September 2008
60 posts
All Tomorrow's Parties Festival - Australia →
Oh My! All Tomorrow’s Parties comes to Australia - this sound like it may be worth a trip over to the West Island…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-28) →
Bill Withers
R.E.M.
Black Mountain
You Look Nice Today
De La Soul
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“So Mr. Brandenberg gets a copy of the song, and puts it through the newly...”
– Toms Essay - Measure for Measure - Opinion - New York Times Blog
“In the end, Muxtape’s legality was moot. I didn’t have any money to defend...”
– The Muxtape Story
New DVDs: The Godfather, restored →
Before:
After:
“Yes, Robert A. Harris’s painstaking digital restoration of the first two “Godfather” films is stunningly beautiful. But the real shock is learning how badly Paramount has mistreated the camera negatives of two of the studio’s crown jewels — according to this American Cinematographer article, Harris found the negative for “The Godfather” “filthy and riddled with...
Flickr: Explore Analog →
Flickr now has a film only explore page. Who said film was dead?
Trade Me as a discipline tool →
Argumentative 14 year old boy is losing his gear item by item until he does as he is told and keeps his fists to himself. via Spareroom
Olympus develops Micro Four Thirds camera →
Olympus has announced the development of its first Micro Four Thirds digital camera that will be compatible with the Four Thirds standard, and which will ‘bring dramatic reductions in size and weight to the E-system’.
Mirror Dash →
Kim Gordon’s new fashion line. Via Pitchfork
Blue is the new black →
A collection of songs that may or may not be blue by nature. Thanks to Opentape I can still make hosted digital mixtapes.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-21) →
Okkervil River
Rodriguez
Paul Simon
Metaform
You Look Nice Today
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
garden working bee, number one →
mandamonium:
This weekend’s amazing weather destroyed any possibility of us not making it into the garden. There was just no way!
We headed over to our local Kings Plant Barn to get premade raised beds…
WatchTrailer for the new Charlie Kaufman film Synedoche, New York, staring Philip Seymour Hoffman.
FM 100 Hue Test
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This has been floating around the blogosphere (shudder) for a few days now. I finally sat down and took the test. I scored a perfect 0. I have perfect color vision.
WatchMoving. Beautiful. Funny. Sad.
Can’t really say anything more about it. Take 8 minutes out of your day and watch this. You wont regret it.
Design Assembly →
Design Assembly is an evening of talks and discussion run by Graphic Designers for Graphic Designers.
Giftag - Global Wishlist →
Hooray! Sure wishlists are old-hat, however this site makes use of open data formats, in particular the hProduct microformat.
World Wide Web Foundation →
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, unveils the World Wide Web Foundation. It aims to advance One Web that is free and open, to expand its capability and robustness, and to extend its benefits to all people on the planet.
When 5 Colors are not enough →
BBC - School of Design →
Internationally renowned designer Starck will be heading up a specially created School of Design in Paris.
Ten aspiring designers with the talent, drive and vision to create the next ‘must have’ products of the 21st Century will be given the unique opportunity to learn and work alongside Starck and his team over a period of several months.
iphone photography | just what i see →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-14) →
The Walkmen
Paul Simon
Vampire Weekend
The Constantines
Calexico
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Unique Ralta Turntable for sale →
must. have. now.
Mad Men Illustrated →
An awesome collection of illustrations based on Mad Men (via kottke)
al3x's Rules for Computing Happiness →
Wow. Totally awesome! And I agree with Rands; ignore #7. via @rands
NPR: Video: Calexico Previews New Album →
In anticipation of Carried to Dust’s release, Calexico has put together a video with some nice live performances of their new songs. Convertino and Burns also talk about Tucson and the important role it’s played in their music.
