Sure, baby, mañana.” It was always mañana. For the next week that was all I heard-mañana, a lovely word and one that probably means heaven.
—Page 94
figuring out spotify…
(Source: Spotify)
sota sound
The Sota Boys killed it last night. I am so proud of each one of them. I enjoy their collectivism, playfulness, and that they are dreamers. I hope their feet never touch the ground.
(They should never do another show with out live drumming. But that’s just me.)
#JesseJohnson + #AbyWolf + #RobertRobinson
focused.
i have never had so much to do and be so at ease. i am enjoying every minute of it. i feel smart, confident, enduring, etc. i can’t wait to start the summer by; 1) finishing on the road, it’s completion is long overdue and 2) reading the great gatsby in one sitting, just because i can. i can sit, and read for hours if i want to. might as well start calling me Dean, for i want to be an intellectual.
i don’t know where you are going, but any road will get you there
this. is. fantastic.
School is finished I’m faced with the prospect of an empty schedule. I am biding my time by making a short film in Minneapolis, a new town for me. We’ve finished phase one of filming and now I can enjoy my time in a place that I have newfound love for. Here are some reasons why I love Minneapolis:
1. 89.3 – “the current”: Makes me believe in the power of radio again. I’ve been listening to it constantly for the last couple days and I’ve only heard one song that I’ve heard before and every song played is compelling enough to listen through to the end.
2. The art: A drop of eccentricity in a culture-stricken Midwest where only a few towns have a similar role (Chicago, Nashville). The Walker Museum is a wonderful place filled with some of the most absurd, unique and captivating art I’ve experienced. The Sculpture Garden next-door is a peaceful anecdote to the latter and operates on the intimacy of discovery between us and the pieces on display. The Guthrie Theater is of a grand, high-class chic culture, yet this stunning facility opens its doors for anyone to explore, even into the later hours of the night.
3. The people: Minnesotans have more pride in their own cities than any other group of people I’ve ever met. I love it, but shut up already.
4. Bikes: Anywhere you want.
5. The Beer: Granted, I’ve only had one. But it was the best beer I’ve ever had (haven’t had many, mind you). So I’m going to just venture to say that quality is commonplace here.
One other thing that struck me about Minneapolis is that you have to look harder than usual to find some of the decay and pain that’s prevalent in all cities. I don’t know how I feel about this or what to make of it. Maybe a fitting metaphor for this is the ruins of a flourmill by the riverside that was recently dug up after being purposely buried some time ago.
I want to continue to dig deeper into this country and try to find the roots, a connective, binding tissue that somehow brings it all together. I feel called to rediscover America for myself and tell the stories I experience, both ideological and literal.
That video was made by my friend Chris Behnen. He just got his new 5D camera and has been delightfully obsessing over it nonstop.
(Source: maddieonthings)
I desire to draw, paint, write, make, read, all these things that are so inspiring. I can’t help but love when something is done well, slaved over, creatively ripping, bulging, pushing to find it. I am a coward, I don’t want to “birth” a thing with no life. If I’m going to crap myself I want it to be for something that will grow to have a life of its own.
-Me
Beets are to Pennsylvania as oranges are to Florida, and since they’re so widely available, my wife and I are always looking for ways to incorporate them into a recipe. Enter this take on beet cake by Tiger In A Jar. I loved this line from their description:
Baking is a gathering of interesting materials, a mixed medium art piece of sorts, that ends in a cake instead of a canvas.“A mixed medium art piece”—exactly.
So who is it that is going to turn Hipster into a generation? Hipster is better than Lost I suppose.
They danced down the streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I’ve been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
-Jack Kerouac
Well, art is art, isn’t it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh… now you tell me what you know.”
-Groucho Marx
A lot of you have seen me post in the last 8 months about being tailed by a mysterious documentary crew, and perhaps you have even been at a show when you saw 3 polite folks flooding me with panel light, and capturing every sweaty moment on several cameras. While I have been rather tight-lipped about all of it since it began, i am happy to reveal a little sneak peek into what they have been up to.
When the fine folks at Hello My Name Is approached me about this project, i admit, i was a bit nervous about the idea of people following me around, filming my life, and perhaps catching me with my finger up my nose…but i decided…if we are going to do this, let’s do it for real. Thier work is great(check out the other shorts on their site), their hearts are good, and we all seemed to be on the same page, so I gave them carte blanche to film whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted. While i have some idea of what they have caught, this is the first footage i have seen…and it gave me goosebumps. I have no editorial say in this, and that is the way i want it, they film me doing anything, and you, the audience, in turn, learn everything.
the project is still a long way off from completion (they still haven’t caught me with my finger up my nose), but they wanted to make up this rough little trailer to let y’all know what they’ve been up to, and what you have in store. i hope you enjoy it as much as i did…and if you do…tell everyone about it!
(via yarnball)
The Wind Map is an art project that uses real-time weather data to visualize wind patterns across the United States. The end result combines all of these gusts and breezes into something reminiscent of Van Gogh’s brushstrokes.
Via: Hint.fm | HT: Subtraction
