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FROM THE KLAX: Ryan De La Hoz “Get Busy Living” Trailer

April 26th, 2010 No Comments

*The Retrospective, The Klax, & Peculiar Bliss are all members of The Deft Collective.

Tags: Video

Francis and the Lights, Live At Red Devil Lounge

January 26th, 2010 1 Comment

Photo Credit: Alicia Adams There must be something beautiful and dangerous happening inside the mind of Francis Farewell Starlite. Having experienced his live shows only through a few video clips here and there, I was ecstatic to hear that he would be gracing the stage at San Francisco’s Red Devil Lounge. Although I had no […]

Tags: Event · Music · San Francisco

Dream Big, Do Big: Jules Kim Is Poised to Take Over

January 13th, 2010 3 Comments

Photo Credit – Alessandro Simonetti To call Jules Kim and her brand Bijules “edgy” would be doing her a disservice—and it might insult her, too. A difficult-to-pinpoint mixture of unsettling, unexpected, and all-out modern swank, Jules’ unique jewelry pieces are as resistant to pigeonholing as the woman who dreams them up. Perhaps partly due to […]

Tags: Fashion · New York · RetroTalk

MOG Makes All Of Your Dreams Come True

January 5th, 2010 4 Comments

The first thing you see when you pop over to MOG.com is a hyperbolic statement: “MOG is where your music listening dreams come true. All of them. Weird.” However, when I started playing with MOG a few weeks ago they were saying, “Better than Pandora, Last.fm and iTunes. Combined,” right up front. I don’t know […]

Tags: Music · Technology

Lovetaps from Francis and The Lights

December 22nd, 2009 No Comments

Photo Credit: Justin Oullette It was a mysterious email. Seven words, one punctuation mark; a question. Are you guys based in San Francisco? While the answer isn’t as simple as yes (The Retrospective team spans the globe from L.A. and San Francisco to New York City and all the way over to Madrid), for Francis […]

Tags: Event · Music

Saul Williams and the Afro-Punk Tour San Francisco

December 16th, 2009 2 Comments

discussing everything from “Afro Punk” various meanings to the strange fact that Rick Reuben drives a Honda insight.

Tags: Event · Films · Interview · Music · San Francisco