Waxin' & Milkin: A Visual Mixtape
Feb 08

abelson:

what in tarnation was grizzly bear thinking when they sold a song for a super bowl commercial? truly, the wonderful piano plunks on two weeks will never sound as innocent. (although, on the plus side, i’ll forever associate drew brees with grizzly bear piano plunks). volkswagen should know that if you feature stevie wonder punching someone in your ad, you might as well just play a stevie wonder song. and plus they should have just quit while they were ahead with that nick drake ad.

Yea indie music has totally jumped the shark. What is up with Arcade Fire being the official theme song of the NFL now??? Carles was right, indie is dead. Long live ternative music!

EDIT: k so apparently Arcade Fire is donating all proceeds towards Haiti…you got me there you clever Canucks you. Not a bad move.

abelson:

what in tarnation was grizzly bear thinking when they sold a song for a super bowl commercial? truly, the wonderful piano plunks on two weeks will never sound as innocent. (although, on the plus side, i’ll forever associate drew brees with grizzly bear piano plunks). volkswagen should know that if you feature stevie wonder punching someone in your ad, you might as well just play a stevie wonder song. and plus they should have just quit while they were ahead with that nick drake ad.

Yea indie music has totally jumped the shark. What is up with Arcade Fire being the official theme song of the NFL now??? Carles was right, indie is dead. Long live ternative music!
EDIT: k so apparently Arcade Fire is donating all proceeds towards Haiti…you got me there you clever Canucks you. Not a bad move.
  
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Feb 05

Little Dragon - Runabout
Machine Dreams
2009/2010

This song is on some Sheila E. 80’s electrofunkpop and it’s pretty amazing.

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Little Dragon - Forever (live)
2009

Yukimi Nagano…SWOON.

  

Just finished this Little Dragon gig poster. They’re from Gothenburg, Sweden and do electronic music similar to Bjork/Portishead/The Knife/Lykke Li…mixed with like funk/jazz/soul…by way of a Japanese lead singer. And it’s great. They are also in the new Gorillaz album coming out so I hope they get all the praise they deserve.

Little Dragon will be playing SXSW and other US tour dates HERE.

Just finished this Little Dragon gig poster. They’re from Gothenburg, Sweden and do electronic music similar to Bjork/Portishead/The Knife/Lykke Li…mixed with like funk/jazz/soul…by way of a Japanese lead singer. And it’s great. They are also in the new Gorillaz album coming out so I hope they get all the praise they deserve.
Little Dragon will be playing SXSW and other US tour dates HERE.
  

Frida Kahlo

via hannahkarinaellygreenwood

Frida Kahlo
via hannahkarina / ellygreenwood
  

The Phantom of the Opera Alamo Drafthouse poster
by Martin Ansin

via gabutto

The Phantom of the Opera Alamo Drafthouse poster by Martin Ansin
via gabutto
  
Feb 04

That rootie tootie fruity Louie

via upnorthtrip

That rootie tootie fruity Louie
via upnorthtrip
  

Karl Marx T-Shirt
by Hirsute History

via kiske

Karl Marx T-Shirtby Hirsute History
via kiske
  
Nor can one exaggerate the need for precisely this reform. We can’t just putter along anymore. Our government is, as Paul Krugman put it, “ominously dysfunctional” just at a time when the world desperately needs at least competence. Global warming, pandemic disease, a crashing world economy: these are not problems we can leave to a litter of distracted souls. We are at one of those rare but critical moments when a nation must remake itself, to restore its government to its high ideals and to the potential of its people. Think of the brilliance of almost any bit of the private sector—from Hollywood, to Silicon Valley, to MIT, to the arts in New York or Nashville—and imagine a government that reflected just a fraction of that excellence. We cannot afford any less anymore.

Lawrence Lessig, How To Get Our Democracy Back (via The Nation)

One of the highlights I had last year was watching RIP!: A Remix Manifesto at SXSW and seeing Lawrence Lessig (who is also featured in it) argue with this senile old man from the audience trying to make some point on copyright laws and intellectual property (something you know, Lessig is kinda an expert at). It was pretty great witnessing live someone I’ve only seen in TED Talk videos, and even better the awkwardness that ensued during the whole debate. I wish there was a crazy old man in every film screening.

  

Damn I kinda wish I wrote this book…

via wfmu ichiban

Damn I kinda wish I wrote this book…
via wfmu ichiban
  

Tom Selleck Waterfall Panini

via selleckwaterfallsandwich / thnx @almendili

Tom Selleck Waterfall Panini
via selleckwaterfallsandwich / thnx @almendili
  

Carrie Fisher

via hewhocannotbenamed

Carrie Fisher
via hewhocannotbenamed
  

Paola Musiani
“Faccia da schiaffi” / “Cosa vuoi cuore mio” 45 single
1970

via vectroave

Paola Musiani“Faccia da schiaffi” / “Cosa vuoi cuore mio” 45 single1970
via vectroave
  

Colonial Hipsters

via kiskeDesign You Trust

Colonial Hipsters
via kiske / Design You Trust