v man editorial photographed by cedric buchet

i watched le samouraï yesterday (highly recommended) featuring alain delon as jeff costello, the professional hitman who never thinks of ridding his hat and trench coat so as to not be recognized by onlookers. i’m not complaining though cause delon wears it terribly well…

i’ll also be heading to the vancouver folk festival tomorrow to catch the likes of iron & wine, the weakerthans, joe pug and arrested development. music on the beach, under the vancouver sunset, on a warm summer evening? sounds great to me! hope your weekend is just as spendid!!

a fantasy anthropological study of african skinhead fashion from the early seventies, as photographer clayton cubitt calls it. a stunning set of photographs, don’t you think? be sure to see the rest of the series on his website.

it’s april, the rain is washing clean the sidewalks, and i’m tired. the kind of tire that nullifies time and the responsibilities that it brings, if only in my mind. this tiredness seems to me a rewarding feeling though. it slows me down, and it makes me take in the chaos that exists in the present moment, even in the simplest of things, like the rain outside. within an instant, puddles emerged out of the pavement. it could’ve taken a minute or thirty but i didn’t keep count. i just listened to them grow. sensational splashes against the hum of city noises.

all the tire will be out by tomorrow night though cause andrew bird‘s coming to town. i am considering bringing my cello along as an excuse to join him on stage. pizzicato party!

it’s rather warm outside but it’s also raining like there’s no tomorrow, so i decided to enjoy my day indoors while working on my buñuel paper, making french toast, reading milan kundera’s slowness, drinking green tea, listening to raphael saadiq, and looking through kostas murkudis‘ ss 09 lookbook.

update: la maison is available in full on vimeo – huzzah! quick, go catch it before it’s taken down on there as well!!