tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12374949350076250262024-02-07T05:58:54.742-08:00WHATEVER I CAN THINK OF//maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-48471151950232849612013-12-11T04:58:00.000-08:002013-12-11T05:00:52.035-08:00<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MY FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF 2013</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is a tough list to compile. This year lots or musicians/bands I like released albums and many new acts appeared. I also spent a lot of time listening to some old and familiar music on vinyl instead of going through all the new releases as I simply felt a little overwhelmed by all the new releases and just couldn't keep up.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nonetheless there were many albums I enjoyed for various reasons. Some of the releases I need to spend more time with and explore a little more in depth. I am not listing these albums in any particular order as they all served as good albums at different times and in different moo</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This album grew on me quite unexpectedly. I gave it a listen out of curiosity since it had been a few years ago since Boards of Canada released anything, so I figured it might be interesting. I always enjoyed their albums, especially Campfire Headphase, but wasn't a huge fan. At first the album sounded a little too much like background music and didn't make much of an impression. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I found myself revisiting it over and over and eventually realised it had become one of my favourite (an most listened to) albums of the year.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The album is ambient but not in the same way as all the other 'ambient' a.k.a yawn inspiring releases. Its atmospheric but has memorable 'hooks' that make it a genuine and well rounded release.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I guess it is a given that this album is featured on my list. Since I am a hugh The National fan, I was quite nervous that it might be a let down after their highly memorable 2010 release 'High Violet'. Even though Trouble will find me is not as successful as High Violet it is an extremely solid follow up. The album features 13 well crafted songs which are not self-conscious or over the top but consistent and well written.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">There's not much to say about this release other than that it is hard hitting and to the point. I enjoy El-P's albums so I thought I'd give this a listen (perhaps the creepy album art also had something to do with it?). At first I found it to be a little bit too 'agressive'. After a few listens I realised that what I at first found to sound a little 'agressive' was just assertive instead. I am not a big fan of Killer Mike, but in collaboration his input becomes more appealing. Other than that this album is good driving music and makes you feel cool, so all areas coverred!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kurt Vile has a way.... Baby's Arms, featured on his previous album is one of the most melancholic but hopeful songs around. A lot of my friends have described his music as 'depressing', but there is an underlying positivity, Kurt knows it's all just fleeting :), and that adds a general air of positivity to his songs.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">When the album 'trailor' for 'Wakin on a pretty haze' was released I was even more excited due to Steve Powers' creation of the mural photographed for the album cover. Let's just say the music lives up to ESPO's art and vice versa.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is another obvious one for the list!I've been a die hard Hecker backer for the last few years. Tim Hecker always manages to put something mind blowing, next level together. 'Virgins' is dramatic (such as most of Hecker's releases), but it shows great progress and has a new mature spin on it. The cover and songs 'Virginal I' and 'Virginal II' set the tone well! It's amazing how someone who has released so many album manages to not get stuck in a rut, but instead matures within his sound! All around amazing release.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As the alternate album cover gives away, Jimmy Lavalle is if the Album Leaf and Mark Kozelek of Sun Kil Moon (previously Red House Painters). This is a surprising combination, not because of drastic differences in terms of the music they make, but siply because I previously never associated the two acts with each other. However, this odd collaboration seems very natural once you listen to it. Lavalle and Kozelek sound like they've been writing songs together for decades but have only decided that the rest of us get to listen to it now. The album is somewhat sad or rather melancholic (Kozelek-duh) yet Lavalle's influence also adds a hopefulness to it, which one might say puts a more positive spin on the album. In a nutshell, Mark and Jimmy make good music together!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nils Frahm can do no wrong. That's all.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Well crafted songs with subtle yet sincere hooks and a positive and hopeful atmosphere.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="st">GIVAN LöTZ </span>/ SNARL (I,II,III,IV) (Unless, Only, Such, Snores)</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Haunting, heartfelt and depressing in the best way possible.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>MY FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF 2012</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">2012 was a tough year for music. At least according to me. There weren't really a lot of releases I was looking forward to since most releases by 'bands' I enjoy were released last year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Perhaps I didn't spend enough time exploring all the releases properly since it's difficult enough to really digest an album if you have my short attention span. Most music was listened to in my car driving to work or uni. A great deal of the music I listened to was not even released this year. A lot of it was on the 'lighter' side, which never used to be the case. I decided to list my favourite 20 albums in no particular order. Each album fulfilled a different need, so it would be unfair to have favourites I guess. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Also-Joyeux <span style="font-size: small;">Noel and love as always!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Mount Eerie- Clear Moon & Mount Eerie- Ocean Roar</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Phil Elverum got it so right with his two releases this year. It's pretty difficult to describe the sound. His apparent influences for Clear Moon range from Burzum to Steve Reich. One could describe these influences as pretty vast (to say the least), which shows that these albums have a lot of promise. Where as Clear Moon (which was laos released first) is apparently the lighter of the two albums, Ocean Roar hits a little harder. Ocean Roar even includes a Popol Vuh cover, so again interesting influences are at works here. These two releases are defintely the most interesting and rich albums of the year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>best trac</b><b>ks:</b><b> </b><i>Clear Moon</i> and <i>Pale lights</i></span><br />
