From National Geographic:
Everything you eat. Everything you drink. Everything you use. Your entire life’s consumption. In one place at one time.
For a long time I’ve had this exact thought floating around in my head. “Every piece of fruit I ever ate, what would that look like visually?”, or more literally, “how big would that pile […]
Posted in music on Apr 10th, 2008 2 Comments »
The night before last I finally got the chance to see Explosions in the Sky. They didn’t disappoint (my high expectations). They said it was the biggest show they’ve ever done alone and fed off of the crowd all night. After an incredible last song, the crowd hung around waiting for an […]
Posted in music on Apr 9th, 2008 5 Comments »
Countdown to Coachella y’all.
In a surprise announcement earlier today, organizers for the festival said Prince will be (dis)gracing the main stage on Saturday night, effectively and unjustly bumping Portishead and Kraftwerk down a slot. Purple Rain!!!!!
Aren’t the B-52s back? Rock Lobster people, now THAT would’ve been a worthy surprise. I’m never […]
Posted in peace, politics on Apr 8th, 2008 6 Comments »
Amazing shots of the Pro-Tibet protesters hanging two huge banners from the Golden Gate Bridge days before the Olympic torch passes through SF, on it’s way to China.
I still don’t really get why China was awarded the Olympics. They’re kind of bad at the human rights & equality thing. It looks like the protesting around […]
Posted in fear, politics, race on Apr 5th, 2008 No Comments »
Posted in film, surf on Apr 4th, 2008 3 Comments »
Flipping through the Calendar section of the LA Times today, I noticed a small ad for a film entitled Shelter. Doubly noticeable was the image in the ad of two surfers standing on the beach. Curious, I went and checked out the trailer…
Hello! There’s a curveball thrown, and a strike by […]
Posted in music, technology on Apr 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America, or NAMBLA), the monolithic trade group which has made large strides in its anti-piracy campaign by prosecuting grandmothers and children, may be getting a very rude awakening quite soon. Music site Tiny Mix Tapes colorfully fill us in:
Tayna Anderson to RIAA: Eat My Poop; […]
Posted in general on Apr 2nd, 2008 2 Comments »
THIS IS WHAT YOU SHALL DO:
love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone who asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning god, have patience and indulgence towards the people, take off your hat to nothing known […]