February 2012
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A conversation overhead in starbucks
“That’s when I discovered that programing is hard. Like really hard. You’ve got to be, like, smart. I spent a whole six weeks trying to learn html, and it blew my mind. Dreamweaver was too hard for me, too, man. I did the whole website in photoshop with tables. What is illustrator even for? Why would anyone even *want* vectors? But yeah, I’m a graphic designer. I can do...
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“Entrepreneurs should be able to argue passionately that their idea will change...”
– http://blogs.hbr.org/anthony/2012/02/dont_confuse_passion_with_comp.html
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Johannesburg’s Spoek Mathambo (real name: Nthato Mokgata) first hotwired our world with a series of collaborative projects—Sweat X, Playdoe—that placed his smart, dirty vocals on top of electro-rap bangers that activated dancefloors across the globe. Things went darker and deeper with his 2010 debut album, Mshini Wam (translation: “bring me my machine”), a record which took Spoek’s love affair...
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Watch
Seven record players. While one of them continuously plays the LP Programme Radio that was composed with Rainier Lericolais and Christel Brunet (reference OS.000) the six other turntables are switched on randomly and we can hear the sudden jumps and clicks of purposely scratched 45’s of light variety music.
This audio installation is … well I wish I could have seen it in person....
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WatchJust a Real Good Car
A family requests a demonstration of a new car. They are trying to figure out if it will stand up to their adventurous lifestyle.
Hilarity ensues.
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A profound response to Democracy
Okay, this has got to be the best city in the world to play this song. It’s one of the very first songs we wrote and it’s sort of a profound and in depth response to democracy and the complications of life. It’s called … Fuck The People.
—Jamie ‘Hotel’ Hince of The Kills
Playing in Washington DC 2/2/12
“Hey, Fuck the People”
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Internet piracy suit asks: Can you even copyright... →
infoneer-pulse:
The porn industry says it loses billions of dollars a year to Internet piracy, and one of its prime tactics to recover some of that money is to send letters to alleged downloaders threatening to sue them, thereby exposing their identities — and browsing tastes — in public records.
Groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union say it’s...
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JEFF The Brotherhood and The Kills Live (Show just... →
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“The real world is where you take pictures for... →
modernandmaterialthings:
“Documentary vision is kind of like the “camera eye” photographers develop when, after taking many photos, they begin to see the world as always a potential photo even when not holding the camera at all. The habit of the photographer involuntarily framing and composing the world has become a metaphor for those trained to document using social media. The explosion of...
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January 2012
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Who is the girl on Jack's new single?
It sounds a spooky amount like Wanda Jackson. As I listen to it more though, I begin to wonder if Wanda can still roar like that.
Perhaps it’s Nora Jones? (They did work together on ROME…)
Any ideas?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD12wH9En6s
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Why publishers should give away ebooks →
infoneer-pulse:
I used to buy a lot of MP3s. I don’t anymore. That’s not to say I don’t listen to MP3s. I have about 10,000 of the little guys squeezed like vienna sausages into my iTunes music folder, and I listen to them a lot. But when I buy music today I buy it on vinyl. I’m no audiophile, no retro hepcat, but my ears tell me that music sounds better on vinyl - warmer, more nuanced, less...
Apple Becomes World's Biggest Maker of Computers,... →
parislemon:
Cue dozens of people screaming bloody murder: “THE IPAD IS NOT A PC!!!!!!!”
Cue millions of the rest of us laughing at those people.
Just as with the move from desktops to laptops, the transition to tablets (or “pads” as Canalys humorously refers to them) is underway.
“But, but, but… it doesn’t have a keyboard!” Yes it does.
“But, but, but… it doesn’t have a physical keyboard!”...
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Jack White Solo Music
Jack White is releasing a solo album! I am very excite.
I thought this would be a great time to remind everyone of some of the solo work and collaborations Jack has done in the past. This is mostly high quality recordings of live performances and soundtracks. I’ve intentionally avoided posting some (really awesome) tracks that are little more than low quality bootlegs.
Up first, Flyfarm...
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WatchJack White III
Solo
New Single
7-inch available for pre-order. Ships Feburary 7th
Album (titled “Blunderbus”) coming soon (April 23/24)
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AN ACTA PETITION AMERICANS SHOULD REALLY BE... →
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ademska:
“As we noted in our post about people just discovering ACTA this week, some had put together an odd White House petition, asking the White House to “end ACTA.” The oddity was over the fact that the President just signed ACTA a few months ago. What struck us as a more interesting question was the serious constitutional questions of whether or not Obama is even allowed...
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“If you want to see disruptive change in the textbook market, then, you’d need to...”
– aka “a network”
Noah Millman » Textbook Cases
(via fred-wilson)
Textbooks won’t be disrupted. Education will be. Disrupting text books won’t (can’t?) happen without bringing about some significant change in the way the rest of the education industry works. Give people an...
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FOUND THE OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PETITION TO STOP...
eytancragg:
2kawaii2care:
moriartistry:
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/end-acta-and-protect-our-right-privacy-internet/MwfSVNBK
i signed this. you should too.
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Reply to dendensden
dendensden replied to your photo: Picked up another copy today.
The Underground Bookstore in Carrollton had a copy of this record in quite good state, back when I checked in mid-December, if you’re interested. Price was low, as I recall.
Did you see the other post I did about this album? I’m not personally interested in another copy (although I’d be interested in any of the...
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