July 2007
42 posts
And he said, "the place with the most ... allure."
That’s why i love the unknown
I love the unknown
He said he loves the unknown Clem Snide “I Love The Unknown”
Interesting illustrations
As a type geek, I want to use all these great hand written/drawn typefaces. Flickr: Photos from Ray Fenwick
To-do: Learn more about Arts & Crafts movement.
It’s amazing that in the 1880s people created art in tapestry. Art so detailed and amazing. Wikipedia: William Morris, innovator in the Arts & Crafts movement
Watch7.23.07 - Merlin Mann talks with Google about Inbox Zero.
Q&A with John Vanderslice/Video Premiere
With the Independent mp3s and now with the Emerald City videos, one could assume your quite confident in the JV live show? Is this true? Well, I have a lot of confidence in my band mates! It’s not like I think to myself: “Hello Cleveland… prepare to have your minds blown!” We play a hundred shows a year, so after a while you hope to get good at it. I mean you better!!!...
Looking deep into psychedelic poster design
“Mucha produced a flurry of paintings, posters, advertisements, and book illustrations, as well as designs for jewellery, carpets, wallpaper, and theatre sets in what came to be known as the Art Nouveau style.” Wikipedia: Alfons Mucha
I'm trapped in your iPhone
Hey friends, get ready to get stuck in my phone. This is hilarious. The Apple Blog: Suggestions for fun with iPhone contact’s photos
only just stinging yourself
Run away baby
Back to your lonely house
You wanted the honey
But you were only just stinging yourself
It’s hard to watch AnsweringBell.com: Ryan Adams “Goodnight Hollywood Blvd.”
If I had Titling Gothic, I'd use the hell out of...
Typographica lists their top fonts of 2006. I mean I guess there’s no cutoff for 2006 best of lists. … But seriously folks, let’s just say June. Our Favorite Fonts of 2006 | Typographica
"I'm lost/I thank God I'm lost/I mean, what does...
“The name of that song is ‘For No One’ which almost went on Demolition but it would have been like the ninth song about said beautiful troubled actress sweetheart, so I’m gonna put it on the next album. but maybe. I need to finish it. It needs a b-section and also a second verse.” - Ryan Adams about “For No One” AnsweringBell.com: Ryan Adams “For...
WatchPitchfork Media: John Vanderslice “Time To Go”
as much influence as warhol
“Many art critics consider Sherman to be not only the most successful female photographer of the modern era, but one of the most successful artists of either genders in the late twentieth century with as much influence on younger artists as did Andy Warhol in his era.” Wikipedia: Cindy Sherman
Crying babies and a mooing cow children's toy.
“Perry once buried microphones at the base of a palm tree and thumped it rhythmically to produce a mystifying bass drum effect; his drum booth at the Black Ark was for a time surrounded with chicken wire to further his distinctive sound; many of his songs are layered with a variety of subtle effects created from broken glass, ghastly sighs and screeches, crying babies, and a mooing cow...
It's a sad day somewhere.
M-W totes ♥ “crunk”, “sudoku”, “DVR” and more. That bootsy book is going downhill fast. The Underwire - Wired Blogs
“Tadao Ando often uses Zen philosophies when conceptualizing his structures. One theme he expresses in this work is the dual nature of existence. The space of the chapel is defined by light, the strong contrast between light and solid. In the chapel light enters from behind the altar from a cross cut in the concrete wall that extends vertically from floor to ceiling and horizontally from...
"At the close of day / The sunset cloaks / These...
‘Arcade Fire singer Win Butler suggested to DeVotchka to cover the Siouxsie and the Banshees single: “The Last Beat Of My Heart”. The musicians found the idea interesting and they recorded that song for the now critically acclaimed Curse Your Little Heart EP.’ Wikipedia: DeVotchKa
Twenty percent of people identify themselves as...
