Memento mori (Remember to die).
August 7th, 2014 8:11am
Memento mori (Remember to die).
August 7th, 2014 8:11am
Richard Waller, Table of Physiological Colors Both Mixt and Simple, 1686.
August 6th, 2014 7:53pm
George, Elaine, Kramer, and Jerry sit around a table at Monk’s Cafe. Elaine drums her fingers while sighing exasperatedly. Kramer checks his watch for a third time. Jerry slumps forward, falling asleep for a microsecond. George’s face grows red.
Finally, it is too much for Costanza to take. “So what the hell are we supposed to be doin’ today, for cryin’ out loud!”
August 6th, 2014 7:48pm
A near little blinding ball of a rainbow over Sutro. on Flickr.
August 1st, 2014 6:37pm
Born on this day, Herman Melville
August 1st, 2014 2:20pm
August 1st, 2014 2:20pm
Buzz:
Diane Lane photographed by Andy Warhol, 1984.
This is obviously a reference to the San Fernando Valley, not California’s other metonymous valley, but man do I want one of these shirts.
July 30th, 2014 7:43pm
Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 1Xtra Sun 12 May 2013 21:00
Roland’s genre-defining trio of sound boxes the TR-808, TR-909 and TB-303 are now the subject of a documentary thanks to BBC Radio 1.
Arguably as important to the evolution of dance music as designer drugs and poor fashion choices, these humble toys formed the backbone of rap in the 80s (and now again in 2013) and were irrefutably integral to the development of techno and house, with the acid house subgenre being entirely based around the sound of the TB-303′s characteristic squelch.
Radio 1′s Kutski documents the history of the three boxes, and attempts to track down the people responsible for creating them to find out if they had any idea that they would end up being used (and abused) as they were. In discussing the technology, he enlists some of dance and rap’s most important figures to comment on how Roland’s drum machines and synths influenced their sound. Golden age rap producer DJ Premier talks about using the 808, and thankfully the BBC have roped in Richie Hawtin, who was famously able to squeeze every last drop of life out of all three instruments while he was operating under his Plastikman guise.
July 28th, 2014 8:19am
Untitled on Flickr.
July 26th, 2014 4:59pm
A city full of assholes! on Flickr.
July 26th, 2014 2:52pm