May 2012
70 posts
BandSoup Blog: Free Download: Sailboats On Fire: A... →
bandsoup:
Summer has arrived! Which means copious amounts of swamp-ass (definitely here in Austin), no school (for most), and memories to be made.
Need a soundtrack?
The old men at BandSoup let the young guns put together a compilation for your enjoyment. Sailboats On Fire is a 14-track Summer…
“Here’s the artist Robert Irwin, talking to Lawrence Weschler in his 1998 essay...”
– http://places.designobserver.com/feature/la-day-la-night/25228/
“This utilitarian connection to the city is one, I think, that gets to the...”
– http://places.designobserver.com/feature/la-day-la-night/25228/
“Ram, simply put, is the first Paul McCartney release completely devoid of John’s...”
– Paul McCartney / Linda McCartney: Ram
I’ve never been able to articulate what I love so much about McCartney’s solo work — but I think this does a pretty killer job.
(via katbeee)
“Heart of the Country,” one of the best songs ever, right?
“L.A. is, after all, among the most constructed of urban environments, a...”
– http://places.designobserver.com/feature/la-day-la-night/25228/
Quoting people quoting Chandler is sorta a habit of mine.
“At the lead of The Avengers is the star-spangled man himself, Captain America -...”
– Devin Faraci on the optimism of the Avengers. (via statelyxanadu)
“Do you care what bank your pizza shop borrowed money from to start that...”
– Patrick Kindlon (Self Defense Family)
Right on.
(via newprofessor)
I take that dude’s money and I make pizza.!!!
lafontusa:
ryanfarkas:
A dip into the archives...
“The schools, in my opinion, are the best in the country.”
– James M. Cain’s ‘Paradise’ - Page 2 - latimes.com
Too bad that’s no longer true. :-(
“With the friendliness and courtesy, I would bracket the excellent English that...”
– James M. Cain’s ‘Paradise’ - latimes.com
“Online is a revolution. The Internet is a revolution. And we should be...”
– VICE Founder Shane Smith: Online TV Could be Revolutionary, But It’s Just as Crappy as Regular TV
(via heller)
"sharks" vid on hearingade sweet! →
some of our songs are in this week's Baseball... →
<3 Baseball, <3 LA Font
“It should be noted that George Washington was something of a badass himself, and...”
– http://theclassical.org/theclog/teddy-roosevelt-cant-win-a-discussion-of-baseballs-last-fixed-race#.T7FerTTW_p4.facebook h/t Carman Tse
"sharks" video on kroq's homepage right now sweet →
I just listened to every song Max Martin has co/written according to Wikipedia that is currently listenable on Spotify. It took me two days. What an experience.
Steve Albini did a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" today →
rawkblog:
I detest voice mail. Answer your goddamn phone or don’t have a phone. We have an answering machine at the studio for when everybody’s gone, but otherwise I answer the phone and I expect other people to. I detest the whole system of using the phone to manage/frustrate callers with menus and voice mail and all that. It’s a copout and it sucks and if you do that to people you’re an...
“Just stand in the parking lot of Hit Factory Studios in North Miami Beach and...”
– I love the way this guy writes.
http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2011/jun/10/last-drop/
“He learned to make beats in Vaughan Mason’s basement by tricking the lights on...”
– http://howtowreckanicebeach.com/?p=754
Advice.
“The problem is not that the productivity revolution has caused unemployment or...”
– http://robertreich.org/post/22542609387 