Friday, August 29, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
winter is coming
say goodbye to summer and get ready for snow, with this trailer for the new Burton snowboarding video. powder.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Conscious Drift
The 20 best ambient records ever made according to FactMagazine.
I haven't heard all of these yet but I'm making my way through the list.
First stop: Brian Eno Music For Airports Vol. 1
Not on the list but worth a listen: Loscil Plume
Monday, August 18, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
beijing by bike
riding around beijing with olympic athletes on rented bikes, via NYT. Check out the photolog for a more visual feel.
EDIT: login info
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Friday, August 8, 2008
busted
world's biggest ecstasy bust - five tons concealed in 3 lb tomato tins.
‘There are not many boardrooms in Australia where you would write off half a billion dollars worth of a commodity or a product and continue your business,’ he said.
08.08.08
seems like the perfect day to highlight the most important drum machine of all time, the Roland TR-808. This drum machine kinda sucks, to be honest, but it was cheap and thus was co-opted by early rap producers to define the sound of early hip-hop. It's use has spiralled out of control, and you can hear it in all styles of music now. Here's a playlist of tracks that heavily use the TR-808, from Marvin Gaye to Phil Collins to Run DMC to early techno to Sublime.
Tracks That Highlight the Roland TR-808
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
the ladies of the wheel
Taken from an online collection of images from Paris in the 19th century, curated by my pal Sharon at Brown University.
EDIT: link fixed
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
dancing bears
Owsley "Bear" Stanley III - the guy who designed the Grateful Dead's sound setup, the acid maker who fueled the band and Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters, and the inspiration for the classic design above. Check out this recent interview with the unrepentant hippie genius.
Also, check out this fantastic Grateful Dead show, recorded at Ken Kesey's ranch in August, 1972.
Friday, August 1, 2008
colorful colors
a good photo combines content and context.
beautiful whole car (ekosystem) / found ak47 (flickr) / couch-henge (vice)
The End of Western Civilization
An artificial appropriation of different styles from different eras, the hipster represents the end of Western civilization – a culture lost in the superficiality of its past and unable to create any new meaning. Not only is it unsustainable, it is suicidal. While previous youth movements have challenged the dysfunction and decadence of their elders, today we have the “hipster” – a youth subculture that mirrors the doomed shallowness of mainstream society.Leave it to Adbusters to be a total Buzz-kill
animals drink too
NYT reports on new research that wild animals drink alcohol, maybe i can use this to excuse my weekend habits?
German scientists have discovered that seven species of small mammals in the rain forests of western Malaysia drink fermented palm nectar on a regular basis. For several of the species, including the pen-tailed tree shrew, the nectar, which can have an alcohol content approaching that of beer, is the major food source — meaning they are chronic drinkers.