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<b>A Hollow in the land-Self-Titled</b><br />
This release once again proves that there is immense talent in South Africa.<br />
The songs are well crafted and sort of hypnotizing. The music is so layered that it<br />
would be difficult to get sick of as there is always something new to discover upon each listen.<b> </b>It doesn't come short of experimentation yet also offers well articulated emotions without going overboard. This is genuine and has without mistake been laboured over with passion and enthusiasm. Since it is a free download too you better be smart and get your internet paws on it.<br />
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<b>best song: </b><i>A call to arms</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Cinematic Orchestra-In motion pt.1</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I thought I was over this band when every single art house film started using their songs for trailers and when investment companies caught on and sort of spoiled the beauty of their songs for me by giving them a commercial connotation. When this album came out I didn't bother at first until a friend pointed out how good it is. The only downfall is that the album is possibly a little too long (or maybe my attention span is just a little too short?). Other than that definitely a step up for CInematic Orchestra.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Everything Nils Frahm touches turns to gold. Enough said. However, this is more of an Ep than an LP but let's let it slide...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Extra Life- Dream Seeds</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Charlie Looker ( the band's frontman) is probably a serial killer or possibly once upon a time used to belong to an Amish community ( I mean that in a good way) and then neglected his roots. This album is heavy. Not in terms of the volume or manner in which instruments or vocals are approached, but rather due to Looker's manic self who's creepy self enriches the album and makes it extremely intriguing. Sort of like when you can't stop watching even though you know the wise thing would be to look a way and keep moving.<b> </b>The band has since the release disbanded, I guess one can only make such intense music for that long. I'm looking forward to seeing what Looker is going to pull next.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Father John Misty is not the name of a cult leader, but the moniker of musician Josh Tilman (ex- Fleet Foxes drummer). Fear fun is easy listening music, but it tells some sort of story. It's the perfect album to listen to when you're not sure what mood you're in. Having said that, that's what makes this album interesting, it's moodyness.<b><br /></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Dan Deacon- America</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Dan Deacon is strange. He seems hyper active yet in his outbursts there is some sort of careful consideration for everything he does. His music is noisy and assertive. I don't quite get the direct connection to America other than from the titles (four songs have USA int heir title), but an album that sounds like your hyper active friend that never runs short of energy can't be a bad thing right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Julia Holter came from nowhere. Her songs seem like they could be from another time, sung by some weird elfish thing (hate to admit this). However they are still extremely contemporary, experimental and relevant.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The album impressed me as I can't find a direct or obvious influence. This does not mean that it is extremely unique and weird, but maybe rather that it is sincere.</span> <br />
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<b>Jacob Israel & A Skyline on fire- Songs for Sunrise</b><br />
Songs for Sunrise is a soundtrack created to accompany the 1927 silent film <i>Sunrise</i>. The music was originally created for a once off performance at IMPAC film festival. Eventually (a year later) the recorded tracks were finetuned and released for free. The performance took place one last time and now this is what's left. A soundtrack which negotiates a story from a different time and helps to make it strangely familiar. The soundtrack is heartfelt and intense.<br />
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<b>best song:</b><i> In the City Part I (also the most catchy part in the film)</i><b><br /></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">download it <span style="font-size: small;">here: </span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://songsforsunrise.bandcamp.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://songsforsunrise.bandcamp.com/</span></a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Perfume Genius- Put your back N to it</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This album is really surprising. It's got well crafted songs and is memorable. A vast improvement from the debut album.The music videos are also quite something. (Pretty) awkard comes to mind....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Swans-The Seer</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Michael Gira is unpredictable. He is sort of likeable and yet so misleading. This double album is NOT easy to digest. After the previous Swans full-length we were fooled into believing that they'd made it easier for us, but this is not the case. This album is not an easy listen but so worth it. Despite the long songs (longest being 32min), there are also bits that are a little catchy (<i>Lunacy</i>). The album has an impact as it simply features Swans doing their thing, with you listening or not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Ocean Doesn't Want me- As the dust settles</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This album is the most underr<span style="font-size: small;">ated <span style="font-size: small;">release on my list. I have often wondered what would happen if these guys w<span style="font-size: small;">ere in a different country <span style="font-size: small;">where there is more of a<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">n appreciation </span>for this type of sound<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span> This album too<span style="font-size: small;">k about 3 years to make (obviously includi<span style="font-size: small;">ng the<span style="font-size: small;"> songwriting) and <span style="font-size: small;">let's just say <span style="font-size: small;">it shows. <i>As the dust settles</i><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i><span style="font-size: small;">takes the gen<span style="font-size: small;">re a little further <span style="font-size: small;">and challenges <span style="font-size: small;">what a lot of heavy music has become by introducing a new element which remains unidentifiable yet <span style="font-size: small;">cle<span style="font-size: small;">arly present</span></span>. The lyrics <span style="font-size: small;">are <span style="font-size: small;">on a different leve<span style="font-size: small;">l and the music drives them well.