A Shift In Focus From Foursquare Swarm 5.0

A new update brings life-logging front and center while emphasizing search

There’s much to love about today’s update to the Swarm app, which is now entering its fifth generation. There’s enough here, in fact, to not only appeal to current users, but also bring new ones to the geo-location service. The primary value? Life-logging, much like a digital diary with a location attached, certainly rests high on the list. This has always been Swarm’s strength—even back …

Circuit des Yeux: Paper Bag

A delightfully eccentric experimental folk tale, “Paper Bag” is the latest from Chicago’s Circuit des Yeux. An official lyric video accompanied the release, and its contents—selected and edited together by Meg Remy—are just as delightfully baffling. The song takes an unexpected turn at 2:10. The video is a collision of evocative sequences, some fun and others simply strange. “Paper Bag” will appear on Reaching for …

Brooklyn Wellness Studio: Treatment by Lanshin

Understanding facial Gua Sha's acupuncture and massage components

Lying down and adorned with acupuncture needles in the quiet of Sandra Lanshin‘s Brooklyn wellness studio, those receiving her signature facial Gua Sha treatment soon experience an unexpected next step. Lanshin slowly massages the face and neck with a small jade tool, working with precision along the neck, scalp and under-eye. The resulting sensation feels at first cold, smooth and strong. This yields to a …