Last year, Montreal’s, Da Gryptions released “The Bixi Anthem-It’s A Free Ride” about Montreal’s free all-access-pay-as-you-go-city-wide bike system. Catchy hooks, clever lyrics, an abundance of Expos’ gear (all good things), it had it all. The Bixi song was produced by Stephen Ramsay of
The new Beastie Boys video, directed by MCA, has premiered that features fresh new tracks from the New York threesome. The music is refreshingly amazing. Almost a psychedelic take on hip hop that I’ve never heard before. Nice indeed. But also, this almost-thirty minute video has so many actor cameos it’s incredible. It stars Danny [...]
There’s an interview on wired.com with photographer Richard Nicholson and his new book, Analog, The Last One Out, Please Turn On The Light. The book is comprised of 4×5 photographs of various darkrooms in London. A celebration of analog photography. The kind of photography that takes years to master. The kind of photography that I [...]
These posts have been a little deeper than I usually like to get in blog posts. I’ll be back Monday to lighten the mood. Or maybe Freddy Mercury can do that. Here’s Ralph Waldo Emerson from his essay on prudence: And now, Queen:
“Round and Round” by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti And the unofficial video for the song:
I wish I was a brain ninja (via Aux.tv):
I’m fascinated by the creative process because it’s so important to…to everything. It can’t be analyzed. It just is. Here’s a Ted Hughes poem (via 3 Quarks) followed by an interview with Hughes where he explains where this dark poem came from. How this poem came to life:
A couple of interesting things I’ve read recently: Should we tinker with plants genes. Includes a couple insightful letters the blogger, Pamela Ronald, received after writing an op-ed in the NY Times. She makes a couple great points about contradictions in what we consider organic agriculture and why we need to disentangle the ideas of [...]
Marina Abramovic is doing a live, interactive show at the MoMa in NYC this month where works will be on display. But you can also “meet” her so to speak. As far as I understand you just sit across from her and have a staring contest. People have sat for hours and stared at her [...]
