July 2009
40 posts
Watchmusic painting by JUL & MAT
+ via because im addicted
christmasgorilla:
Hot 8 Brass Band & Marvin...
NYTimes.com | Anatomy of a Scene: '(500) Days of... →
Marc Webb, the director of “(500) Days of Summer,” discusses a dance sequence from the film.
“I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of...”
– Ossie Davis
+ via Nick
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-26) →
Sade (20)
Al Green (7)
Jay-Z feat. Kanye and Rihanna (6)
Lykke Li (5)
Sly & The Family Stone (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
hero : regina spektor.
and the hero of this...
thisrecording.com | the iTunes playlist: Wes... →
+ via subtraction
NYTimes.com: Distracted Driving Game →
New studies show that drivers overestimate their ability to multitask behind the wheel. This game measures how your reaction time is affected by external distractions. Regardless of your results, experts say, you should not attempt to text when driving.
me: there's a bug flying around my room
me: not cool
dwayne: kill that joint, obama style
me: i'm lazy
me: i just wish my window had a remote control or something
dwayne: you are lazy
dwayne: LOL
me: ^
NYTimes.com | Surfing the North Carolina Coast →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-19) →
Sade (90)
Bobby Baby (16)
The Cure (12)
Lykke Li (12)
Al Green (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
all that i can, i will.
lullaby : the cure
NYTimes.com: The Place of Women on the Court →
From a Q&A with Ruth Bader Ginsburg:
I can’t say that it was just that [Sotomayor] was a woman. There are some people in Congress who would criticize severely anyone President Obama nominated. They’ll seize on any handle. One is that she’s a woman, another is that she made the remark about Latina women. And I thought it was ridiculous for them to make a big deal out of that. Think of how many...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-12) →
Amy Winehouse (23)
Peter Bjorn and John (16)
Phoenix (5)
Patrice Rushen (2)
Passion Pit (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“I believe in the in-between moments now. I look forward to certain sorts of...”
– William Van Wert, via whiskey river
tears dry on their own : amy winehouse. i...
The New Yorker: Priced to Sell by Malcom Gladwell →
Review of “Free: The Future of a Radical Price” by Chris Anderson
So how does YouTube bring in revenue? Well, it tries to sell advertisements alongside its videos. The problem is that the videos attracted by psychological Free—pirated material, cat videos, and other forms of user-generated content—are not the sort of thing that advertisers want to be associated with. In order to sell advertising,...
“Thursday night in New York was hot—after weeks of rain, it was one of the first...”
– Kelefa Sanneh, via The New Yorker
“so this is inevitable withdrawal”
– amy winehouse
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-5) →
Dido (30)
Devin the Dude (24)
Notorious B.I.G. (11)
Sly & The Family Stone (8)
Mike Posner & The Brain Trust (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
070109
Some days, you and I go mad. Our bellies get stuffed full, Hearts break, minds snap. We can’t go on the old way so We change. Our lives pivot, Forming a mysterious geometry. + Deng Ming-Dao, via whiskey river
“Stuff your eyes with wonder … Live as if you’d drop dead in ten...”
– Ray Bradbury
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Thirteen Year Old Kid Reviews Walkman
You’ve got to love this story of a 13-year-old kid reviewing an original Sony Walkman:
It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette.
Friday Night Lights: Season Four Spells Disaster... →
fuckyeahtaylorkitsch:
Another article on some FNL spoilers. Same stuff.
