December 2011
15 posts
Most Listened To (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Boards of Canada (46)
The Cinematic Orchestra (17)
Abimaro & The Free (11)
4hero (8)
The Mattson 2 (7)
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Some things
you know all your life. They are so simple and true
they must be...
– Philip Levine, “The Simple Truth”
Most Listened To (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Dorian Concept (24)
Dimlite (19)
Bibio (13)
Machine Drum (12)
Abimaro & The Free (11)
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It’s been almost a year since I last ran Last.FM. Started up again a week ago, and hey presto! I’d forgotten this automated Last.FM scraper was listening. Nice little reminder that the web is watching…
My advice is always to make a lot of art; to make a lot of art, then look at...
– DAVE HICKEY, Art critic, Educator, Curator. »jon-garcia: “I saw this on Tumblr some time ago but I can’t find it. So here it is again. Those last two sentences are just… prophetic.” (via tobia)
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To comprehend a man’s life, it is necessary to know not merely what he...
– John Hall Gladstone
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ArtStack →
From the about page: “ArtStack lets you discover, collect and share art.”
“You can’t keep a great piece of art to yourself. By linking you with the people and things you’re interested in, ArtStack gives you a continually updated feed of relevant and inspiring artworks and commentary. When you see something you like - on the site or anywhere on the net - you can easily add it to...
<a href=”http://resonate.bandcamp.com/track/shiwasu-mix” _mce_href=”http://resonate.bandcamp.com/track/shiwasu-mix”>Shiwasu mix by Ichiro</a>
Saturday afternoon soundtrack provided by Shiwasu. All systems blazing in Jsamlarose towers…
Pound (that rat) says somewhere that it is incredible to him that so many...
– David Remnick
Question from the students I worked with from Tampines Junior College today: what do we need to do to be writers?
Answer (from me): Read. Of course, you need to cultivate your voice. You need to explore what you want to say and why you want to say it. And yes, you need to develop a...
there’s a point just a few steps beyond belonging that is perhaps even more...
– Represent / from a working library
We should be ‘reading for the sake of reading’ rather than ‘reading for the sake...
– Alan Jacobs from The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
via @solle
(via ableparris)
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CDR KNOWLEDGE - CREATE MUSIC MOBILE - TRAILER (by CDR)
Making electronic music is something I’ve toyed around with for years, with all the intense focus of a cat chasing string (i.e. lose focus quick and move on to something else). Now that my 2009 MacBook Pro is back on it’s virtual feet, I’m considering ways of putting it to use; setting it up as a portable digital creative...
Don’t just go through the motions. Don’t accept dogma. Look for ways that you...
– John Gruber @ Daring Fireball