Aimé Césaire was an Afro-Martnican poet and activist. His writing is like magic voodoo from a different planet. His book of collected poems is beautifully illustrated by the Cuban artist Wifredo Lam. A true talisman, holding this book you know something supernatural is in your hands. Buy it here!

The final frames of Jean Luc Godard’s “Sympathy for the Devil” 1970.

Alex and Chloe launches a new line of jewelry entitled, “Tar.”  Tiny conches, fertility symbols, and the ever so ubiquitous key, are made from brass and “blackened” in tar.  Visit www.alexandchloe.com.

Os Mutantes – “Virginia” (Click Here to Listen)
Os Mutantes – “Balado do Louco” (Click Here to Listen)

Bruce Weber’s documentary about Chet Baker, the brilliant and one of a kind trumpet player, is conveyed through an astonishing miasma of poetic imagery and jazz. The documentary combines photography & old footage to portray a romantic, handsome, and brilliant young Chet at the height of his career, with an older, down trodden, and ultimately trampled spirit of Chet, the artist disillusioned and destroyed by his genius. READ MORE>>>