l'etoile magazine

http://www.letoilemagazine.com/

Chris Cloud of MPLS.TV sets out to do "13 Collabs" in 2013

By Juleana Enright, l'etoile magazine

Chris Cloud is a man of execution. While others dream up plans that rarely go head to head with reality, Cloud rarely leaves a thought uncharted. Luckily for us, almost every thought the man has is golden and harmoniously in line with current trends in media and technology. Known locally as a creative “thinkdoer” and dubbed “a creative revolutionary” by the likes of Fox 9 News, Cloud is a dude who gets shit done. With a canon of skills that include “anticipating cultural trends rather than passively waiting and reacting to them” and “lacking a fear of failing,” Cloud is the epitome of proactive. Put Chris Cloud on a problem and he’ll have it solved, marketed, branded and have already thrown a killer party for it faster than you can say, “Help me, daddy.”

MORE »
l'etoile magazine

Jesus vs. the 1970s: How the Peters Brothers of St. Paul convinced me to destroy my KISS records

By Jon Hunt, l'etoile magazine

I am in my bedroom, on my knees on the thick blue shag carpet that only existed in the decade previous. In my hands is a copy of KISS’s Destroyer album. Around me, on the floor, are other KISS records. They have been snapped cleanly in half.

MORE »
l'etoile magazine

Slave to fashion: Is any look truly timeless?

By Beth Hammarlund, l'etoile magazine

One of my favorite episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the season three entry “The Wish.” In this episode, social queen bee Cordelia returns to Sunnydale High after being impaled by a wayward spike of rebar, but even worse, after being cheated on by her unpopular boyfriend. But even though getting dumped by a social pariah is about the most humiliating thing she could bear, she walks into the hallways with her head held high and wearing her version of the late ’90s power suit: a oxblood leather pencil skirt and jacket, complemented with thick brown eyeliner, a spiky updo, and brown-red lipstick. The look is incredibly severe and wildly dated.

MORE »
l'etoile magazine

Why critics thought these albums sucked, and why they were wrong

By Jon Hunt, l'etoile magazine

There has been, lately, a proliferation of “list articles” in various national publications (you’ve seen ‘em: The Worst Bands Of All Time, the Worst Albums of All Time, the Worst Albums By The Best Bands Of All Time, etc.) that have pissed me right the fuck off. Not because they aren’t fun to read or discuss, mind; who doesn’t love arguing about whether or not Coldplay has any merit whatsoever? (They do, by the way – a solid first record and a spotty second. But that’s beside the point.)

MORE »
l'etoile magazine

Camaro rock: The ten best albums for big hair, big motors, and big...

By Jon Hunt, l'etoile magazine

Camaro Rock. You instinctively know this genre even if you don’t know this genre. Think about the guy who lived down the street from you, any year from 1970 through 1999. Big guy, kind of dumb, probably not a total asshole. Stopped to say hi to you when you walked by, or saluted, if he was a couple sheets to the wind (he drank Leinies.

MORE »
l'etoile magazine
Syndicate content