August 2009
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tuneage:
Goodmorning Valentine - “Let’s...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-30) →
TV on the Radio (185)
Weezer (39)
Radiohead (33)
The Hood Internet (14)
The Beach Boys (11)
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“Do not make the perfect the enemy of the good.”
– John Hendrix
And this is from only the second day of class.
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IKEA abandons Futura for Verdana
lonelysandwich:
From Typophile:
IKEA abandons ~50 years of Futura and Century Schoolbook for Verdana. In an interview with Swedish design magazine CAP&DESIGN [translation here] the reason for the change is to be able to use the same font in all countries, including Asian countries. Also they want to be able to give the same visual impression both in print and the web.
I’ve never been a fan...
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WatchThis is sick.
And that music…whoa.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-23) →
Nada Surf (25)
LCD Soundsystem (10)
The Hood Internet (9)
Animal Collective (5)
TV on the Radio (4)
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“Indeed, they are taught that faith is the highest aspiration and most noble...”
– Johann Hari
from one of the best pieces of political writing I have read in some time.
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WatchWhen I was around 8 years old, these kids that lived a few houses down had a pet squirrel for a short while, but they never attained this insanely cool level of interaction with it.
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ZOMBIE BAR! →
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Two Narratives Of Success
tomewing:
Both of these ideas are very sticky ones, culturally.
Idea 1. The correlation between quality and success is non-existent at best. If lots of people like a thing, it probably sucks.
Idea 2. The correlation between quality and success is clear. Quality drives success, and deserves to be rewarded.
Idea 1 tends to be applied to art - particularly popular art - and for some products...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-16) →
Weezer (41)
Animal Collective (21)
Major Lazer (15)
The National (14)
Wavves (12)
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“There are very few human beings in history who touched so many people the way...”
– Tad Kubler
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WAVVES - Cool Jumper
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WatchDope.
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“We’re a shop. Not an agency, not a firm − a shop. Other acceptable terms...”
– Read all of this.