July 2011
37 posts
How: Best Wall Shelves (Floating/Modular) →
marketplace.apartmenttherapy.com
I am thinking about doing wall-shelves for books. This site and this article are interesting. Expect a modernist bent with a touch of Ikea and an inexplicable dash of Mao.
Search: Fonts similar to 'Guadalupe Essential' →
fontspring.com
S I G H .
Typeface websites make me realize I need a bigger budget.
“There’s a theory that REM were never the same after their lyrics became audible, but Lifes Rich Pageant is packed with songs on which the new clarity of Stipe’s vocals bears dividends. After years of disguising it, it turned out that his voice had an ability to imbue the most abstruse images with emotional gravity.”
—Alexis Petridis
REM: Lifes Rich Pageant – review | Music | The Guardian
REM: Lifes Rich Pageant – review | Music | The Guardian
News: Donations pour in for 9-year-old’s cause after tragic accident →
news.yahoo.com
Worth knowing about. Worth donating.
“Hatred of others, hatred of those who look different, of the supposedly foreign — this hatred is our common enemy.”
—
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Norway attacks shock, disgust Europe
Geir Moulson
AP / San Francisco Examiner
Saturday, July 23, 2011
What: "Life's Rich Pageant" Reissued →
metacritic.com
One of my favourite 1980s releases by a classic favourite band, reissued with a bonus disc of extra material. What’s not to like? Reviews tallied here.
What: Flavors.me →
flavors.me
This looks promising.
(Shout out to petiteartichoke for introducing me; capital of you. Also, amused seeing hrrrthrrr all over the front page. Internet celebrity, how you do go on.)
“Not since World War II has our country experienced a greater tragedy”
—
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
Man Charged in Deadliest Norway Attacks Since World War II
ed. Chad Thomas, Tasneem Brogger
Bloomberg / San Francisco Chronicle
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Listen
Frédéric Chopin, Op. 10, Etude No.3 in E Major
Performed by Cecile Licad
Pub. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Writing music.
“You must learn to accept some degree of disagreeable responsibility. For most of us, writing the law school personal statement falls into this category.”
—Ken DeLeon, J.D.
Founder of Top-Law-Schools.com
Founder of Top-Law-Schools.com
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
Amy Winehouse
So much potential, so little class, so little self-control, she was at once a classic and a trashy shame. Rock and roll culture kills another of its own: RIP Amy Winehouse.
