This is drastically different from the way most people experience the event. When I attended Burning Man a few years ago, we slept in tents and a U-Haul moving van. We lived on cereal and beef jerky for a week. And while Burning Man was one of the best experiences of my life, using the public Porta-Potty toilets was certainly one of the most revolting experiences thus far. But that’s what makes Burning Man so great: at least you’re all experiencing those gross toilets together. That is, until recently. Now the rich are spending thousands of dollars to get their own luxury restroom trailers, just like those used on movie sets.
SOCIALFEST // Tradition
While drugs are technically illegal, they are easier to find than candy on Halloween. And as for money, with the exception of coffee and ice, you cannot buy anything at the festival. Selling things to people is also a strict no-no. Instead, Burners (as they are called) simply give things away. What’s yours is mine. And that often means everything from a meal to saliva.
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chicago Because we are terrible at keeping secrets (especially ones about how terrible we are at secret-keeping), here is a lid-blowing guide to nine secret bars in Chicago, and how to find (and get into) every single one.
Room 13
Lakeview With a discreet alleyway entrance just to the left of the Old Chicago Inn (here's a picture), this is perhaps the most traditionally «secret» bar in town. Protected with an ever-changing password for members only, you can either apply for membership for a yearly fee, or earn an invite by staying at the hotel. Your reward? Mixology-perfect drinks from the 1920s (did someone say Manhattan?), served with a healthy side of secrecy.
How to get in: Apply for a membership at the Old Chicago Inn, or book a room there.
Three Dots and a Dash River North
Carved out of the back alley of Bub City with a blue light to guide your way, this Tiki-styled speakeasy is your go-to when your`e tired of sipping Scotch in the darkness (Mad Menstyle) and want something a little more fruity. Like, say, Polynesian-style island drinks mixed with 165 varieties of rum, some of them consumable from a giant treasure chest packed with dry ice and a bottle of Dom Perignon. Like we said, some secrets are weirder than others.
How to get in: Locate the blue light behind Bub City in the alley between Hubbard and Illinois.
East Room
Logan Square If you define «secret» as «not having a sign», this Logan Square hotspot fits the bill nicely, with nothing but a black alley door and red light enabling you access to a dimly lit lair of exposed brick, black curtains, and ubiquitous PBRs. But it's not all dark and brooding inside; grab a wooden picnic table on its bright new outdoor patio space surrounded by graffiti art from peoplewho clearly already know about this place.
How to get in: Locate the nondescript side entrance off Medill, and look for the red light above the door, which is lit when the bar is open.
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Everleigh Social Club Ji mmy at the james River North
There is a secret behind the former Burke’s Bacon Bar at the James Hotel, and his name is Jimmy. Walk towards the unmarked door in the rear that's watched over by a man in a suit. Tell him the secret password, which may or may not be «Jimmy», and you`re in. Travel through the sparkly metal curtains at this bacon-smelling cocktail bar, and finish your journey with a Dirty Little Secret (vodka, lemon, dry vermouth, olive brine, celery bitters, and steak sauce). We won’t tell.
How to get in: Locate the unmarked door at the back of Burke’s Bacon Bar and ask for Jimmy.
West Loop
One of the city`s most legit speakeasies (and definitely the sexiest), this brothel-style private club offers memberships which allow you unfettered access to events like Naked Girls Reading (where naked girls, um, read), Bordello Drawing Club (where you can paint nude models), and the invite-only Thieves event where fine bottles of bourbon are voraciously consumed. While its more general-admission cocktail club is currently on hold, there`s still plenty here to keep you entertained.
How to get in: Ask about a membership, or stop in during one of its «open to the public» events.
Violet Hour Bucktown
This Bucktown institution may be one of the city`s longest-running and bestknown speakeasies and also «one of the best cocktail bars in the country» but you`ll still need to navigate your way through a massive and imposing mural to find the door camouflaged in colorful paint. Inside, you'll find a dandy mixology temple hidden behind velvet curtains with similar showoffish «dealer`s choice» cocktails. like the Porter Malort whole egg-based Five Times Fast.
How to get in: Navigate the colorful mural across the street from Big Star to find the small door handle.
outerience // Pub night
THE CHICAGO SECRET BAR PRIMER
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4. Start walking
Try to go places you wouldn't normally go. Try doors to see if they're open. Go behind things, inside, on top or underneath.
1. Choose a place or area
. It doesnt have to be urban, illegal or abandoned, wherever is fine. You could start just outside your door or in the city centre, behind an empty house or in a residential area with blocks of flats. As urban areas are mostly the most complex, they are the most interesting, though.
2. Choose comfortable shoes. Nothing's worse than having to go home early because your feet hurt.
3. Pack your bag.
Use a backpack, not a handbag. Take some food and drinks. Also take things you might need like a torch/lighter or money. (You might feel extra hungry or discover a nice shop.) Don't forget enough warm clothes if it is cold and sun lotion if the sun is shining.
How to Go Ur Urban exploring can be a wonderful thing to do in your free time. It involves discovering new and maybe lonely places, taking pictures and making new experiences. VermontGal & Maluniu
for interesting things like objects hanging or standing somewhere or lying on the floor, views, graffiti, stickers, secret doors, sculptures etc.
6. look upwards
once in a while, you never know, you might be surprised!
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outerience // Explore
5. Look out
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three rules of urban exploring: Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Break nothin but silence.
ban Exploring
free Check out this cool Street Art Finder by Red Bull
Go Urban Exploring with a friend, it is safer and more fun. Besides, four eyes see more than two. Take a camera so you can take pictures of things you see. Always take a mobile phone with you and tell people where you're going .
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