August 2010
“Many creatures, from mice and pigeons to lions, and dolphins, know a member of...”
– David Berreby, Us and Them: Understanding Your Tribal Mind (via savingpaper, desnoise)
New Arcade Fire Video Set In The Place You Grew Up →
Google Chrome teamed up with the Arcade Fire and director Chris Milk to create a custom interactive video for their song, “We Used To Wait.” The experience is called The Wilderness Downtown and is best viewed in Chrome or other HTML5-compliant browser.
You start by typing in the address of the house you grew up in, then it loads a video of a guy in a hoodie running through the...
First Listen: The Walkmen, 'Lisbon' →
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“Bart, my cargo pants should tell you I’m not here for school business. I’m here...”
– Skinner (via kevindwire)
“to me the bar mitzvah DJ is the luckiest DJ on earth because he gets to play...”
– Pitchfork Reviews Reviews: “trying to get the vibe right” (via legospaceship)
Netflix releases iPhone app →
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WatchTokyo Police Club covers Billy Squier
Inside the secret world of Trader Joe's →
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"When American Apparel goes out of business where... →
I feel, with all sincerity, that this might be the best website in the world right now.
Lower Dens — I Get Nervous
This gem was...
Justin Beiber, 800% Slower →
“Sigor Ros on helium.” (via llapm, yvynyl, lbymusic)
Why a brush with death triggers the slow-mo effect →
According to Dr. David Eagleman, a neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine, it’s all about memory, not turbo perception.
“Normally, our memories are like sieves,” he says. “We’re not writing down most of what’s passing through our system.”
Think about walking down a crowded street: You see a lot of faces, street signs, all kinds of stimuli. Most of this, though, never becomes a part of...
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Holy Spirits — White Walls...
WatchThe cinematic adaptation of Freakonomics. (via thedailywhat, traileraddict)
“Where Chicago hipsters over-cute, Brooklyn hipsters under-cute. It’s like...”
– Chicago Hipsters vs. Brooklyn Hipsters (via legospaceship, dashedlines, ataxiwardance)
Bermuda Triangle Mystery No More →
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“Morgan Freeman’s Selected...
“The King simulacra are a very effective journalism tool,” Sports Illustrated’s...”
– ‘Sports Illustrated’ Sends Out Army Of Peter Kings To Cover NFL Training Camp (via hellofriend)
Google And Verizon Attacking Net Neutrality →
On Overturning Prop. 8 →
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