Good Tune for a Rainy Day in Denver

check the beats here

the Death of Touch and the Lost Joy of the Unexpected

great read FTA:
"I spent much of my youth, from the moment I could drive, rifling through the musty bins of the used record stores on Coventry Road in Cleveland looking for hidden gems (where I first heard Yo La Tengo playing while I shopped). After college, in NYC, I spent even more hours on St. Mark's rifling through even bigger bins at five or six stores along one small block - they are all gone now. After moving to San Francisco, just over a decade ago, I was introduced to Amoeba Records, a massive former bowling alley on Haight Street still filled with literally millions of pieces of music. Although it still survives, I haven't been in years. I have probably spent a few thousand hours of my life collecting music, flipping through vinyl, inspecting the grooves, breathing in the unique smells of the stores, chatting with the overeducated clerks and peering over the shoulders of the surrounding hipsters looking for tips. "

DAIM

check this guy out. Some of the coolest 3D graf I have ever seen. More on his own personal site here.

July New Yorker Cover

only posting for imagery and my love for Escher, not for any political comment on the gulf accident. Excellent illustration from Bob Staake ala M.C. Escher.

I LOVE the New High Life Cans

these are bloody brilliant and I bought a pack last week just because of the packaging, well and that and my love for cheap beer!

I saw a great flick last night

The King of Comedy De Niro and Scorsese in 1982. Bloody brilliant, lots of Taxi Drivers parallels.

Diplo Drops Another Remix

love the Rihanna sample, Diplo drops this one yesterday.

Happy Birthday LP!

1948: Columbia Records puts the needle down on history’s first successful microgroove plastic, 12-inch, 33-1/3 LPs in New York, sparking a music-industry standard so strong that the digital age has yet to kill it.

Inforgraphic on Major Oil Spills of the Past Century

Interesting stuff and puts in to perspective the current spill in the Gulf

New Summer Banger from Diplo

man this rocks!

the Joan Holloway Style is Deconstructed

nice piece on Joan's style from MADMEN

I'll Be Your Love

Truly, Madly, Deeply sung by Hooligans, I fucking love this stuff. An ad from the genius that is PUMA.

Airplane House

house in Malibu built from an old 747

Charles Schultz Draws Adults

yeah I know, weird right?

New Mark Ronson

comes out in July, check the new single here

Great Advice

this is spot on

Sex Sells

sexy ads from all over

Diplo hits Marley's Studio - Tuff Gong

I love Diplo

Mercedes-Benz

killer ad for Mercedes-Benz

Gauntlet Hair

"I Was Thinking" great song!!! these guys are from Lafayette CO? awesome!

SK8FACE

documentary about skateboard graphics

Ebert Reviews *cough* Sex in the City 2

Electric Boogaloo...... no, kidding. I mean Evert does review it, I'm not sure why though? I'd much rather read his take on Human Centipede but he has vowed not to review that one.

Google has PacMan!!!

Munch Munch munch

2 New Cool Logos for Hickenlooper

I like them both!

Empty Pools

man I love empty pools, and this photoset from J Bennett Fitts is right up my alley.

ESPN + Boba Fett

Can not be unseen

Crazy Train

Randy Rhoads......still got so much soul, yeah I know we've all heard Crazy Train ten thousand times from TV, sport events, elevator muzak etc...... but man it's clips like this that get me through the afternoon......

Irina Vinnik's Sketchbook

wow! killer work

the Ketchup Conundrum

brilliant essay on Ketchup from Gladwell, link lifted from the mighty Coudal

RIP Frank Frazetta

Truly a legend.
Illustrator, comic artist and book cover artist, Frank Frazetta died today at the age of 82. Through his iconic paperback covers of muscular men and half-naked women, he defined what many of us now think of as fantasy. Frank thanks for the amazing art and giving us a hero like Conan. You will be missed.

Fantastic Interview with Jerry Casale of DEVO

really stop what you are doing and read this.

Going back to your early days. You were present at the Kent State shootings in 1970. How did that day affect you?

