Shelley Jones

Birth of grunge immortalised in Kr3w collab with seminal photographer Charles Peterson
Music

Birth of grunge immortalised in Kr3w collab with seminal photographer Charles Peterson

Rights Refused — Kr3w have released a video with seminal grunge photographer Charles Peterson to celebrate their new collaborative collection.

Written by: Shelley Jones

A new self-published arts journal may change how you think about Germany
Print

A new self-published arts journal may change how you think about Germany

Verfreundungseffekt Vol. II — For the second edition of Anglo-German arts journal Verfreundungseffekt, editor Jen Calleja breaks some stereotypes with wrestlers and The Simpsons.

Written by: Shelley Jones

A coming-of-age novel that puts skateboarding on the literary map
Skate

A coming-of-age novel that puts skateboarding on the literary map

If I Fall, If I Die by Mike Christie — Former Color Magazine senior editor Mike Christie delivers a dramatic debut that doesn't trivialise skateboarding as 'dumb' or 'extreme'.

Written by: Shelley Jones

A gritty portrayal of the 1980s Lower East Side
Photography

A gritty portrayal of the 1980s Lower East Side

Ken Schles' Night Walk — Underground cult classic body of photography Invisible City, by LES documentarian Ken Schles, reissued for the Twenty-First Century.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Photography blog raises $1m for poor New Yorkers in a week
Photography

Photography blog raises $1m for poor New Yorkers in a week

Humans of New York — Brandon Stanton, the photographer behind the Humans of New York blog, launches most-funded-ever Indiegogo campaign for students in Brooklyn.

Written by: Shelley Jones

150 years of conflict in haunting images that will make you think twice
Photography

150 years of conflict in haunting images that will make you think twice

Conflict.Time.Photography at Tate Modern — Art and photography that looks back on moments of conflict to consider the ongoing effects on people and places in the shadows of these traumatic events.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Harmony Korine meets a kid who's living rough in the Alabama backwoods
Film

Harmony Korine meets a kid who's living rough in the Alabama backwoods

New Vice documentary — New short doc The Legend of Cambo from Spring Breakers director leaves you wanting to leave the city and live in the woods too.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Spike Jonze and Kanye West team up again for 'Only One' video
Music

Spike Jonze and Kanye West team up again for 'Only One' video

Featuring his daughter — Creative curveballs Spike Jonze and Kanye West have joined forces again to produce a sweet video for new Paul McCartney collab single Only One.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Strange songs co-opted by protest: Patti Smith and the Greek radical left
Music

Strange songs co-opted by protest: Patti Smith and the Greek radical left

People Have The Power — As Greek radical left ruling party Syriza embrace the sounds of Patti Smith, we consider some other even more unlikely songs that became protest anthems.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Amazing asteroid art to check out as huge space rock hurtles towards Earth
Art

Amazing asteroid art to check out as huge space rock hurtles towards Earth

Sci-fi film, sculpture and music — An exploration into asteroid-inspired art, film, literature and music as Asteroid 2004 BL86 flies past Earth tonight.

Written by: Shelley Jones

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