WE HEART JONATHAN TOUBIN

You might have heard about the horrible accident involving our friend Jonathan Toubin.  Miraculously, he is alive and slowly recovering but the entire thing is completely crazy and it’s wonderful how many people have been showing so much support for Jonathan via benefit shows, donating money via PayPal or from various club nights, and sending tons of love and gifts and records and whatnot to him.  Jonathan is truly one of the raddest fucking people we have ever met and we have been sending nothing but love and get-well wishes his way… 

This article from the New York Times really sheds some light on Jonathan as a person as well as the accident and its aftermath.

If you want to send anything to Jonathan or just be informed about what’s happening in terms of both his medical condition and benefit shows all across the USA, like the IheartJT page on Facebook.

BRASS WAVE

We got into the rad website Of A Kind when our friends Cook & Gates did an amazing collabo with them that sold out in one day… since then we’ve been checking in on all of the awesome limited-edition, hand-made items that are regularly released.  These brass wave earrings by Laura Lombardi are a serious fave.

From their site:
“I like to make things that are eye-catching and interesting, but at the same time, I don’t want them to be fussy,” the designer explains. “I was really into repetitive imagery—making big mandalas—and sculptural wall pieces that echoed things growing out of the ground, and I try to do that with the jewelry also. The way I see things is still the same.” The other inspiration comes from her Italian roots. Although she has plenty of love for the Windy City, Laura holds citizenship in Italy. “My dad’s side of the family is from there, and I grew up speaking the language,” she explains. “That side of me is very drawn to the classical aesthetic and dark aspect to Italian culture, and I’m very influenced by it.”

SINCERELY YOURS

One of our favorite record labels, Sincerely Yours, recently released this extremely creepy/awesome video by Olivia Kastebring with a song by JJ and Joel Rampage.  Like everything SY does, it’s pretty mysterious, which is part of why we love it so much.

UNARMED

Check out this sick video & song made by friends of ours!  The man behind the music is Shawn O’Sullivan (of Led Er Est and Further Reductions) and the song is on a record available here.  The video is made by the amazing Jordan Levine who designed the original Rescue logo and a bunch of other awesome stuff for us!