Jerry Casale: Whatever I would say, would probably not all touch upon the significance or gravity of the situation at this point of time? It may sound trite or glib. All I can tell you is that it completely and utterly changed my life. I was white hippie boy and than I saw exit wounds from M1 rifles out of the backs of two people I knew. Two of the four people who were killed, Jeffrey Miller and Allison Krause, were my friends. We were all running our asses off from these motherf&*$#ers. It was total utter bullshit. Live ammunition and gasmasks – none of us knew, none of us could have imagined. They shot into a crowd that was running. I sopped being a hippie and I started to develop the idea of devolution. I got real, real pissed off.

more Horseback

so good

Horseback

wow! I don't even know what to say about this? It's so good.

Make It Rain

no, no not Fat Joe and Lil' Wayne..... it's Tom Waits with Russell Simmons and Judah Bauer from the Blues Explosion.

Flying Lotus

In case you can't wait until next week to get this on vinyl - you can hear the whole album now - here.

In Case You Forgot - Spiritualized Still Rules

I Think I'm in Love, Maybe Just Hungry

Birds of a Feather

Lots of airline logos If I had to pick one......it would be Condor

new MIA track

no, I'm not posting the video - but if wanna listen - here you go She is heavily sampling the classic Suicide song "Ghost Rider"

Chris Ware's Fortune Cover

rejected by Fortune because of the gags he threw in, click on it to see it larger

New York's Freedom Tunnel

some killer pics in here

Wheel of Fortune Disasters

I like Wheel of Fortune, I really do. I enjoy guessing the words with my kids when we get to watch together. I also like to see what the "normal" people wear on the show, and of course I like it when the contestants guess something funny and wrong. Here is a grips of Wheel clips gone wrong.....

Graffiti

Can Control

Proof of Time Travel?

The man with what appears to be very modern sunglasses seems to be wearing a stamped T-shirt with a nice sweater, all the while holding a portable compact camera!

Record Store Day - TOMORROW!

see you bastards there!

Cool Illustrations

from Mcbess

Video from Inside Texas Stadium

demolition

Puma Reinvents the Shoebox

I love Puma and I love clever packaging. Pretty cool.

the Party Don't Stop........ ..... .. . ...... .... . .... .......

Tik Tok Chrispy DUBSTEP remix

Dead Wax

Matrix Messages, I always look at these on my records. Little messages scrawled in the dead wax next to the paper label on vinyl records. This site has complied a few, I'll have to send him some.

GBH

new record from GBH - Perfume and Piss you can preview a couple of tracks up on the site.

Why Do Girls Like Guys Like That?

one of my favorite Weird War songs. Michele's bass is just sick.

Jesus Lizard first tour pics

some cool shots of the Jesus Lizard on their first tour in 1989.

Cello Headbangers

covering ONE

Got Soul?

man this is tight, I am just discovering Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings.

the Street

there are streets like this in every city......

the Woods

Killer jewelry from Denver/Aspen based the WOODS. Check it out. More here.

the Notorious XX

Classic Biggee over the XX record. Nice.

Hottest Woman in a Painting?

Lippi? Sargent? Hayez?

Record Player Made Out of Cardboard

I love this stuff. So cool.

Matt Pike's guitar

nice shot of it here and a grip of other shots from SXSW.

Record Setters

Boston.com has more killer shots. Love, Love the last pic.

Rotary Phones

some really cool poster/imagery in here

Google TV - News

Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Business Technology Research, also is seeing an accelerating convergence of content and display between PCs and televisions.

"People are watching videos and television content on their PCs, and doing some Web viewing on their TVs," he added. "You want to watch your streaming or downloaded stuff on the big screen with the big speakers, but it's inconvenient. There are browsers in the game consoles, and in some TVs, but the user interface is limited."

Bring it!!!

Wonderful Facts About Guinness

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Phobos

Closest pics yet of Mars Moon

Chuck's Unplayed Copy of Nervous Breakdown

goes for $4200.00 !!!!!

Nervous Breakdown

Friday afternoon with thee mighty BLACK FLAG

Strange Things

get this Friday started with some John Holt

Jason Selling Some of His Records

relates to the post below.....

