The Add-Art Firefox plugin is something of true beauty. Replaces the ads on most websites with pictures of a particular piece of art. Wonderful. Via Rhizome:
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Dr. J Classic Dunk
So classic. Great ad.
Vampire Weekend and My Brian
I’ve had a version of Vampire Weekend’s new album (BUY IT NOW) for a while (that Blue CD-R that ended up on so many 007 best-of’s) but recently I can’t stop listening to it. It is a pop masterpiece. I love it to death. I really do. Every song is so well constructed and open and it breathes so well.
That I can listen to the whole thing without loosing interest really does a lot for me – it is calming to not be clicking here and there, fast-forward, blogging, piecing together fragments of this and that. It works as a whole and I love that.
UPDATE: I was driving around listening to this last night with friends and decided I needed to post this track. Evan pointed out how much he loves an album with an amazing closer, and this really fits the mold. It MAKES you want to listen to the whole album, because you know it is bookended so well. It really needs to be heard within the context of the album, so please don’t stop with just this stream. Anyway, here it is:
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posted by cameron on January 29th, 2008| categories: audio | Tags: genius, vampire weekend | comments
IN RAINBOWS LIVES
JESUS WOW. Unreal. I’ll try to talk about this more eloquently later…until now I defer to my favorite blogger:
Well I stayed up late for this, we might as well talk about it, yeah? Upon first (and second and third) listen, In Rainbows exceeds all the expectations we didn’t really have any time to develop. Some initial, hasty thoughts: not really feeling “Bodysnatchers,” but “Nude” through the almost dubby “House of Cards” is essentially a perfect 6-song sequence, highlighted by the “Julia”-esque “Faust Arp,” and the hypnotic, breakbeat-laden dreamscape, “All I Need.” My first impression is that this is the band’s most enchanting, instantly enjoyable work since OK Computer or Kid A. But that might have to do with the fact that it’s 2 AM. That’s all I’ll say for now, back to listening to “All I Need” and “Reckoner” for the 5th time. Oh, and the Black Lips killed on Conan too. Good night all around.
posted by cameron on October 10th, 2007| categories: creativity mind explosion production | Tags: beauty, genius, radiohead | comments