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">favourite song: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This castle stands alone</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Beach House- Bloom</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Yes yes yes...another Beach House album. Not going to explain.<b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Efterklang-Piramida</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This album did not deliver. It had so much promise as the single <i>Apples</i> made us believe, but it definitely does not live up to Efterklang's previous work. However, Efterklang is still one ahead of most bands, so when they produce something standard it still outsmarts the rest. Despite my initial rejection of the album it is a pretty soothing album that could have been better, but regardless still grows on you.<b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Advance Base- A shut in's prayer</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Owen Ashworth has something to get off his chest, he has had for a while. Ashworth is the guy behind Casiotone for the painfully alone, which has been going for 13 years. He has released a couple of albums and then decided to change his name. I'm not sure why. Maybe because he is emotionally maturing (as are his songs) and this called for a fresh start? His music is sort of like someone that mumbles a side comment which might seem unimportant at the time, but on second thought seems sincere and spot on.<b> </b>(Also- O.Ashworth only owns this plaid shirt)<i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Godspeed you! Black emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I am no fan of bands reforming after being on a several year hiatus<b> </b>(Refused, ATDI, and no this!). Most bands lose their credibility when they have their grande comeback. When I heard that GYBE reformed I was far from thrilled. I was rather irritated because it seemed like 'selling out' (i know i know). When months later a new album was announced I grew even more sceptical. Luckily I was curious enough, and as much as I want to say "it's OVER", I really enjoyed this release. It's just good ol' Godspeed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Grizzly Bear's strength is that they are a consistent band that writes solid memorable tracks. This album has a few really good, well-written, layered songs on it. The only problem is that the 'filler tracks' could be a little more exciting to maintain the balance. Songs like Gun-Shy and Yet Again make one want to listen to it yet again and again tho<b>u</b>gh, so just as Grizzly's other albums it has proves itself<b> </b>by offering a few super solid songs.<b><br /></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Frank Ocean-Channel Orange</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This one is hard to put down. Not because it's not good enough, but rather because I hate admitting to myself that I actually like an R&B album. Frank Ocean made a massive entrance when he came out of the closet earlier this year. All the music blogs posted his letter. It was well written and sincere, which made people curious (or me at least). So eventually (months later) when running dry of music, I finally budged. I am glad I did. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A friend pointed this band out to me. I liked the album cover so figured why not (shallow, I know).<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>This album is defined by its minimal approach. The songs are stripped down to the 'bare necessities', but that's where its charm lies. Apart from being good living room dance music it also serves long distances rather well:).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Despite only getting my hands on this album about 2 weeks ago, Molly needs to be on the list. I only discovered her sound this year. I mostly listened to her album <i>'These things take time'</i> (2008), which is still a better release than <i>History</i>. However, <i>History</i> features a fantastic cover of <i>You only hurt the ones you love, </i>which I can't stop listening to.<i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>John Maus- A collection of rarities and previously unreleased material </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This should probably not be on here. All of these songs were released pre 2012. Another 'best of' of previously unreleased Maus tracks has been released only about a year prior to this. Thus, this only leaves one with about 8 'new' tracks. Yet, these tracks are well worth it and since it's the first time we're hearing them the '2012' tag seems fair enough. Another thing that makes this great is that the Album cover is by Wolfgang Tillmans (say whaaat).<b> </b></span><br />
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What I am actually trying to say, is that I wish there was more time to listen to everything from back to front... Over and over again, without fearing to miss out on another release that seems essential to lend an ear to.<br /><br />Then apart from all the 2011 releases there are always those lingereing 2010 records you somehow skipped as well as the rest of your i tunes library..There are many albums that aren't on the list but that should've actually been on there...I didn't add them because I haven't dedicated enough time to them, or because they didn't quite make the cut. It seems they will form part of my 2012 heavy rotation...<br /><br />These include <span style="font-weight: bold;">Russian Circles</span>-Empros, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Young Widows</span>-In and out of Youth and LIghtness, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wolves in the Throne Room</span>-Celestial Lineage, <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Middle East</span>- I want that you are always Happy, <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Adebisi Shank</span>- This is the second album of, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Boris</span>-New Album, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Idaho</span>-You were a dick and despite the slight let down <span style="font-weight: bold;">Antlers-</span>Burst Apart. Radiohead gets enough attention which is also why it was left out depite being an album I really enjoyed this year (don't call me a fangirl)...<br /><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">COLIN STETSON</span>- A history of warfare vol.2<br />FAVOURITE TRACK: JUDGES<br /></span></span><img alt="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/1-stetson.jpg?t=1323719010" src="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/1-stetson.jpg?t=1323719010" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">JOHN MAUS</span>- We must become the pitiless censors of ourselves<br />FAVOURITE TRACK: STREETLIGHT / BELIEVER<br /></span></span><img alt="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/2-JohnMausWeMustBecomethePitilessCensorsofOurselves.jpg?t=1323719008" src="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/2-JohnMausWeMustBecomethePitilessCensorsofOurselves.jpg?t=1323719008" /><br /> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"MS 明朝"; 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height: 450px;" alt="http://assets4.subpop.com/assets/images/main/8501.jpg" src="http://assets4.subpop.com/assets/images/main/8501.