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• art, photography, suggestions, video

  Suggestions: Jonathan Knobel

  04.06.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This weeks suggestion article is packed full of cool stuff.  Jonathan Knobel tells you about a film featuring burning oil fields, a photographer named Boogie, Nietzsche, an illustrator with a morbid sense of humor, and a graphic novel based in 1980′s Iran. Jonathan is a photographer/artist/musician living in Davidsonville, Maryland.  He plays bass in the [...]

• architecture, art, photography

  The Big Picture’s 2008 Year in Review, Architecture Boner, Underwater Sculptures

  12.17.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  1) The Big Picture’s 2008 Year in Review The Big Picture is the best blog on the Internet right now. They’re doing a “Year in Review” event in 3 parts. They posted the first installment today so go check it out. Here are a few of my favorites. Check out the entire series HERE. 2) [...]

• photography

  Genesse Hotel Suicide

  12.16.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  1) Genesse Hotel Suicide The photograph was used in a psychological study. It seems that only 4% of students who look at the photo actually notice Mary falling to earth in the center of the shot.

• art, photography

  Artists Daily Routines, Yamaguchi Otoya

  12.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  1) The Daily Routines of Artists This blog details the daily routines of famous artists/scientists/thinkers/and politicians. I particularly like the responses of writer Joseph Campbell. So during the years of the Depression I had arranged a schedule for myself. When you don’t have a job or anyone to tell you what to do, you’ve got [...]

• music, photography

  Joshua Hoffine – Horror Photography, Thursday/Envy packaging

  10.31.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Tomorrow I will be moving in to a new aparment in Baltimore.  I’m not sure when I’ll be able to update again since we don’t have internet access yet.   1)  Beating a Dead Horse I recieved my Thursday/Envy split in the mail today.  The packaging is really beautiful and deserves to be seen up [...]

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  Mt. Eerie – Seven New Songs, Pianos Split, Horses Personified

  10.20.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  1) Mount Eerie – 7 New Songs Mount Eerie, also known as Phil Elverum (ex principal member of The Microphones), released 7 new songs in May of 2004 while on tour in Australia.  If you’ve never listened to The Microphones or Mt. Eerie before think of lo-fi + folk music + sometimes subtle electronic noise [...]

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  Small Brown Bike/The Casket Lottery Split, Just for T-Bone, Macro Meat Photos

  09.19.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  1)  Small Brown Bike/The Casket Lottery Split (Post-Hardcore) Here’s some more music that’s perfect for Fall.   Small Brown Bike and The Casket Lottery team up on this split to release a set of 6 collaborative songs.  My favorite moment on this split comes during the second song, at about 9 seconds in, there’s an [...]

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  Sailboats – 2 song demo, Hurricane Ike Pictures

  09.17.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  1)  Sailboats – 2 song demo Chuglife’s post on Loma Prieta made me think about how much I love their previous band Sailboats. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] “Sailboats was a band from Berkeley. In 2003 they recorded a 2-song demo and played several shows throughout California. Unfortunately, they were involved in a [...]

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  Ryan McGinley interview, Adam Arcuragi

  08.22.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  1)  Since I’ve never really been interested in photography up until recently, I’m new to Ryan McGinley’s work.  His photos remind me of 20 careless summers spent with friends all packed into a set of photographs. He just did an interview with SEESAW MAGAZINE that you can check out HERE. 2) This is a video [...]

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  The Big Picture

  07.31.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  A)  Alan Taylor’s photo blog The Big Picture, which is run by the Boston Globe, has a ton of amazing photographs from all around the world.  The Big Picture compiles photos from lesser known news stories with a focus on current events.  Here are a few of my favorites. Each of the photographs on The [...]