January 2012
1 post
New Angle (coming soon)
I recently visited the Charles and Rayes Eames Museum in Los Angeles and was thoroughly impressed by their design philosophy. Eames’ approach basically boils down to purposeful and beautiful design. I immediately began to notice the mundane in a whole new light and started asking about why things were designed to be the way they are now.
Once you start probing, you realize that there are...
December 2011
1 post
August 2011
2 posts
July 2011
5 posts
Jerry Brito: Top ten myths about introverts →
a lot of what is below might be self-serving for an introvert, but i’d say it’s generally true, wouldn’t you say? ;)
jerrybrito:
Myth #1 – Introverts don’t like to talk. This is not true. Introverts just don’t talk unless they have something to say. They hate small talk. Get an introvert talking about something they are interested in, and they won’t shut up for days.
Myth #2...
March 2011
2 posts
http://rinse.fm →
During undergrad, i invested a big chunk of my time listening to D&B and electronic music. i’ve since fallen off the music scene (yes, i was there) and am a complete stranger to what’s going on now. Recently I discovered Rinse FM London (first station to play Fourtet, Burial, and Thom Yorke’s Ego/Mirror 12”) and was definitely turned back onto what’s going on in...
February 2011
3 posts
“Well, I’m old enough to be Obama’s grandmom. But I still like seeing...”
– Mavis Staples (Pitchfork interview 10/21/08)
January 2011
2 posts
“It may not happen in the first instant, but within ten minutes of meeting a man,...”
– Kadife, when asked by Ka how he can convince her older sister that she can trust him (excerpt from Snow)
Agree?
September 2010
1 post
Arnold Schoenberg and Death Metal in the Spring
A few months ago, I was on an SF-bound BART train after a pleasant meal with a friend in the BEAST. I started chatting it up with this dude whom I lent my cellphone to at a transfer point so that he could cupcake with his worried, pregnant girlfriend.
Anyways, to give you some context, Dude was tall, with long nappy brown hair tied into a ponytail, with goatee and eyebrows equaling his...
August 2010
1 post
Kurt Vonnegut at the Blackboard →
Excellent
July 2010
1 post
Watch
January 2010
1 post
December 2009
1 post
“Sincerity has no place in popular music, any more than it has in cooking.”
– Stephin Merritt (AV Club Interview)
November 2009
5 posts
“Sentimental music has this great way of taking you back somewhere at the same...”
– Rob (High Fidelity)
WatchAngry, demonic little girls crying over David Archuleta’s loss. o m g.
via Poplicks.com
Don’t worry little ones, your boy went on to sell over 600,000 copies of his self-titled debut album domestically, with an additional 1.6 million downloads of his single “Crush” (side note, look at the album sales for the entire Idols crew…staggering).
October 2009
2 posts
September 2009
7 posts
Bill Withers - Can We Pretend (featuring José...
Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs →
Listening to Yo La Tengo’s 16th studio album.
Waiting in anticipation for the atonal sonic havoc of Ira Kaplan’s cathartic solos, although I wonder if the patina of his music-right-now has softened a bit, relegating his atonal contribution to the background, to the sonic phantom smoke that accompanies Georgia Hubley’s ghostly voice. We shall soon see, although I am quite...
August 2009
1 post
ANOTHER Sade mix... ;) →
June 2009
3 posts
up from the deep (the hotel project) →
An amazing photo blog authored by Mark Ellinger documenting single room occupancy (SRO) residential hotels in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. Rich in social and historical context, composed with an artist’s eye, very well done.
May 2009
11 posts
Smile - your marriage depends on it. →
PARK(ing) Day 2009 →
The REBAR Group is an art/design collective based in San Francisco that primarily engages in creative and critical urban projects. The premise of PARK(ing) Day is simple - construct a public green space in metered parking spaces. The green space is viable as long as there is money in the meter. Contribute, share, enjoy. Some photos from previous PARK(ing) Days in San Francisco:
FutureMe.org →
Have you ever wished former-you wrote/created/constructed something for the present-you? One of the great joys in life is finding long-lost trinkets and gadgets and notes from my former, younger self (think Amelie…) which provide insight and perspective to the present-me. What if you could write a letter to future-you about love, life, loss, happiness?
Welcome to the internet age where...
“The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heav’n of hell, a...”
– Milton
Cymbal Crashes
According to Charlie Parker, anything is possible, So long as you intensely study your craft. Go hide away in the woodshed young man, and chop away… But don’t forget about your self-constructed capacity and limitations, And of your personal, financial and practical responsibilities, And of the possibility that good enough may be the best for you, And that you’re not here when...
“The Self Effect - You will see more of yourself in people and situations than...”