Print copies of the February/March Issue of Auxiliary Magazine are now available for purchase online!  They are available through MagCloud at www.magcloud.com for $15.  As always Auxiliary Magazine is available online for free, but the issues really do look great in print!

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Tatterdemalion Designs’ Posturing Aristocrat Collar

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Even though I have to admit the term “steampunk”, is starting to wear on me, but I do love victorian-esque designs. I find myself shopping steamy websites to appease my urge to party like it’s 1899 and a double thumbs up to Clockwork Couture’s website. This exclusive Posturing Aristocrat Collar by Tatterdemalion Designs made me swoon with delight. I love the ruffled design with the accent buttons! This collar is a versitile piece whether you’re bursting with steam, love the drama of lace and velvet, or enjoy stomping around in post apocoplytic gear. Choice of colors are black or brown, treat yourself and buy both!

The Posturing Aristocrat Collar is available online at www.clockworkcouture.com.

- Meagan

Julian Casablancas of The Strokes solo project has been a bit of a guilty pleasure for me as of late.  It’s the kind of fun, smart, and well informed pop rock that, while prevalent in the musical landscape right now is rarely done this well.  But he locked my admiration with the video for “11th Hour”, the first single from his solo album.  A mish mash of eclectic imagery; electric 80s neon lightening juxtaposed with Adam Antesque imagery of Julian in highwayman garb and a healthy dose of post apocalyptic sci-fi pirate radio.  Casablancas’ voice is perfectly suited to this style of music, and while not as raw as the garage inspired sounds of earlier Strokes material, I find myself liking his solo outings and non-Strokes collaborations more and more.

- Luke

The February/March issue is the eighth issue of Auxiliary, a magazine dedicated to alternative fashion, music, and lifestyle.  This issue we have an interview with Doe Deere of Lime Crime Makeup, a gaslight romance fashion editorial, a celestial beauty editorial, a review of the Tim Burton exhibit at MoMA, a noir inspired fashion editorial, a brief introduction to shoegaze, and a no-sew DIY guide.  It also features Kerosene Deluxe as this issue’s PinUp, a guest music review by Yann of Iszoloscope and Memmaker, and fashion by Stop Staring!, Morph Clothing, Emma Bell, Lovesick Corsets, Shrinkle, T.U.K. Inc., ClockworkZero, Monster Muffin, and much much more.

You can download it HERE for free.   Print copies will be available in about a week.  Enjoy!

There exists a movie, out there is the ether of world cinema, that has been able to satisfy all my worldly expectations and criteria when considering what makes a film fun. A film that’s not deep, heart wrenching, or dramatic; just plain, old fashioned, goddamned fun. Part moving comic book, part asian cyberpunk treatise, part noise rock manifesto, and part badass throw down between two powerhouse characters. Unsurprisingly starring two of Japan’s most interesting, unique, and talented actors: Tadanobu Asano (Mongol, Ichi the Killer, Last Life in the Universe) and Masatoshi Nagase (Jim Jarmusch’s Mystery Train, Suicide Circle, Cold Fever) as Dragon Eye Jim Morrison and Thunderbolt Buddha respectively. This 55 minute piece pushes two out of the ordinary characters together for one brutally cinematic and sublimely ridiculous final showdown. Filmed in stark black and white, and accompanied by a heavily distorted and guitar heavy noise rock soundtrack by Tadanobu Asano and director Sogo Ishi’s excessively fun noise band; Mach 1.67. Electric Dragon 80,000 Volts is a must see film for those nights when you have 10 friends over and far to much alcohol in your bloodstream. A short, brilliant, bright, and violent film that never lets up, holds nothing back, and is smart enough to end before it burns out. If you are a fan of such films as Wild Zero, Tokyo Zombie, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, or 964 Pinnochio, than this is a must see, and it’s available on netflix.

Check out the trailer alone for a taste.

Or watch the first ten minutes of the film here.

- Luke