Devendra Banhart / Angelika
Love how Devendra Banhart switches from English to Spanish so effortlessly.
New Local NY by Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Margaret Bursa. Stunning piece of work. (via BLDGLOG)
The New Local in New York creates a ‘landscape of movement’ that takes the form of a condensed urban playground on the west side of Manhattan, overhanging onto the River Hudson. The landscape responds to the principles of the New Local in Zlín, making a shift of small town social relationships to a neighborhood in the metropolis. This shift responds to the needs of the work-propelled urban dweller. It is also inspired by the ongoing relocation of immigrants and cultures to America, in particular Sokol, a Czech mass-exercise movement, promoting togetherness, flocking, fresh air and cultural pride.
Karen O and the Kids / Capsize
Argh… I can’t get this out of my head. C-A-P-S-I-Z-E!!!
Karin Dreijer Andersson is one of the most enigmatic figures in electronic music. The driving force behind Fever Ray and one-half of brother/sister team The Knife, she’s been responsible for some of the most beguiling music of the past half-decade. It’s music that’s often frightening—whether she intends it to be or not—because of the way she twists, masks and terrorizes her own voice, a haunting one-of-a-kind sound that has quickly become a trademark. “It is interesting what you find scary, and especially within music,” says Andersson.
And that’s the major reason why we asked Andersson to put together a very special RA podcast in advance of Halloween, featuring tracks that could soundtrack the season. Some are obvious (Shackleton, Burial Hex), some less so (Bruce Haack, Amadou & Miriam) and some take on a new resonance because of the context (Neil Young, Krause Duo). But as Andersson herself puts it, “I think the eclectic and wide range of music makes it more dynamic and more intense. The tracks affects each other, they get even more mean.” We think that once you get done listening to this mixtape-like selection from Andersson and the rest of the Fever Ray touring group, you’ll no doubt agree.
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From geociti.es:
Late, lamented Geocities. A provider of free web hosting since 1994, it grew to be the third most browsed site on the internet, before being bought by Yahoo! in 1999. From there, it was rebranded, shifted around, and ultimately met its demise in October of 2009. Upon hearing of this, a band of people calling themselves Archive Team spent months downloading copies of as many Geocities sites as they could, and will be doing their best to make sure this history will be saved for as long as possible.
Yay, no more sorry excuses for bad websites. And boohoo we were all there once.
