by Doug LeMoine on 30 June 2009
I won’t bore you with my thoughts on Lisa Marie Presley’s MySpace thing about Michael (“I wanted to save him. I wanted to save him from the inevitable which is what has just happened”), or relate my story of finding out that the rumor was true (upon reading this tweet from Lil’ Jon: “RIP M [...]
by Doug LeMoine on 30 June 2009
Remember when Robert Johnson met the devil at the crossroads and returned with a whole new kind of blues? Last night, we watched “Notorious,” the Biggie Smalls biopic, and there’s a similar moment. The movie sort of glosses over where Biggie’s style came from, implying that it began on the street, but that Biggie really [...]
by Doug LeMoine on 13 June 2009
The NYT’s Lens blog recently posted a couple of great articles about the photographers who captured the Tienanmen Square protests in 1989. The first offers four riveting oral histories from photographers who captured the “Tank Man” in his moment of defiance, and the second adds a new twist: this amazing image from street level. Disorder. [...]
by Doug LeMoine on 7 June 2009
Walking around the Maxwell Food Market near Singapore’s Chinatown reminded of Wong Kar Wai’s excellent movie about Hong Kong in the early 60’s In the Mood for Love. After I watched it last night, I couldn’t decide whether I wanted to actually travel back in time, or just walk inside an imagined version of the past.
by Doug LeMoine on 6 June 2009
I’m doing some work in Singapore right now, and I’ve quickly noticed a couple of things: Singaporean people love to shop, and they love deals. But they don’t have access to certain brands — American Apparel, Forever 21, Victoria’s Secret, etc. To get stuff from these places, they have to order stuff over the Internet, and have [...]