June 2010
20 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-27) →
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti (8)
A.A. Bondy (6)
Trampled By Turtles (4)
The National (2)
Kurt Vile (2)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-20) →
Radical Face (7)
A.A. Bondy (7)
Van Morrison (6)
Surfer Blood (6)
Mumford & Sons (6)
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Mission accomplished: Vatican blesses Blues... →
“In a stunning move by the Vatican, the classic Dan Aykroyd-John Belushi comedy film “The Blues Brothers” was declared a “Catholic classic” alongside more pious films such as “The Ten Commandments” and “The Passion of the Christ.”
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-13) →
Woods (24)
Kurt Vile (17)
Alexi Murdoch (12)
Nick Drake (11)
Surfer Blood (11)
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“I believe this film to be a cinematic time capsule, a veritable cross section of...”
– Cyriaque Lamar, of io9 (Gawker’s sci-fi extension blog) on the production of Marmaduke, a cinematic failure that even kids don’t find funny.
Twitter in 1935
mbvc:
This seems like a really cool idea, until you fall... →
The Copenhagen Wheel, designed by who other than MIT, turns your average bike into “hybrid e-bikes that also function as mobile sensing units.” It captures the energy generated while cycling and braking and saves it for when you need a bit of a boost. Like mushrooms in Mario Kart. It can also map “pollution levels, traffic congestion, and road conditions in...
“When it’s very, very cold. And particularly in 1959, when I escaped, I...”
– The 14th Dalai Lama, upon being asked if he’s ever worn trousers. Best answer Time Magazine has ever received to any question?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-6) →
Nick Drake (34)
Iron & Wine (18)
A.A. Bondy (12)
Mumford & Sons (11)
Talking Heads (9)
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