Two albums and one Mitsubishi commerical strong, featuring the vocal stylings of such artists as Angela McCluskey (a direct descendant of Billie Holiday (yes, the)), Télépopmusik offers a fresh, groovy, jazzy, electronic sound received worldwide with favorable reviews.
The Buro Vormkrijgers design studio, in addition to their clever Pong clock, designs innovative furniture and lighting.
Check out the works-01 and works-02 galleries on Yuko Nishimura’s website for examples of his excruciatingly precise craft.
“During the eight days I spent in space, I realized that mankind needs height. Primarily to better know our long suffering Earth — to see what cannot be seen closeup. Not just to love her dearly, but also to ensure that we do not bring the slightest harm to the natural world.”
Even if his name isn’t immediately familiar, you’ve probably seen his work in television commericials, music videos, and his most recent film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
CN is now part of the 9rules blog network. Nothing will fundamentally change — only the addition of a 9rules badge, new readers, and hopefully a little creative synergy.
“I am … everything is … changed … they’re calling … your face … interwoven … who is …”
“A really skilled sniper, or somebody who’s trained a lot, can almost match that. But, introduce them to the stress and to the heat and to the cold and to the fatigue … they’re downhill … and this thing is just … it’s unbeatable.”
Mimosa: three parts champagne to two parts orange juice; or, a genus of herbs and shrubs that includes the species Mimosa pudica, also known as the ‘Sensitive plant’ or ‘Sleeping grass’.
A girl was born in India last week with her heart in one of her hands.
Check out the animations of Joel Trussel, especially the music video for War Photographer by Jason Forrest (AKA Donna Summer). Vikings, rock-and-roll, robot battleships and marching bands — how much more does any one person need?
There is a lot of interesting work right now in the way of music interface design — with focus on creating ways for multiple people to collaborate in mixing and composing in real time.
“Imagine if you knew a calm-front was moving through Kuala Lumpur? Or there were scattered stress storms in Kansas City? Imagine if they knew how people were feeling in your neck of the woods?”
“Inspired by the television reality show, Czech public radio and television broadcasters have announced that on November 7, they will begin airing a new show that will follow the lives of four gorillas living together at the Prague Zoo.
The show, to be called Odhaleni (Discovery), will see the primates — one male, two females and one baby — battle it out for a grand prize of 12 melons, a delicacy for gorillas.
‘What the gorillas do is up to them,’ said Prague Zoo gorilla trainer Marek Zdansky.”
Cargo cults believe that manufactured goods are created by ancestral spirits, and although intended for themselves, have somehow fallen into the hands of Westerners. They have been known to conduct rituals similar to observed Western behavior — such as building airstrips, airports, and radios made from coconuts and straw — in the belief that planes would land with cargo.
“One of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the world, Hong Kong has an overall density of nearly 6,700 people per square kilometer. The majority of its citizens live in flats in high-rise buildings. In Architecture of Density, Wolf investigates these vibrant city blocks, finding a mesmerizing abstraction in the buildings’ facades.”
“The whole experience is supposed to last 8 minutes, which he times using a stop watch around his neck.”
The Gorillaz performed live last night at the European MTV Music Awards, in the form of holograms depicting their recently acquired cartoon likenesses.
A mandolin virtuoso and songwriter since the age of 5 — at 12 he won the prestigious national mandolin championship in Winfield, Kansas. That year he began recording his first solo album, with songs mostly of his own composition, which was later named the #1 bluegrass album of 1994 by The Chicago Tribue. Today, alongside his solo work, he is a founding member of the Grammy award-winning nugrass band Nickel Creek, which is mentored and produced by one of the most well-known names in Nashville, Alison Krauss.
Specifically, chou Romanesco.
The music video for PeterLicht’s “Heiterkeit”.
A short film by David Fuller, starring Scott Bakula, about an illegal immigrant, two businessmen, and a con involving a 3 million dollar lottery ticket.
“several beautiful geographical maps depicting flight patterns over the US over time, derived from air traffic data (…)”
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