Another newish song I've been listening to a lot lately:Beach House Norway mp3 [from the album Teen Dream on Sub Pop]
Feels like late Fall.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
We Were Sleeping Till You Came Along
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Another newish song I've been listening to a lot lately:
Beach House Norway mp3 [from the album Teen Dream on Sub Pop]
Feels like late Fall.
Another newish song I've been listening to a lot lately:Beach House Norway mp3 [from the album Teen Dream on Sub Pop]
Feels like late Fall.
Eclectic Magic
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A design by Stacy Rozich, one of six designs by local artists featured on T-shirts available at Cairo during Eclectic Magic, a low-key but delightful pop-up shopping experience for the holidays. Cairo is open 12-6pm everyday now through January 3rd and they're having an opening this Friday night featuring music from Alaska's, Wild Orchid Children, and Stephanie. I don't know the other two but I had the great pleasure of seeing Alaska's at the Anne Bonny for Expo 87 the other weekend and would jump at the chance to repeat the experience.
Alaska's at the Anne Bonny for Expo 87 the other weekend
More info at Cairo.
A design by Stacy Rozich, one of six designs by local artists featured on T-shirts available at Cairo during Eclectic Magic, a low-key but delightful pop-up shopping experience for the holidays. Cairo is open 12-6pm everyday now through January 3rd and they're having an opening this Friday night featuring music from Alaska's, Wild Orchid Children, and Stephanie. I don't know the other two but I had the great pleasure of seeing Alaska's at the Anne Bonny for Expo 87 the other weekend and would jump at the chance to repeat the experience.
Alaska's at the Anne Bonny for Expo 87 the other weekendMore info at Cairo.
Twenty Seconds Til the Last Call
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Phoenix "1901" live in Paris by La Blogotheque
I have never been a huge Phoenix fan – there are a few songs I like – but I think I've listened to this song about 1900 times in the last year.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Image of the Day
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This is a random image of the day in the truest sense of the word – I'm super busy, sometimes I don't have time to plan this out. I scrolled and picked the first image I found on my hard drive. When I used to work at V Magazine we had a bowling team, and we'd play other magazines (The New Yorker, GQ...a whole bunch of different magazines). Time Out New York was always the best, they were really annoying. We were generally down at the bottom with (I think it was) American Craft magazine or something like that, these girls that pretty much had just figured out what bowling was or something. My grandpa (not Don – different grandpa) was actually a pro bowler (the diamonds in Emily's engagement ring came from a gold pinky ring he had won, which my brother and I inherited) and I'm not too bad, but I had dislocated my shoulder like three months before, so I was sucking – I would roll the ball and then walk back to the team in pain. We bowled at the Port Authority bus terminal lanes. As part of the deal each team would get these towers of beer, basically like a big vase full of beer with a tap at the bottom of it. We'd finish ours really fast and then try to steal beer from the other teams. Good times.
This is a random image of the day in the truest sense of the word – I'm super busy, sometimes I don't have time to plan this out. I scrolled and picked the first image I found on my hard drive. When I used to work at V Magazine we had a bowling team, and we'd play other magazines (The New Yorker, GQ...a whole bunch of different magazines). Time Out New York was always the best, they were really annoying. We were generally down at the bottom with (I think it was) American Craft magazine or something like that, these girls that pretty much had just figured out what bowling was or something. My grandpa (not Don – different grandpa) was actually a pro bowler (the diamonds in Emily's engagement ring came from a gold pinky ring he had won, which my brother and I inherited) and I'm not too bad, but I had dislocated my shoulder like three months before, so I was sucking – I would roll the ball and then walk back to the team in pain. We bowled at the Port Authority bus terminal lanes. As part of the deal each team would get these towers of beer, basically like a big vase full of beer with a tap at the bottom of it. We'd finish ours really fast and then try to steal beer from the other teams. Good times.
At the Intersection of
E. Marginal Way and 4th Ave. S.
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If you have not been to Matt's Hot Dogs on your way to the paintball range or South Park, I strongly urge you to make the trip some day on your lunch break. The story goes that this guy Matt, who is ever present at the counter, taking orders and speaking fluent Spanish to the Latina cooks, has been obsessed with hot dogs since day one. He went to business school and wrote a plan for a hot dog stand, became a mortgage banker to save money for said hot dog stand, and finally realized his dream in 1992. Specializing in Chicago dogs, chili dogs, slaw dogs and the like, this is the kind of place where you can really get yourself into trouble. I usually go for one Chicago dog, a slaw dog with chili, and fries. If you want to fake your friend out, get one dog and fries, tell them you are being good, and then slip away and order a second dog on the DL. See how jealous they get. This place has the formula down. Just be careful, get good exercise and don't get mustard on your shirt.
