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GeorgeSaundersLand

Published on April 27, 2009 in books, syracuse and text. 1 Comment

Don’t know how I had missed George Saunders’s website, which pointed me this morning to his American Psyche series for the Guardian, which I had somehow also missed. I was pointed to all of this by a blog post about how his CivilWarLand in Bad Decline had been optioned by Ben Stiller, which first sent me sinking, but on reading further, I saw the author of that post asks the reader to consider what Stiller had done with Tropic Thunder (in a good way). Kelly liked that movie so I suppose I’ll withhold judgment– actually, I’m sure a film version of anything Saunders has written will be super, since his dialogue is always cracking me up. You know, I was re-reading My New Fighting Technique is Unstoppable yesterday, as a stalling tactic, and I was reminded that there is something similar about George Saunders and David Rees. Looks like I’m not the only one who has made the connection.

He (George Saunders) had a good recent story in the New Yorker as well.I should mention that it is now my job to know this type of thing. Hat tip to Google Alerts for keeping me informed.

Documentation of Complete Publications in PDF form

Published on April 24, 2009 in art, books, culture, infostudies, text and typography. 0 Comments

Great random archive at public collectors. Lots of art, design,  and punk rock stuff.  Many fully scanned works, like the sweet Dome Book below, as well as some more disembodied art projects.

dome book

Documentation of Complete Publications in PDF form.

via ManyStuff.org

My head got sent and painted.

Published on April 19, 2009 in art, photos and uh do what now?. 1 Comment

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I got painted by someone I’ve never met. I think she did a great job– from this image. Details here:  SEND ME YOUR HEAD.

3600 VHS Video Covers

Published on April 19, 2009 in art and video. 0 Comments

I could look at these all day.

via MetaFilter.

Y?

Published on April 17, 2009 in brooklyn, nyc, photos and typography. 0 Comments

(Fake) Subway Advisory! – Gothamist: New York City News, Food, Arts & Events.

This probably coulda been funnier, but nonetheless. The real question is why I am still subscribed to so many NYC blogs now that I have escaped. I always thought that the MTA PA system was a catch-22: removing your headphones to listen to the message was always equally as painful as unexpectedly ending up wherever you would if you didn’t listen.

Perfect match on the type and layout, though. I also love the absolutely confounding effective times and dates. Usually those were harder to understand than the service changes.

Richard Price…

Published on April 15, 2009 in books, culture and music. 0 Comments

…also wrote and conceptualized the 15 minute film surrounding Michael Jackson’s “Bad” video.

via Richard Price (writer) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Organic Form & kind of

Published on April 12, 2009 in books, machines, music, running, uh do what now? and video. 1 Comment

Organic form

The wonderful bookish blog A Journey Round My Skull has a post this week highlighting the fact that Charles Seliger: Redefining Abstract Expressionism is available (at least partially) on Google Books.

I was shocked to see Seliger’s 1944 work Organic Form in my RSS reader, as it’s a piece I’m well familiar with– it was the basis for my kind of project from 2004.

I need a big long project like this one again– I’m already getting excited about the possibilities for all the new basement space we’ll get in our new house (coming Saturday!).

Anyway, in honor of being reminded of this guy, here’s the final phase of my project, a short video, uploaded to youtube and magnificently degraded. Better versions here.

Cool workspace evolution graphic

Published on April 10, 2009 in infostudies. 0 Comments

office space

Evolution of Office Spaces Reflects Changing Attitudes Toward Work.

Let the signal run through my veins (this is the best 80 minutes of your week guaranteed)

Published on April 7, 2009 in music, tv, uh do what now? and video. 0 Comments

Still From Rough Trade doc
DANIEL MILLER (THE NORMAL) INTERVIEW. MAYO THOMPSON INTERVIEWED WHILE LOOKING SHARP AS HELL. DAVID THOMAS NO SOCKS. MORRISSEY JUST WALKING DOWN A STREET. MAYBE LIKE HALF A SECOND OF HARRIET WHEELER. SOME JARVIS. AN ENDEARING MOMENT WITH DUFFY. EXCUSE CAPS PLEASE BUT THIS IS SERIOUS FOLKS.


Do It Yourself – The Story Of Rough Trade. via WFMU.

