February 12, 2010

perpetua:

Boney M.
“Rasputin”

Why did everyone stop writing danceable songs based on the lives of historical figures? Why isn’t there such a thing as Wikipedia House? Biography Beat? Fact Step? (“You’re my fact steppin’ cuz!”)

It’s all Ælectro from here on out, folks.

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asdlkjgf: never mind that thin mint noise. GIMME DAH SAMOAH WORD TO THE ⁿTH. Thin Mint zealots can take their anti-Samoa bigotry and suck one.

asdlkjgf:

never mind that thin mint noise. GIMME DAH SAMOAH

WORD TO THE ⁿTH.

Thin Mint zealots can take their anti-Samoa bigotry and suck one.

1:19pm  |   URL: http://attn.ryanmf.com/post/386021978/asdlkjgf-never-mind-that-thin-mint-noise-gimme
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February 11, 2010
Stages of Alexander McQueen grief:

  1. See his Spring 2010 collection online last night; Think to myself, “those shoes are fucking hideous.”
  2. Feel a bit insecure about my inability to “get” the designs of an apparent fashion genius.
  3. Wake up this morning to find he’s taken his own life.
  4. Feel guilty about my dislike of his collection and any subsequent bad cognitive juju I may have directed toward him, given the circumstances.
  5. Come to the realization that due to his unfortunate demise, the entire 2010 fashion season will be held in his honor, with his final collection at the forefront.
  6. Further realize that said collection will be held up as the last opus of a fallen legend—a pure expression of artistic genius and yet more fuel to fire the minds of those predisposed to believe in the false corollary between brilliant art and depressed/otherwise psychologically imbalanced artists.
  7. Ultimately realize that any attempts on my behalf to express my personal distaste for the line or my concerns regarding its supposed implications will cause me to appear to be, as they say in the biz, a total dick.
  8. Feel significant guilt about having turned this thought process into a meditation on how Alexander McQueen’s death may negatively impact me, as opposed to his family and those who loved and were inspired by him.
  9. Wonder briefly what it would have been like to have hated Heath Ledger’s Joker performance.
  10. Write this.
  11. Feel guilty about the possibility of having trivialized the death of someone who was by all accounts a brilliant and lovely man by having written it.
  12. et cetera ad nauseum


(Having said all that, Bohemea has been killing the McQueen tribute game all day. Definitely worth a look.)

9:30pm  |   URL: http://attn.ryanmf.com/post/385029337/stages-of-alexander-mcqueen-grief
FILED UNDER: fashion Alexander McQueen tl;dr 
January 28, 2010

“That’s important”…”to be tasteful.”

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adamiss: Probably, no, definitely my favorite hedcut of all time. Tastefully done.

adamiss:

Probably, no, definitely my favorite hedcut of all time.

Tastefully done.

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nevver: Letters of Note: Holden Caulfield is unactable [ edit. ]

nevver:

Letters of Note: Holden Caulfield is unactable [ edit. ]

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January 26, 2010
nbaoffseason: Apparently, we, well, I missed the great showdown of the season last night. I wager to believe that watching Legion was worth missing the LeBron/D.Wade showdown. Either way, both LeBron & D.Wade had 32 points in the game and the Cavs pulled out a close one and, I can recommend Legion as a ‘fun’ movie to watch with friends. Also, there’s a lot of great fan expressions in this photo. It seems kind of of fake, you know. Check it out. There’s at least six guys doing the “OH NO!” with their hands on their head thing. (Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images) I actually counted fifteen (14 fellas and one lady) performing said “I’m surprised so my hands go up here” gesture. Pretty, pretty, pretty…pretty good.

nbaoffseason:

Apparently, we, well, I missed the great showdown of the season last night. I wager to believe that watching Legion was worth missing the LeBron/D.Wade showdown.

Either way, both LeBron & D.Wade had 32 points in the game and the Cavs pulled out a close one and, I can recommend Legion as a ‘fun’ movie to watch with friends.

Also, there’s a lot of great fan expressions in this photo. It seems kind of of fake, you know. Check it out. There’s at least six guys doing the “OH NO!” with their hands on their head thing.

(Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)

I actually counted fifteen (14 fellas and one lady) performing said “I’m surprised so my hands go up here” gesture. Pretty, pretty, pretty…pretty good.