If you have not been to Matt's Hot Dogs on your way to the paintball range or South Park, I strongly urge you to make the trip some day on your lunch break. The story goes that this guy Matt, who is ever present at the counter, taking orders and speaking fluent Spanish to the Latina cooks, has been obsessed with hot dogs since day one. He went to business school and wrote a plan for a hot dog stand, became a mortgage banker to save money for said hot dog stand, and finally realized his dream in 1992. Specializing in Chicago dogs, chili dogs, slaw dogs and the like, this is the kind of place where you can really get yourself into trouble. I usually go for one Chicago dog, a slaw dog with chili, and fries. If you want to fake your friend out, get one dog and fries, tell them you are being good, and then slip away and order a second dog on the DL. See how jealous they get. This place has the formula down. Just be careful, get good exercise and don't get mustard on your shirt.
Go East, Young Man, & c.
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This past summer, Robin Stein, a Seattle-based photographer (you may also know him from such bands as Flexions), spent a week on a tree farm outside of Chesterhill, Ohio, as a guest of the Harold Arts Residency. While there, he studied the pages of an obscure guidebook published in Pittsburgh in 1811, The Navigator: "Containing Directions for Navigating the Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers; with an Ample Account of These Much Admired Waters, from the Head of the Former to the Mouth of the Latter; and a Concise Description of Their Towns, Villages, Harbours, Settlements, & c."
The week after, Stein journeyed up the Ohio River Valley, and then East through the Alleghenies, using what he had learned from The Navigator to loosely trace a route of early westbound settlers, but in reverse. He ended up in New York City. And then he came back to Seattle, and started posting photographs of the journey on his blog. Here are a few of my favorites:
Bernerd’s Yard, Chesterhill, Ohio
Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia
This past summer, Robin Stein, a Seattle-based photographer (you may also know him from such bands as Flexions), spent a week on a tree farm outside of Chesterhill, Ohio, as a guest of the Harold Arts Residency. While there, he studied the pages of an obscure guidebook published in Pittsburgh in 1811, The Navigator: "Containing Directions for Navigating the Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers; with an Ample Account of These Much Admired Waters, from the Head of the Former to the Mouth of the Latter; and a Concise Description of Their Towns, Villages, Harbours, Settlements, & c."The week after, Stein journeyed up the Ohio River Valley, and then East through the Alleghenies, using what he had learned from The Navigator to loosely trace a route of early westbound settlers, but in reverse. He ended up in New York City. And then he came back to Seattle, and started posting photographs of the journey on his blog. Here are a few of my favorites:
Bernerd’s Yard, Chesterhill, Ohio
Pt. Pleasant, West VirginiaFor me, Stein's photos capture a feeling that is difficult to describe – the feeling of being from the coasts, but finding yourself between them, observing the land as you move through it. A roadtrip is always a good idea, but a roadtrip with a theme becomes more epic – in this case, connecting with the westward migration that is our country's collective internal road movie.
Check out Robin Stein's blog here, or better yet, see more of his work in person at a show opening this Thursday, with painter Matt Lifson, at Ursa Minor Gallery, 3308 East Spring Street (one block South of Union in Madrona, Seattle).
Check out Robin Stein's blog here, or better yet, see more of his work in person at a show opening this Thursday, with painter Matt Lifson, at Ursa Minor Gallery, 3308 East Spring Street (one block South of Union in Madrona, Seattle).
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Matter Matters
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Short trailer for The Visual Language of Herbert Matter, a long-overdue documentary on the Swiss-born design legend. More info here.
Short trailer for The Visual Language of Herbert Matter, a long-overdue documentary on the Swiss-born design legend. More info here.
3-2-1 Contact
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A contact sheet of photos by Jeanloup Sieff, featured in The Contact Sheet – a new book by Steve Crist exploring the editing process behind some of the most iconic images and photographers of the 20th century. This particular selection of shots produced the photo below, which appeared in a 1964 Harper's Bazaar editorial.
The Contact Sheet is published by Ammo Books.
See also: A Few Frames: Photography and the Contact Sheet, on view through January 3rd at the Whitney.
A contact sheet of photos by Jeanloup Sieff, featured in The Contact Sheet – a new book by Steve Crist exploring the editing process behind some of the most iconic images and photographers of the 20th century. This particular selection of shots produced the photo below, which appeared in a 1964 Harper's Bazaar editorial.
The Contact Sheet is published by Ammo Books.See also: A Few Frames: Photography and the Contact Sheet, on view through January 3rd at the Whitney.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Image of the Day
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There was an interesting interview on KUOW this morning with Vashon Islander Brad Matsen, author of The Sea King, a new book which explores the life of Jacques Cousteau. Among other interesting facts, I learned that Cousteau's ship Calypso (pictured above), built in Ballard as a WWII minesweeper and converted after the war for use as a ferry in Malta, was purchased in 1950 for Cousteau's use by Loel Guinness, heir to the beer fortune. Cousteau's wife and partner Simone sold her jewelry to finance the cost of fixing and fueling it up, and in 1952, they set out with their crew to explore the Red Sea. You can set out to listen to the podcast here.
