Marques Toliver finished his Land of CanAan tour on Sunday night with a special concert hosted by Gawker—here is an out take. If you want to hear more, click here.

Marques Toliver and I met 5 years ago on a sidewalk in Williamsburg. His booming voice, percussive violin playing, and R&B sensibilities made it virtually impossible for me not to stop to find out who he was. Fast forward to today, and Marques has signed with Bella Union, is traveling the world playing music, and just released his new album Land of CanAan (which can be purchased here). Gawker and I are hosting a concert with him this Sunday—if you want an invite, send me suggestions (victor@gawker.com) for the next New York based musician we should host.

Walter B. Reckless @ Victor G. Jeffreys II

Drawing by Shantell Martin.

Andy Warhol shot Ms. von Furstenburg in 1984, and like most women who sat for him, her face, neck and shoulders were covered in powder. The makeup reduced glare, enhanced facial features, and made everyone's skin look like porcelain. I shot DVF last night, 29 years later with no powder (or photoshop) and she still looks great.

Last night The Lowline's co-founders Dan Barasch and James Ramsey hosted their second annual anti-gala. Lena Dunham, Diane von Furstenberg, Alan Cumming, Edward Norton, and friends were all there trying to get the world's first underground park, one step closer to being realized.

Like The Ba[nk]s-e Indian

[Image by Alexandra Henry]

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I arrived to Istanbul in the afternoon of May 30th. At around one in the morning I found myself racing for my camera to photograph thousands of people flooding down a main pedestrian boulevard chanting for the resignation of their prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Kalan Sherrard at the Bedford L train stop.

Joe Mangrum's sand painting in Union Square.

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Thanks for your words Walter B. Reckless.

Guns terrify me.

[Text by Clinton Kenneth, Images by Victor G. Jeffreys II, Quoted text by Charles P. Pierce]