Take Ivy is being re issued and in English.  For those who don't know about this book it is an amazing reference for any fashionista.  This book has amazing photographs of the american elite from Ivy League schools.   The book was originally published in 1965 in Japan and finding a copy is very difficult and could cost you up and around 1000 dollars.  However, Take Ivy is now being re issued in English, pre order is available now for 25 bucks so get your ass on it.  Don't sleep on this one.


http://www.powerhousearena.com/products-page-2/?category=11&product_id=116

Someone scanned the Japanese version and it can be found here.

http://thetrad.blogspot.com/2008/12/take-ivy-chapter-i.html

http://thetrad.blogspot.com/2008/12/take-ivy-chapter-ii.html

http://thetrad.blogspot.com/2008/12/take-ivy-chaper-iii.html

link here

My frisbee doesn't even curve like that.

Tobias Wong, the Vancouver born, New York based artist best known for his gold pills, and his sun jar  just passed away on May 31, 2010.   Tobias was one of the more popular artists that came out of Emily Carr, and I remember seeing these gold pills at Colette and was stoked to see someone from Vancouver making it big.   The concept behind the pills were that you would swallow them and then your shit would have gold flakes in them.  Strange to me, but it gets props for originality.

His death was ruled as a suicide.  It is sad to see such a loss to the Canadian and international design community.

The drummer is often overlooked.  I think GnRs drum was Steve Adler and I thought it was super cool that the drummer from Def Leppard only had one arm and yet I still don't know his name.

Well that stereotype has now been broken.  The drummer from the Black Keys has formed a group with a bunch of other drumstick wielding compadres called Drummer.  Drummer consists of Patrick Carney on bass (Black Keys), Jamie Stillman on guitar (Teeth of Stillman), John Finley on vocals and guitar (Beaten Awake), Greg Boyd on drums (Sandman) and Stephen Clements (Houseguests / Six Parts Seven).

Check this single out and go look for the album Feel Good Together.