Photographer and programmer Justin Ouellette (one of the forces behind the excellent video sharing site Vimeo) just announced his latest programming project: Muxtape, a simple and elegant way to share mixtapes online. Justin reports that over 1,000 members have joined in just 4.5 hours! It looks like the photoblogosphere has taken a liking to it; [...]
Check out Vintage Vanguard‘s great online archive of record sleeves for albums by various jazz musicians. Nice use of color, image placement and typography in some of these LPs. In case you were wondering, “ジャズレコード館” translates from Japanese to English as “Jazz Record Mansion.”
In the age of downloadable albums and iPods, some people might find it surprising that I occasionally buy LPs. Sometimes I find it kind of surprising myself. When the rare occasion comes, however, I tend to justify my purchase by reassuring myself how wonderful the particular album would sound on vinyl. You see, there are [...]
It seems as if a lot of people I know are going through hard times. If you’re one of them, this is for you (from one of the greatest songwriters of our time, Neil Young, Live at Massey Hall, 1971): Embrace the VHS quality, run time and all.
I enjoyed watching this new music video for the The Cave Singers‘ song “Dancing On Our Graves” from their album Invitation Songs, released just last month on Matador Records. The video was directed by Mike Ott. Reminds me of the photographs of Steven Katzman.
screenshot of my iConcert Cal, October 2, 2007 One of the most beautiful things about blogging is that naturally, I end up reading a lot of other blogs. The wealth of knowledge that is delivered free of cost right to my RSS-doorstep never ceases to amaze me. I’ve discovered a few really nice blogs lately, [...]
In Issue 48 of The FADER Magazine, two photographers that I admire have pictures of musicians I also admire. Tierney Gearon photographs Devendra Banhart: Devendra Banhart for The FADER Magazine, Issue 48, Fall 2007 © Tierney Gearon Devendra Banhart for The FADER Magazine, Issue 48, Fall 2007 © Tierney Gearon And Anna Bauer photographs Spencer [...]
film still (from “Cocksucker Blues”), 1972 © Robert Frank Around the time that The Americans was first released, Robert Frank began to pursue filmmaking. His 1959 short film Pull My Daisy documents the beat generation, and then there’s Sins of Jesus (1961), Keep Busy (1975), and Candy Mountain (1988), to name the more known of [...]
