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Lots of good albums for 2012! These were my favorite - In no order below, if it wasn't pressed to vinyl it doesn't exist. I'm no good at describing music, plus you guys all know how to spell YouTube so if you're into it you can look it up.

Darkside - Clown and Sunset
Burial - Street Halo 12" and also Kindred 12"
OFF! - OFF!
Moon Duo - Circles
High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
Santigold - Master of My Make Believe
Kim Phuc - Copsucker
Horseback - Half Blood
Divine Fits - These Are Divine Fits
9th Ward Marching Band - Sneakin' Up the Street
Diplo - Express Yourself
The Men - Open Your Heart
the Evens - the Odds
Mark Lannegan Band - Blues Funeral

ummmmmmm

KAWS and the NYC Subway

All aboard the KAWS train! Not only is Brian Donnelly, the artist better known as KAWS, the fifth living artist to have a balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, he also designed the entire campaign for it as well. Among the highlights of the campaign is this incredible 3-car MTA shuttle wrapped inside and out with KAWS’ design. The S train travels exclusively between Grand Central and Times Square, two of the biggest transit hubs in New York City, accessible by almost any other train. Also, since it just goes back and forth between the two stations, that means it’s never more than 5-minutes away.

Wine Labels

I only choose wine to buy because of the labels. Here are some good ones!

Anthony is Pissed

"For the past eight years, I’ve been making a television show called NO RESERVATIONS. I wrote it. I executive produced it. And I appeared in it. My partners and I always tried hard to make it good. " Sounds like Anthony Bourdain and the Travel Channel are splitsville. Too bad, I dig the show.

Why Does Vinyl Sound So Good?

"However, there is one format that attracts fanatical devotion above and beyond any other– vinyl. For over a century, music lovers have held it dear for the physicality and warmth it affords sound, not to mention the addictive excitement of record hunting." Oh man how I love "record hunting" Another article on why the wax just sounds better. Indeed.

Still Life Quick Heart

Just some great still life paintings, click away the day.....

Fred Perry Interview with Bradley Wiggins

Bradley Wiggins talks Small Faces, Weller, Fred Perry shirts, Manchester, etc.... good read.

Chris Ware Interview

"My head looks like an uncooked ham with glasses." - Chris Ware

AND......... Wendy's Gets a New Logo

After 29 years, Wendy's logo and mascot is getting a makeover. New Logo

Old Logo

Timeless Design, Apple Borrows from Braun

Braun created its first design department in 1956, headed by Dr. Fritz Eichler, who instituted a collaboration with the Ulm School of Design to develop a new product line. The company introduced its famous SK4 record player, designed by a youthful Dieter Rams. Rams soon became the most influential designer at Braun, and was a key figure in the German design renaissance of the late 1950s and 1960s. Eventually he became the head of Braun’s design staff and retired in 1995. Check out the similarities here.

Oregon Reclaimed Wood Surfers

wow! great work gentlemen!!!

Where Can I Get This Jacket?

and those shoes are dope too

Arby's Logo Change

man, this is a disaster!

Museum of Oddities

Vladimir Cobweb - The Curator - Collector of strange and wonderful things, Vladimir is unfortunately not the most organised of souls. His Museum of Oddities is a place of wonderment and reflection for the citizens of Retropolis. The small detail that some of the item’s annotations are a little wide of the mark factually doesn’t seem to have bothered anyone.

Vintage Pics of Records Being Made

Vintage Pics of Records Being Made

Siggi Eggertsson - Illustrator

The Icelandic illustrator Siggi Eggertsson, born in 1984 in Akureyri, has just updated his portfolio, the opportunity for us to rediscover his original work at the limit of pixel art.

Phone Booth Aquariums

WANT! WANT! WANT! WANT! WANT!

1965 Vespa Super Sport

a really great photo essay on the Vespa Super Sport 180 I mean really top notch photos here! Of course I'm partial to the '65 SS!

and mine below:

Shepard Get Probation

He was sentenced Friday to two years of probation and 300 hours of community service by a judge.