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the RadaR | now! booK cover And t-shirts courtesy oF riZZoli ear CanDy Spinner’s Circle listen up: ClearAudio’s new innovation turntable is moving the needle on sonic quality. the $10,000 instrument—twice the cost of a typical high-end mixer—promises by far the lowest-ever speed variation, which is to say consistent and precise sound courtesy of its specially engineered optical controls and a set of ceramic, magnetic bearings that ensure no jumps or skips. All the better for playing that about-to-drop vinyl from Flying lotus and broken social scene.Availablevia clearaudio.de.–Krishel Coultrup lush liFe The Iceman Cometh! Former barman Michel Dozois (seven grand) is gaining acclaim with Néve, his boutique line of ice. the rocks—whether hefty slabs or faceted cubes—are designed to melt much more slowly, thus keeping drinks potent for longer. the hardcore cocktail hobbyists who frequent silver lake’s bar Keeper, where cubes sell for $20 for a 10-pound bag, are already fans. lately, dozois has begun a monthly cocktailing lecture series, with the next nights With néve on April 27 in a downtown loft.323.343.1507or neveice.com.–S.M. MerchMan In his new coffee-table book Ripped: T-Shirts fromthe Underground (Rizzoli), South Central native Cesar Padilla catalogs the occasionally sweat-stained, vividly emblazoned vintage band T-shirts— The Runaways! X!—which these days easily fetch several hundred bucks on eBay. In the process, he’s documented the ’80s-era Sunset Strip and Downtown music scene, from the Roxy to Al’s Bar. “It’s a visual history of that whole era,” says 42-year-old Padilla, now the co-owner of internationally renowned Chelsea vintage boutiqueCherry in NYC. –G.B. Still remember your fi rst rock concert T-shirt? It was 1980, at T e Greek T eatre. T e Go-Go’s were playing, and I bought a shirt featuring the cover of Beauty and the Beat, with the girls in the towels. T at makes the collection 30 years old. Well, not quite. I went on a trip to South America in ’88, and when I came back my mom had thrown away all of my T-shirts. She hated them. No! I’ve essentially been making up for the loss since. With a lot of time spent at Goodwill and the Salvation Army, huh? Not really. T at’s sort of for amateurs. I’m more about actively going back to the source. Bands’ ex-girlfriends,managers... the types who might still have a box of 50 shirts tucked away that they never sold when they were on, like, the first tour. Has there been a Holy Grail shirt that’s evaded your dragnet so far? Yeah, I’m still missing just the right one from T e Clash. Gang of Four, too. So what’s your favorite tee to wear these days? I’ve actually stopped wearing them. Now I’ve gone ’70s tennis instructor preppy. Vintage Brooks Brothers stuff . 34 | Angeleno | April 2010
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