February 2010
76 posts
“As an intellectually mobile loner, scene-setter, systems lover, obstinate rebel,...”
– “On gospel, Abba and the death of the record: an audience with Brian Eno” by Paul Morley
January 2010
54 posts
“For me, Lost is like the tanking stock you won’t sell because you...”
– Jack Shafer’s Lost Season 6 Preview
Do you Swim To Reach The End, or just Swim Until You Can’t See Land?
“It’s all so … independent. I’m so sick of that word. I reach...”
– Jim Jarmusch, “The Last Of The Indies” NYT
“Of course, the term “indie” is troubled now, too. Indie is, at once, a genre (of...”
– Is Indie Dead? by Rachael Maddux, Paste Magazine
“Series of Dreams (Unreleased, Oh...
Watchyvynyl:
Sharon Van Etten is first artist in the 2010 season of Weathervane Music’s (newly named!) Shaking Through video series. Sharon spends some time recording a brand news song, “Love More” and in this video discusses her creative process. This is heart-warming stuff, folks.
If you’re a gear nut and/or interested in the recording techniques and equipment, be sure to watch the second video...
“Synecdoche, New York” is the best film of the decade.”
– The best films of the decade By Roger Ebert
I liked “Synecdoche, New York” a lot, but best film of the decade? I might have to go back and watch it again.
Oh, and Roger Ebert, if you are reading this, you tweet too much.
“thaasophobia - the fear of being bored”
WatchBrewing a cup of coffee using the Abid Clever Coffee Dripper from The Other Black Stuff (with a hat tip to New Speedway Boogie’s tweet this morning)
“Widespread groupthink and the straw man of “indie elitism” have eviscerated the...”
– From Matt LeMay’s excellent essay A Totally Sincere and Heartfelt Look Back at 2009 on the MBV group site. (via perpetua)
WatchLaundromat by Jonathan Dawe
“The bigger issue [with the music industry] is that everyone replaced their old...”
– Rock is Dead by Chuck Klosterman
“By dint of declaration the so-called Cinema Verité is devoid of verité. It...”
– The first statement in Werner Herzog’s “Minnesota Declaration”
“The basic idea of this destructive new social contract [created by mantras of...”
– Jaron Lanier Is Rethinking the Open Nature of the Internet, New York Times
“Been There Done That” by Brian Eno...
WatchDownload the new Dirty Projectors 7”: ASCENDING MELODY b/w EMBLEM OF THE WORLD
Two New Frightened Rabbit Tracks →
exquisiteboredom:
Kurt Vile, “I Wanted...
How to say stupid things about social media
It is ugly – MySpace is a graphic designer’s worst nightmare
The word you’re looking for isn’t “ugly”, it’s “vernacular”. Graphic designers are paid to clearly communicate messages (both covert and overt) to strangers on behalf of clients. Kids who bling out their MySpace pages do so because they are exuberant and playful.
These pages are as...