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Dec 20, 2013

Five By Five: Year End Favorites, Part 2

I put out the call to some friends for a simple list of five favorites from the year...anything: events, concerts, recordings, personal moments, whatever. The title is in honor of the first responder, Andrew Loog Oldham, being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. A big congratulations to him! And also a special shout out to my favorite fashion illustrator, Jennifer Lilya. She's got a book deal! This is the second of three installments.

Robbie Dupree - Top 5 Best films of this Century:

No Country For Old Men

Inglorious Bastards

Hugo

Vicki Christina Barcelona

There Will Be Blood

Jennifer Lilya - Top 5 for 2013:

1. Icon Inspiration: The triumphant return of Kathleen Hanna: The Punk Singer movie, the release of
The Riot Grrrl Collection & The Julie Ruin album and tour.

2. Art Book: Bold, Beautiful & Damned. Classic 80s fashion illustration by the late Tony Viramontes. Delicious, perfect, traditional art.

3. Love & Beauty: Laurie Anderson's perfectly written obituary for Lou Reed. Pure magic in loss.

4. Live Music: Billy Idol at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester. Front row, of course. 58 years old and hotter than ever.

5. Personal Achievement: Getting a book deal & subsequently working virtually non-stop all year long. My step-by-step fashion illustration book and instructional videos will be released in Fall 2014 by North Light Books. Yay!

Tony Fletcher - Top 5 Books I Read in 2013:

Run Wild by Boff Whalley

Scream If You Want To Go Faster by Russ Litten

Present Shock by Douglas Rushkoff

Red Army Faction Blues by Ada Wilson

The Love Song of Jonny Valentine by Teddy Wayne

Dan Selzer - Top 6 most played songs added to iTunes within the last year:

1. Clio - Faces

2. Fleetwood Mac - Albatross

3. Holden - The Caterpillar's Intervention

4. Alex Fergusson - Stay With Me Tonight

5. Laughing Clowns - Eternally Yours

6. Sensational Creed - Nocturnal Operations

Jason Gross - Top 6 things that I hate about "Inside Llewyn Davis":

1. The person it's modeled after, Dave Von Ronk, is infinitely more interesting that the title character.

2. The title character himself is such a self-righteous, empty, blasé wretch that he dishonors Von Ronk's memory

3. Little in the film shows you what an interesting, vibrant scene that was going on in Greenwich Village at the time

4. Even though the musical movement was very political, you'd never know that from the movie

5. What's probably the worst Coen Brothers movie is also their mostly highly praised one that's already getting Oscar talk

6. The most interesting character is a cat. The people who you'd want to know more about (the driver and the club owner) get shafted for screen time.

Apr 9, 2013

Stupefied: The Jennifer Lilya Playlist

With this week's Stupefied playlist, I'm happy to present the work of a Brooklyn-based fashion illustrator in the classic tradition, Jennifer Lilya. I met her somewhere along the way on the cyber highway, and as you might be able to tell from the collage at the bottom of this post, we're inspired by many of the same things. Jennifer likes to listen to music while she works, so I asked her to share some of her favorite tunes with us. I love her work, and hope you do as well!

Her client list includes the likes of Elle, Saks Fifth Avenue, Givenchy, Katy Perry, Stila Cosmetics, Edelman PR, Dove, WWD & a whole pile of other designers, ad agencies, PR firms, websites & blogs. she's available for illustration commissions for commercial or personal use. All of her work is done by hand in acrylic paint & black ink on paper, and she's inspired by traditional, non-digital art. She tells me the majority of her clients hire her specifically because she can draw & paint.

Jennifer says, "...doing this playlist was ridiculously fun since music is so important to me while I work. I need to stay energized, upbeat & happy to paint all my pretty ladies. These are some of my very favorite songs on the planet. It's also obvious that I adore older music rather than new. Most of these bands I discovered when I was in high school in the 80s and/or early 90s college days & I just freakin’ love them to this day. I also name a lot of my paintings after song lyrics or titles. I like to tie all of my pop culture references & inspiration together."