February 2010
things that scare me
Neko Case
“Things That Scare Me” by Neko Case
Yours Truly, 2095
Electric Light Orchestra
“Yours Truly, 2095” by Electric Light Orchestra
“It is happening much faster than our most pessimistic models expected. The more likely date is 2030.”
—Well we’ll always have salt, right?
In the Ground
Midlake
“In The Ground” by Midlake, boy
January 2010
Shine On Harvest Moon
Ada Jones, Billy Murray
“Shine On Harvest Moon”
- Ada Jones & Billy Murray (1909)
- Boswell Sisters (1931)
- Laurel & Hardy (1939)
- Liza Minnelli (1980) (is insane)
BONUS, more insane Judy Garland medley (1960)
What the hell happened to this list?
Listen
New Midlake album drops Monday but you can stream the whole damn thing until then!
- “Rulers, Ruling All Things
- Acts of Man
Listen
THANKS KID I say
I can see you’re one of our oooowwnn
William S. Burroughs reads “Naked Lunch”
Boy From School (Hot Chip Cover)
Grizzly Bear
(via blakewhitman)
“Boy From School” by Grizzly Bear (Hot Chip cover)
oh hell, new Hard Graft wallet →
hardgraft.tumblr.com
Also, the 2unfold bag. Made in small numbers by a family of Italian leather artisans from the vegetable-dyed skins of interface designers.
Play
Kids today
often seem quite stylish to me!
You know when I was a kid it was a race to adhere to a gender-specific, non-descriptive television uniform or nothing, or social oblivion, but now you all go out into the woods with your leather boots and your fancy, grown-up hats. Is it too telling for me to express this? Look at these damn kids! It all seems so encouraging. Have I got this all backwards? Hot little kids,
possible contacts with alien life
John Hodgman
pages 454 to 456 of More Information Than You Require by John Hodgman: “Possible Contacts With Alien Life”
the golden age of video →
youtube.com
ten out of ten
"I am, through the Carandini family, descended from Charlemagne."
Christopher Lee’s metal project with Rhapsody:
- “ACT III: The Bloody Verdict of Verden”
- “The Magic of the Wizard’s Dream” (an earlier collaboration)
(via Zaq)
“Additionally, he has mentioned (including in his audio commentary on the Lord of the Rings DVD) serving in Special Operations Executive, though all details of actions undertaken by members of the SOE are still classified.” - From Lee’s roller coaster wiki article.