While we're at it, here's a concept drawing for Calypso 2:
Pretty cool.
There was an interesting interview on KUOW this morning with Vashon Islander Brad Matsen, author of The Sea King, a new book which explores the life of Jacques Cousteau. Among other interesting facts, I learned that Cousteau's ship Calypso (pictured above), built in Ballard as a WWII minesweeper and converted after the war for use as a ferry in Malta, was purchased in 1950 for Cousteau's use by Loel Guinness, heir to the beer fortune. Cousteau's wife and partner Simone sold her jewelry to finance the cost of fixing and fueling it up, and in 1952, they set out with their crew to explore the Red Sea. You can set out to listen to the podcast here.While we're at it, here's a concept drawing for Calypso 2:
Pretty cool.
Police Scanner
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So I don't know if everyone outside of Seattle knows this, but within Seattle at the moment there is a manhunt going on for Maurice Clemmons, the suspect in the assassination of four police officers in Tacoma this past weekend – and you can listen to the whole thing on local TV station KOMO's live feed of the police scanner. I'm not gonna make a habit of doing this or anything – I'm not going to be that guy – but it's intense. I hope they get him soon.
...
[update – they got him]
So I don't know if everyone outside of Seattle knows this, but within Seattle at the moment there is a manhunt going on for Maurice Clemmons, the suspect in the assassination of four police officers in Tacoma this past weekend – and you can listen to the whole thing on local TV station KOMO's live feed of the police scanner. I'm not gonna make a habit of doing this or anything – I'm not going to be that guy – but it's intense. I hope they get him soon....
[update – they got him]
When I sell the project for 40 million dollars I will ignore any emails from you begging to be part of it and will send you a postcard from my yaght*
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HA HA HA.
That's a burn.
Read the rest here.
Not quite as funny as Overheard at the Record Store but it did cause me to laugh audibly by myself in the office in front of my computer.
*[sic]
[ via Design Observer ]
HA HA HA.That's a burn.
Read the rest here.
Not quite as funny as Overheard at the Record Store but it did cause me to laugh audibly by myself in the office in front of my computer.
*[sic]
[ via Design Observer ]
Sunday, November 29, 2009
"It turns out you can say a lot with fonts."
Rodarte Spring/Summer 2010Eric Wilson finds some interesting insights on the creative process of Patrick Li – one of the top, and overall probably my favorite, of the relatively small crop of art directors producing graphics for fashion houses – in a New York Times article this past Thursday.
“I would describe Patrick’s work as like distilling something to the purest form,” said Kate Mulleavy. “Laura and I are so quiet about how we communicate with people. We like to work in isolation when we are working on the collection. So the first person we talk to about what we are doing is Patrick.”
Mr. Li designs the fashion show invitations that are mailed to hundreds of editors and store buyers each season, enticing them to see a collection and sometimes giving them a hint of what is to come. Ms. Mulleavy said that she and her sister typically fire off a mountain of inspirations. The spring collection, for example, was based on transformation myths involving a person who is burned alive and reborn as a condor or a vulture. There was talk of California condors, burnt sand and the wildfires that were spreading around Los Angeles while the Mulleavys were at work.
“Their references each season are totally off the wall, and sometimes I think they are meant to confuse,” Mr. Li said. “You can leave the discussion thinking, ‘Oh, I don’t really know what it means for a California condor to intersect with a Robert Smithson earthwork,’ but each of those things imparts a certain feeling.”
Knowing those references and the collection, the invitation shown above is a truly impressive distillation of Laura and Kate Mulleavy's inspirations. That is not an easy thing to do as a designer, and Li succeeds time and time again.
FW2009 Phillip Lim invitation, and a look from the SS2010 showRead the rest of the story at nytimes.com.
Photos by Tony Cenicola for The New York Times
Friday, November 27, 2009
Your Weekly Mr. Littlejeans
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My new camera takes these panoramic shots – you push the button, pan right, and it takes ten photos and pieces them together automatically.
Here we see young Fang casually staring at his mama as she sits at the computer in her bathrobe and flip-flops. If enlarged we also see an extremely dope 1967 record by The United States of America which, ironically, I acquired in Halifax, Nova Scotia. No matter; lil' Fang only cares about his mama.
My new camera takes these panoramic shots – you push the button, pan right, and it takes ten photos and pieces them together automatically.
