Tumblr (3.0; @vastandgrand)http://www.vastandgrand.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4netci4n81qamghlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23823113979http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23823113979Sat, 26 May 2012 15:33:11 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jugblCvI1qz74mqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23696970175http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23696970175Thu, 24 May 2012 15:57:47 -0700Paul McCartney<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4h7ibVR1Y1qinuqao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23695332736http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23695332736Thu, 24 May 2012 15:32:31 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jopyjnjt1qz74mqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23688989090http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23688989090Thu, 24 May 2012 13:53:58 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4htajEORO1qisu8qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thesuiteworld.com/blog/white-zebra/">Extremely Rare White Zebra</a></p>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23674381209http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23674381209Thu, 24 May 2012 08:48:22 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4idyhebLX1qz6f9yo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23674062645http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23674062645Thu, 24 May 2012 08:39:18 -0700Mars<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/23673821257/tumblr_m4j9tmK0OR1qz74mq&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>“Series of Dreams” by Bob Dylan</p>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23673821257http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23673821257Thu, 24 May 2012 08:32:00 -0700“The existence of mediated gaming makes it that much harder for individuals to agree to sit together at a bridge table. It’s hard enough to get people to sit at dinner without disappearing into their phones. And if you are busy playing pseudo games on your own time, why bother agreeing to the compromises to make yourself present to others? What badge is in it for you?”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://thenewinquiry.com/blogs/marginal-utility/dummy-discards-a-heart/">“Dummy Discards a Heart”</a> by Rob Horning</em>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23568054808http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23568054808Tue, 22 May 2012 15:21:59 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4fmt3G0sU1qzy30io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/3223545255/the-darkness-doubles-a-dip-into-the-archives">TELEVISION - The Earth Tavern, Portland, Oregon, 7/2/78</a></strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Best show by anyone ever.</p> </blockquote> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/23550344377/television-the-earth-tavern-portland-oregon">doomandgloomfromthetomb</a>)</p>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23556576837http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23556576837Tue, 22 May 2012 12:25:16 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4fmuiNp1Q1qz74mqo1_400.png"/><br/><br/>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23548453019http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23548453019Tue, 22 May 2012 09:23:06 -0700BOB<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4fk2ooSPt1qzy30io1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/23546229634/get-your-rocks-off-bob-dylan-the-band-1968">doomandgloomfromthetomb</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong><a href="http://www.bigozine2.com/TRKSD/BDbasereel/BDbasereel0916.mp3">“Get Your Rocks Off” - Bob Dylan & The Band, 1968 or 1967</a></strong></em></p> <p>One more of these Basement Tapes tunes. A song so innuendo-laden that it transcends all innuendo! A song so slow it transcends all speeds! A song so goofy that Dylan’s poker face fails him and he cracks up somewhere during the third chorus. FYI: Big O continues the Herculean task of posting all 11 discs of the <em>Complete Basement Tapes</em> <a href="http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=1102">over here</a>. Get your rocks off! </p> </blockquote>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23546774116http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23546774116Tue, 22 May 2012 08:39:04 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4dzwiVkJb1qz74mqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23491856047http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23491856047Mon, 21 May 2012 12:09:00 -0700Keith Haring<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/23491125477/tumblr_m4dz42h4qw1qz74mq&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>“Beautiful Child” (Stevie Nicks) by Smog from <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/39202794/Smog_Peel_.zip.html"><em>The Peel Sessions</em> (2002)</a></p>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23491125477http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23491125477Mon, 21 May 2012 11:52:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4dy3dlzt21qz74mqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23490186253http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23490186253Mon, 21 May 2012 11:30:49 -0700Zuckers<p>&#8220;He gave us the empirical basis to doubt deeply any number of marketing truisms, from the importance of brand loyalty to the relevance of market segmentation to the idea that advertising can persuade people to buy something to the notion that mass marketing is dead to the assumption that social media should be valued differently from other media.&#8221;</p> <p>- <a href="http://adage.com/article/news/ehrenberg-s-theories-influenced-today-s-marketers/148828/">Do Popularity and Penetration Trump Loyalty?, Ad Age</a></p>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23294077623http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23294077623Fri, 18 May 2012 09:05:00 -0700“One day in Berlin … Eno came running in and said, “I have heard the sound of the future.” … he puts on “I Feel Love”, by Donna Summer … He said, “This is it, look no further. This single is going to change the sound of club music for the next fifteen years.” Which was more or less right.”<br/><br/> - <em>David Bowie, talking about Brian Eno’s reaction to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8TBmeK9Abg">“I Feel Love”</a> in 1977. (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://manso.jed.co/">jedsundwall</a>)</em>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23239312173http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23239312173Thu, 17 May 2012 11:53:48 -0700<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/23191931454/tumblr_m451xvQbaV1qz74mq&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>“My Name Is Jonathan” by Jonathan Richman from <a href="http://boxingduck.blogspot.com/2008/06/jonathan-richman-jonathan-goes-funky.html"><em>Jonathan Goes Funky</em> (demo tape)</a></p> <p>—</p> <p>Geez, the birthdays just keep coming.</p>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23191931454http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23191931454Wed, 16 May 2012 16:15:00 -0700<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/23123507262/tumblr_m432qdQpqb1qz74mq&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>“I’ll Come Running (To Tie Your Shoes)” by Brian Eno & The Winkies from <em><a href="http://ghostcapital.blogspot.com/2010/07/brian-eno-bbc-sessions.html">BBC Sessions</a></em></p> <p><em>—</em></p> <p>Happy birthday Brian Eno.</p>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23123507262http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23123507262Tue, 15 May 2012 14:37:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m432bwM7Qr1qz74mqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Susan Sontag in a bear suit by Annie Leibovitz</p>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23122945165http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23122945165Tue, 15 May 2012 14:28:00 -0700<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/imWnuirIL8o?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>“Stay Up Late” by Talking Heads</p> <p>—</p> <p>Happy birthday David Byrne.</p>http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23059331223http://www.vastandgrand.com/post/23059331223Mon, 14 May 2012 14:37:45 -0700