New Boots and Contracts

silfarione: by Robert Doisneau. 1950

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:04:47 -0800

silfarione:

by Robert Doisneau. 1950

mpdrolet: Alaska, 1950 Elisabeth Meyer, via Preus museum

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:02:56 -0800

mpdrolet:

Alaska, 1950

Elisabeth Meyer, via Preus museum

witanddelight: photos by Robert Doisneau

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:11:38 -0800

witanddelight:

photos by Robert Doisneau

I learned about Andy Palacio just before he died, which was not...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:48:00 -0800

I learned about Andy Palacio just before he died, which was not too long after this album came out. This album is a group effort pulled together by Palacio with the Garifuna Collective, a group of musicians of Garifuna heritage. The whole album is remarkable, but this song in particular just goes right into me. I don’t speak Garifuna, but the melody and the guitars and the singing are plenty eloquent. However, Leah put it very nicely: “Beautiful, heart-rending, defiant.” Yeah, that.

electricized: Feel free to marvel at this 1962 Rodebald Hoyer...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:29:43 -0800

electricized:

Feel free to marvel at this 1962 Rodebald Hoyer Guitar. That’s probably what the skilled German Archtop maker was expecting you to do. Flame shaped F-holes are typical from the early sixties.

Photo and more about Rod Hoyers at Lacquercracks

Wow.

A father and his two kids perform Depeche Mode’s...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:05:42 -0800

A father and his two kids perform Depeche Mode’s “Everything Counts”. Those kids are solid gold.

"As far as I know there weren’t that many prequels or sequels to Moby-Dick."

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:26:04 -0800

“As far as I know there weren’t that many prequels or sequels to Moby-Dick.”

- Alan Moore responds to DC Comics’ Watchmen prequels. (via jimray)

Context can bring a lot to music. I’ve only met Michaela...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:13:00 -0800

[Flash 10 is required to watch video.]

Context can bring a lot to music. I’ve only met Michaela once and I had no idea she sang, much less played concertina.

I was only tangentially aware of Azure Ray, and if someone just played some of their studio recordings for me, I might have thought it was okay and moved on. But when I see someone take out a concertina and sing a pretty song for (with?) their dog, it totally opens up the receptors in my brain.

Now every time I hear Azure Ray, I’ll think of this video, if only for a second, and it’ll make me happy.

Another commute song.

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:57:43 -0800

Another commute song.

countryandwestern: Buck Owens - Waitin’ In Your Welfare...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:00:55 -0800

countryandwestern:

Buck Owens - Waitin’ In Your Welfare Line

My friend Lorna used to sing this song (I expect she still does, but we don’t live in the same city anymore, so I can’t guarantee it). Me, I just want Buck’s jacket.

newwavetimewarp: Hüsker Dü’s Land Speed Record came out January...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:28:56 -0800

newwavetimewarp:

Hüsker Dü’s Land Speed Record came out January 17, 1982. Here are the first six songs from it, going by in a blur.

Mind-boggling. Bar-setting. Whatever. Fucking hardcore.

turbine: Two brief ideas for the publishing industry

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:58:14 -0800

turbine: Two brief ideas for the publishing industry:

steampoweredmedia:

1. If I buy a full-price hard-cover book, give me the e-book for free. I don’t mean some super-snazzy, illustration-rich multimedia experience. I just want the book in electronic format. The system works well on me when I’m buying records. I bought 1000 Hertz on vinyl because it came with a cd. I…

All this AND never charge more for an e-book than $10. EVER. Come on.

Of course, this means as the consuming public, we should stop paying for e-books that are over $10.

The Last Best Words for the Machines

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:58:00 -0800

“For when the last best words have been said for the machine it has no marvel comparable to the marvel of the human hand guided by the human mind.”

— The Woodworker, Chips from the Chisel, 1937, page 255

(via Lost Art Press)

merlin: Nice Serial Comma The Advertising Editor claims to...

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:16:55 -0800

merlin:

Nice Serial Comma

The Advertising Editor claims to have two Master’s degrees.

So.

Man, if I liked proof-reading I’d totally open a business called “Just Dissertations — There are two esses because one isn’t enough!”.

Also if I didn’t firmly believe that punctuation goes outside of quotation marks unless the punctuation is part of the quoted phrase.

Photo

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:37:37 -0800

noflattery: Clifford Strange, great-grandfather, in 1913.

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:23:02 -0800

noflattery:

Clifford Strange, great-grandfather, in 1913.

newwavetimewarp: The Clash’s “This Is Radio Clash” single came...

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:20:50 -0800

newwavetimewarp:

The Clash’s “This Is Radio Clash” single came out November 20, 1981. Here’s the original promo video.

motherjones: And IIIIIIIIIII…. Will always lovvvvve… marriage...

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:43:36 -0800

motherjones:

And IIIIIIIIIII…. Will always lovvvvve… marriage equality.

(via Wipeout Homophobia)

NYCeophyte: Are You The Someone To Spread The Word About Modest Needs?

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:47:00 -0700

NYCeophyte: Are You The Someone To Spread The Word About Modest Needs?:

nyceophyte:

As I announced yesterday on this here long-stagnant blog, I am moving back to ~~The Promised Land~~ San Francisco in December. In making this decision, I also had to make the decision to leave my job at Modest Needs Foundation.

That was not an easy decision.

Brittney is leaving her job at at Modest Needs writing and doing outreach/social media. Maybe you’re the right person to take it over.

Here’s the job post.

Really Red was one of the best punk bands in Texas. One of the...

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:11:00 -0700

Really Red was one of the best punk bands in Texas. One of the best punk bands, period. Like all punk bands that pre-dated hardcore, they were much more than fast songs and screaming. They used jazz, spoken word, and other more artsy elements in their songs that hardcore bands just didn’t make time or room for.

Which is not to say they ignored hardcore. These guys kicked ass live. Their shows could stomp any hardcore band into the ground. This particular song was fucking anthemic live. The singer, Ronnie Bond, absolutely held the audience in his grasp with his presence and the rest of the guys were incredible musicians. Nobody in this band dropped notes, nobody fluffed. And loud. Jesus so loud.