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Type NO+: Positive Flow in New Orleans

Mndy Aug.13.2007 4:10pm | by lvhrd

As Katrina’s two year anniversary approaches New Orleans is getting the predictable attention from the media, mostly retrospective looks at how little has been done over the past two years to shore New Orleans against renewed ruin from future disaster.

While we agree that pathetic little has been done to protect New Orleans against the very force of nature that devastated the city two years ago, New Orleans is still a vibrantly layered, bursting city, that refuses to let its future be a constant retelling of Katrina.

LVHRD member Rob Hudak’s latest…

LVHRD MGZN 02 XCRPT, 10 of 10

Frdy Jul.6.2007 10:15am | by lvhrd

We have reached the end of our MGZN 02 XCRPT Series and, luckily, we have reached the end of MGZN 02. We were hoping thatâ€™s the way it would work out. Our next issue is right around the corner.

The final excerpt from MGZN 02 is actually two small excerpts.

NNLVHRD EVNT is a review of â€œMerge,â€ an opening at Vancouverâ€™s Ayden Gallery, set in the context of that city’s burgeoning art scene.

DTD TCHNLGY is a collection of suggestions for how to instill new life in dated technology, satellite dish…

LVHRD MGZN 02 XCRPT, 9 0f 10

Frdy Jun.29.2007 12:11pm | by lvhrd

You totally should have gone to the beach. It’s not going to rain.
But, you didnâ€™t, so hereâ€™s something for you to pass the time until the weekend.

This weekâ€™s excerpt from LVHRD MGZN 02 is a review of the music of Mia Riddle and her Band and the artwork of Jen Dunlap: Sound and Vision.

Mia is known for her gutsy folk lullabies that remind us of steamy firefly marshes at twilight. Jen paints the pink amniotic rush, warm interior cross-sections that are part graffiti, part watercolor maps.

If it does…

LVHRD MGZN 02 XCRPT, 8 0f 10

Frdy Jun.22.2007 10:00am | by lvhrd

This weekâ€™s excerpt from LVHRD MGZN 02 takes you to a new kind of Oz, the strange and semi-permeable land of desktop work spaces. We like to call it Desktopias.

Taking a cue from LVHRD member Jennifer Daniel, we asked our membership to send us screenshots of the virtual spaces they inhabit every day. Some of these places weâ€™d like to live in, kind of like Miloâ€™s world in the Phantom Toolboth. Others, not so much (think Oliver Stone in Panâ€™s Labyrinth.)

If youâ€™d like to see Desktopias in its natural…

LVHRD MGZN 02 XCRPT, 7 of 10

Frdy Jun.15.2007 10:13am | by lvhrd

Brazilian photographer Leo Zacharias captured LVHRD members exploring their doppelgÃ¤ngers for Double Xposures, this weekâ€™s excerpt from LVHRD MGZN 02.

Double Xposures comes from LVHRDâ€™s ACTHRD: Thespian Royale at M1-5 in TriBeCa. Leo took two photographs of each person and wove the images together: youâ€™ll see Chris Franzese giving himself a right hook to the chin and Doug JaegerÂ² guarding the entrance to some remote VIP room.

Download LVHRD MGZN 02 XCRPT, 7 of 10, Double Xposures.
You can find Double Xposures and other great features on the theme of 2 in the full…

LVHRD MGZN 02 XCRPT, 6 0f 10

Frdy Jun.8.2007 11:00am | by lvhrd

This weekâ€™s excerpt from LVHRD MGZN 02, HNDCFFD: Strangers with Friction, is a blow-by-blow report by Tobi Elkin of what happened the day LVHRD decided to link two strangersâ€™ fate with a pair of cuffs.

Nick Rhodes and Mary Riley had no idea theyâ€™d be spending a day handcuffed together when LVHRD asked them to be the subject of a feature in MGZN. They were good sports though, keeping a sense of humor even when it was bathroom time.

LVHRD MGZN 02 XCRPT, 6 of 10: HNDCFFD. Photos by Erin Sparling.

Full…

Desktopias

Thrsdy Jun.7.2007 1:55pm | by lvhrd

desktop//desktop on NowNow documents the virtual and physical desktops of New York designers, including Sagmeister.

desktop/desktop has been on Core77 and Josh Spear, but we thought weâ€™d mention it again because it coincides so well with Desktopias in LVHRD MGZN 01 and 02, the feature where we published the virtual desktops of some LVHRD members. The workspaces range from cute to gruesome.

LVHRD MGZN 02 XCRPT, 5 of 10

Frdy Jun.1.2007 11:22am | by lvhrd

This week the excerpt from LVHRD MGZN 02 is an interview with up-and-coming actor/writer Dan Gregor by journalist Rina Raphael.

Dan did improv comedy the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz until he sold the pilot for â€œWe Are Internet Millionairesâ€ to ABC.

In XCRPT 5 Dan talks to Rina about what itâ€™s like to be living a distilled version of Entourage, sweating for TV executives, and how to recognize a chubby skinny kid.

Itâ€™s a perfect interview for a summer day when your brain can hardly process the sound of your own voice.…

Mia Riddle and her band at Union Hall

Wdnsdy May.30.2007 11:00am | by lvhrd

The inimitable Mia Riddle and her band are playing a show at Union Hall in Park Slope on Friday, June 1 at 9pm.

If you have not experienced Union Hall (not Union Pool) or Mia’s luminescent melodies (she’s in LVHRD MGZN 02), take this opportunity to celebrate June Day at an awesome venue–indoor bocce courts, fireplaces, regal library, backyard garden– and hear Mia with her band before they tour Europe this summer.
So much ambiance and excitement for only $8.

MGZN 02 XCRPT, 4 of 10

Frdy May.25.2007 12:07pm | by lvhrd

Some light reading for you on this 90 degree Friday stretching into a 3 day weekend:

LVHRD MGZN 02 XCRPT 4 is an interview with Corcoran real estate flaneur and Chiat/Day veteran Dave Rogers by comedian Heather Fink. The pair talked via email about Dave’s idea of success, what he hopes his legacy will be, and why he idolizes Mos Def.

Download PRFLS: Dave Rogers from LVHRD MGZN 02 and see why Heather imagines him wearing Dockers slacks dipped in blood.

Full version of MGZN 02 available here.

MGZN 02 XCRPT, 3 of 10

Frdy May.18.2007 4:49pm | by lvhrd

This weekâ€™s excerpt from MGZN 02 is a luscious survey that takes you inside the noggin of LVHRDâ€™s membership.

We wanted to know what kinds of games our members play (mind games, bed games), what time they go to bed, what theyâ€™re ready to destroy–so we did a poll and asked Chris Rubino to turn the results into pictures.

You can download MGZN 02 XCRPT 3, MMBR SRVY, right here. Or, if you prefer to view the survey in its natural habitat, download the full version of LVHRD MGZN 02.…

MGZN 02 XCRPT, 2 of 10

Frdy May.11.2007 12:03pm | by lvhrd

It’s already Friday! That means the second excerpt from MGZN 02 is ready for perusal. Actually, XCRPT 02 from doesn’t have much in it to read. It’s actually a sweeping audio tour of New Orleans by Rob Hudak called “Second City.” You could even close your eyes while you listen to Rob Hudak’s soothing tenor carry you down south to the land of flowering balconies and long goodbyes. But only after you look at the awesome collage.

MGZN 02 XCRPT 2

If you missed XCRPT 1 last week, a profile of our pals at Flavorpill,…