Team B

As Kelly Pratt came up with the B Team project, he pulled together his strings tying him to Beirut, Arcade Fire and finalizing the knot with LCD Soundsystems. One cannot say he blended each and every influence he experienced in the last two years while he has been touring around with Arcade Fire and Beirut, since you can pick out which band he was influenced from for each song in the B Team album. "No Purchase Necessary" bounces between LCD Soundsystem and the harsh rhythms of Arcade Fire, whereas "Mystery Man" and "My Papa Waltz" create the expectation to hear Zach Condon in the background form the first note on. Whatever the mess, the outcome is definitely rhapsodic. And Kelly Pratt is definitely a one to watch for.

http://www.myspace.com/teambnyc

Oscar Niemeyer

"Here, then, is what I wanted to tell you of my architecture. I created it with courage and idealism, but also with an awareness of the fact that what is important is life, friends and attempting to make this unjust world a better place in which to live."
— Oscar Niemeyer.

a Brazilian architect age of 101. First European exhibition in Glaspaleis just ended.

Cathedral of Brasilia:

16 columns represent two hands moving upwards to heaven, darkness of the low ceiling of the entrance contrasting the brightness and spatiousness of inside, reflecting the greatness of the spirituality.

Contemporary Art Museum, Rio de Jenario

From an organic impression, resembling a flower, overlooking the sea. Described as an UFO landing on the beach by Niemeyer.

make the girls dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o0BhC8Y9qo

Our Cat Enters Heaven

Our cat ruptured up to heaven. He'd never liked heights, so he tried to sink his claws into whatever invisible snake, giant hand, or eagle was causing him to rise in this manner, but he had no luck.
When he got to heaven, it was a large field. There were a lot of little pink things running around that he thought at first were mice. Then he saw God sitting in a tree. Angels were flying here and there with their fluttering white wings; they were making sounds like doves.
Our cat went politely over to the tree.
Meow said our cat.
meow.

sisters

tensions between thought and feeling
between line and color
between analysis and synthesis