Nostalgicesque: Vintage NYC Subculture

BANDE À PART is a documentary record of the brilliant, anarchic spirit of downtown New York in the late 60s through the early 80s, photographed not by some journalist covering the ‘counterculture’, but by the participants themselves. These photographers lived the scene, and they have compiled their incredible shots of Blondie, Suicide, the Velvet Underground, the Ramones, the New York Dolls, the Talking Heads, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, and David Bowie, on stage, backstage and just messing around. BANDE À PART is Basquiat and Mapplethorpe, glam rock and No Wave, CBGBs, Max’s Kansas City and the Factory--an extraordinary record of a long-gone time and a place in New York City history.

Tonight at CLIC Gallery
424 Broome Street

Sample Sale Santa 2009

Be prepared to drop them COINSS!!



By far the best sample sale in the city, Opening Ceremony is cleaning out their closets.
Recession or not this sale is not to be missed. PERIOD!!

Sade: Soldier of Love

YES YES YES!!!

OMFG!!! Kehinde x MJ

unveiled this week at Miami Art Basel.....

i'm speechless.

this song just made me cry

don't call it a comeback: Ladies First Edition

not really CRAZY about the new kelis song....but i appreciate the fact that she's
going all ziggy stardust on us. always 2 steps ahead of you EDGY hoes.

sade. new album. February 10 release date. nuff said.

love this woman-girl hybrid. cutest thing ever. a real musician. a fucking survivor.
both nyc dates sold out weeks ago.
read the UK Times Review of her first show in 2 years.


last and definitely least Kid Sister
though this doesn't actually qualify as a comeback, since it took her 3 years to make this debut,
we'll call it a comeback anyway since she should've came out when this type of music was relevant.
nonetheless....file this one under I'LL PASS

illiterate thugs need not apply

new bookstore alert!!
my homey, the future gnome maker, just put me onto her homey's new bookstore.

book thug nation:
yes, quite the awesome-ass name for a store that sells books (to thugs i hope).
i'll for sure be poppin on saturday for this "literary event" (so highbrow, yet so gutter).
i feel like nothing i can say can sum it up as wondrously as the future gnome maker did:

"i mean, it beats selling books outta your trunk"

why tamper with genius?
come. read. get your thug on!

Its a LOVELY DAY!

Rejoice!

Lovely Day has reopened.
After being closed for an entire year due to a fire in the building, its back in business slingin' awesome Thai to the masses.
I'm so happy about life right now.....if only we could get my beloved Teany to reopen.
Be still my beating heart. One miracle at a time.

We in 'Dere: Halloweennie Edition

Currently Bumping.....

So so so happy that I jacked my parents for their record player.
The best move I ever made!!!

I'm officially obsessed....

its 3am and I BBM this to Phoenix:
"I really love Don Draper"

THIS SHOW IS SOO FREAKING GOOD.
AND IT HELPS THAT DON IS FINE FINE FINE

Meet Don....this is gonna be a problem.

Sorry Stedman

After watching a mere 4 minutes of this Oprah episode, I can say without the shadow of a doubt....

that Jay-Z has stirred Oprah's puddin'!!
Or at the very least....he showed it to her.

He got her chillin in the hood, like a project chick

Inappropriate right.... but unequivocally true*
Last time Oprah had a rapper on her show she ripped him a new one and pretty much blamed him for all the mysogny and moral sins of rap music.
And now this LOVE fest with Jay-z.
For fuck's sake, she asked the man where he sprays his cologne.

Anyone who knows anything about me knows that in my eyes Oprah can do NO WRONG!!
And if she did let Jay-z tap her million-dollar a$$, SO WHAT!!
BEYONCE JUST BETTER TURN A BLIND EYE AND LET THAT SHIT GO DOWN!!

Girl, don't be playing on Oprah's Phone

sshoooootttt!!! Chris Rock said it best: "the only thing better than pussy is new pussy".
And to that I add, the only thing better than new pussy is rich pussy.

* And by true, I mean completely based on speculation and the tom foolery of CultureSnobette. So please Miss Oprah, don't sue my ass.

Food Porn: FRITES!!!

After being around all these French chefs, I can't even call them fries anymore.....


Today's Food Porn is brought to you by Houseboat Eats

Come to the (BLACK) Light

the only thing Snobette loves more than a gallery opening ......
is a gallery closing.....
especially ones sponsored by champagne companies.

Celebrate the closing of Kehinde Wiley Black Light exhibit at the Deitch,
hosted by Heron Preston and Katia Tallarico.

in a perfect world....

i'd have my own rent controlled apartment in prospect heights with

• all utilities included
• it'd be pest and vermin free
• have all its original moldings
  
• a friendly bodega on the corner plus a gentrified cafe next door

and i'd let this dude creative direct it for me.
(yes, a creative director. life is one big photo shoot. cast it accordingly)



a curation of art, design and interior splendor, the MylesHenryBlog has me saving my coins in hopes of moving outta my Momma's basement one day.


if you have your own crib or would like to have your own crib, or know someone with their own crib, read this blog DAILY.
trust me.
and you're welcome.

