The Bloggomist: Three Times a Trend
Fashion Opinion

I know the last thing any of you probably want to hear more about are those damn bloggers. The B word has gone from something barely anyone recognized to a dirty little term many of us would like to see deleted. I don’t think I still fully comprehend what a blogger is, but I supposed I do enough internet perusing and ranting to be →

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Scientists at Northwestern University recently developed a synthetic material known as the “Venus Flytrap.” Composed of  “layers of gallium, sulfur, and anitomy compound,” this innovative matter captures nuclear waste much like the way a fly is baited. →

Cathy Daley

ss[a:]m Art & Fashion Hybrid
Blank Space-New York, NY
02/04/10- 02/10/10

Blank Space is pleased to present Bodywork’s annual exhibition: works by Korean designers who use unexpected materials and a mix of Eastern and Western style sewing techniques in their innovative clothing designs.

The title, ss[a:]m Art & Fashion Hybrid , refers to ssam , a popular Korean dish that people have long loved in Korean culture. →

Inspired by the Minutemen song, Evil Monito’s “Tour Spiel” highlights the musician’s life on the road. Each week, we’ll check in with some of our favorite artists touring stateside or abroad. We’ll provide an intimate look into what it’s like to be packed in a van or waiting for a flight with the same people for hours on end. It takes a certain state of mind to survive any lengthy tour. Yet it’s the memorable experiences that make life on the road ultimately rewarding, if not interesting. This week we highlight The Subjects- a  band ready to hit the road with a youthful enthusiasm. →

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Family Guy LIVE
Gibson Theater- Universil City- CA
02/12/10

Two of television’s most provocatively funny shows will visit the Los Angeles stage to benefit Haiti relief. The cast and creators of both “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia,” and Seth MacFarlane’s uproarious “Family Guy” will take over Gibson Amphitheatre for a very special live event. They will be joined by to-be-announced special guests. →

The Key Club – Hollywood, CA
Live Review: 1/31/10

Hours after presenting the Grammy for best rap/sung collaboration to Jay-Z, Rihanna and an absent Kanye West for “Run This Town,” Mos Def found himself in a familiar place on the Sunset Strip. Four days after The Boogie Man and The Roots had one of the most talked about pre-Grammy jam sessions, Mos Def was back on stage at the Key Club for his post-Grammy party. →

The Bloggomist: Why I Love DC
Food Opinion

Ping Pong Dim Sum made it’s official U.S. debut a few weeks ago in DC, located between the Convention Center and Verizon Center on 7th street in Chinatown/Mt Vernon Square. As the very first location in the States, Ping Pong Dim Sum delivers a contemporary take on Chinese dim sum by introducing Washington to a 21st century tea house and dim sum experience. →

The Smalls, a website for independent filmmakers, welcomes you to contribute personal audio clips to Street Sounds, a new site created with Scion to capture location-based sounds that reflect our surroundings and define our lives. Every month, the biggest contributors of sounds can win a free iPod. →

Make Objects Make Marks
LA Municipal Art Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
2/20/10

Make Objects Make Marks is a participatory work involving fabrication, assemblage, printing and drawing using salvaged and scrap wood. Artists Edward Pine Stevens and Joseph Stuckelman will create works on paper using simple printing and rubbing methods to record the process of transformation from scrap to sculpture, from part to whole. →

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Inlets – “Bright Orange Air”

Sebastian Krueger is the “bedroom troubadour” of Inlets, which plays folk music that is choral and classical-sounding, similar to that of another classicist, Owen Pallett (formerly Final Fantasy). “Bright Orange Hair” has an operatic air that’s gentle and subdued. →