February 2012
5 posts
January 2012
11 posts
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the...
– William A. Ward (via simko)
It's only procrastination if you actually end up...
themadeshop:
pete
1 tag
December 2011
12 posts
amazing book sculptures. i am torn between the awe... →
I think there’s a God; I just don’t know if we invented him or not.
– Arlyce, in full laughter (via revawilliams)
November 2011
8 posts
Eames: The Architect and The Painter Trailer on... →
…and it takes awhile when you’ve had a rock on the hose for so long,...
– Tom Waits on NPR’s Fresh Air speaking directly to me.
October 2011
11 posts
Pink is the new Pink
wenbysocki:
Keep an eye out tonight for the fine work of Mr. Mxrke on my bass drum head.
Move the dumb piano! Can’t see that kick!!
Jonny Rodgers and the world of things: A System... →
chrisjacobsisawesome:
This is why I invest in artists.
jonnyrodgers:
Our modern stock market is a complex beast, but one thing is for sure - It now resembles a big poker game more than a system of real people investing in real work. It’s a game of bluffs, where something has value only if everyone agrees that it does. Add to the mix that computers now run the show…
This is a long joke… and it’s boring.
– Fender, while listening to the news from lake woebegone. (via sethkent)
I’m pretty sure Chris Jacobs said that.
3 tags
9 tags
September 2011
6 posts
Why we react to wonderful music the way we do
jdickerson:
When a listener experiences a frisson, Huron believes that he first reacts with fear toward the stimulus, then comes to enjoy it by consciously recognizing that the stimulus is actually harmless.
Story on music-evoked frisson.
a boys' and girls' history of the future: Hard... →
revawilliams:
Hard Rain by Tony Hoagland
After I heard It’s a Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall played softly by an accordion quartet through the ceiling speakers at the Springdale Shopping Mall, I understood there’s nothing we can’t pluck the stinger from,
nothing we can’t turn into a soft drink flavor or a…