June 2010
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-27) →
Weezer (30)
The Appleseed Cast (24)
Tame Impala (21)
Bound Stems (19)
Beach House (15)
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Bent by the Sun →
Japan’s tradition of sustainability.
Tsunekazu Nishioka, considered the last of the great Japanese temple carpenters, at whose workshop I studied for three years, was telling me how dismantling a 1300-year-old temple provided him the opportunity to study the ring structure of the old columns, which he estimated had been cut when they were 1000 years old. “So,” I observed, “the...
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WatchApricot — A Short Film by Ben Briand Be sure to watch this in HD.
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“Dear Shannon,
It’s a design thing. The cat is lost in the negative space....”
– This is fantastic. via @katystl
http://www.27bslash6.com/missy.html
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-20) →
Animal Collective (45)
The National (40)
Deerhunter (34)
Pixies (31)
TV on the Radio (28)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-13) →
Flying Lotus (60)
Emeralds (48)
Tame Impala (46)
The Kinks (40)
Death (33)
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Copenhagen Makes Green Roofs Mandatory →
This is really cool.
Are there any green roof buildings in St. Louis? This would be a great initiative for the city to get behind — maybe not mandatory, but rewarded in some way.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-6) →
Tokyo Police Club (176)
Pixies (73)
Skip Spence (37)
Beck (33)
The Kinks (32)
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Military Police in Brazil practice Zen Buddhism
They start their day practicing meditation, in silence, a radical shift from the traditional morning environment of police headquarters. After meditation, they carry on a number of activities, which range from the creation of ikebana flower arrangements, ceramics, tai chi chuan and even participating in a tea ceremony. The officers who have gone through the training say that they feel more...