May, 2011 | Frontier Psychiatrist

Booze in Bulk

Granted, we are way past the fete-filled Christmas/New Year holiday season, but there are still plenty of party opportunities coming up. Whether you plan on celebrating Flag Day, Father’s Day, Independence Day, or a random summer night, you won’t want to spend your evening mixing drinks for everyone. Instead, check out Serious Eats for tips...

Bottled Negroni cocktail, courtesy of Serious Eats

Good Day, Sunshine: A Memorial Weekend Mixtape

The rising trend of flip flops, seersucker and ice cream can only mean one thing: Memorial Day is upon us! As you’re getting your beach bags prepared and packing up the van for this glorious sun-filled weekend, we invite you to jam with us. Today we present you with another installment of the FP Mixtape...

Frontier Photography – Phillip Toledano

Being an artist is a great deal like being a dictator. Just like a dictator, I must live in a closed loop of self-delusion. A place where my words and ideas always ring true. A gilded daydream of grandiosity. There can be no room for doubt. I must be convinced that I have something vital to say. I must...

You Have So Much to Learn, and I Have So Much to Give, Oil on canvas, 50x60 in.

Put It Into Words: A Review of Battles’ Gloss Drop

from Peter Lillis <(redacted)@gmail.com> to Leo Lopez <(redacted)@gmail.com> date Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:12 AM subject Gloss Drop Leo, Thanks again for the copy of the new Battles record, Gloss Drop; I’ve been unable to listen to much else. I will surely overplay the disc this summer. Unfortunately, I may not be able to...

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Chic Fatigue – Color My Black

For the 7th grade science fair, I wrote a paper on how color influences mood. More of a book report than a science project, I read a couple of articles on the observed effects of colors on human behavior, (e.g. babies cry more in yellow rooms; prisoners are less irritable in blue cells). For the...

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Free Yourself From Tyranny!

Although we at FP try to stay on top of the absolute latest happenings in music and culture, we have to admit that Jack Spearing at One Thirty BPM makes a good case for re-discovering classical music, “the snobby, expensive music that you would get around to listening to if you weren’t so busy tracking...

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The Class of 2011: An Interview with Youth Lagoon

(Today we begin our new series The Class of 2011, in which we profile up-and-coming artists through interviews, concert rundowns, record reviews, and more. Check back throughout the Summer and Fall to learn about and listen to the year’s most exciting new bands.) Boise, Idaho songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Trevor Powers, who performs under the nom...

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Foster the People – A Review of Torches

“Pumped Up Kicks,” the lead single on Foster the People’s debut album, has organically become an alt-pop radio hit with its breezy L.A. sound and Peter Bjorn And John’s “Young Folks”-inspired whistling. I was so engrossed with the cheery melody of its chorus that it took me a few listens to discover that the lyrics...

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Frontier Mixology: Bar Review & Cocktail Two-fer, Red Hook’s Fort Defiance

Red Hook, I love it. The place has a faded sense of history, the polyglottal shouts of long-dead stevedores hanging in the air. It retains an atmosphere of waterfront decay à la Season 2 of The Wire that has been excised from other neighborhoods better served by public transport, even as much of Red Hook’s actual...

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Frontier Photography – Carrie Levy

In You Before All, I continue to use my camera to harshly manipulate my subjects. I introduce two paradoxical states: pain and ecstasy. I contort my subjects to look like victims; however, whether they are victims of pain or pleasure is open to debate.

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American Epitaph – A Review of Death of The Liberal Class

America is an empire on its deathbed. We wage perpetual wars that profit corporations, bail out billionaires on Wall Street, and leave ordinary people poor and oppressed. We destroy our environment, eviscerate our health-care system, gut public education, segregate our cities, pack our prisons, and sign away our individual freedoms. President Barack Obama is not...

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Frontier Gastronomy: Top 5 Knife Skills I Learned at The Brooklyn Kitchen

Last week I went to a knife skills class at The Brooklyn Kitchen, which is an intimate cooking education space in Williamsburg. The teaching kitchen is attached to The Meat Hook, a butcher’s shop (and oh-so-much more) that sources meat only from small, local farms. They also sell a ton of cookware, local produce, and a...

The million dollar tip: wet paper towel

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