When asked, another fifty percent said they didn’t feel as though they were, and the remaining thirty percent said they’d get back to the survey authors either “later” and “maybe tomorrow”. Not really, but it’d be funny. Psychology Today Procrastination: Ten Things To Know
WatchSt. Vincent “These Days” (Jackson Browne/Nico cover)
All the Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands
‘Seven Swans was received well by critics. The Guardian called it “a record of remarkable delicacy” and Spin Magazine said it sounded “like Elliott Smith after ten years of Sunday school”.’ Wikipedia: Seven Swans
In early 2005, Pitchfork Media named The Moon &...
Early
Early in the morning
It pulls all on down my sore feet
I wanna go back to sleep.
In the motions and the things that you say.
It all will fall, fall right into place
As fruit drops, flesh it sags
Everything will fall, right into place Modest Mouse “Gravity Rides Everything”
First it changed people's phone carriers, and now,...
It’s a sign of Apple’s powerful advertising and fanbase. When an Apple advertisement shows something you seasonally sold, you to make it a menu standard or watch iPhone users cry. It’s totally up to you. Gizmodo Seasick: iPhone Popularity Forces Calamari on Menu
"I came into the world very young, in an age that...
I’ve been recently listening to Satie’s Trois Gymnopédies. I’m now considering hunting down a Satie biography. Wikipedia: Erik Satie
"Machines were mice and men were lions once upon a...
Epigram spoken by Moondog, street performer and experimental jazz composer, on 1970’s “Stamping Ground”. Wikipedia: Moondog
"Between 1968 and 1977, he painted some fifty LP...
The New Yorker Mingering Mike: Briefly Noted
"Knowledge is half the battle..."
What people often forget is that the other harder half of battle is actual battle. Warfare.
"Thanks for sending the kittens. They were playful...
I’m super bad at this and the podcast probably won’t help me, but it did give me some clarity at exactly how bad most of my messages really are. 43 Folders: How to Leave a Voice Mail Message Podcast
The trick is to get the productivity without the...
WWD Leo breaks down how we get distracted and how to work with and around our distractions. Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive 5 Strategies To Web Work Without Distractions «
I feel like a robot by the river
Alone in my room
I feel such a warmth for the community
But out on the streets
I feel like a robot by the river
Looking for a drink AlwaysOnTheRun: Smog “Ex-Con”
"just a listening man / do the best I can"
Plenty of bands seem to forget that having memorable instrumental parts makes the vocal parts more memorable, but that’s not a lesson lost on the Bees, who consistently hook you before even opening their mouths. Pitchfork Review: The Bees Octopus
Sure, every little bit helps, but every little bit...
Seth Godin explains the challenges of marketing over great distances. Hint: make it personal or that dog dies. Seth’s Blog: Times A Million
don't do it
Part of me genuinely wants to make this site a running log of things I like about Ryan Adams songs. You probably wouldn’t read that, would you?
What Sin
Imagine yourself on a mountain
Mountain discovered with flowers
Flowers discolored with horses
Horses distracted by stones
Stone distrusted with me
Then you might know what I mean
‘Cause I want to kick love right in its gut
Beat it and leave for dead
Wash my hands in the river
Lie down and die in your bed Answering Bell: Ryan Adams “What Sin”
"You're the iPhone guy"
Gizmodo predicts my week, but not really at all. Well maybe Friday. I should make a little self-deprecation jingle and hum or sing it throughout the day as I make these jokes. Gizmodo.com Exclusive: Your iPhone Coolness Factor
Merlin of 43 Folders recently posted a summary of...
Building a Smarter To-Do List, Part II - 43 Folders
CNN: David Allen, GTD and Mastering the Mundane. →
but it's only half a blink
every thousand years / this metal sphere
ten times the size of Jupiter / floats just a few yards past the earth
you climb on your roof / and take a swipe at it
with a single feather / hit it once every thousand years
‘til you’ve worn it down / to the size of a pea
yeah I’d say that’s a long time
but it’s only half a blink / in the place you’re gonna be...