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">TIM HECKER</span>-RAVEDEATH<br />FAVOURITE TRACK: IN THE FOG II<br /></span></span><img alt="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/tim-hecker-ravedeath-1972.jpg?t=1323719531" src="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/tim-hecker-ravedeath-1972.jpg?t=1323719531" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">M83</span>-HURRY UP WE’RE DREAMING</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Cambria;font-size:85%;" ><span style=""><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">FAVOURITE TRACK: WAIT</span></span><br /></span></span></span><img alt="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/m83.jpg?t=1323719547" src="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/m83.jpg?t=1323719547" /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:Cambria;font-size:85%;" ><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ESBEN & THE WITCH</span>-VIOLET CRIES<br />FAVOURITE TRACK: CHOREA<br /></span></span><img alt="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/violet-cries.jpg?t=1323719538" src="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/violet-cries.jpg?t=1323719538" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">JAMES BLAKE</span>-SELF TITLED<br />FAVOURITE TRACK: TO CARE (LIKE YOU)<br /></span></span><img style="width: 450px; height: 450px;" alt="http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/images/album_review/db755fd9e2c84c92fcf323f6d61516051556f0e1.jpg" src="http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/images/album_review/db755fd9e2c84c92fcf323f6d61516051556f0e1.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">NAT BALDWIN</span>-PEOPLE CHANGES</span></span><span style=";font-family:Cambria;" ><span style=""><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">FAVOURITE TRACK: LIFTED</span></span><br /></span></span></span><img alt="http://hiteek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Rwi965426.jpg" src="http://hiteek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Rwi965426.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Cambria;" ><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">GROUPER</span>: AIA ALIEN OBSERVER & DREAM LOSS<br />FAVOURITE TRACK: SHE LOVES ME THAT WAY<br /></span></span><img style="width: 450px; height: 450px;" alt="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/GROUPER_alien_observer.jpg?t=1323719533" src="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/GROUPER_alien_observer.jpg?t=1323719533" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">DARK DARK DARK</span>-WILD GO</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Cambria;font-size:85%;" ><span style=""><br />FAVOURITE TRACK: DAYDREAMING<br /></span></span><img style="width: 450px; height: 450px;" alt="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-to5qOUbhuv8/Tm5C6tvC0XI/AAAAAAAAgoc/pKJbJHvNcF4/s1600/folder.jpg" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-to5qOUbhuv8/Tm5C6tvC0XI/AAAAAAAAgoc/pKJbJHvNcF4/s1600/folder.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Cambria;font-size:85%;" ><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><br /><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">JESU</span>-ASCENSION</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Cambria;font-size:85%;" ><span style=""><br />FAVOURITE TRACK: BRAVE NEW WORLD<br /></span></span><img alt="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/jesu-ascension.jpg?t=1323719529" src="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/jesu-ascension.jpg?t=1323719529" /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Cambria;font-size:85%;" ><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><br /><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">EARTH-</span>ANGELS OF DARKNESS & DEMONS OF LIGHT</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Cambria;font-size:85%;" ><span style=""><br />FAVOURITE TRACK: FATHER MIDNIGHT<br /></span></span><img alt="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/Untitled.jpg?t=1323719536" src="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/Untitled.jpg?t=1323719536" /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Cambria;font-size:85%;" ><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><br /><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">APPARAT</span>-THE DEVIL’S WALK</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Cambria;font-size:85%;" ><span style=""><br />FAVOURITE TRACK: GOODBYE (feat.soap & skin)<br /></span></span><img style="width: 450px; height: 450px;" alt="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/apparat-devils-walk-album-stream.jpg?t=1323720000" src="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/apparat-devils-walk-album-stream.jpg?t=1323720000" /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Cambria;font-size:85%;" ><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">THIS WILL DESTROY YOU</span>- TUNNEL BLANKET<br />FAVOURITE TRACK-LITTLE SMOKE<br /></span></span><img alt="http://www.inkoma.com/pages/news/11_05/this_will_destroy_you-tunnel_blanket.jpg" src="http://www.inkoma.com/pages/news/11_05/this_will_destroy_you-tunnel_blanket.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">WYE OAK</span>- CIVILIAN<br />FAVOURITE TRACK: HOT AS DAY<br /></span></span><img alt="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgsalzaTSx1qb22j7.jpg" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgsalzaTSx1qb22j7.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A WINGED VICTORY FOR THE SULLEN</span>-S.T<br />FAVOURITE TRACK- A SYMPHONY PATHETIQUE<br /></span></span><img style="width: 450px; height: 450px;" alt="http://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/covers/a-winged-victory-for-the-sullen.jpg" src="http://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/covers/a-winged-victory-for-the-sullen.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">JOSH T PEARSON</span>-</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Cambria;font-size:85%;" ><span style="">LAST OF THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN<br />FAVOURITE TRACK: WOMAN WHEN I'VE RAISED HELL<br /></span></span><img style="width: 450px; height: 450px;" alt="http://images.hhv.de/catalog/detail_big/00229/229563.jpg" src="http://images.hhv.de/catalog/detail_big/00229/229563.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:Cambria;font-size:85%;" ><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><br /><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">EXTRA LIFE</span>-RIPPED HEART EP<br />FAVOURITE TRACK: RUN COLD<br /></span></span><img style="width: 450px; height: 450px;" alt="http://musbest.com/uploads/posts/2011-05/1304328394_cover.jpg" src="http://musbest.com/uploads/posts/2011-05/1304328394_cover.