Monday, October 29, 2012
Hot Cheetos & Takis
For all my snackers out there, YNRichKids got what you need.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Dream Day
Solange Knowles - Losing You.
Despite the sad(ish) lyrics, these guys look like they're having the best day with their friends. Also, Solange's dance moves? Yes, please.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
put that on my mama
ShowYouSuck feat. Mr. MFN Exquire - Carne Asada
On one hand, their lip synching is beyond lackadaisical On the other hand, these guys are so excited about grilled beef it's kind of endearing.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Best Damn Jazz Cover of 'Human Nature' I've Heard All Day
The Vijay Iyer Trio, who perform tonight at Chicago's Mayne Stage, cover Michael Jackson's 'Human Nature' sublimely.
UPDATE: Miles Davis and Co. are kinda okay too, I guess.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012
All Blacks Haka
Last night I found myself falling into the Internet k-hole that is New Zealand All Blacks haka videos. Comes highly recommended, would watch again. My favorite haka is posted below, followed by replies by other rugby teams from various Pacific Island Nations.
And, you know, Wales.
Tana Umaga and the first Kapa O Pango
Haka v. Fijian Cibi
Haka v. Samoan Sivi Tau
Haka v. Tongan Sipi Tau
Haka v. Welsh Stoicism
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Afrikan Boy - Amala Azonto
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
it all starts with colorado
all 50 states, drawn freehand. the suspenseful music makes it sound just as impressive as it really is.
Monday, October 8, 2012
East Coker
So here I am, in the middle way, having had twenty years—
Twenty years largely wasted, the years of l'entre deux guerres
Trying to learn to use words, and every attempt
Is a wholly new start, and a different kind of failure
Because one has only learnt to get the better of words
For the thing one no longer has to say, or the way in which
One is no longer disposed to say it. And so each venture
Is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate
With shabby equipment always deteriorating
In the general mess of imprecision of feeling,
Undisciplined squads of emotion. And what there is to conquer
By strength and submission, has already been discovered
Once or twice, or several times, by men whom one cannot hope
To emulate—but there is no competition—
There is only the fight to recover what has been lost
And found and lost again and again: and now, under conditions
That seem unpropitious. But perhaps neither gain nor loss.
For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.
-T. S. Eliot, from the near-perfect 'Four Quartets'
Twenty years largely wasted, the years of l'entre deux guerres
Trying to learn to use words, and every attempt
Is a wholly new start, and a different kind of failure
Because one has only learnt to get the better of words
For the thing one no longer has to say, or the way in which
One is no longer disposed to say it. And so each venture
Is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate
With shabby equipment always deteriorating
In the general mess of imprecision of feeling,
Undisciplined squads of emotion. And what there is to conquer
By strength and submission, has already been discovered
Once or twice, or several times, by men whom one cannot hope
To emulate—but there is no competition—
There is only the fight to recover what has been lost
And found and lost again and again: and now, under conditions
That seem unpropitious. But perhaps neither gain nor loss.
For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.
-T. S. Eliot, from the near-perfect 'Four Quartets'
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Allen Vandever |
This article on theft among magicians makes a strong argument for magic as performance art, complete with its own frames and internal rules that structure the play that follows. The piece described in the article, Teller's Shadows, is presented below, an elegant, stripped-down scene that looks nothing like the hokey spectacles I mostly associate with contemporary magic acts:
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Flying Lotus - Putty Boy Strut
Flying Lotus - Putty Boy Strut. Off his new album 'Until the Quiet Comes,' which features excellent guest appearances by Erykah Badu, Niki Randa and Thom Yorke. Streaming now at NPR's First Listen blog.
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