& because it’s relevant: the mute records logo:

A Gary Numan Mixtape Sequenced to Offer the Listener Assistance in Confronting the Mind-Body Problem

Published on April 7, 2009 in music and text. 2 Comments

Side One:
I Wonder
Are You Real?
My Dying Machine
You Are, You Are
Complex
ME
I’m an Agent
I, Assassin
I Die, You Die

Side Two:
Oh! Didn’t I Say
This Is My Life
Me! I Disconnect from You
Everyday I Die
I Can’t Stop
I Can’t Breathe
This House Is Cold
We Are So Fragile
Glitter and Ash

Graph paper napkins

Published on April 7, 2009 in food and infostudies. 0 Comments

For the Trei in all of us..

What’s a girl to do

Published on March 27, 2009 in music. 2 Comments

YouTube – BAT FOR LASHES – What’s a girl to do.

Feel like struttin’

Published on March 23, 2009 in music. 0 Comments

BBC Motion Gallery – Clip 3510-52 – Model walks down catwalk to camera and performs groovy dance at fashion show, Central Park; 1967.

Off the charts

Published on March 13, 2009 in sports and syracuse. 1 Comment
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Dan’s Haiku, Upon hearing the TO News.

Published on March 11, 2009 in pain and sports. 0 Comments

Touchdowns matter not.
He cannot fill the hole left
After ‘94.

via A Bills fan’s eternal lament, in haiku form « this is the city line..

To Beth, et al.

Published on March 9, 2009 in music. 0 Comments

Bunch of rad Yaz remixes. Diplo one especially. via Missingtoof.com.

Here’s the Hercules and Love Affair one they mention. Not H&LC’s best work, sadly.

While we’re at it, how about some Phil Collins? I know, I was surprised too.

These + concrete planks= sweet bookshelves

Published on March 9, 2009 in art and brooklyn. 0 Comments


Sergio Silva’s Walnut Cinderblocks, via coolhunting.

Growing pains

Published on March 8, 2009 in diy. 0 Comments

I updated WordPress this morning and it has caused a few problems with all of my sloppy little K2 hacks. Updated K2 also, which seems to have gotten a little more complicated recently– I feel like I lost a little bit of control, but maybe that’s a good thing. Anyway, hopefully I’ll have it all sorted shortly.

Shamrock Run (I’m actually back at it!)

Published on March 8, 2009 in running, sports and syracuse. 0 Comments

shamI ran the Tipperary Hill Shamrock Run 4 miler in Syracuse on Saturday. It was my first race since the Buffalo Marathon in May. It was great to be back with a group again, and I’m looking forward to the spring racing season here.

I missed getting my PR for four miles by 1 second! I felt pretty good, but even though I’ve been running a lot in Syracuse, but I was not ready for the hills on this course. My splits were 6:40, 6:54, 7:56(!), and 7:39. This is why I hate short races– my cruise control doesn’t work. Mile 3 featured some of the steepest hills I’ve ever run. My total time was 29:21 (I ran a 29:20 at a race in Central Park a few years back– that race, of course, wasn’t too hilly), average pace was 7:16/mi. I wanted to break 28 minutes, but I guess that’s a goal for next year. The hills in Schiller Park, near our new house, will be a great training ground.  I finished 206th, which put me just about in the top 10%, but there were some superfast folks out there.

This was the first run I’ve posted in a while– mostly because my Garmin GPS wasn’t compatible with my Mac until recently, and I’m happily without a PC laptop from work. All my recent runs are up now, including my first couple of 5+ mile runs in months. I’m feeling great, and hope to be back up to some respetable weekly milage in a few weeks (I’m at about 15 now, hope to be up to 25 soon). Once I’ve got my base back, I can start training for NYC again– this time less ambitiously. I received my guaranteed entry email a few days ago, now I just have to shell out again.

Paper record player

Published on March 4, 2009 in art, machines and music. 0 Comments

“Fully working, manual record player made entirely of paper. To play the record the handle needs to be turned in a clockwise direction at a steady 331/3rpm. The paper conethen acts as a pickup, amplifying the sound enough to make it audible. (Record shown,
The Sound of Music 1965). – Simon Elvins. via KOMPAKT blog.