What we really need is to get some coherent means of "tastemaking" on the 'net -- blogging is a good start, but we need ad-hoc networks of people who share similar tastes, recommending new media to each other. ❋ Rogers (2005)
Once a source of inspiration against the strictures of Modernist theory, it has now formed its own "tastemaking" strictures, its own bland internationalism, and even seems destined to undo all its former doings. ❋ Brandon Joyce (2010)
The beginning of gala season in Los Angeles is bringing out the city's heavy hitters when it comes to art philanthropy, curation, and cultural tastemaking -- and people are starting to notice that more faces are crowding the spotlight when it comes to the city's art scene. ❋ Huffington Post (2010)
The beginning of gala season in Los Angeles is bringing out the city's heavy hitters when it comes to art philanthropy, curation, and cultural tastemaking -- and ... ❋ Huffington Post (2010)
Behind the reality is a backstory of mythmaking and tastemaking as intrinsically American as the style itself. ❋ Ada Louise Huxtable (2011)
Newport IOW Football Club, St George's Park, SatJohn MitchellLaunched in 2010 by Robin Carolan of tastemaking blog 20jazzfunkgreats, Tri Angle Records swiftly placed itself at the vanguard of the shortlived witch house trend with entrancing releases from mysterious producers Balam Acab and oOoOO. ❋ Unknown (2012)
Same goes for a band that originally found success on that show, the North Wales three-piece the Joy Formidable, whose early single, "Austere," was featured on the show and led to adoration from the tastemaking magazine NME. ❋ Andy Beta (2011)
But to understand Ruhlmann instead of merely admire him, we have to understand how this tastemaking Parisian decorator and furniture designer was seen in his time. ❋ David Netto (2011)
The Web site, officially in business only since late 2007, has become something of a tastemaking force in the fractured and fragmented music business. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Wild Nothing has been the darling of all the right tastemaking Web sites for the past month and a few listens to the band's debut album "Gemini" and it's not hard to understand why. ❋ Unknown (2010)
"[W] hy are so many critics insistent on (and defensive about) tastemaking for the masses?" wonders Lewis Beale at the Reeler. ❋ Unknown (2007)
The newspaper is dying, and with it the tastemaking it used to go about with its dedicated book section. ❋ Unknown (2009)
"The system is being reinvented without the permission of the major music labels," says Nic Harcourt, host of the tastemaking KCRW Santa Monica radio show "Morning Becomes Eclectic." ❋ Unknown (2008)
Last night, the Transom ventured out to Varick Street's Chung King studios, where Tim Harrington — the bearded, antic frontman of agit-rock art-band Les Savy Fav — had gathered a group of his friends to film a clip for Pitchfork TV, the video arm of tastemaking music Web site Pitchfork. com. ❋ Unknown (2008)
"The system is being reinvented without the permission of the major music labels," says Nic Harcourt, host of the tastemaking radio show "Morning Becomes Eclectic" on KCRW in Santa Monica, California. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The book publishing industry could benefit from such a tastemaking force, said Laurence Kirshbaum, founder of the LJK Literary Management agency. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Dave: I consulted only the best tastemaker in the city when redesigning my [living room].
Sandy: Is that why it looks like the interior of a [hobo's] [shopping cart]? ❋ Dar3alest (2014)
“I’m [a pop] [enigma]. I live and breathe every element in life. I rock a [bespoke] suit and I go to [Harold]’s for fried chicken. It’s all these things at once, because, as a tastemaker, I find the best of everything. There’s certain things that black people are the best at and certain things that white people are the best at. Whatever we as black people are the best at, I’m a go get that. Like, on Christmas I don’t want any food that tastes white. And when I go to purchase a house, I don’t want my credit to look black."
Kanye West talking to Spin Magazine. ❋ Kristi Moe (2008)
