Hello New World

Rod, North Center, Chicago, IL

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:35:43 -0500

Rod, North Center, Chicago, IL

The Web's New Walls

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:42:00 -0500

The Web's New Walls:

(via theeconomist)

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Sean Penn...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:26:34 -0500

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Sean Penn (via nicepants)

deadsquare: @carolemert just unlocked the “Dead Family in...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:02:53 -0500

deadsquare:

@carolemert just unlocked the “Dead Family in a Sandbox” badge on deadsquare!

I hope this becomes a thing.

Business Cards for Fictional...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:02:28 -0500

Business Cards for Fictional Companies (via grantkeller, hellofriend, peterwknox)

Rolling Stone magazine goes behind the scenes of Mad...

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:53:42 -0500

Rolling Stone magazine goes behind the scenes of Mad Men. (via kevindwire, thedailywhat)

"Many creatures, from mice and pigeons to lions, and dolphins, know a member of ‘our group’ from a..."

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:17:28 -0500

“Many creatures, from mice and pigeons to lions, and dolphins, know a member of ‘our group’ from a stranger. All these creatures have been well studied in the past few decades, and the pattern is clear: fights within the group are limited and tend not to get out of hand, but fights between groups end in death. This in-group restraint, as the psychiatrist and author Jonathan Shay as said, gave rise to the widely believed myth that animals don’t kill their own kind. In fact many animals — lions, gorillas, chimpanzees, hyenas — are happy to kill their own. The victim just can’t be a member of their little band.

Animals, though, don’t make decisions about who is ‘in’ and who is ‘out.’ A dog guards her puppies because they are kin, and members of her human family because they are friends. But no dog quits her humans because they have converted to Catholicism or put a peace sign on their lawn. People can and will make that sort of change, because people, unlike animals, make choices based on signs — crosses, uniforms, peace signs, oaths, and other indicators of a particular human kind. Animals have kin and animals have friends, but only human beings trust symbols to tell us who is kin and who is friend.”

- David Berreby, Us and Them: Understanding Your Tribal Mind (via savingpaper, desnoise)

New Arcade Fire Video Set In The Place You Grew Up

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:18:29 -0500

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 streets. Different windows pop open on your screen, some with graphics, some with videos. Google Maps and Street View images of your old neighborhood are incorporated into the video. Different windows open up triggered by the music, and you even see a fly-over of your neighborhood based on Google Maps.

h/t: Alex

First Listen: The Walkmen, 'Lisbon'

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:54:33 -0500

First Listen: The Walkmen, 'Lisbon':

(via hellofriend)

theeconomist: Parking wardens clamped two unique supercars...

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:57:18 -0500

theeconomist:

Parking wardens clamped two unique supercars outside London’s Harrods, illegally parked by the luxury store’s new Qatari owners. Local joy was unconfined. Meanwhile, parking fines in Britain are a multi-million pound business.

"Bart, my cargo pants should tell you I’m not here for school business. I’m here for cool business."

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:48:07 -0500

“Bart, my cargo pants should tell you I’m not here for school business. I’m here for cool business.”

- Skinner (via kevindwire)

(via generaltau, damnthatswhack)

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:19:40 -0500

(via generaltau, damnthatswhack)

"to me the bar mitzvah DJ is the luckiest DJ on earth because he gets to play songs that make..."

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:39:00 -0500

“to me the bar mitzvah DJ is the luckiest DJ on earth because he gets to play songs that make peoples’ faces light up with that flash of recognition, like “man what the hell is the name of this song, i love it!” every song is a classic fucking stone jam.

the first thing i learned about DJing was that people are just trying to get drunk and dance, not be educated on your exquisite taste and the extensive reach of your knowledge, you know? i think there are clubs where DJs can achieve both of those goals and people are more receptive to obscure shit, but this is an office launch party, not Berlin.”

- Pitchfork Reviews Reviews: “trying to get the vibe right” (via legospaceship)