July 2010
88 posts
monopoly is for sadistic losers. →
so i just read this wired article about klaus teuber, the man who invented what some call the perfect board game - settlers of catan. the article is pretty interesting. i was only mildy familiar with the game [i assumed it was some broke form of diplomacy, to be honest], but the best part is definitely the decription of germany’s relationship with board games:
German-style games, on the...
d/l the new freddie gibbs mixtape @ xxl →
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all these things / darren hanlon [i will love you...
“The journalist rams the big car through traffic and into a spot in front of the...”
– hunter s. thompson / the kentucky derby is decadent and depraved / scanlan’s monthly, 1970
the best magazine articles ever [bam bam bam] →
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cold blooded old times / smog [knock knock] [d/l]
you are not so smart →
you should really go download heartbeat hotel's... →
chromewaves:
The ambient/electro psychedelic pop of Fetus Dreams has got some of that meandering Grizzly Projector Collective vibe that the kids are so into these days – probably a selling point for some but not really for me – but they maintain focus sufficiently to make sure that the pop side of things doesn’t take a back seat to the trippy.
“grizzly projector collective” is a...
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que sera / wax tailor [tales of the forgotten...
fuck henry mencken
am i the only one who has trouble with homely vs. comely?
ten bucks to anyone who can find another word that’s meaning is reversed if one letter is changed [adding/subtracting doesn’t count]. i’m going to try and figure this one out.
on a related note
in the endless wasteland that was my afternoon, i found myself at work watching this dreadful reality show on hulu called top shot, wherein trained marksmen live in a house and compete against each other while facing elimination [i knowww, i know].
ANYWAY the one upshot of this experience was that i learned the term kentucky windage [the act of compensating for wind and bad sighting by purposely...
jeremiah jae eats donuts [j dilla tribute] →
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slammin / freddie gibbs [maker remix] [d/l]
update day / nirvana the band the show →
go and watch all the episodes immediately. im fucking serious.
gebbie street / dz [ruined my life] [d/l]
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gold dust / dj fresh [flux pavilion remix] [d/l]
thoughts on christopher nolan
i went and saw inception last weekend, and found it entertaining. but it took a conversation with chris beam [who really liked it] to help me articulate what about christopher nolan’s take on filmmaking that i find particularly annoying. after a little searching, i was able to dig up a review of memento i wrote in school that i think does a relatively good job explaining my misgivings about...
“This banana yellow onesie is basically the Hitler raping a baby seal covered in...”
– dos and donts, vice
this story is awesome →
i really need to get into commodity markets:
Anthony Ward has been dubbed “Chocfinger” because of his swashbuckling trades in the London cocoa market. The nickname makes the hedge fund trader out to be a sort of James Bond baddie.
But it is hard to understand what evil scheme Mr Ward’s fund, Armajaro, is supposed to have perpetrated. Armajaro breached no rules when, in pursuit of its view that...
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oil money / freddie gibbs ft. chuck ingrish, chip...
real-time automated dc food truck tracker →
bam bam bam. via sylviac
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movin’ out / billy joel [the stranger] [d/l]
the new wise blood ep is weird and blurry and... →
surrealist cartomancy
i would love to hear a convincing theory that explains these strange pockets in history wherein geniuses within and across fields became friends and hung out together. im not quite sure whether there is a dearth or surplus of modern analogues.
Reworking the illustrations of the standard fifty-two card playing deck has become quite a common thing in recent years with numerous themed decks being...
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blood on my hands / the splinters [split seven...
im a sucker for acoustic covers [la roux /... →
gq interviews bill murray →
Last question. I have to know, because I love this story and want it to be true. There have been stories about you sneaking up behind people in New York City, covering their eyes with your hands, and saying: Guess who. And when they turn around, they see Bill Murray and hear the words “No one will ever believe you.”
[long pause] I know. I know, I know, I know. I’ve heard...
tell me something / gotham green & quikie mart...
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taos / menomena [mines] [d/l]
nirvana the band the show [the website] →
just stumbled across this hysterical web series. we started watching this evening and didn’t stop until we finished. highly recommended.
ALSO: there is an amazing cameo by the born ruffians near the end of the series. i really can’t figure out why i don’t live in canada already.
knock out eileen →
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can you get to that / funkadelic [maggot brain]...
should we clone neanderthals? / archaeology →
in the words of lil’ wayne: is that really a question? do you have that written down on your notepad?
i can't believe i missed the 'iDose' craze before... →