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">PALE SKETCHER</span>- SEVENTH HEAVEN EP<br />FAVOURITE TRACK: SEVENTH HEAVEN<br /></span></span><img style="width: 450px; height: 450px;" alt="http://www.muznik.com/images/pale-sketch.jpg" src="http://www.muznik.com/images/pale-sketch.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">FLEET FOXES</span>-HELPLESNESS BLUES<br />FAVOURITE TRACK: THE SHRINE / AN ARGUMENT<br /></span></span><img style="width: 452px; height: 452px;" alt="http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2011/03/Fleet-Foxes-Helplessness-Blues111.jpg" src="http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2011/03/Fleet-Foxes-Helplessness-Blues111.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">VAMPIRE 9000</span>-COLOURS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">FAVOURITE TRACK: COLOURS</span></span><br /><img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in; width: 450px; height: 459px;" alt="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/QWWvamphirescover.jpg?t=1317051679" src="http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/swanassassin/QWWvamphirescover.jpg?t=1317051679" />maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-25463755336650811752011-11-01T13:21:00.000-07:002011-11-01T14:01:47.378-07:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >/TRIPLE POST PT. III-ZANDER BLOM</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm going to have to cheat with this part of my triple post...</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">However, I do have a valid reason...The smell of the paint sculpturally 'stacked' onto the giant canvasses and the feeling of being overwhelmed by their size and magnitude all forms part of the experience...<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">That is why I am only giving you a sneak peak..Just a corner of an image so that if you're in the Johannesburg vicinity, you'll go and experience this phenomenal exhibition of Zander Blom's new paintings yourself...</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">I'm not going to try say more about the show because it's all about the gut feeling and the over all experience...</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">so here is just a sneak peek...</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Go see the exhibition at </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.stevenson.info/exhibitions/blom/index2011.html">Stevenson</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> gallery in Braamfontein...It's on until the 9th of December</span></span>..<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >To make you more curious ...here's another grainy phone pic to keep the mystery alive...</span> </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQHiEnqQegDW6H273aBF1DJ7PrXinLGsXKodDAlIY7VeIxvWVbEiJhK0Rd3d55V7Zj7a_OT1wOr6A9_LvZFs6vErB24asAT1e2C87jraWWomNV33jtn2XoWnXvEIZJMhcuzxiNY4BTuo/s1600/20111031_1098.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQHiEnqQegDW6H273aBF1DJ7PrXinLGsXKodDAlIY7VeIxvWVbEiJhK0Rd3d55V7Zj7a_OT1wOr6A9_LvZFs6vErB24asAT1e2C87jraWWomNV33jtn2XoWnXvEIZJMhcuzxiNY4BTuo/s400/20111031_1098.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670135029056991730" border="0" /></a>maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-15209447681600688392011-11-01T12:51:00.000-07:002011-11-01T13:20:54.712-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQbd_q7kV9-GuMtcZ8it_GgrernlsqizYayYdS5frmJxKIj8BLPcf99nJw3HoOpWpcsE__KC-VoGh_X5buVaOfJqYopEiGr3ou0b09z6WW5ZGob3AWeaj0tGrgKUNoJ8cXsU_-Xhh-7g/s1600/f.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8JKMClLOzgFdp8IV6-nCYNmedjIdZ7ZZqRB7nlawqDhhV8sOpVM7QiZuAL-h2WVK-megwbSDpLNdIYir3hAiIqH0_nl7vwTs5bnkYVekKzgSy5HmWlXkPfLOKg9Snfjf2GZae3YR6cI/s1600/d.jpg"><br /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >/TRIPLE POST PT.II</span> - <span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >JONAH SACK<br /></span></span> <span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >I<span style="font-family: arial;">'m a huge fan of Cape Town based artist Jonah Sack...</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >He is one of the artist who makes me feel what I assume people on ecstasy would feel like when at a rave...lovely comparison...what I'm trying to get to is that his work has a huge effect on me.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >Anyways, Sack recently had a solo at the established JHB based gallery Art on Paper.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >I made sure not to miss it and also took some pics...</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >Please do yourself the favour and visit the official Art on Paper site because their photos of Sack's work will be less amateur and will probably depict the works more truthfully then my lo-fi phone pics do....</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial;"> The immense detail and precision of his mark making is also not captured well in these pics, so there's another reason why you need to experience his work one on one..<br /><br />visit the gallery <a href="http://artonpaper.co.za/default.asp">Art on Paper</a></span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">& visit the <a href="http://jonahsack.tumblr.com/">artist's tumblr</a></span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQbd_q7kV9-GuMtcZ8it_GgrernlsqizYayYdS5frmJxKIj8BLPcf99nJw3HoOpWpcsE__KC-VoGh_X5buVaOfJqYopEiGr3ou0b09z6WW5ZGob3AWeaj0tGrgKUNoJ8cXsU_-Xhh-7g/s1600/f.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 522px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQbd_q7kV9-GuMtcZ8it_GgrernlsqizYayYdS5frmJxKIj8BLPcf99nJw3HoOpWpcsE__KC-VoGh_X5buVaOfJqYopEiGr3ou0b09z6WW5ZGob3AWeaj0tGrgKUNoJ8cXsU_-Xhh-7g/s400/f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670122271761975970" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8JKMClLOzgFdp8IV6-nCYNmedjIdZ7ZZqRB7nlawqDhhV8sOpVM7QiZuAL-h2WVK-megwbSDpLNdIYir3hAiIqH0_nl7vwTs5bnkYVekKzgSy5HmWlXkPfLOKg9Snfjf2GZae3YR6cI/s1600/d.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 374px; height: 525px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8JKMClLOzgFdp8IV6-nCYNmedjIdZ7ZZqRB7nlawqDhhV8sOpVM7QiZuAL-h2WVK-megwbSDpLNdIYir3hAiIqH0_nl7vwTs5bnkYVekKzgSy5HmWlXkPfLOKg9Snfjf2GZae3YR6cI/s400/d.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670122265875415970" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggv4udVp3Egd2aOVgK5AhguXwXebpwEssLD82YbAD7u7Fn_2RJWZy0Y5nighfGR-RINbOQlmUik_PfhWnFBsvT7c_8vZNHKRiP29CFLq3LM9Kco-oxLZzXflx70X5kSPVGmBqu02BoTzA/s1600/A.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 372px; height: 512px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggv4udVp3Egd2aOVgK5AhguXwXebpwEssLD82YbAD7u7Fn_2RJWZy0Y5nighfGR-RINbOQlmUik_PfhWnFBsvT7c_8vZNHKRiP29CFLq3LM9Kco-oxLZzXflx70X5kSPVGmBqu02BoTzA/s400/A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670122245534884914" border="0" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGKGjmd1qJ7Mofkiu_U3FS32YD2wLMmtm-1lL0VizgXA8oTYArp3nPun9s-o5xvrIZnQumJx7TczsvNVCQSH0zz3Mky8TWvGBKAjAmkTco7U0EjuIvn_V2QAZrYH4TbaZxb2fbZySSJs/s1600/B.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 486px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGKGjmd1qJ7Mofkiu_U3FS32YD2wLMmtm-1lL0VizgXA8oTYArp3nPun9s-o5xvrIZnQumJx7TczsvNVCQSH0zz3Mky8TWvGBKAjAmkTco7U0EjuIvn_V2QAZrYH4TbaZxb2fbZySSJs/s400/B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670122250049327378" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyfn6Hq54SLgV_z1m4g-6vRSfyPrwdfeHLqccYfx4cPT8Q_hpWtnlpBY4VhOy-OhiWLr9A-Li2cEzXxkAt-JxnNeZWvj3SpwkEM9mSqNG4y-0F-X2krVjpi4LYDJ6wkyiAoEzCAS8jiE/s1600/e.