Design Within Reach, anticipating the surplus of champagne bottles we will all be dealing with following Sunday’s celebration, has announced the return of their Champagne Chair Contest.
The rules are simple and inspiring: using the foil, cork, cage and label from no more than two champagne bottles, contestants are asked to craft an innovative and original chair design. Entries must…
LVHRD member and filmmaker Ze Frank, who was also the subject of LVHRD’s very first event, is coming to you today, December 29th, with yet another one of his commentaries on the modern world with his Ze Frank daily show. Today’s edition is a brief look at the current conditions in Somalia, and how the world isn’t even batting an…
Coming in 2007, beyond any real rational reason, is John McClane in Live Free or Die Hard, the sequel to the city sprawling action flick, Die Hard: With a Vengeance. In a move that will most likely make Bruce Willis look even older in his turn as an action star, the plot of the movie is something about an Internet-based terrorist unit that…
LVHRD members, Dan Eckstein and Tara Jepson, are traversing the East side of the world and taking you along for the joys, hardships, and tribulations of the world away from home through photographs and a documentary of his sights and findings. Posting daily on his website, Picture China, Dan provides photos of contemporary China seen through an unbiased lens.
Showcasing the…
LVHRD: Okay, so this is the DRTS series of LVHRD, something new that we’re starting to find out more about LVHRD and its members. It’s complimentary to LVHRD MGZN’s NTRVW series, and is presented in AIM format to offer more of a conversational approach similar to the fast moving, fast talking internet age. Today, we’re talking to Jeff Newelt, aka JahFurry.…
Taking place at Fontana’s in the Lower East Side (no longer at Tai - Tai closed its doors - forget about Tai) is Seth Herzog’s annual New Year’s Eve Party. Starting at 9:30 and going way into the 2 double 0 7, dress attire is optional, so you can wear anything from your Sunday best to your 90’s grunge era flannel shirt. Just…
Sometime LVHRD DJ Ari Kushner has compiled his juicy list of favorites tracks for 2006. He’s compiled both an upbeat playlist and a more even-handed list of solid indie tracks, all meticulously chosen, and all delicious. You can listen to them at his music blog, Nugroove, or download the longer list when he airs them live on FM WDNA South Florida.…
James Brown, the hardest working man in show business, has put his cape on for the very last time.
The Godfather of Soul passed away christmas morning while in hospital; he had been admitted days earlier due to a series of debilitating health complications. We here at LVHRD cherish innovation, revolution, breaking the rules and connecting with others. Brown exemplified,…
On Thursday, November 16th, LVHRD welcomed Speto, Brazilian graffiti artist and Brahma Ambassador, to present at Bi-Fold II: WLD STRTS. Speto started the evening by creating one of his signature art pieces for the audience, followed by a presentation of his own work within the context of the Brazilian art scene. Later during his NYC visit, Speto dropped by 11 Spring…
LVHRD member and comic book artist, Paul Pope, has recently launched PULPHOPE, a blog that discusses all the artist’s coming and goings. Posting entries on a daily basis, Pope details everything from annoying oglers standing next to him at the Xerox machine to his admiration for comic book legend, Jack Kirby.
Even more reason to check out the blog, though,…
LVHRD member and judge of the first DNCHRD, David Hallberg, has some fancy feet of his own as showcased by a full spread article in ballet magazine, Pointe. The piece chronicles the “princely” dancer’s rise from a tap dancing, Fred Astaire loving youth to becoming the newest principal at the American Ballet Theatre.
A daunting trek, the self-proclaimed “all American boy,”…
On December 11th, in an article presented by washingtonpost.com, it seems that the Federal Trade Commission might have struck a death blow to the practice of word-of-mouth marketing. Sneaky in its approach, word-of-mouth marketing is any form of peer-to-peer communication such as a Web blog (this one, for example), a MySpace page for a movie character, hanging in forums, creating a fan site,…
Watch this week's installment of the LVHRD VDO Series. This episode:LVHRD VDO: DNCHRD IV IS MAY 20th
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