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animating your drunken wife’s bad jokes. i love this.

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:03:55 -0400

animating your drunken wife’s bad jokes. i love this.

"…Art is simply inevitable. It was on the wall of a cave in France 30,000 years ago, and it’s because..."

Fri, 03 May 2013 07:01:04 -0400

““…Art is simply inevitable. It was on the wall of a cave in France 30,000 years ago, and it’s because we are a species that’s driven by narrative. Art is storytelling, and we need to tell stories to pass along ideas and information, and to try and make sense out of all this chaos. And sometimes when you get a really good artist and a compelling story, you can almost achieve that thing that’s impossible which is entering the consciousness of another human being—literally seeing the world the way they see it. Then, if you have a really good piece of art and a really good artist, you are altered in some way, and so the experience is transformative and in the minute you’re experiencing that piece of art, you’re not alone. You’re connected to the arts. So I feel like that can’t be too bad.
Art is also about problem solving, and it’s obvious from the news, we have a little bit of a problem with problem solving. In my experience, the main obstacle to problem solving is an entrenched ideology. The great thing about making a movie or a piece of art is that that never comes into play. All the ideas are on the table. All the ideas and everything is open for discussion, and it turns out everybody succeeds by submitting to what the thing needs to be. Art, in my view, is a very elegant problem-solving model.””

- Steven Soderbergh

You’ve probably seen this everywhere, and if you haven’t yet, make the time to read it.

(via restinvermont)

shows I wish I could experience again #1: Sleater-Kinney. Irving...

Thu, 02 May 2013 03:49:32 -0400

shows I wish I could experience again #1: Sleater-Kinney. Irving Plaza. May 29, 1999.

I was 18 years old, and it was my first time in an actual American rock n’ roll club. I was already a Sleater-Kinney fan because of Not Radio and The Aga Muhlach Experience, but I had no idea this show would change my life. The opening acts were Mary Timony (who had just left Helium, and would later join Wild Flag) and Flin Flon (fronted by Mark Robinson of Unrest and Air Miami), two artists I would later fall in love with.

The lifechanger, however, was Sleater-Kinney itself. They were touring in support of their album The Hot Rock, which would become one of my favorite albums of all time shortly after. I heard those songs for the first time at this show, and I particularly remember hearing this song and being blown away.

14 years later and it only occurred to me now to look for a clip of the show online. When I saw this my hair stood on end. “End of you”, everybody.

“so if you could be a place, any place, in Los...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:32:39 -0400

“so if you could be a place, any place, in Los Angeles— what would you be?” “Ground Zero.” I’ll miss going to my favorite spot in LA everyday (at Ground Zero Performance Cafe (TRO))

@michdulce , Nina and the #sfmoma Garry Winogrand cake (complete...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:40:00 -0400

@michdulce , Nina and the #sfmoma Garry Winogrand cake (complete with Stevie Wonder music)

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Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:29:00 -0400

where’s Matador?! thedsgnblog: Ben Geier | ...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:28:29 -0400

where’s Matador?!

thedsgnblog:

Ben Geier | http://bengeier.com

“Ongoing side project where I redesign all the logos of my favorite record labels in a retro style. Taking lots of Inspiration from the Batman Animated Series.”

one of the saddest things about friends leaving is that they...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:55:30 -0400

one of the saddest things about friends leaving is that they always take a little piece of Manila with them. #portraits

thereal1990s: Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996) DIANE:...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:15:24 -0400

thereal1990s:

Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)

DIANE: You’re not getting any younger, Mark. The world is changing, music is changing, even drugs are changing. You can’t stay in here all day dreaming about heroin and Ziggy Pop.

RENTON: It’s Iggy Pop.

DIANE: Whatever. I mean, the guy’s dead anyway.

RENTON: Iggy Pop is not dead. He toured last year. Tommy went to see him.

this is @kyle_maclachlan . he starred in one of my favorite...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:31:15 -0400

this is @kyle_maclachlan . he starred in one of my favorite movies of all time. he also starred in my favorite TV show of all time. when I was a kid I wanted to be special agent Dale Cooper. a part of me still does. #hero #twinpeaks (at the black lodge)

dearest everyone,we have a new band. we are called The Black...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 03:45:00 -0400

dearest everyone,

we have a new band. we are called The Black Scholes, based on the mathematical model of a financial market containing certain derivative investment instruments.

don’t worry, i do not understand this as well. however, we are playing at Zanzibar in Santa Monica City this Saturday, April the 6th, at around 7PM as part of Marshall’s Got Talent (for Challenge for Charity). do watch, if you’re in the area. and if you’re not, like the page anyways http://facebook.com/theblackscholesusc :)

get excited, Coachella is less than two weeks away! to get ready...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:47:50 -0400

get excited, Coachella is less than two weeks away! to get ready i’ve put together a playlist featuring my favorite bands from the festival. so press shuffle and go!

Simple Men

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 05:19:19 -0400

Simple Men

i miss Sandwich. i miss RA. i miss music videos. congrats to...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:44:00 -0400

i miss Sandwich. i miss RA. i miss music videos.

congrats to the band on Fat, Salt and Flame. the album is amazeballs!

rakenrol:

RAKENROL co-writer Diego Castillo’s band Sandwich is Back For More with a new video directed by RA Rivera. get their new album Fat, Salt and Flame now!

getting all sentimental about 90s indiepop, and suddenly...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:04:11 -0400

getting all sentimental about 90s indiepop, and suddenly remembered this song.

bonus points to the person who can tell me the name of the Pinoy band that used to cover this, because I’ve forgotten it myself.

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Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:08:43 -0400

watched Fugazi’s Instrument again after the longest time....

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:01:20 -0400

watched Fugazi’s Instrument again after the longest time. the opening performance of Shut The Door is hypnotic.

nevver: Consolidated Life

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:12:07 -0400

nevver:

Consolidated Life

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Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:08:01 -0400

I came here to study finance and accounting but it’s...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:27:44 -0400

I came here to study finance and accounting but it’s always very hard to leave something you love behind. So here we are again. my last video for USC Marshall: the plug for Challenge For Charity weekend at Stanford.