February 2011
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Update: You can download that Richard X rmx of... →
Hah! I went and searched for a download immediately after I listened to it on Tumblr earlier this morning.
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WHY TEXTING FAILED AMONG THE VICTORIANS →
21st Century Text: Got yr vm. Can’t wait 2 c u l8r
Victorian Text: Most esteemed and Dearest Madame! I am in receipt of your most recent communication, the review of which quickened the heart within me. An anticipation most e
This Winter, New York City Is the New Buffalo →
patricking:
dear new york,
grow a pair, you fussy bitches.
love, chicago.
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Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds to go on sale at... →
hangingfire:
Anyone who missed the chance to romp among the handpainted ceramic seeds created by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at Tate Modern will soon get another opportunity – but the close encounter will cost up to £120,000.
For the first time a sackful of the seeds is to be sold officially at a Sotheby’s auction of contemporary art next month.
We saw this installation at the Tate Modern...
Meanwhile, In Davos... →
tomewing:
rocketsandrayguns:
tomewing:
Your correspondent’s economy was on the verge of a Chinese-style episode of overheating when another panellist, with a marginally lower boiling point, went over the top. This discussion is taking place “on the moon”, he colourfully observed. The 10m additional unemployed workers in developed countries would be surprised to hear that all was for the...
Meanwhile, In Davos... →
tomewing:
Your correspondent’s economy was on the verge of a Chinese-style episode of overheating when another panellist, with a marginally lower boiling point, went over the top. This discussion is taking place “on the moon”, he colourfully observed. The 10m additional unemployed workers in developed countries would be surprised to hear that all was for the best in the best of all possible...
If I recommend some music and just one person replies that they checked it out and liked it, that’s enough to make my day. Honestly.
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Anyone have an email address where Paul Morley can be reached?
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New Paul Morley interview about Propaganda's "A... →
Seriously, this may be the best piece I’ve ever read about early ZTT.
A few choice bits:
And I guess that overall sense of presence needed to be post-punk, if still pop, electronic and experimental, if still glamorous, and rooted in avant garde tradition stretching back through the time of Pop Art, Warhol, Fluxus, musique concrète and Serialism to Surrealism, Futurism, Dadaism and the...
Digital Fonts: 23 New Faces in MoMA’s Collection →
Here’s the list:
• American Type Founders OCR-A (1966) • Wim Crouwel New Alphabet (1967) • Matthew Carter Bell Centennial (1976-78) • Matthew Carter ITC Galliard (1978) • Erik Spiekermann FF Meta (1984-1991) • Zuzana Licko Oakland (1985) • Jeffery Keedy Keedy Sans (1991) • Erik van Blokland and Just van Rossum FF Beowolf (1990) • Barry Deck Template Gothic (1990) • P. Scott Makela Dead...
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Whit Stillman news
therichgirlsareweeping:
perpetua:
““I play a character named Violet. It takes place at a liberal arts college on the East Coast and I run a suicide prevention centre where I help suicidal and depressed students overcome their tendencies through staging musicals with them, and teaching them how to tap dance and sing in musicals. And helping them dress well and wear nice perfume. And I have a...