If It's Hip, It's Here (Archives)

Arizona based artist Daniel Edlen paints portraits of musicians and entertainers with white acrylic on good old fashioned vinyl LPs.

A life long lover of music, he began selling them in late 2006 when a friend spotted them in his studio and suggested he offer them as holiday gifts. Since then, Daniel has been showing in galleries and selling them online.

above: Portrait of Lou Reed hand-painted on a vinyl LP by Daniel Elden

above: Detail of Bono portrait on U2's Joshua Tree LP.

Below are 24 of Daniel's works presently hanging in VH1's corporate offices in New York:

Hip Hop, Rock n' Roll, Pop, Jazz & Blues, Heavy Metal, Soul, Country and Alt, he works with all types of music and entertainers. These make a fabulous gift for any music and/or art-lover. He will also do commissions.

Here are just a few examples of his Vinyl Art.

Black Eyed Peas:

Notorious B.I.G.:

Bono:

Elvis Costello:

Snoop Dogg:

Ozzy Osbourne:

The Beatles:

johnny Cash:

Gene Simmons:

Slash:

Sid Vicious:

Check out more examples, buy one or have him make one for you here.
all images © 2010 Daniel Edlen

above: January Jones' Golden Globes will probably be remembered long after the award ceremony.

The 68th Annual Golden Globes, where the Hollywood Foreign Press honor the best of movies and television, took place tonight (the nominees and winners can be seen here). Ricky Gervais was entertainingly brutal as the host and Hollywood's creme-de-la-creme attended.

above: Ricky Gervais hosts the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA on Sunday, January 16, 2011

As often is the case with award shows, the fashions are as fun to critique as the nominees. Below are what I felt were the Best and Worst dressed, along with gowns grouped by color, for your perusal.

To see the designers and the jewelers for the images below, go here.

Best Dressed
The following actresses were donning elegant, age-appropriate, well-fitting, tasteful and simply beautiful gowns.

Anne Hathaway:

Claire Danes and Lea Michele:

Julianne Hough:

Kelly Osbourne:

Dianna Agron and Nicole Kidman:

Hailee Steinfeld

Maria Menounos:

Eva Longoria:

Olivia Wilde:

Emma Stone:

Sofia Vergara:

Megan Fox:

Worst Dressed
Tacky, ugly, bizarre and/or just plain unflattering.

Halle Berry:

Julianne Moore:

Helena Bonham-Carter:

Tilda Swinton and Christina Aguilera:

and although the dress isn't horrible, Julie Stiles looks about 70 years old:

and Gabourey Sidibe donned a sparkly muumuu:

Going Green
Emerald and Forest Green were a choice for four of the evening's actresses.

Angelina Jolie:

Mila Kunis:

Elizabeth Moss:

Catherine Zeta-Jones:

Pales By Comparison
Pale, if not drab, shades of ivory, peach, pink, taupe and soft grey were very popular. And very blah.

Sandra Bullock and Scarlett Johannsen: