December 2009
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And the building turns, turns, turns… In Liverpool, Richard Wilson cut a circle in the facade of an industrial building, attached an axis to the donut hole (if you will), and gave her a whirl. A feat of engineering whimsy that you have to keep seeing to believe. [via]
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Suit up, Pepper. [via Awards Daily]
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Tupac Shakur and Muse feature on Vatican's MySpace... →
1. Advocata Nostra – Music From The Vatican. From the album Alma Mater featuring the voice of Pope Benedict XVI.
2. Uprising – Muse. Single from the album, The Resistance.
3. Causa Nostrae Laetitiae – Music From The Vatican. From the album Alma Mater.
4. Il Mare Mi Salva – Rossomalpelo. Song from the band led by contemporary Italian singer songwriter Serge Gaggiotti
5. After The Rain...
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Where I was last weekend!
An enormous wine trade show underneath the Louvre, December 4-5, 2009. Featuring one of my favorite (and appropriate!) The National songs, “All the Wine”.
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A question for Tom Waits →
Q: Can you tell me an odd thing that happened in an odd place? Any thoughts?
A: A Japanese freighter had been torpedoed during WWII and it’s at the bottom of Tokyo Harbor with a large hole in her hull. A team of engineers was called together to solve the problem of raising the wounded vessel to the surface. One of the engineers tackling this puzzle said he remembered seeing a Donald Duck cartoon...
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That kind of afternoon. [via]
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The crackly video for Boat Behind by Kings of Convenience. These guys have been cupcakes for years, and they make it seem like there are no other slight, strumming crooners in the world, which I like. Apart from Erland Oye, I’m not sure what the other band members are called, but in their video, they tend to treat the one woman like an inaccessible desire object, though I reckon they all get...
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