January 2009

The Archives

• photography

  Kevin Carter

  01.29.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  “In March 1993 Carter made a trip to southern Sudan. The sound of soft, high-pitched whimpering near the village of Ayod attracted Carter to a young emaciated Sudanese toddler. The girl had stopped to rest while struggling to a feeding center, wherein a vulture had landed nearby. He said that he waited about 20 minutes, hoping that the vulture would [...]

• art

  The Genius of the Crowd by Charles Bukowski

  01.29.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average  human being to supply any given army on any given day  and the best at murder are those who preach against it  and the best at hate are those who preach love  and the best at war finally are those who preach peace  those who [...]

• video

  Baltimore Dating Failure

  01.27.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  1)  Fail “I think it’s really hot when a woman is a goth like I am.” Repost from my friend Sammy’s blog.  This is a failblog video of some dude outside of Howl at the Moon in Baltimore doing a spot for Comcast’s Dating on Demand.  Epic failure ensues. visit Sammy’s Blog HERE. visit his [...]

• architecture, art

  Balloon Bodies, Obama From Space, To Do, Igloo Bookshelf

  01.27.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  1)  Paul Graves – Balloon Bodies Here’s a few photos from Paul Graves balloon sculpture series.  I don’t really have too much information on these photos but I imagine their creation was very time consuming. More (including a balloon Garden of Eden) HERE. Visit Paul’s personal site HERE. 2)  DC Inauguration Day Photo I guess [...]

• music, suggestions

  Suggestions: Mike York

  01.26.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Today’s post is the first in a new series of suggestion articles that will be featured on stokingtheroots.  I’ve asked a few artists, musicians, and friends to make a list of the 5 cds that have had the greatest impact on them and to explain why.  I’ll offer up download links to each artist so [...]

• music, photography, video

  We’re All Gonna Die, Pianos Tour Videos

  01.24.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  1)  Simon Hoegsburg – We’re All Gonna Die   Simon Hoegsburg, a photographer based out of Copenhagen, Denmark, stiched together an amazing 100 meter long photograph of 178 people walking from a train station.  Some of the people in the photograph look ridiculous.  Be on the look out for confused dude on a bike wearing [...]

• music

  Boy Problems – 2008 Summer Tour Cd

  01.21.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  1) Boy Problems Boy Problems was a screamo  band from Pennsylvania that sadly decided to call it quits last December.  This cd was sold on their 2008 Summer tour that they did with Algernon Cadwallader (Another really good PA band).   Boy Problems played screamo music with a twist.  They never used distortion on their [...]

• music

  New Thursday Album

  01.20.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  1) Thursday – Common Existence I’m on my first listen through as I write this post. So far I’m not overly impressed, except for the 3rd track (which was released on their split with Envy).  It’s better than A City by the Light Divided, but that cd was terrible.  Thursday had a huge impact on [...]

• art, video

  Brad Neely, Do Drugs Without Doing Them, Nameless Letter

  01.19.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  1)  Brad Neely – Wizard People, Dear Readers Wizard People, Dear Readers is an audio track created by comic book artist Brad Neely that is meant to be played over the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.  I haven’t yet listened to it (need to d/l the movie first), but Brad Neely is hilarious [...]

• music

  Beach House, Daniel Johnston

  01.17.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  1) Beach House – Devotion I came across Beach House, a girl and guy duo from Baltimore, on Bmore Musically Informed‘s Top 10 List.  This type of music (dreamy pop) isn’t usually my thing but I decided to check out their latest album because they cover my favorite Daniel Johnston song Some Things Last a [...]