A good friend of mine Jason Heller with whom I have DJ-ed countless times with is selling some of his vinyl, here's a link to his wax. Just don't bid on the Eno record!

the Vinyl Sickness

Living Proof blog has quite a literate study on what goes on at/in Record Fairs - worth a read if your a goof like me. FTA:
"Marked prices for used records depend on a number of easily definable qualities: the quality of the record itself, the quality of the record sleeve, the relative scarcity of the record, the release history of the record (that is, if it was ever discontinued, how many times it’s been repressed, what record labels have issued the record, etc.), and any extraneous anomalies—if the record is a promotional copy, signed, or accompanied by some other relevant memorabilia, then the price will be higher."

HyperReal painters

killer collection of the Hyper Real School going on at the moment.

Throw a Kit

this is awesome, thanks Colin!

Forrest Swords

Miarches

EIGHTIES!!!

get some fucking Killing Joke going on this brilliant Thursday

Perky Cups

We got a new coffee shop in Denver. Reminds me of Debbie's Donuts.......

OK Go

This too shall pass

Hit the Lights

first recording of Metallica, pre Cliff Burton and still with Mustaine on guitar, Hetfield hasn't even learned to play yet so he's on the mic sans guitar.

Bricks and Mortar!

"Reflecting shell-shocked dreams....." ahem, check these killer old buildings with fading hand painted ads. Oh, and I totally got this at Coudal.

R.I.P. Bob Biniak

Original Z-Boy and old school ripper, rest in peace.

Defaced

US currency that has been painted and drawn on. Love the Spider.

HARVEST by haroshi “Skate & Destroy” Exhibition Recap

HARVEST by haroshi has been a refreshing take on recycled artwork, known for producing various items out of used skate decks. Showcasing all of the collective’s work throughout the years, they recently held an exhibition at the PLSMIS Gallery in Tokyo. Some killer stuff in here.

Punny Tattoos

Camel Toes and Knuckle Sandwiches

I'm Diggin the Flip Side

I know there's a lot of hate out there for this redesign, but I like it. Simple, clean and refreshing.

Wooden Shjips

Start to Dreaming I can not get enough of these guys, wicked psychedelic band from San Francisco.

Skull Shirts

there's a few in here that are killer

Lots of Americans Pissed About the Supreme Court Ruling

Nice to see I guess, but it doesn't mean shit really.

Wizard Smoke

and sounds by The Seeds

A New Kind of Beauty

whoa, Mr. Toledano puts on some kind of plastic surgery horror show here in this photo essay. Jeebus.

Killer Portrait Photography

from Tom Lacki, some are NSFW

ZTrip with Slug Remixes the Dead Weather

Treat Me Like Your Mother

the Secret to Happiness is

is?????????

Evan Hecox

Check the video at the bottom to see how Evan works. Nothing short of beautiful. Keep up the good work!

As We Up We Go Down

I can't terrorize I see terror in your eyes
As we go up, we go down
I can't socialize I'll be institutionalized
As we go up, we go down

And see the truth, yeah, is just a lie, oh
And see the truth, yeah, is just a lie, oh

I speak in monotone: "Leave my fucking life alone"
As we go up we go down
As we go up we go down (And see the truth yeah)
As we go up we go down (Is just a lie)
As we go up we go down (And see the truth yeah)
As we go up we go down (Is just a lie)
As we go up we go down (And see the truth yeah)
As we go up we go down (Is just a lie)
As we go up we go down (And see the truth yeah)

the Wisdom of Paul Weller

On being a mod: "I still love the whole look, the music, the imagery, the attitude, even the scooters. It will always be in my heart."

Weller!

Paul Weller is to be named this year's Shockwaves NME Awards Godlike Genius. Cheers Paul! thanks for all the great music that has been part of the soundtrack of my life.

CHIQUITA!

I love banana stickers

Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss

I listened tom some Doug this morning in the car on the way to work. And I played it LOUD.

Here's Doug play for some kids on the sidewalk.

OK, one more - Going Against Your Mind, my fave from tune the album before last.

$1.9 Trillion MORE in Debt

I'm just curious, do you spend more than you make in your house? I don't, and I certainly think the House of Representatives should be held to a higher standard. Really, this is ludicrous.

Photography of Jason Koxvold

bleak visions of desolation

Bill Watterson Gives Interview!

dude, he's always quiet and hard to track down. I do miss Calvin and Hobbes.