July 2011
2 posts
This is determination and toughness. →
After getting run over by a French TV car during Stage 9 of the Tour de France and impaled on a barb wired fence at 65km/h, he finished the stage and pulled on the polka dot jersey for King of the Mountains. Tip o’ the hat.
April 2011
1 post
March 2011
1 post
February 2011
0 posts
November 2010
10 posts
“One thing led to another, and before I knew it, there were knives and guns and...”
– Harvey Westmoreland, proud Kentuckian
Nashville + Die Antwoord v. The World →
Here’s a little piece about Die Antwoord’s recent Nashville show and the way the crowd, comprised only of us toothless hay chewing hicks, embrace of them…
Rebel Zef!
Cee-Lo doing a lil' KOLaroke... →
Cee-lo covers “radioactive” live in the Radio 1 studios.
Unexploded Ordinance and the UN →
When i was here last I photographed some of the issues Laos has with UXO for the United Nations. Laos is per capita, the most heavily bombed nation in the world.The US flew more than half a million bombing missions here between 1964 and 1973, dropping over 2 million tons of explosives.
Jeff the Brotherhood Skateboard →
Gruff Rhys still amazing... →
October 2010
3 posts
5 tags
Lovely, Lovely Record... Cocoon by Ever Isles →
This was sent to me via a very welcome message on Facebook. Thanks Kaitlyn.
Next Big Nashville Documentary →
This is a really nice little doc from my friends American Songwriter and Jeff Wyatt Wilson.
September 2010
1 post
Best Wings(Z) in Nashville →
This place is something else. Spectacular wings, good folks.
June 2010
1 post
7 tags
Gruff Rhys new film teaser "Seperado!"
I know where I am going but I have no idea where it is.
April 2010
3 posts
Die Antwoord - These two crazy South Afrikans are... →
“I don’t see an immediate relief, [but] the fact that we are exploiting...”
– http://www.salon.com/technology/feature/2008/06/25/mccain_offshore_oil/
"Good writing dies at the hands of search engine... →
This guy makes a lot of sense to some that has been both a music journo and a marketing asshole.
March 2010
6 posts
Questioning the value of Social Media →
“During the subprime bubble, banks and brokers sold one another bad debt — debt that couldn’t be made good on. Today, “social” media is trading in low-quality connections — linkages that are unlikely to yield meaningful, lasting relationships.”
Happiness may be a warm gun (sort of)... →
“Happiness seems to make people more selfish, the latest in a series of revelations suggesting it changes how you think – and not in a good way.”
Caitlin Rose- mad props from a great British broad...
But the line between alt.country and the mainstream is blurring by the day. The most exciting act in Nashville right now is a 21-year-old singer-songwriter called Caitlin Rose. A sort of Loretta/Dolly/Patsy for the Lily Allen generation, Rose is at the forefront of a vibrant country scene driven by young people with open ears and a musical knowledge that stretches from the Carter...
“I’m incredibly grateful that things like Twitter and Tumblr didn’t exist when I...”
– Pitchfork: Interviews: Los Campesinos! (via desnoise)
Ancient Modern-- images from Brooks Saddle Company →
February 2010
3 posts
Erykah Badu uses twitter to connect to Sir Paul... →
Read the posts from Badu’s twitter this is pretty nifty.
Business Travel, has of late, gotten to be such a... →
January 2010
6 posts
RIP Gentile Cherie →
It’s hard to feel anger towards fault lines, this feels so much more heartbreaking and tragic. Very sad and troubling.
Na-Na-Na, Hey, Hey, Hey (bend over and kiss your... →
Seems that this week what little progress some of us reasonable folks made was stripped away in a weird and unexpected string of events.
“If you think you will reach the U.S. and all the doors will be wide open to you,...”
– http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/19/haiti.broadcast.warning/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn
Jeef the Brotherhood is on the road. →
“Most of the time, what’s wrong with you is more interesting that what’s right,”...”
– Jay Reatard, who today at the age of 29 died. Source
Quote via Wichita Records Twitter
(via brilliantlydifferent)
(via thetapeleader)
“You’re talking about printing rolls of the stuff—printing it on the roofs of...”
– http://www.popsci.com/popsci/flat/bown/2007/green/item_59.html
December 2009
4 posts
Iraqi insurgents hacked Predator drone feeds, U.S....
SKYgrabber, Cheap Russian downloadable software.
“A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a...”
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120201455.html
For all y’all honkies up in this piece…
Abbreviated Classics from Chris Crofton
Story of flight: Orville and Wilbur “I know that’s right” Wright built three planes: The Nina the Pinta and the George Washington Carver. They worked hard and drank a lot of peppermint schnapps and the rest is history. The story of Adam and Eve: Adam and Eve were two monkeys that Jesus made out of ribs. He put them in a place called the “Garden of Eatin’” and...
October 2009
1 post
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvQSvYCSBBE
September 2009
2 posts
“I refuse to celebrate death. My life has been a miracle of more than I ever...”
– The last words of Jim Dickinson (via newspeedwayboogie) (via thetapeleader)
“The governor also says God is on his side”
– Sanford says he told ‘a little white lie;’ God is on his side - Politics AP - MiamiHerald.com
August 2009
1 post
“I don’t like dolphins. They are too up your ass, they come to your house...”
– Wisdom from the great DJ and music lover, Dr Kiko…
July 2009
1 post
Russian Musclebots Unite! →
June 2009
21 posts
Michael Jackson was an asshole too →
Really, please put away your hero worship…
“Sweetest,
It was indeed a long day. I am most jealous of your salad under the...”
– I am sure this is some sort of gubernatorial code for something. Mark Sanford, not only are you a hypocrite but you are a huge cheeseball.
For all you wanna be cyclist, fixie jerks this... →
it’s two steps short of an American Apparel Advert but without hot girls…