Stuck in My Head

the beauty of nostalgia done right





"she's (shingai) made the kind of record that could change the life of someone who just picked it up for fun." - la times

wild young hearts in stores now......COP THAT COP THAT COP THAT

check them out on the David Letterman Show this Friday night.

Frenchies and Foodies Get It On

I love food.
I love Frenchies.
September 25 & 26 will be a big ole outdoor orgy of pleasures.
Local cuisine.
Parisian cuisine
Bubbles and cocktails flowing.
All at the lovely PS 1

I want in.....n'est-ce pas? (translation: don't you?)

"12 chefs, three mixologists, two butchers, one ice-cream maker, two DJs, 15 graphic designers, a select vintner, a fine Champagne, some fromages and a mystery guest, to feast your senses and do some conscious good. Action Against Hunger can’t wait."

100% of ticket sales go to Action Against Hunger. So its good for Humanity and your belly.
Get tix and info at Le Fooding d'Amour

Here's a sample of the drool-worthy menu

+ Traditional Moroccan Couscous

BY DANIEL BOULUD & OLIVIER MULLER,
DB Bistrot Moderne, NYC .

+ Paris-New York Aller-Retour chicken skewer

BY ALBERTO HERRÁIZ,
Fogón, Paris

+ Black Label Burger

BY LEE HANSON, PAT LA FRIEDA, RIAD NASR,
Minetta Tavern, NYC

+ Steak with charred aubergine

BY INAKI AIZPITARTE,
Le Chateaubriand, Paris

+ Barbacoa (beef head taco)

BY JULIE E. FARIAS,
General Greene, Brooklyn, NY

+ Simmered beef and chilled camembert meringue

BY STÉPHANE JÉGO,
L’Ami Jean, Paris

c'est bon
See you there Snobbers!!

Just got this in the mail from Amazon......

Love a freaky cartoon....especially ones set in 1970's New York.



soo weird....soo good

"Ma Ma Se, Ma Ma Sa, Ma Ma Coo Sa"

This Saturday celebrate the birthday of the King of Pop with a
Brooklyn Block party....scratch that...with a
Brooklyn Park Party.
(I'm pretty sure the whole borough will be rejoicing)

oh yeah and everybody's favorite borough president
the omnipresent Marty Markowitz
will be in the house to declare
August 29th
Michael Jackson Day.

SPREAD LOVE
ITS THE BROOKLYN WAY !!
DON'T MISS THIS!!

Shoe Porn: Welcome Back to Prep School

Rachel Comey's Westey
YOU WILL BE MINE!!!

A Muse Among Us : If I Were a Boy

Paula Patton goes Butch.....

One minute she's Johnny Depp,

.....she's Brad Pitt


then Halle Beeerrrryyyy Hally Berry
*she fine*

Paula Patton is sexy on levels that I cant even comprehend.
peep the whole spread in the T Magazine

Highbrow Fuckery at Its Best

This is the high class bullshit that i live for.
This Tuesday at the Louvre in Paris an Angry Russian Woman pulled a teacup from her purse and threw it at the Mona Lisa.

*PLEASE LET THAT SHIT SINK IN*

Now while I was not at all impressed with the Mona Lisa, at no point did I feel compelled to hurl a piece of tableware at it. But then again I guess art moves people in different ways. Whatever.

The Itsy Bitsy Mona Lisa; encased in glass behind a wooden barrier in its own separate wall.

What I admire most about this dashing display of raw emotion is that the "Angry Russian Woman" was prepared for the task ahead of her. She was not satisfied with the cheapness of a paper cup, nor was she barbaric enough to send a small rock upside Mona Lisa's head. She so thoughtfully chose a teacup: an ancient symbol of refinement, class, and sophistication. So take that you no eyebrow-havin heffa... Needless to say the "Angry Russian Woman" was clearly deranged and was promptly carted off to a loony bin for testing.

The crowds keep at bay behind velvet ropes

Clearly her actions could be deemed as art as well....I mean it inspired MY ass off the couch and got me bloggin again. So thank you "Angry Russian Woman".....and my 16 followers thank you too!

source

currently.....

Bumping this




Lusting after this
Pierre Hardy x GAP


Drinking this
Watermelon Agua Frescas


and being this
na'meens

Art or Artifice: Say Hi to Hitler the Gnome

See what all the ruckus is about

Whitney....Are You in There Somewhere?

After seeing this album cover I can say 2 things:

1. There is a God
2. Never again will I doubt the power of Photoshop.
   

A Muse Among Us

Say hello to Leonore Scherrer