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Food in Marfa

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:03:00 -0800

My fascination with this sleepy West Texas art town only grows when I read shit like this. Also, the much fabled ‘Mystery Lights’ TOTALLY give the high school X-Files addict in me a metaphorical awkward science class boner.

No matter where you stand on Vampire Weekend, the video for...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:57:55 -0800

No matter where you stand on Vampire Weekend, the video for “Cousins” (the first single on the yet-to-be released album ‘Contra’) is pretty awesome.

yvynyl: Frank Fairfield is totally awesome - Boing Boing “A...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:09:06 -0800

yvynyl:

Frank Fairfield is totally awesome - Boing Boing

“A stunning video of Fairfield performing “Nine Pound Hammer.” Give me chills. Shot and directed by Keith Musil.

Robin from the Fleet Foxes described him like this, in Rolling Stone:

“He’s like 26 years old and he sounds like Mississippi John Hurt,” says Robin. Fairfield plays fiddle and banjo player and strums back-porch bluegrass, complete with shaky jug-band vocals reminiscent of The Foggy Mountain Boys from way back in the ’40s (think O Brother, Where Art Thou?).
“He’s kinda crazy,” says Robin. “He has his own radio show where he just plays these old gramophones. He just puts a mic up and plays all these field recordings from the 1900s; it’s insane. He dresses like it’s the early 1900s. He’s born out of time, and his voice is amazing.”

Buy his music: His self-titled album Frank Fairfield, and the EP I’ve Always Been a Rambler (Amazon MP3s).

He’s playing a bunch of West Coast US tour dates from now through January: San Francisco, Eugene, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and other ports of call.

I think I’ll be going to see this dude on Thursday. Adobe Books in the Mission. Anyone interested in joining me?

somesongsconsidered: “Comfy in Nautica” – Panda Bear...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:02:46 -0800

somesongsconsidered:

“Comfy in Nautica” – Panda Bear
(Words/music: Noah Lennox, available on Person Pitch, Paw Tracks 2007)

In the spring of 2008, I went through a month long phase where I would take late afternoon naps listening to Person Pitch. To the best of my memory, I put on the album and made myself comfortable on my bed, intent on listening to the album to try to figure out the big deal behind it. Then, somewhere during the first third of the album, I was too comfortable and nodded off. It’s nothing personal, as I’ve done this with albums that I love, it’s just a byproduct of laying down after a long day at work and having something to focus on that doesn’t require a lot of thought or analysis.

This process continued because it gave me the opportunity to listen to “Comfy in Nautica” as a way of “winding down” before I’d doze off. Initially, I found it jarring despite its hazy qualities. There’s a strong cyclical quality to the song between the music and samples flowing in and out and Lennox’s chant-like vocals. However, the way that the vocal sample lines up with the downbeat makes it feel like its bludgeoning the listener. This is the point to the song (and much of Person Pitch), as Lennox strives for a meditative quality, leaving us to find the patterns that emerge in his patchwork. Alternately, it could be a blank canvas for us to project our own patterns (or meditations, I guess) onto. Either way, it’s the kind of thing that I enjoy and lets me shut down my brain for a few minutes (I have no clue what Lennox is singing about because I never pay attention to the words). It probably also gave me weird nap dreams as well.

More on Panda Bear: Allmusic | Amazon MP3 | Emusic | Last.fm

“Person Pitch” somehow NEVER gets played out.

buchino: The men who stare at Goatse (via deanminifie) LOLZ.

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:52:12 -0800

buchino:

The men who stare at Goatse

(via deanminifie)

LOLZ.

I’ve got a case of the itchy feets today, & this photo...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:07:05 -0800

I’ve got a case of the itchy feets today, & this photo isn’t helping.

[via ffffound]

Weird, Rare Clouds & the Physics Behind Them. [via Wired]

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:32:51 -0800

Weird, Rare Clouds & the Physics Behind Them.

[via Wired]

(via halloechen) Ahh, that IS Emperor Norton. You know...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:20:01 -0800

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Ahh, that IS Emperor Norton. You know you’ve been living in San Francisco for awhile if you can pick this dude out of a lineup.

yvynyl: FELA: KING OF THE INVISIBLE ART by Jay Babcock Fela...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:18:59 -0800

yvynyl:

FELA: KING OF THE INVISIBLE ART

by Jay Babcock

Fela Anikulapo Kuti: 77 albums, 27 wives, over 200 court appearances. Harassed, beaten, tortured, jailed. Twice-born father of Afrobeat. Spiritualist. Pan-Africanist. Commune King. Composer, saxophonist, keyboardist, dancer. Would-be candidate for the Nigerian presidency. There will never be another like him. This is the sensational story of Fela, the greatest pop musician of the 20th century, featuring the words of Fela’s friends, fans and the Ebami Eda himself.

(via ARTHUR MAGAZINE)

Yes! I love the SHIT outta some Fela.

brodey: thedailywhat: Clever Idea of the Day: Kevin @ The...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:14:31 -0800

brodey:

thedailywhat:

Clever Idea of the Day: Kevin @ The Imaginary Zebra came up with a nifty idea to help reduce road rage: Install “Sorry” and “Thank You” light boxes in his car that can be switched on as necessary (e.g., when unintentionally cutting someone off, when someone lets him cut in front of them, etc.)

If you ask me, this feature should come standard.

Plenty of process shots here.

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Where are the irrational and angry ones???

This is Way More Brilliant than Truck Nutz.

(via halloechen) Spuds McKenzie…Still Cool after all these...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:14:05 -0800

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Spuds McKenzie…Still Cool after all these years. Man, that dog don’t give a fuck!

Download Liz Phair's pre-'Exile in Guyville' demo tapes

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:08:42 -0800

Download Liz Phair's pre-'Exile in Guyville' demo tapes:

crumbler:

They’re free. (via)

UPDATE: The headline has been corrected so as to no longer suggest that Liz Phair recorded demos for the Rolling Stones’ legendary Exile on Main St. Thank you/sad face to Nerdshares for pointing this out to me.

Pitchfork: Jack White Releases Carl Sagan Auto-Tune Record

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:36:30 -0800

Pitchfork: Jack White Releases Carl Sagan Auto-Tune Record:

yvynyl:

…the singer/guitarist/label magnate is apparently fed up with Weezer’s stranglehold on WTF music news, so he’s releasing a 7” of “A Glorious Dawn” on his own Third Man Records November 9. “A Glorious Dawn” is a recentYouTube hit mixed by composer John Boswell featuring spaced-out eggheads Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking talking about the great beyond beneath a layer of AutoTune.

WTF is right. Has anyone autotuned a fart yet? Can we get that up on youtube, stat?

yvynyl: Just watched a large part of Crystal Voyager last night...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:36:00 -0800

yvynyl:

Just watched a large part of Crystal Voyager last night and it blew my friggin’ mind. The amazing closing sequence is just basically long, super slo-mo gorgeous 35mm shots of waves and sunlight set to the insanely good 23-minute epic Pink Floyd song “Echos”.

It’s so hard to explain a film like this, and I couldn’t find a clip on the YouTubes, but if you have the means, I highly recommend getting into it.

Note to Self: Watch This.