True Blood has the most beautiful opening credits of a television show since The Wire, and it's good to have it back.

There are so many good frames to see, I've dissected it here.

Or watch the regular opening sequence below:

Photograph by Davey Wilson.

It would be in the best interest of all Brooklyn-concerned (and the greater New York area, of course) to head to Union Hall (702 Union St at 5th Avenue) tonight. There, in the basement-dwelling, one will discover a performance by Brothers, a splendid soul-stomping garage-door denting four-piece from Red Hook.

Hear them here.

Oh yes I did.

Don't get me wrong, I think Kanye West (please use both names) has great style. Lacklustre music, but really great style. Reading his 10 Essentials on Men.Style.com is hilarious, but I have to agree about the dressing with a nod to another era, rather than from one.

I know it's only been 24 hours since I last posted something Sonic Youth related, but since I stayed home and out of the rain tonight, I caught on up my Later ... With Jools Holland addiction. Along with Yorkie bars, Carling Premier, and half-empty pubs, it's up there with the top things I miss about Great Britain.

Here are four performances by Sonic Youth, three from the forthcoming The Eternal, and one olden-buy-golden from Daydream Nation.

1. "What We Know"

The other three are after the jump.

Truck Furniture in Japan just sent me a note about their new collections and I love the "Trucker" line of clothing, presumably for fellow or wannabe furniture makers everywhere. The Tonka Truck inspired t-shirts are pure genius.

The list of female-only clothing items I've owned or wanted to own is not a long one, but this morning I was reminded of a favorite. As a fourteen year old with a bedroom full of Sonic Youth posters, I styled a wardrobe (like most of my generation) on Thurston Moore. That was, however, until Tamra Davis' video for "Bull in the Heather." Perhaps it was the Kim Gordon design-connection, or perhaps the obscure but much-publicized Beastie Boys tie-in to X-Large, that explained why I wanted the X-Girl t-shirts they were wearing in the video, and I didn't even care that they had little X-Girl logos on them.

This morning, Topman sent out an email blast showcasing their new White T-Shirt Project, featuring offerings from Phillip Lim, Richard Chai, C Shannon, and more, but it was Henry Holland's (above) that caught my eye for it's similarities to the X-Girl shirt of my teenage years (and obviously the "H" design doesn't hurt either). Hilariously, at a staggering $60, it's probably more expensive than the original. Perhaps I'll just have to initiate a collaboration between American Apparel and Sharpie instead ...

David Lynch is on a road trip.

I came across two images today that sum up the day I've had (both, conveniently, via Creative Review's blog).

1. It wasn't meant to end like this. A sculpture on a Danish beach by the Glue Society (love their website. Check out their Pigeon, too).

2. A forest photography by United Visual Artists, soon to be exhibited at London's Smithfield Gallery. (I'm a big fan of their work with Vivenne Westwood and Massive Attack.)

The Hallway from The Hallway on Vimeo.

Miranda July makes it all seem so beautifully simple.

Bobby Solomon's Kitsune Noir is one of the few blogs I make time to read every day. His discovery in the Life Magazine Archive of scooter kids in Japan from 1964 resulted in a post I've been going back to again and again. Thus, since I've resurrected this blog, I finally get to link to his post. Enjoy the rest.