January 2012
51 posts
“By the time of the raid on Megaupload, Hong Kong police said that Schmitz had...”
– Mega-man: The fast, fabulous, fraudulent life of Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom
…what
“However, I have for many years been using a three-way speaker system that is...”
– Ambient 4: On Land (Brian Eno liner notes)
Watchjennilee:
a love letter to the people’s republic -jessica williams & espen friberg
:o)
Too beautiful. I think I’m done with Tumblr today.
“However, in another of their paradoxes, they offset this calculated, artsy...”
– The Quietus | An Econo History Of The Minutemen
Wonderful retrospective on the Minutemen. Never going to not like this band.
Clear Lines
lareviewofbooks:
The Tintin stories — published in 1929 in the right-leaning Catholic newspaper Le Petit Vingtieme, then later in Hergé’s own Journal Tintin and the series of Casterman albums through which we know them now — are celebrated for what the Dutch artist Joost Swarte, writing in 1977, dubbed Hergé’s ligne claire, or “clear line,” style. In his use of uniform, strong lines, flat,...
Beach Boys' gig history →
On March 23, 1962 the Beach Boys played a show at my high school.
“According to Markham Erickson, head of the NetCoalition trade association,...”
– Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter considering “nuclear option” to protest SOPA | ExtremeTech
DO IT
“Loos introduced a sense of the “immorality” of ornament, describing...”
– Ornament and Crime
“…a man whose identity was stolen by his brother pleaded with deputies to...”
– In L.A. County: Innocent but in jail - latimes.com
