Tagged: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration: Ottavio Missoni
The New York Times reports today that Ottavio Missoni, the founder of the legendary Italian knitwear house Missoni, has died at the age of 92. His zig-zagging, super-luxe sweaters in wild prints have been inspiration … read more »
Daily Inspiration: Dancing to Jai Paul
Over the weekend “BTSTU,” the Jai Paul demo (and eventual XL single) first posted here three years ago, appeared on a surprise Jai Paul LP posted to Bandcamp. The album has since been removed. In … read more »
Daily Inspiration: Ja Rule
Ja Rule was released from New Yorks’ Mid-State Correctional Facility this morning, only to be immediately delivered back into federal custody. He’s been serving time for illegal gun possession and tax evasion since June 2011: … read more »
Daily Inspiration: Amber Bravo
For the last two years, Amber Bravo has been an editor at The FADER. Though she’s been a consistent writer both here on TheFADER.com and in our print magazine, her influence has been biggest behind … read more »
Daily Inspiration: Pussy Riot
Yesterday, the trial of three members of Russian female punk collective Pussy Riot began in Moscow. Charged with “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred or hostility” for performing an anti-Putin song on the altar of the … read more »
Daily Inspiration: Donna Summer
Long before every lady in pop culture got called a Diva, before the word became so perverted that somehow Paramore was invited to a recent VH1 Diva’s Special, there were just a few towering figures … read more »
Daily Inspiration: Levon Helm
Levon Helm died today after a long battle with cancer. It’s not unexpected, but it’s a bummer anyway. In addition to being a completely legendary drummer with The Band, Helm was also great for what … read more »
Daily Inspiration: Lil Wayne f. Jazze Pha, “Earthquake”
You never feel more like a New Yorker than when an earthquake tremor shakes the office floor and you all run in all your spastic glory towards the elevator—after stopping to tweet—like the apocalypse came … read more »
Daily Inspiration: We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite Live
“Driva Man/”Tears for Johannesburg” Penned by Roach and singer/songwriter Oscar Brown Jr. and recorded in 1960, We Insist! stands as one of the most forceful politically charged jazz records of its time, blurring Afrocentricity and … read more »
Daily Inspiration: Summer Is Half Over
We woke up, slumped into a subway seat and groggily stared into space until we noticed, on the cover of The New York Post, that today is July 15. Summer is officially half over. We … read more »
