Disneyland Without the Death Penalty

Andrew York - Sunburst Definitely my favourite song for guitar...

Wed, 09 May 2012 09:56:16 -0400

Andrew York - Sunburst

Definitely my favourite song for guitar at the moment.

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Mon, 07 May 2012 06:30:44 -0400

mrdiv: expand

Fri, 04 May 2012 09:44:15 -0400

mrdiv:

expand

blech: webkitbits: -webkit-filter is the new hotness, and it’s...

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:26:12 -0400

blech:

webkitbits:

-webkit-filter is the new hotness, and it’s coming to your browser sooner than you’d expect!

The filter aesthetic continues its apparently unstoppable march.

The present methods of writing music, principally those which...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:29:40 -0400

The present methods of writing music, principally those which employ harmony and its reference to particular steps in the field of sound, will be inadequate for the composer, who will be faced with the entire field of sound. […]

Percussion music is a contemporary transition from keyboard-influenced music to the all-sound music of the future. Any sound is acceptable to the composer of percussion music; he explores the academically forbidden “non-musical” field of sound insofar as is manually possible. […]

The principle of form will be our only constant connection with the past.

— John Cage, The Future Of Music: Credo (1937)

The 40-year cycle of pop cultural nostalgia

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:12:43 -0400

The 40-year cycle of pop cultural nostalgia:

Maybe we’ve reached Peak Nostalgia and in an effort to find more and more nostalgia for an ever-increasing audience, culturemakers are mining more from those eras outside of the appointed 40-year era and as a result, pop culture is feeling more timeless, echoing all eras, until it becomes a culture that can’t draw upon anything but itself.

= Culture-ception.

"I don’t know if my music says as much to people as Blur’s, but I think having lyrics in..."

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:15:04 -0400

“I don’t know if my music says as much to people as Blur’s, but I think having lyrics in songs is a bit shit, really. I prefer things to be abstract. A song with lyrics always seems to be saying something specific so you can’t interpret it in many different ways. That’s why I like electronic music, ‘cause people get different reactions from it. The same track can make different people upset, aggressive, or euphoric, but I wouldn’t want to be spokesman for a generation or anything. People want to know what I think about stuff, but I don’t want to tell them, I can’t be bothered.”

- Aphex Twin in an interview with NME from 1995.

Works on Paper by Guy de Cointet These are pretty incredible.

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:21:26 -0400

Works on Paper by Guy de Cointet

These are pretty incredible.

2012 Has Sci-fi

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:48:00 -0400

Lockout

Total Recall

Prometheus

Looper

Edit: The trailer is now up!

Gravity

Again just a teaser trailer.

Lucas must be rolling in his gravepiles of cash. I keep...

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:39:37 -0400

Lucas must be rolling in his ~~grave~~piles of cash. I keep forgetting that Star Wars died in 1983, only to be replaced by “Commercial Wars”. An epic series coming to a toy store near you.

"If you disagree with Crothers, well, then you’re a “fanboi.” The Macalope has never really..."

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:27:59 -0400

“If you disagree with Crothers, well, then you’re a “fanboi.” The Macalope has never really understood the “fanboi” variant. Is the idea that you’re like a fanboy, but Frencher? Or are these people just that bad at spelling?”

- The Macalope: Fools of the Year

MapsTD is Tower Defence IRL.

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:43:48 -0400

MapsTD is Tower Defence IRL.

Tears. Wow. For these past couple of weeks Gunshow has been on...

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:44:00 -0400

Tears. Wow. For these past couple of weeks Gunshow has been on 🔥.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:37:43 -0400

Thanks for the png topherchris.

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:03:23 -0400

Thanks for the png topherchris.

Kony 2013: Ze Zoker Strikes Back, Ja?

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:46:50 -0400

Kony 2013: Ze Zoker Strikes Back, Ja?

The true value of money – or why you can't fart a crashing plane back into the sky

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 07:40:04 -0400

The true value of money – or why you can't fart a crashing plane back into the sky:

The recent outrage over City bonuses stems from a combination of two factors: the sheer size of the numbers involved coupled with a lack of respect for the work involved in earning them. Like bankers, top footballers are massively overpaid, but at least you comprehend what they’re doing for the money. If Wayne Rooney was paid millions to play lacrosse in a closed room in pitch darkness, people would begrudge him his millions far more than they already do. Instead there he is, on live television: he’s skilled, no doubt about it.

BBC are you listening, a documentary about what bankers do. Go.

wtfqrcodes: This is even dumber than that guy who got a Zune...

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:28:11 -0500

wtfqrcodes:

This is even dumber than that guy who got a Zune tattoo.

Asked for “strength”, got stuck with “hold on”. When are tattooists going to learn qr-code, oh and chinese would be good too.

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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:45:15 -0500

The New York Times Is Using Facebook Is Using You.

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:36:51 -0500

The New York Times Is Using Facebook Is Using You.