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 373px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyfn6Hq54SLgV_z1m4g-6vRSfyPrwdfeHLqccYfx4cPT8Q_hpWtnlpBY4VhOy-OhiWLr9A-Li2cEzXxkAt-JxnNeZWvj3SpwkEM9mSqNG4y-0F-X2krVjpi4LYDJ6wkyiAoEzCAS8jiE/s400/e.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670122275697024354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:78%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">photo below courtesy of AOP </span></span><br /><img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in; width: 400px; height: 553px;" alt="http://artonpaper.co.za/oid/images/1/65_5_7_32_20_AM_009627.jpg" src="http://artonpaper.co.za/oid/images/1/65_5_7_32_20_AM_009627.jpg" /><br /><img style="width: 399px; height: 298px;" alt="http://artonpaper.co.za/oid/images/1/65_9_7_41_05_AM_Sack%20Installation%205%20.jpg" src="http://artonpaper.co.za/oid/images/1/65_9_7_41_05_AM_Sack%20Installation%205%20.jpg" /><br /><br /></div>maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-59328829108830151612011-11-01T12:41:00.000-07:002011-11-01T12:51:26.030-07:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">//3 months later...<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Wow..I see it's been 3 months again since my last post. Saying that time flies would be too much </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">of a cliche, so let me resort to saying that i'm getting older and the days are getting shorter (oh wait, a cliche replaced by a cliche)...<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Nonetheless, I've found something blog worthy, which is what usually determines my posting schedule. In fact I will make this a triple post to catch up for the last 3 months! I hope this makes us even...</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;">First and foremost...</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">My favourite net artist </span><a style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" title="Rafaël Rozendaal" href="http://www.newrafael.com/" target="_blank">Rafaël Rozendaal</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> has created a new piece of .net art...It's pretty straight</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">forward, but I guarantee you that it will help hours pass quickly...</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Best part is that it (as net art usually is -duh) ineractive, and requires your mouse-clicks for it to evolve....</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are some screen grabs directly pirated from one of my favourite blogs <a href="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/">today and tomorrow</a>...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">visit and psych away ... </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="www.intotime.org">www.intotime.org</a><br /></span><br /><img alt="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/into_time_3.jpg" src="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/into_time_3.jpg" /><br /><img alt="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/into_time_2.jpg" src="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/into_time_2.jpg" />maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-72815176305219770292011-07-01T04:28:00.000-07:002011-07-01T04:48:08.794-07:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">//BLOODHEAD</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I'm busy grappling with my Master's at the moment...It sometimes is pretty tough to keep yourself motivated. In my case the thing that does the job is the artwoks that inspire me to research conservation and re-exhibition, one of them is Marc Quinn's "</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Blood Head</span><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">" or </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"Self"</span><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Self</span><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> consists of Quinn's head cast out of his own blood. The blood remains frozen in a refrigerator display case, and the artwork is re-cast at an interval of 5 years. Then a new cast is made and Quinn's fresh blood is used and a new mold is made portraying him at that stage of life.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Quinn's first Self was made in 1991 and was first exhibited as part of the Sensation exhibition.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The recasting of the head does not only address the artist's physical deterioration but it's fragile nature also underlines conservational problems that increasingly appear in contemporary art.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Quinn's 2006 Self is part of the National Portrait Gallery. This work definitely challenges our conventional idea of what constitutes an artwork which makes it an important acquisition to the Portrait Galleries collection.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">check out more of the artist's work here: </span><a style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.marcquinn.com">http://www.marcquinn.com<br /></a></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00240/90553983_240834s.jpg" src="http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00240/90553983_240834s.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://thumb.kweeper.net/10/05/11/6a539ca3d8b5ce7fc1459c20a2e164e6_h.jpg" src="http://thumb.kweeper.net/10/05/11/6a539ca3d8b5ce7fc1459c20a2e164e6_h.jpg" /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="http://www.itp.efuller.net/images/_10spring/b_100317_1.jpg" src="http://www.itp.efuller.net/images/_10spring/b_100317_1.jpg" /><br /></div>maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-40122467587324950292011-06-06T10:48:00.000-07:002011-06-06T11:06:15.009-07:00<span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >//LANDLAND</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >LandLand makes 'original' things. These days I hardly ever find anything that still strikes me as that, perhaps that is why my blog has been so quiet lately?! It seems the internet has made it tougher than ever before to avoid falling into these visual trend traps. Monkey see, monkey do?!Well, that does not apply to the graphic & illustration team LandLand from Minneapolis. They make gigposters and other prints that don't resemble 10 images that you've spotted on fffound. Their work is strangely exciting and gladly unfamiliar enough.<br /><br />Please visit their site<a href="http://landland.net/"> here</a> to see more awesomeness.<br /></span><br /><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >Here are some of my favourites:</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Poster for Baths:</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="http://www.gigposters.com/posters/142372.jpg" src="http://www.gigposters.com/posters/142372.