September 2008
50 posts
“I turn to two people for parenting advice. Mr Rogers and Kenny Shopsin.”
– John Hodgman on twitter.
Sic Alps - Everywhere, There
From their latest...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-28) →
Philip Glass
Blank Dogs
Beach House
Harmonia
The Magnetic Fields
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Atlas Sound - It Rained Yes, it did. From Another...
WatchSFW XXX: in celebration of Diesel’s 30th birthday. holy crap. brilliant. (via shape+color)
Which Celebrity Has the Worst Band? →
(via yvynyl) Such a close call here….
“One cannot manage change. One can only be ahead of it. The most effective way to...”
– Peter Drucker
olivia tremor control - memories of jacqueline...
Oct. 18, 1930 NYT article on short selling (via B.... →
same season of blame, different year.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-21) →
Philip Glass
Steve Reich
Sunset Rubdown
Black Lips
Lightning Bolt
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Kuroma - Searching for a Sheep newish band fronted...
best twitter exchange of the day
brady: @fredwilson Nyt reporter is waiting for u at the front of the expo floor
fredwilson: @brady tell her i'll be there in five mins. i've yet to post a song to tumblr today and i don't feel right until i've done that.
Why I Write, answers by Will Self
What makes you write now? The same things that always have: it’s my way of mediating the world as I see it around me. Megalomania: I like the sensation of creating a tiny world that I alone control. Control freakery: it allows me to be in a place that is mediated by rituals of my own devising. Poetry: the delight of experiencing thought as words and words as thought. Oh, and it’s what...
WatchBackstage with Other Music: Stephin Merritt (Episode #1).
Stephin Merritt begrudgingly appears on camera, plays “The Nun’s Litany,” and has a conversation with another human. Coup for OM! (I love their in-store performances and am very grateful they’ve been filming and publishing the experience.)
Frances - Lighthouse great song by Frances who...
WatchAt the Show: Bob Log III [at the Echo] from Spaceland Recordings on Vimeo (via RCRD LBL, via whitneymcn)
Never thought I’d see the day when Bob Log III was a free download on RCRD LBL.
Randallopry goes to the dentist →
fucking hilarious. “hey buddy, how was your summer?”
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-14) →
Max Richter
The Melodians
Steve Reich
Harmonia
Japanther
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“I had a teacher I liked who used to say good fiction’s job was to comfort...”
– David Foster Wallace, Rest In Peace
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“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even...”
– Gen. Eric Shinseki
The Jedi census phenomenon →
“In England and Wales 390,127 people (0.7 percent) stated their religion as Jedi on their 2001 Census forms, surpassing Sikhism, Judaism, and Buddhism, and making it the fourth largest reported religion in the country.”
Steve Reich - Section V of Music for 18 Musicians...
“if the lhc actually destroys the earth & this page isn’t yet updated please...”
– from html source of http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/ (via machinetext)
“Suppose all the lions get up and go,
And all the brooks and soldiers run away;...”
– W.H. Auden, the last stanza of “If I could tell you,” a recording of which i used in this extended moment video (61 secs).
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-7) →
Philip Glass
Max Richter
The Magnetic Fields
Atlas Sound
Japanther
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Silver Jews - Let’s Not and Say We Did
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WatchTime Lapse test #05 by Be Well/Vimeo There’s no soundtrack, so i uploaded the Max Richter track below. Click play on the audio track first, count to 6 and then play the video.
Max Richter - Circles From The Rue...
you've seen the No Age blog, right? →
Watchthis is damn good. but where is Audrey Tautou?
reblogged from lonelysandwich:
Un 24hr Voyage à New York
My friend Joseph took a quick business trip to NYC and made a surprisingly moving little film with his iPhone.
bittentongue:
A “photo-romain” I composed while on a cross-country business trip. Maybe you will find some bit of joy in it. Perhaps not.
(May I suggest full-screen so that...