10:15am  |   URL: http://attn.ryanmf.com/post/354648833/nbaoffseason-apparently-we-well-i-missed-the
January 25, 2010
feltron: http://feltron.com/index.php?/content/2009_annual_report/ http://feltron.com/shop.html Each day in 2009, I asked every person with whom I had a meaningful encounter to submit a record of this meeting through an online survey. These reports form the heart of the 2009 Annual Report. From parents to old friends, to people I met for the first time, to my dentist… any time I felt that someone had discerned enough of my personality and activities, they were given a card with a URL and unique number to record their experience. I kept track only of who I gave survey invitations to, the number of the card and where it was given. The surveys answers were submitted via text forms, allowing the respondee to write whatever they desired, and leaving the task of making comparisons between the data up to me. I have used only this information to create the report, however accurate it may be. I have strived to sort and collate the data in a clinical and repeatable manner that could be reproduced by someone looking for the same stories I have selected.The data set itself was messy and overwhelming, and filled with enough information for several more reports. There are inherent shortcomings (like the unrepresentative amount of water recorded), and endearing strong suits (like the exploration of mood). I used several tools to make this task a more manageable, including Processing, which allowed me to map and explore alternate layouts much more quickly than previously, and Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.The printed edition of the report is being letterpressed by Swayspace in Brooklyn, New York. It is 16 pages and printed using 4 colors on 80 lb. French Durotone cover stock, and will be individually numbered, signed and mailed in March.

feltron:

http://feltron.com/index.php?/content/2009_annual_report/

http://feltron.com/shop.html

Each day in 2009, I asked every person with whom I had a meaningful encounter to submit a record of this meeting through an online survey. These reports form the heart of the 2009 Annual Report. From parents to old friends, to people I met for the first time, to my dentist… any time I felt that someone had discerned enough of my personality and activities, they were given a card with a URL and unique number to record their experience. 

I kept track only of who I gave survey invitations to, the number of the card and where it was given. The surveys answers were submitted via text forms, allowing the respondee to write whatever they desired, and leaving the task of making comparisons between the data up to me. I have used only this information to create the report, however accurate it may be. I have strived to sort and collate the data in a clinical and repeatable manner that could be reproduced by someone looking for the same stories I have selected.

The data set itself was messy and overwhelming, and filled with enough information for several more reports. There are inherent shortcomings (like the unrepresentative amount of water recorded), and endearing strong suits (like the exploration of mood). I used several tools to make this task a more manageable, including Processing, which allowed me to map and explore alternate layouts much more quickly than previously, and Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.

The printed edition of the report is being letterpressed by Swayspace in Brooklyn, New York. It is 16 pages and printed using 4 colors on 80 lb. French Durotone cover stock, and will be individually numbered, signed and mailed in March.

8:46am  |   URL: http://attn.ryanmf.com/post/352785170/feltron
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January 23, 2010
(via thegrandarchives) EVEN BETTER THAN HAVING A MOTORCYCLE ESCORT

(via thegrandarchives)

EVEN BETTER THAN HAVING A MOTORCYCLE ESCORT

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January 22, 2010
ESPN: Fleming eyes two national marks -ESPN Rise SWIMMING Not to be a dork about it, but it’s really cool when members of your family are involved in really cool things. Watch out, Phelps.

ESPN: Fleming eyes two national marks -ESPN Rise SWIMMING

Not to be a dork about it, but it’s really cool when members of your family are involved in really cool things. Watch out, Phelps.

5:51pm  |   URL: http://attn.ryanmf.com/post/348201509/shayne
January 20, 2010
"I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while were lucky. There is no reason why anyone should have made so much money from selling records except that everything was right for this period of time…It was a bit like if you had a source of whale blubber in the 1840s and it could be used as fuel. Before gas came along, if you traded in whale blubber, you were the richest man on Earth. Then gas came along and you’d be stuck with your whale blubber."

— Brian Eno (via Eric Case) (via buzzandersen)

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January 19, 2010
Google Chrome, I like you so far, and imma let you finish, but LOL WUT

Google Chrome, I like you so far, and imma let you finish, but

LOL WUT

2:20am  |   URL: http://attn.ryanmf.com/post/342476869/google-chrome-i-like-you-so-far-and-imma-let-you
January 17, 2010
(via thegrandarchives) DOOM IS NERVOUS LARGE

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DOOM IS NERVOUS LARGE

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January 15, 2010
Tonight marks the first time each of my top played artists on Last.fm are ones I genuinely love. Though I do a piss poor job of ensuring most of what I listen to gets scrobbled, and if that weren’t the case I’d imagine this wouldn’t be such a milestone.

Tonight marks the first time each of my top played artists on Last.fm are ones I genuinely love.

Though I do a piss poor job of ensuring most of what I listen to gets scrobbled, and if that weren’t the case I’d imagine this wouldn’t be such a milestone.

9:47pm  |   URL: http://attn.ryanmf.com/post/336951766/tonight-marks-the-first-time-each-of-my-top-played
FILED UNDER: TheBeatles Bullion BlackMothSuperRainbow OfMontreal NosajThing FinalFantasy Breakbot Discovery 
January 14, 2010
(via sandwichpolice)

(via sandwichpolice)

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