Daily archives:October 1, 2016

  • AFP Music Interview: Slothrust

  • 8 years ago
  • We recently caught up with Brooklyn based band Slothrust, who are releasing their long awaited third album, Everyone Else on Dangerbird Records October 28th. 1)   Are you native New Yorker's or transplants? Will and I are from Boston and Kyle is from New Jersey. 2)   How would you describe your sound? Blues / jazz influenced rock music with a lot of dynamics and time signature changes ;) 3)   How has the crowd responded to the new music from Everyone Else? Crowds we have performed to have responded really positively to the new music. We are very excited to tour and share it with more people. 4)   Was there a particular story you wanted to tell or message you wanted to send with Everyone Else? There is not one story in particular that I am trying to tell with this record. Thematically, it deals a lot with water and dreams. I like thinking about different states of consciousness and things infinitely larger than the self. 5)   What do you enjoy most about touring and performing live? I like seeing new cities and the exchange of energy that happens between performers and difference audiences. 6)   Tell me about your creative process. Do you work remotely or do you go off to the woods to write together as a group? It's a combination of a lot of things. Generally songs come to me in pieces and we go about executing them in a variety of ways. In the past there hasn't been a particular formula for us. 7)   Where do you find your inspiration[...]

  • Wearable Art: This is why you need to know about Ann Lowe

  • 8 years ago
  • On September 24, the National African American Museum opened its doors to public. And while the museum's timed passes are sold out for the rest of the year,  it's still a great time to learn about what's currently on exhibit. And if you are wondering if there's a showcase at the museum that relates to the world of fashion, you're in luck. The museum will be showcasing a selection of Ann Lowe's dresses, and they are a must-see! Ann Lowe — a highly sought after designer in her day —  is the first world-renowned black designer who created dresses for socialites and brides. She created looks for families including the Auchinclosses, DuPonts, Kennedys, Posts, Rockefellers, and Roosevelts. She is also the first black designer to own a boutique on Madison Avenue. And her stunning creations were also sold at Henri Bendel, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Neiman Marcus. Pink satin and organza ball gown, designed by Ann Lowe, 1959, once owned by Patricia Penrose Schieffer, wife of CBS News' Bob Schieffer. Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane. Photo courtesy of NMAAHC Famously, Lowe designed Jacqueline Kennedy's wedding gown in 1953. Lowe crafted a dress made up of fifty yards of ivory silk taffeta for the Bouvier-Kennedy nuptials, and cost approximately $700  — roughly $13,000 factoring today's inflation, according to Racked's Danielle Kwateng-Clark . And as Kwateng-Clark deftly sums up, Lowe "did the impossible in the Jim Crow-era by making a name fo[...]