Tumblr (3.0; @vastandgrand)http://www.vastandgrand.com/“Childhood is a branch of cartography.”<br/><br/> - <em>Michael Chabon, <b><a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22891"><b>Manhood for Amateurs: The Wilderness of Childhood</b></a></b></em>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/134986732http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/134986732Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:06:37 -0500<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/EgKsJ1W6fpcjcd4tsWS42AaSo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Just bought a Wizard banjo ukelele.http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/133068982http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/133068982Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:07:22 -0500http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/86502/reclining-toilet.jhtml<br/><br/>An oldie, but a goodie.http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/131273969http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/131273969Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:49:29 -0500<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tUzXks3Aup2odmkbtcO5qJ8Xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is the answer to the question: What comes after the CD?</p> <p><a href="http://grimmertown.tumblr.com/post/129037045/fuckyeahrecords-dreams-can-come-true">grimmertown</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://fuckyeahrecords.tumblr.com/post/128946584/dreams-can-come-true">fuckyeahrecords</a>:</p> <blockquote>dreams can come true.</blockquote> </blockquote>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/129359307http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/129359307Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:54:20 -0500<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/EgKsJ1W6fp2kwap4PQ7tmSx3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This <b>Wavves + Windsurf </b>7” is part of the <a href="http://www.thefader.com/articles/2009/4/21/fader-southern-comfort-7-inch-series-10-wavves-and-windsurf">FADER/Southern Comfort 7inch series</a>. They only pressed 500, but they are giving the mp3s away. The Wavves track, “<a href="http://thefader.cachefly.net/Wavves_FriendsWereGone.mp3">Friends Were Gone</a>,” is pretty good.</p> <p>I’m selling a copy on eBay if you’re interested: <a href="http://tr.im/Wavves7inch"><a href="http://tr.im/Wavves7inch">http://tr.im/Wavves7inch</a></a></p>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/128902423http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/128902423Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:53:00 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4956926&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4956926&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4956926&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/>“Killed by Birds” by <a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/1657606138190503547">Cains & Abels</a>—recorded live at Chicago’s <a href="http://www.whistlerchicago.com/">The Whistler</a>.http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/128323787http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/128323787Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:36:55 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.vastandgrand.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/128312491/EgKsJ1W6fp18cpyeuS6Vd7Nh&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>“Spacy Basement” by Royal City from<i> Alone At The Microphone</i>.</p> <p>In a Royal City kinda mood today.</p>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/128312491http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/128312491Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:14:00 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/EgKsJ1W6fp1831zeKPr1WLKAo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/gweston/dockart/index.html">DockArt</a> turns the iTunes icon in your dock into the cover art of the song playing. So nice.</p> <p>Oh, and listen to the new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_City_(band)">Royal City</a> LP over at <a href="http://www.mbvmusic.com/listenmbv-royal-city-royal-city/10917">MBV</a>.</p>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/128308914http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/128308914Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:06:44 -0500<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/ySTXZXrRho5l3milKQypW7Txo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://megane9988.tumblr.com/post/115830114/abduzeedo-design-inspiration-and-tutorials">megane9988</a>: <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abduzeedo/~3/JFyTORjUBgY/daily-inspiration-209">Abduzeedo - design inspiration and tutorials - Daily Inspiration #209</a></p> <p>(via <a href="http://tobles.tumblr.com/">tobles</a>)</p>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/128284102http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/128284102Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:13:23 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6GlJ51rNDJM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6GlJ51rNDJM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Just got this vinyl at Reckless Records. The original version of “I Am A Tree” from the pre-GBV Gillard and Tobias group <a href="http://wilfullyobscure.blogspot.com/2008/09/gem-hexed-1995-restless-i-am-tree-199.html">Gem</a>.http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/127700708http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/127700708Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:08:00 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.vastandgrand.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/126668326/EgKsJ1W6fowzlj8lWGS4mNQk&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ngv%2B49IHL._SS500_.jpg" height="500" width="500"/></p> <p>“Next Time” by Little Wings from <i>Light Green Leaves</i></p>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/126668326http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/126668326Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:58:00 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/o4MwTvtyrUQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/o4MwTvtyrUQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>What is a browser?http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/126533932http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/126533932Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:53:51 -0500<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/EgKsJ1W6fowj5barf5MGv72so1_500.png"/><br/><br/>You can keep Brando. For my money Seymour Cassel is the cream of the first-wave-of-Method-actors crop.http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/126460367http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/126460367Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:17:34 -0500<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/i2dw5nf19k9a93njCcTaMzBOo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>No idea why someone is blogging a photo of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_musubi">Spam musubi</a>, but I will always re-blog. When I lived in Hawaii this is the first thing I would want after a day of surfing. Luckily every 7-11 had them. A Hawaiian joint called Aloha Eats opened in Chicago—but somehow the musubi isn’t quite the same. Think it’s because I’m wearing a shirt and there isn’t salt water drying on my skin.</p> <p><a href="http://brandontaylor.tumblr.com/post/124627884/this-looks-good">brandontaylor</a>:</p> <blockquote>This looks good.</blockquote>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/124789452http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/124789452Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:12:00 -0500<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/D5tJcyAMxomrfbvmizT750LAo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://catbird.tumblr.com/post/122467213/for-your-friday-afternoon-enjoyment-i-just-posted">catbird</a>:</p> <blockquote>For your Friday afternoon enjoyment— I just posted up <a href="http://www.mbvmusic.com/listenmbv-apollo-ghosts-forgotten-triangle/10492">a streaming player</a> for Apollo Ghost’s <i>Forgotten Triangle</i> EP that <a href="http://catbirdrecords.com">Catbird Recs</a> released just a few weeks back. It’ll provide you with a good solid 10 and a half minutes of listening pleasure!</blockquote>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/122467853http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/122467853Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:13:27 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/EgKsJ1W6fomrf7j1GuyejVzfo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>She’s got the look. It’s called “archaic-30k-maximum-file-size”.http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/122467189http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/122467189Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:11:31 -0500<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/EgKsJ1W6fol8eagq0an0GAiDo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>I really like these <a href="http://www.flipflopflyin.com/personalpies/index.html">Personal Pies at Flip Flop Flyin’</a>.http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/121836817http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/121836817Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:31:00 -0500<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/EgKsJ1W6fol7b5maqXNcvKVHo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>Just got Ariel Pink’s <i>Loverboy</i>. Kind of bummed “Credit” didn’t make the vinyl tracklist. Ariel Pink realy sounds so much better on the hi-fi. Here’s hoping the other stuff gets reissued.http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/121822372http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/121822372Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:00:00 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.vastandgrand.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/121177125/EgKsJ1W6fojoelqyByKVVVUb&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>The Donkeys—”Walk Through A Cloud” from <i>Living On The Other Side</i></p> <p>This song pretty well sums up what Chicago has felt like this long, cool, wet spring.</p>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/121177125http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/121177125Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:23:00 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.vastandgrand.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/120820233/EgKsJ1W6foisvibdYtfgCIp3&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><img src="http://www.totallydublin.ie/artist_images/blk_jks.518.jpg"/></p> <p>BLK JKS - “Mololatladi”<i class="ymp-skin"></i> From their full-lenght debut for <a href="http://www.secretlycanadian.com/">Secretly Canadian</a>, <i>After Robots</i>, out 9/8.</p> <p>This album will probably make it into some sort of year end best of list I make.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.mbvmusic.com/new-blk-jks-mp3-mololatladi/10329">Ryan Catbird</a>)</p>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/120820233http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/120820233Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:41:06 -0500