This trailer for Heima, the documentary by Sigur Ros is a must see. It’s gorgeously shot (HD is stunning), and shockingly moving. The film was made last summer at the end of an extensive world tour– the group returned home to Iceland and played a series of free concerts around the homeland, all unannounced. The film takes us through venues and scenery throughout their beautiful (read: incredible) homeland, from an abandoned fish factory to a protest camp at the edge of a controversial dam. The DVD will also have a companion album entitled Hvarf-Heim which will feature a few unreleased songs. Go, watch it now! I look forward to the DVD’s release on November 5th.

There is a screening of Heima on Wednesday 24 October at Cecil Sharp House in London– the BBC website has some more information about this showing as well as a couple more sneak peaks at songs performed in the film.

Apparently I’m on a photography kick right now…but if I keep stumbling on shutterbugs like Erol Taskoparan, I don’t have a problem with that at all; his work is a mix of street and personal photography that never fails to capture a certain tranquility and, occasionally, sexuality in his subject matter. Self-taught since 2002, Erol describes his themes as subjective-emotional, street, portrait, and fashion.

He is also co-editor of online art magazine neocollective.com and co-owner of The Bureau for Visual Communication, both also well worth a look. Great inspiration all around.

Streetwear as we know it today is a different beast than the clothes worn by metro kids a decade ago; it has infiltrated suburbia, established itself online and appeals to a much wider audience than before. If you have any doubts to how serious the industry is, just take a look at the collaborations between streetwear companies and mainstream ones like Burton, Nike and Mountain Dew — their target market is generally more savvy and more gainfully employed; you’d have to pay $60 for a t-shirt or $200 for a pair of Japanese denim. One company that has positioned itself in the upper tier is 3sixteen. Founded in 2003, the company targets “an older, more mature audience that appreciated a well made product.” To that end, the company has recently launched their web store housing exclusive items, the first of which is a pair of fitted caps from their Suit Pack. The caps’ design and manufacturer was done all in house, overseen by 3sixteen and they are made of worsted wool, a material most commonly found in suits. They are one of the first to make a stitchless brimmed cap, with the material wrapping around the bill uninterrupted. I think whether or not modern streetwear is your thing, its presence certainly can’t be ignored and 3sixteen is one of those companies to keep on eye one.

Last month I had the opportunity to experience the ‘Uncrowded and Uncompromising’ tag line for myself on Eos Airlines, the new NYC/London service that has been creating quite the buzz lately. Eos flies 757’s usually outfitted for 220 people with only 48 guests — giving each flyer 21 square feet of personal space. They truly identified that despite how comfortable you make a seat, the area, space and environment around you are still just as important as the space you take up on your own.

I took just about every minute of my six hour flight (even before I boarded the plane to New York) to eat, sleep, read, entertain myself, hold an ‘in-flight meeting’ and really get a feel for the entire
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