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">poster for Growing</span></span><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.gigposters.com/posters/128391.jpg" src="http://www.gigposters.com/posters/128391.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><br />poster for Why?</span></span><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.gigposters.com/posters/127356.jpg" src="http://www.gigposters.com/posters/127356.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br />poster for Mogwai<br /><br /></span></span><img alt="http://www.gigposters.com/posters/142380.jpg" src="http://www.gigposters.com/posters/142380.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /></span></span><br /></div>maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-66904186428372427982011-02-13T10:36:00.000-08:002011-02-13T10:51:39.021-08:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >//TIME & SPACE/JUST FOR INTEREST'S SAKE.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >I was spending my Sunday evening the way I usually do-reading blogs and making sure I haven't missed any posts on my favourite few...This is when I saw industrial designer Jesper Jonsson's "Moment of a Movement".It's a light that shows traces of time...I suppose in basic terms one could call it a light clock without a face, using lights as shadow blocking hands to operate and thereby referencing the rhythm of natural daylight.The thing that made it catch my eye is the visual similarity it has to Rowan Smith's (one of my favourite local artists) "Extensions of the Universe" (2007)....</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >So yesss...simply put,there you have it "time & space"..</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >:)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >via <a href="http://www.designboom.com/">designboom.com</a></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Jesper Jonsson-</span></span><br /><img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in;" alt="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/jenny/movementofamoment/jonsson01.jpg" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/jenny/movementofamoment/jonsson01.jpg" height="731" width="716" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/jenny/movementofamoment/jonsson03.jpg" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/jenny/movementofamoment/jonsson03.jpg" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.whatiftheworld.com/featured-artists/rowan-smith/"><img alt="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/jesperj_3.jpg" src="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/jesperj_3.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Rowan Smith-</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">(more info here)</span></span></a><br /><img alt="http://media.withtank.com/a4e769a508.jpg" src="http://media.withtank.com/a4e769a508.jpg" />maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-92232842430129815342011-02-09T11:47:00.000-08:002011-02-09T11:56:42.943-08:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">//I HATE HIPPIES TOO BUT...</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Okay,so maybe "hate" is a bit of a harsh word here,but let me get to the point...</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Check out the new kid on the block...I know pdfs are the business,but this new file format by WWF </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">is quite neat.It creates pdfs that cannot be printed.Why you may ask?Well-to help save trees of course...<br />Let's be fair-one hardly ever reads the stacks of paper one prints out,so why not just keep it digital?<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">It's even got quite a nice splash icon-</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Yes-green is the new red!</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">download it </span><a style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.saveaswwf.com/en/home.html">here</a><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">via <a href="http://www.swiss-miss.com">swissmiss</a></span><a href="http://www.swiss-miss.com"><br /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="http://www.saveaswwf.com/typo3conf/ext/go_content/res/wwf-splash-icon.png" src="http://www.saveaswwf.com/typo3conf/ext/go_content/res/wwf-splash-icon.png" /><br /></div>maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-36493913827750638012011-01-14T23:50:00.000-08:002011-01-14T23:52:54.649-08:00<span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">//TED </span>| AMBER CASE /we are all cyborgs now.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I'm a sucker for </span><a style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.ted.com">TED</a><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">.I found this one to be well presented.I just love how Amber Case talks.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">enjoy.(I'll be posting more of my favourites)</span><br /><br /><object width="446" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param> <param name="flashvars" 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/>maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-53459406386501084272011-01-14T23:35:00.000-08:002011-01-14T23:47:28.123-08:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >//HAPPY NEW YEAR & LEGO LETTERPRESS PRINTS.<br /><br />I'm aiming to be a little more ambitious concerning my blog.I've been slacking end of last year but am now back to bizness...<br />I grew up playing with Lego rather than with dolls.I remember taking over the whole house (this includes the bathroom) to build my architectural empires (or not).<br />Hence,when I came across thee Lego letterpress prints by Physical Fiction I was nothing short of amazed.<br /><br />Go to <a href="http://physicalfiction.bigcartel.com/">Physical Fiction</a> to purchase or see more.<br />found at today and tomorrow<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in;" alt="http://cache0.bigcartel.com/product_images/27131753/Robotron_soldout.jpg" src="http://cache0.bigcartel.com/product_images/27131753/Robotron_soldout.jpg" height="731" width="487" /><br /></div><br /><img alt="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/physicalfiction_2.jpg" src="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/physicalfiction_2.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/physicalfiction_4.jpg" src="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/physicalfiction_4.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/physicalfiction_5.jpg" src="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/physicalfiction_5.jpg" />maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-17704208897303561312010-12-07T12:11:00.000-08:002010-12-10T01:36:29.282-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzLCLJFa3bwxgnyzL36EW4035Alk-Tidq7_olifwzmlSbi5ZBdlihgjQGzC71XHSsX54-Myqo5LFzyuaCVFAjKf0N2G7gP3Z2WUmoD-Ij_nYdSIjF_DvX2p2HclVwACSVwOV94GTOpyo/s1600/tomorrowinayear_press2_NEW2.