Nylon Blogs

With SNL clips (“Biiiiitch! Please!”) and full episodes of favorite TV shows like Fringe, the joys of Hulu keep growing.

And now there’s something in their movie section to lure even more viewers:

This month, Hulu streams the controversial (and riveting) rock documentary DIG!  Featuring seven years of footage from The Dandy Warhols and Brian Jonestown Massacre, the film purports to show the real story of a bloody feud between Dandy singer Courtney Taylor (left) and Jonestown founder Anton Newcombe.

Is it a true account, or a total manipulation?  That’s been questioned by many, from the band members featured to other music writers and film makers. Watch the documentary yourself and then decide at Hulu.com/Dig

“Dear Faran,

I love NYLON and I especially love the graffiti featured in the blog…

I check almost everyday to see whats new!

Here is some graffiti I found around Spain when travelling from Alicante to the Benicassim Festival.

To be fair, it’s not the best graffiti I had seen on the whole journey but its a bit difficult to take decent pictures on a moving train.

I really loved the Michael Jackson tribute my friend found in Benicassim train station, though.

xo Amy”

If you have graffiti, send it to faran@nylonmag.com – but if you have to stand on a moving train to get it, save it for later, k?

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Everyone’s been raving about the new Mad Men promo, where you can make a ’60s avatar of yourself, so we decided to give it a try, using NYLON muse Peaches Geldof as our inspiration.

The app let us pick a bold shade of red lipstick, a funky behive, and a hot pink dress – not to mention a beverage and cigarette – that reminded us very much of Princess Peach.

But no matter what you do, you can’t make the eyes bigger or smaller, so PG’s trademark facial feature – her humongous blue peepers – didn’t quite make it into the picture.

Still, it’s really fun, and if you want to play, go to MadMenYourself and have a blast.

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It’s no secret I’m obsessed with Alice in Wonderland and all its sequels and films / cartoons / operas (yes, there was an opera, starring Pushing Daisies‘ Kristen Chenowith in the title role).

So now that the Tim Burton Alice trailer is up on Hulu, I’ve watched it a hundred times.

It’s a little bit of a Crayola explosion, but there’s also something cool in the details:

When Alice drinks the shrinking potion, she literally becomes too small for her standard, a-line dress.

In subsequent scenes, you see the dress folded, belted, and tied up in itself to make some sort of halter gown – presumably with all the extra fabric for her now-tiny body.

It’s a neat touch, and also an invitation for designers around the world to make something just like it… xo faran

It’s no secret we worship the fashion site NotCouture, but when we saw them endorsing a clothing line created with bamboo, we got a little ferclemped.

Here’s the thing:

Bamboo in a forest is great. It grows quickly, and without a lot of resources, and it’s good for both soil and pandas. And really, who doesn’t want things that are good for pandas?

The problem comes when bamboo gets broken down into a thread. The chemicals used to turn it from a very stiff plant into a very soft fabric are very harmful, and the amount of fuel it takes to ship bamboo from Asia to the United States is also a concern. Before you buy bamboo products, especially fabric, there’s a lot to consider.

For a full rundown of the plant’s properties, check out SuperEco’s article, “How Green is Bamboo?” and Eviana Hartman’s essay on bambooin the Washington Post.

As the founder of the eco-label Bodkin, she knows her stuff. And hopefully after reading a little bit more about bamboo processing, you will too.

PS: Sorry to be a downer. But as GI Joe once said, “Knowing is half the battle.”

Another Sunday, another JellyNYC party on the Williamsburg waterfront.

Though weather.com forecasted impending doom and gloom, we saw sunny skies and headed down to the East River for the eclectic lineup of Grupo Fantasma, Health, The Black Lips and You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead.

The humidity was unpleasant but luckily the traveling Ice Cream Man was stationed in the VIP section with free frozen treats. Despite a line that rivaled the one for beer, even Agyness Deyn couldn’t resist a popsicle…

Tempted as we were to join the fans attacking the stage during The Black Lips’ energy-filled set, we opted to stay safely on the sidelines. The wild crowd hungered for more, but that blasted thunderstorm ousted Trail of Dead as the final act. Raindrops started as they were setting up, and lightning convinced us to make an early exit.

We sought shelter from the downpour at Brooklyn Bowl for the official after party. Complimentary cocktails and a photo booth courtesy of Hornitos were a perfectly acceptable consolation, but let’s cross fingers that next week stays storm-free…See ya there x MLMN

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“Dear Faran,

I was on a boat on the Saone River.

Out of all the graffiti on the sides of the river, this was by far the simplest, yet, the cutest!

-Nick”

Merci, Nick.  Unfortunately, as the digital director of our magazine, I can’t encourage anyone to unplug for more than a few hours at a time

If you have graffiti, or meditation tips, please send them along to faran@nylonmag.com

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Shannen Doherty definitely got the memo before the Axe Lounge party this weekend in the Hamptons.

She saw the Axe commercials full of slacker boys in sweatshirts and decided to go with that as the dress code.

The thing is, it’s way cute -

The sweatshirt fits her body, the jeans are suitably distressed, and the fact that she’s wearing no makeup  (or looks like it anyway) just makes her hotter (note that not every girl can pull that off, but Shannen, yeah).

We suspect boys around the country wish they were in an Axe commercial themselves, so they could spritz Shannen and magically win her affection, and the keys to her bedroom.

Dream on, boys.  Dream. On.