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“Determined to “ransack the islands” for his...”
— Writing about Hawaii today and...

Jun 30th

“And on the floor Michael James Williams feels his...

Jun 30th

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I’ve been rounding up my favorites of the first half of 2008 and got stuck on this track from...

Jun 30th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-29)

Jun 29th

Elvis playing with a gun at 21, via dailymail.co.uk

Jun 28th

Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds Barbie Doll: Based on...

Jun 28th

Looking forward to this street art show opening next week...

Jun 28th

michael elmgreen and ingar dragset’s prada marfa...

Jun 28th

The world can end: Doveman covered the entire Footloose...

Jun 28th

“Another somewhat amazing and simultaneously horrifying...”
— Nico Muhly on eating Jellied...

Jun 28th

““50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” Paul Simon When the Wu-Tang...”
— The RZA’s Staten Island...

Jun 27th

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One of my favorite italo disco tracks: Lime’s Babe we’re gonna love tonight, especially...

Jun 27th

“While wearing Gotham, I remember one guy commenting...

Jun 27th

cherriesandsparrows: By Chris Ware Today a newspaper was...

Jun 26th

Hedy Lamarr, born in Vienna, became a Hollywood actress and...

Jun 26th

“Cool was no longer the province of the avant-gardes, the...”
— Peter Lunenfeld puts Gidget on...

Jun 26th

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New Joss Whedon at Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo

Jun 26th

Also came into possession of the complete New Yorker...

Jun 25th

Finally bought a bicycle today, a lovely 1980s neon mountain...

Jun 25th

Trevor Paglen’s photographs of secret...

Jun 25th

“Along the board path, differently colored spaces still...”
— The Game of Life by Eric...

Jun 25th

“[The desert is] so old and strong. I think it makes us feel,...”
— Klara, an artist working on a...

Jun 24th

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Little Boots covers Hot Chip’s Ready for the Floor on her Tenori-on (via littlebootsvideos),...

Jun 24th

“Over the next month, Andrey tells me that the pigeons and...”
— Rebecca Martin’s...

Jun 24th

“In his long analysis of the French New Novelists, for...”
— Lou Bayard’s review of...

Jun 23rd

Turns out one of my favorite disco-bloggers, Halli Civelek...

Jun 23rd

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Neon Neon’s I Told Her On Alderaan (Richard X Andress mix) (via Popjustice), download this...

Jun 23rd

“Few sports have captured the American imagination...

Jun 23rd

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This is the original vocal version with David Sylvian that appeared on the film’s soundtrack.

Jun 23rd

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Been listening to Ryuichi Sakamoto’s original theme from Furyo/Merry Christmas, Mr....

Jun 23rd

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“You know when you just have nothingness, and like, not even anything to be upset about, but...

Jun 23rd

Steven Holl’s Linked Hybrid project in Beijing, also...

Jun 23rd

The New Yorker’s Paul Goldberger discusses...

Jun 23rd

The Largest Human-Made Art on Earth via Joelaz.com

Jun 23rd

“What is it like being Timur Bekmambetov? No artist should be...”
— The New Yorker’s Anthony...

Jun 23rd

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-22)

Jun 22nd

Labyrinth lost & found posters, the full story at Team...

Jun 22nd

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Jun 22nd

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Bowie’s Magic Dance video from Labyrinth (via Youtube)

Jun 22nd

Slap That Baby - Neonresolutions Summer...

1. Burnin’ Up (Andy Butler’s played-at-33” version) / Madonna  2. I Know Ur...

Jun 22nd

More from the “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks

Jun 22nd

“Hit” is a good name for it — a feeling of intense...”
—  Suzanne Vega on writing and...

Jun 22nd

“Next time you visit your old university it won’t all...”
— Momus revisits Aberdeen...

Jun 21st

“OK - a mouse had been spotted in the new house. Set a...”
— just one of the many...

Jun 21st

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Been listening to a lot of hair metal power ballads like Whitesnake’s Here I Go Again,...

Jun 20th

The 50 Best Pun Stores via b3ta

Jun 20th

“When the weather turned violent and stormy on Tuesday...

Jun 20th

Check the new teaser for the Coens’ Burn After...

Jun 20th

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This video by Rigas for their Born Not To Run is remarkably static (fitting for its title), but fits...

Jun 20th

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Hercules and Love Affair - “You Belong” (via emirecordsuk)

Jun 17th

“Paradise Lost: ADAM: Paradise has arbitrary dietary...”
— McSweeney’s: Lit 101...

Jun 17th

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Check the cute car-piano playing in Alphabeat’s Boyfriend video.

Jun 17th

A speedway on a scorching afternoon. Hot asphalt on a Roman...

Jun 16th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-15)

Jun 15th

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The Good, The Bad, & The Weird Trailer (via twitch) from Kim Ji-Woon, the director of A Tale of...

Jun 14th

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joelaz: Baby Charles - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor I like Fred’s idea of making...

Jun 14th

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from Beats In Space’s 09.11.07 podcast with Andy Butler of Hercules & Love Affair,...

Jun 14th

shadowlands @ Speak, Peppery! Time exposure shots of crowds...

Jun 13th

The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks

Jun 13th

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s live version of the traditional as performed by Sam Amidon...

Jun 13th

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Sam Amidon - ‘Saro’ (via BedroomCommunity)

Jun 13th

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The School - All I Wanna Do (via theschoolband)

Jun 12th

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Gameboy/Gamegirl: Sweaty Wet/Dirty Damp @ Pitchfork.tv

Jun 12th

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after lo-fi-fnk and the tough alliance comes nordpolen, this is the video for their song skimret,...

Jun 12th

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Pitchfork Forkcast: Florence and the Machine: “Kiss With a Fist”

Jun 12th

“Just inside, a rack displays silk-satin dresses with feats...”
— The Critical Shopper aka...

Jun 12th

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little johnny brown by sam amidon

Jun 12th

The Sads t-shirt I’ve been wearing around town 

Jun 11th

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Radiohead - The Rip (Portishead cover) (via p3therip)

Jun 11th

and last tillmans

Jun 10th

more tillmans

Jun 10th

more tillmans

Jun 10th

Wolfgang Tillmans Finally saw Tillmans’ exhibit at...

Jun 10th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-8)

Jun 8th

“the whole notion—a complete revelation!—that the...

Jun 8th

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another italo hit from stephen chow’s delirious e.t.-fantasy cj7: gazebo’s masterpiece

Jun 7th

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italo forever: Gazebo’s I like Chopin

Jun 7th

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my italo-obsession continues with valerie dore’s the night.

Jun 5th

allthesadyounggossipgirls: Spotted—MacBook Air, Marbella,...

Jun 4th

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brighter still: this immensely relaxed track from the new ron sexsmith album channels early jackson...

Jun 4th

Naturally, the New York Times asked Tyra to smile some of...

Jun 4th

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chaka khan’s cover of the rotary connection’s love has fallen on me, summer incarnate.

Jun 3rd

Phillip Toledano’s photographs of bankrupt offices

Jun 3rd

“The event production company David Stark —...

Jun 3rd

“On the Thursday before Christmas, she felt flooded with...”
— Lorrie Moore’s Bert from...

Jun 2nd

“there are four of them—banded together, like hormonal...”
— Sex & The City Review at...

Jun 2nd

“Werner Herzog’s first-person documentary about his visit to...”
— Encounters at the End of the...

Jun 2nd

Great Walls: Beijing’s National Stadium: The New...

Jun 2nd

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-1)

Jun 1st