Random Thoughts (Collected): Archive

Random Thoughts (Collected)

May 2012

1 post

Great Articles about Money →

tetw: A Tetw reading list The Best of Freakonomics by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt - How to make it, why we steal it , how to bet with it, and how it motivates us. A selection of the best articles from NYT column that became an international sensation. To Have is To Owe by David Graeber - A lot of people have little understanding of what money really is - if you want to find out,...

April 2012

4 posts

March 2012

4 posts

Sinuous Guitars & the Eames’ Design Approach →

“By day, industrial designer Greg Opatik is Director of Design for Genesis Seating, one of the manufacturers that helps build our Eames Classic pieces of furniture. After work, Greg runs Sinuous, his Grand Rapids, Michigan-based company that crafts high-quality sculpted guitars. Here he tells us how he’s learned from what the Eames Office did in the past in order to create his own unique...

February 2012

6 posts

Mussels and 30 Rock... →

It made for a wonderful dinner… tummyrumblr: I had been craving mussels all week and I finally picked some up on my way home last night. I hadn’t given much thought to how I would prepare them, but I knew I had bacon, butter, beer, and some vegetables hanging around in the crisper. I think many people assume that steamed mussels are…

January 2012

1 post

Wonderful. Field Music are one of my very favorite things of the last five years. The music produced by the Brewis brothers collective is consistently wonderful.

December 2011

3 posts

November 2011

1 post

October 2011

4 posts

Chicago Screen Shots →

An excellent trip into Chicago through screen shots of film and television.

Saul Bass Title Sequences →

Designer Christian Annyas put together this amazing catalog of Saul Bass title sequences…

The mighty Chavez on Fallon!

September 2011

1 post

August 2011

6 posts

Clay Tarver's Rock Remembrances →

Related Article: The Secret Life of a Rock Dad

July 2011

10 posts

“A hero is a goddam stupid thing to have in the first place and a general block...”

– Lester Bangs (via nedhepburn)

The A.V. Club goes to Ardent Studios - Home to Big Star, The Replacements, Isaac Hayes, and more. See also: Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios

via the excellent Dangerous Minds blog…

June 2011

7 posts

postpunk: Slint - “Pam” (live, New Brunswick NJ,...

Q&A: Prefab Sprout’s Paddy McAloon →

Paddy McAloon and Prefab Sprout failed to really catch on in the States. This is a shame as McAloon is one of the great songwriters of his generation. I first encountered Two Wheels Good/Steve McQueen in high school when a friend in college loaned it to me on CD. If you can weed your way through the Thomas Dolby production and layers of synth there’s gold in the grooves.

tummyrumblr: The Tim Collins: Patent Pending →

tummyrumblr: Today I made the first cocktail using my homemade bitters. If you recall from this post, I made three distinct flavors of bitters, all of which turned out uniquely delicious. Much to my surprise, I am most fond of the citrus bitters, which I made with grapefruit and lime zests, juniper berries,… Welcome summer!

May 2011

5 posts