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Dimitri Kalagas is the music editor, designer and blogger for Lifelounge. Much of his life is spent trawling the depths of the web for both useful and useless information, with the remainder spent designing, interviewing, writing, photographing and listening. This blog is a random collection of things that inspire those activities.

Cocktails and Dreams

BLOG POSTED BY DIMITRI ON 09 OCT 2009 @ 08:52 AM

So, last time I posted I had just arrived in Argentina, and since then I've done a bunch of stuff, including traveling around Argentina, Chile and Peru, climbing lots of mountains, paragliding over the Andes, getting scuba certifications, drinking way too much beer, and right now chilling in the Caribbean islands of Bocas Del Toro in Panama. In fact right this second I am sitting on a balcony overlooking the ocean and palm trees as I type. Life's tough.

Anyway rather than try to explain everything I have done with words (you'd be reading for hours and probably get quite bored) I thought it might be better to post up some pictures of things I have seen and done.

In short, traveling is a good time. Wish were you here.

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Apparently the Andes look good from 36000 feet

BLOG POSTED BY DIMITRI ON 04 SEP 2009 @ 08:18 AM

Yesterday my lady and I flew into Buenos Aires, and while I know the stock standard view-from-the-window-of-the-plane-photo is kind of a cliche, how could you not lose your shit when you start to see the first snowcapped peaks of the Andes poking up through the clouds over Chile. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.

Even better news is that Buenos Aires is basically heaven. Amazing beer, wine, coffee, meat, cheese and people. Loving the shit out of it.

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Ryan Mcginley - Moonmilk

BLOG POSTED BY DIMITRI ON 21 AUG 2009 @ 11:33 AM

I just came across this amazing new series 'Moonmilk' from New York based photographer Ryan McGinley. Featuring McGinley's trademark nudes, this aptly named series takes his style to another level with incredible cave locations and eerie sci-fi-esque lighting. So if you're in the UK from September 11 through 'til October 8, head down to the Alison Jacques Gallery to check it all out in the flesh.

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India - Wow

BLOG POSTED BY DIMITRI ON 17 AUG 2009 @ 06:52 PM

I just arrived back from ten days in India on the weekend where I was on assignment for one of our clients here at Lifelounge, and basically all I've got to say is wow. It's an amazing place – intense, overwhelming, colourful, joyous and devastating all at the same time, and once you're there, there is no escape. The intinerary took in five cities in ten days, including Himalayan mountain stations and holy cities by the Ganges. Mental. Anyway, check out some of the images I shot while we were there and be on the lookout for the fruits of our labour in the not-too-distant future.

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Holy Ghost and The Dead Weather - New Videos

BLOG POSTED BY DIMITRI ON 14 JUL 2009 @ 10:00 AM

I really, really love good music videos - and these two definitely qualify.

First up is the video for the debut single 'Treat Me Like Your Mother' from Jack White's other other band, The Dead Weather - formed in partnership with The Kills Alison Mosshart. Directed by Jonathan Glazer, the video consists of White and Mosshart in an empty field behind an outer suburban housing estate, in a western-style standoff, blowing each other away with machine guns. And despite other people's comments, I love the shit out of it. Check it out below.

The Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother

Second up is a newby from NY's Holy Ghost!, for their new track 'I Will Come Back'. In an homage to New Order's 'Confusion', Holy Ghost have put together a video featuring a who's who of New York electronic music, with Arthur Baker, Nancy Whang and Drop The Lime all making cameos. Check it out below, and then take a look at the original New Order video below that.

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All Tomorrow's Parties Documentary and new Grizzly Bear Video

BLOG POSTED BY DIMITRI ON 01 JUN 2009 @ 09:41 AM

Ooooohh. This looks good. Off the back of the super awesome series of global All Tomorrow's Parties festivals, Warp X are releasing a documentary that...

"Condenses 600 hours of footage from 200 contributors including fans and musicians that have attended recent festivals. All Tomorrow's Parties is the result of a two-year project to document the legendary cult music festival.

With a whos who of alternative music including Battles, Grizzly Bear, Boards of Canada, Grinderman, Slint, Animal Collective, Lightning Bolt, Shellac, Mars Volta, Mogwai, Iggy and the Stooges, Portishead, Fuck Buttons, GZA, Sonic Youth, Les Savy Fav, Patti Smith, Saul Williams, Belle and Sebastian and many more, the final film replicates the journey of an ATP weekend, capturing the sense of wandering from artist to artist surrounded by a bunch of eclectic but like-minded people."

Considering that we have only had the opportunity to attend one ATP festival here in Australia, this is somewhat exciting news. Check the trailer below.

And while we're talking Warp related stuff, check out this awesome new video for the Grizzly Bear track 'Two Weeks' off their new album Veckatimest. Brain Explosion!

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