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Devendra Banhart - ‘16th & Valencia’ We don’t know where to...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:22:29 +1100

Devendra Banhart - ‘16th & Valencia’

We don’t know where to go (we know where to go) / We don’t know what to do (we know what to do) / We don’t know where to go (we know where to go) / We don’t know anymore

Why is it we want so badly to memoralize ourselves? Even while we’re still alive. We wish to...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:15:45 +1100

Why is it we want so badly to memoralize ourselves? Even while we’re still alive. We wish to assert our existence, like dogs peeing on fire hydrants. We put on display our framed photographs, our parchment diplomas, our silver-plated cups; we monogram our linen, we carve our names on trees, we scrawl them on washroom walls. It’s all the same impulse. What do we hope from it? Applause, envy, respect? Or simply attention, of any kind we can get?

At the very least we want a witness. We can’t stand the idea of our own voices falling silent finally, like a radio running down.

Margaret Atwood, excerpt from The Blind Assassin

A Portuguese success story: could i be the future of newspapers? - Editors Weblog

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:03:00 +1100

A Portuguese success story: could i be the future of newspapers? - Editors Weblog:

Portugal’s newest daily newspaper, i, was launched in early May and has attracted a significant amount of attention due to its rising circulation figures and innovative approach. It recently won a design award from the Society of News Design. The Editors Weblog spoke to editor-in-chief Martim Avillez Figueiredo, managing editor for online Mónica Bello and art director Nick Mrozowski, to find out more about i’s approach and the reasons behind its success.

I’s circulation in August was over 16,000 copies, up from just under 11,000 in its first month, May. As a comparison, the country’s top selling papers, Público and Diário de Notícias, sold 36,000 and 30,000 respectively that month. So for a new paper, i seems to be doing well. How, when the newspaper industry is struggling worldwide from falling income as readers move online and advertising rates fall, is a new newspaper seemingly thriving?

heuteund: Karnivool. [via]

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:48:47 +1100

heuteund:

Karnivool.

[via]

tylercoates: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros -...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:39:38 +1100

tylercoates:

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - “Home”
Live on Late Night with David Letterman

Hopefully seeing this fine group of people on Friday!

I love this song. They look like they’re having so much fun, too!

"I think artist’s management seem to think that photographers are getting rich off their image – it’s..."

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:18:23 +1100

“I think artist’s management seem to think that photographers are getting rich off their image – it’s so far from the truth. Most photographers are actually there due to a passion for their craft and a love of music. The monetary compensation is meagre. By instituting a contract that robs the photographer of the right to publish their photos, or even be acknowledged as the photographer is a kick in the face.”

- Dan Boud talks about how photo contracts are destroying the already-very-shallow music photography industry. (via mymumgavemethisnickname) (via albertinho)

Read this post.

thommo: Simon “Boags Draught” Atkinson Amazing.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:33:52 +1100

thommo:

Simon “Boags Draught” Atkinson

Amazing.

sylviakoh: (via fyteganandsara) Been having a very Tegan and...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:49:13 +1100

sylviakoh:

(via fyteganandsara)

Been having a very Tegan and Sara morning - a necessity to get me through the feature writing assignment. This one’s an outtake from their Spin photo shoot and judging by how gorgeous it looks I’m probably gonna buy a magazine for the first time in three years.

Do you know who the photographer was? This is lovely.

ninefruits: In Singapore. All those years of poor fathering...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:50:49 +1100

ninefruits:

In Singapore. All those years of poor fathering have totally paid off with my dad’s platinum frequent flyer card. They just let you just come in here and make your own drinks. And it’s free! It seems the richer you are the freer everything gets. I had no idea! It’s totally insane.

Writer Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here’s What Happened | Wired.com

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:41:17 +1100

Writer Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here’s What Happened | Wired.com:

areminder:

Interesting article on how easy the Internet makes it for people to track/find you.

This is a really fascinating read.

semisetadrift: Who is an unusually tanned-looking and...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:38:14 +1100

semisetadrift:

Who is an unusually tanned-looking and award-winning graphic design student? Me, apparently!

I won a highly commended folio presentation award and possibly $100 (if I heard correctly) at last night’s Graduand Exhibition opening. Blood, sweat, many, many tears and hefty future chiropractor bills went into this piece of paper!

Well done, darling! You deserve it.

soupsoup: The Corporation (Watch the entire documentary on...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:46:39 +1100

soupsoup:

The Corporation (Watch the entire documentary on Google Video)

Twitter Founder to Murdoch: Blocking Google Will Fail Fast

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:02:09 +1100

Twitter Founder to Murdoch: Blocking Google Will Fail Fast:

soupsoup:

Co-founder of LinkedIn Reid Hoffman joined in with similar sentiments: “I am sure that during the transition from horses to automobiles there were some people bemoaning the loss of horse transport.”

robot-heart-politics: soupsoup:brooklynmutt: Jon Stewart...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:31:54 +1100

robot-heart-politics:

soupsoup:brooklynmutt:

Jon Stewart Explains To Conservative Pundits Why He Doesn’t Like Sarah Palin

via NewsPolitics: via mediaite

It’s not really so much about why he doesn’t like Palin, but more about why the media circus surrounding her and her book is ridiculous and why the arguments that liberals dislike Palin because she’s pretty and has five children are disingenuous at best.