Here we see young Fang casually staring at his mama as she sits at the computer in her bathrobe and flip-flops. If enlarged we also see an extremely dope 1967 record by The United States of America which, ironically, I acquired in Halifax, Nova Scotia. No matter; lil' Fang only cares about his mama.Thursday, November 26, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving
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Me and my brother sitting on a gigantic log that washed up on the shore of, Sequim Bay, ca.1982? Somewhat unrelated but I am thinking about my brother across the country.
Happy Thanksgiving to you, dear reader. I myself am thankful for a million things, but in regards to this blog I am thankful for everyone who continues to surprise me by coming back to check out the things I post. Obviously I don't make any money from it, but that's not the point – I keep doing it because it makes me look out for interesting things to bring into my life. So... I'm thankful for all the interesting things in my life, and I am thankful for you.
Me and my brother sitting on a gigantic log that washed up on the shore of, Sequim Bay, ca.1982? Somewhat unrelated but I am thinking about my brother across the country.Happy Thanksgiving to you, dear reader. I myself am thankful for a million things, but in regards to this blog I am thankful for everyone who continues to surprise me by coming back to check out the things I post. Obviously I don't make any money from it, but that's not the point – I keep doing it because it makes me look out for interesting things to bring into my life. So... I'm thankful for all the interesting things in my life, and I am thankful for you.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
7 Things
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Portfolio, a new Steidl-produced printing of Robert Frank's photography portfolio at the time he moved from Switzerland to the US, in 1947, at the age of 23. Visit steidlville to view images.
Rainydawg Radio, an underground radio station from the University of Washington. Production value very low but I was listening in my office all last night and I don't think they played a single bad song. Old and new stuff, a big variety. You can listen online – click here.
Kimberly Ovitz PF2010. Very minimal and modern, kind of one idea done a bunch of different ways. I think Emily would like this stuff, but she's under 7 million schoolbooks right now, so I'm posting it for her. Hi Em.
Wine box floor boards. The chicness...the chicness.
My favorite Land Rover, featured in a New York Times article about Land Rovers a few years back. I know, I know... I've just been thinking about these a lot lately.
Irving Penn's first Vogue cover, October 1943. Beautiful colors, composition, and typography.
I can't remember where this came from but I love it
Portfolio, a new Steidl-produced printing of Robert Frank's photography portfolio at the time he moved from Switzerland to the US, in 1947, at the age of 23. Visit steidlville to view images.
Rainydawg Radio, an underground radio station from the University of Washington. Production value very low but I was listening in my office all last night and I don't think they played a single bad song. Old and new stuff, a big variety. You can listen online – click here. 
Kimberly Ovitz PF2010. Very minimal and modern, kind of one idea done a bunch of different ways. I think Emily would like this stuff, but she's under 7 million schoolbooks right now, so I'm posting it for her. Hi Em.
Wine box floor boards. The chicness...the chicness.
My favorite Land Rover, featured in a New York Times article about Land Rovers a few years back. I know, I know... I've just been thinking about these a lot lately.
Irving Penn's first Vogue cover, October 1943. Beautiful colors, composition, and typography.
I can't remember where this came from but I love it
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Image of the Day
Sometimes I have a reaction to color that is the same reaction other people have to Sam Cooke singing. Something about these two colors together in particular just kills me. I had the same reaction to this. But yes, I like the composition, I like the white space... I like things that are collaged... I don't know anything about Robert Yoder but his other work looks great too. But this one especially.
[via Another Bouncing Ball]
What's It Look Like, Ace
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Some quick neighborhood snaps with the new camera Emily gave me for my birthday.
The quality is not quite as high as with our bigger camera (a Canon 20D) but the new one is tiny, so I can bring it with me everywhere I go – plus, it shoots HD video and has a million cool features, including the ability to shoot well without a flash in extremely low light. I love it.
Some quick neighborhood snaps with the new camera Emily gave me for my birthday.
The quality is not quite as high as with our bigger camera (a Canon 20D) but the new one is tiny, so I can bring it with me everywhere I go – plus, it shoots HD video and has a million cool features, including the ability to shoot well without a flash in extremely low light. I love it.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Corduroy etc.
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I'm too swamped to post much right now, but in case anyone missed it, I wanted to mention that today on Fresh Air Terry Gross had a very enjoyable interview with Wes Anderson about his new film The Fantastic Mr. Fox.
I'm too swamped to post much right now, but in case anyone missed it, I wanted to mention that today on Fresh Air Terry Gross had a very enjoyable interview with Wes Anderson about his new film The Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Image of the Day
In 1980, an 8-year-old boy found three packages containing $5,880 in decaying $20 bills on the shore of the Columbia River – part of the $200,000 ransom D.B. Cooper was carrying when he parachuted from a plane he had hijacked en route from Portland to Seattle. Fifteen of the bills were auctioned off earlier this year by Heritage Auction Galleries.
[ From here via here ]
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