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5DU8-dGRnmZrsdMphLlf0aLkQJVNz4yIRBnRGmJUUJn9IYPto-5SWnvIul4JCyPK_VqOnx36tDRKBG88-m-xMpUhIUMIHynQ21OwQ0hD-TTDqSsGfUVnBuoZujzWMPFDn47NmRpk64w/s1600/the+unwinding+house.gif"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholEOQgbH39kpg0jiw9CLYiI76KcDJ0qJv-Nwiif3KXWlqw8YtHOWSMGM8NVMfM4NcjWz8kgK9uRR3dhcjpfvau_j3G6u3AB1u5tyyYR6AJYfI_cc0H8wjkW3C46mYou3xiEzszM7YnVE/s1600/1147ddcc5b8ff7163669d90915877098.png"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="http://img.ffffound.com/static-data/assets/6/753b9f7c749810a25ef3a7045b47417294c27caf_m.jpg" src="http://img.ffffound.com/static-data/assets/6/753b9f7c749810a25ef3a7045b47417294c27caf_m.jpg" /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFL8ALwDBaNt8DHUGD1kQsHAOyXEvYsfITSFQhpS5SxSVTNP8P-cc8iVP-0U9F_erMhyQ0jPuduFArgBJJSEFb-ZnndLuDebMwJrA4ycBfPBPsWKV_th3SmJf3_coQX2TyTr-pfbNTMY/s1600/Normal.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsymoD_bAsYPXL5XIoJHMKxwVW2cUgapA0wTT4S6Z9qLxG4DpgCy1CMjlOLw1knrbne4VH_tNLQI3TwwKFHkvyWHrUT0VhKttqW4ExwMflxpyg0dVXPiWU45bwUqgwAWwQec5fcKRjd8/s1600/From-this-Vantage.gif"><br /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >//MY TOP ALBUMS OF 2010<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">I love this time of year.I usually dedicate quite a bit of time to writing my "top albums" list.This also involves a lot of editing which is often subject to my mood-therefore the list gets written and re-written more than just twice.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">My top album of the year was an easy enough choice-<span style="font-style: italic;">The National-High Violet</span></span>. <span style="font-family:arial;">I know a lot of people agree with me on this one (for once).I'm glad to see a band finally receiving long overdue recognition since they've got quite an extensive discography.The rest of the releases aren't posted in any order of preference...</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The National-</span>High Violet<br />favourite track:Runaway (but up to date I've labeled each track as my favourite about twice,so..)</span> </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEl-SdpSt1e1vXrMcpvASd5KMqACKZByzguXbXjUo2yrwxCu1H_1aoRxg3vIx5ndhMdVOIHEqQAYYtXo0BdMHr04p0cqCpKOhplVhJTG2kzTu4hpQGUvMVj8UDGFBAZEGkx4ppTReRVHk/s1600/national.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEl-SdpSt1e1vXrMcpvASd5KMqACKZByzguXbXjUo2yrwxCu1H_1aoRxg3vIx5ndhMdVOIHEqQAYYtXo0BdMHr04p0cqCpKOhplVhJTG2kzTu4hpQGUvMVj8UDGFBAZEGkx4ppTReRVHk/s400/national.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548785377223859122" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eluvium</span>-Similes</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Eluvium's previous release "Copia" is also a solid album, but I find that the vocals add a complete new dimension to the music,making it more sincere and also more memorable.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />favourite track: The motion makes me last</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTEtCBzUnsxspbeyEiZZkrB8ExJm6BSaCUOEy5sirRRUoCjx_tHXf3-3YbY1shlHxSnbB6AR8yx_5UO8S9PhI_dqfJiHM0-dA8Dl6AxsYhzBxKnzxgnwzlSHi3k24-v2HQzLKxkTUQm6c/s1600/eluvium-similes-2010-postrock.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTEtCBzUnsxspbeyEiZZkrB8ExJm6BSaCUOEy5sirRRUoCjx_tHXf3-3YbY1shlHxSnbB6AR8yx_5UO8S9PhI_dqfJiHM0-dA8Dl6AxsYhzBxKnzxgnwzlSHi3k24-v2HQzLKxkTUQm6c/s400/eluvium-similes-2010-postrock.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548789725242401122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Swans</span>-My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky<br />Swans used to be one of those legendary bands that you either "got" or simply detested.<br />This album changes that and can be seen as a sort of mediator.If you don't like Jarboe then you'll love this album as she is not featured here.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky definitely admits to </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >quite a bit of the Angels of Light sound(MIchael Gyra's other Swans hiatus band),especially tracks like <span style="font-style: italic;">Jim</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Reeling the Liars in</span>.<br /><br />favourite track:No Words/No Thoughts<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNL8EEuDPPbmwXUcbuKUdZ8Cp-tWhHLAVom0Cm7GupI_jnLC5-Abf5iDDtt107kvR_2r1N9burJ1KE4i-Dg1p1A50zlvIC0rGXfcxhyqfutXdC8CsQLxg7rpwE9c5f4RO1NjZUrT24t5c/s1600/My-Father-Will-Guide-Me-Up-A-Rope-To-The-Sky.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNL8EEuDPPbmwXUcbuKUdZ8Cp-tWhHLAVom0Cm7GupI_jnLC5-Abf5iDDtt107kvR_2r1N9burJ1KE4i-Dg1p1A50zlvIC0rGXfcxhyqfutXdC8CsQLxg7rpwE9c5f4RO1NjZUrT24t5c/s400/My-Father-Will-Guide-Me-Up-A-Rope-To-The-Sky.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548794541058043746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Unwinding Hours</span>-Self-Titled</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br />I am quite an avid Aerogramme fan.Unwinding hours is half of Aerogramme revived,doing a pretty solid job at keeping the Aerogramme vibes alive,yet also giving it an edge of its own.Just like all of Aerogramme's albums this one is heartfelt and is an album one will revisit in years to come and still enjoy it just the same.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">favourite track:</span>(this one is tough-the "single"-Peaceful Liquid shell has gotten the best of me,but "Child" is one of the tracks that ......</span> </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5DU8-dGRnmZrsdMphLlf0aLkQJVNz4yIRBnRGmJUUJn9IYPto-5SWnvIul4JCyPK_VqOnx36tDRKBG88-m-xMpUhIUMIHynQ21OwQ0hD-TTDqSsGfUVnBuoZujzWMPFDn47NmRpk64w/s1600/the+unwinding+house.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5DU8-dGRnmZrsdMphLlf0aLkQJVNz4yIRBnRGmJUUJn9IYPto-5SWnvIul4JCyPK_VqOnx36tDRKBG88-m-xMpUhIUMIHynQ21OwQ0hD-TTDqSsGfUVnBuoZujzWMPFDn47NmRpk64w/s400/the+unwinding+house.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548798675716223346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Knife</span> (in colaboration with Mt.Sims and Planningtorock)-Tomorrow in a year</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><br />This album just explains why I love Scandinavia.This album was commissioned by the Danish performance group "Hotel Pro Forms".The Knife was instructed to write music based on Darwin's "Origin of Species" for an opera.Olof (the one half of the Knife) even attended field recording workshops in the Amazon to record sounds and gather inspiration.<br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />favourite track</span>:Variations of Birds</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzLCLJFa3bwxgnyzL36EW4035Alk-Tidq7_olifwzmlSbi5ZBdlihgjQGzC71XHSsX54-Myqo5LFzyuaCVFAjKf0N2G7gP3Z2WUmoD-Ij_nYdSIjF_DvX2p2HclVwACSVwOV94GTOpyo/s1600/tomorrowinayear_press2_NEW2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzLCLJFa3bwxgnyzL36EW4035Alk-Tidq7_olifwzmlSbi5ZBdlihgjQGzC71XHSsX54-Myqo5LFzyuaCVFAjKf0N2G7gP3Z2WUmoD-Ij_nYdSIjF_DvX2p2HclVwACSVwOV94GTOpyo/s400/tomorrowinayear_press2_NEW2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548798682569417442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sufjan Stevens</span>-Age of Adz</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><br />This album got me pretty confused at first.Sufjan is a strange guy to say the least.I think the essence of Sufjan is to embrace the absurd and to not take himself too seriously but to at the same time give his music the attention and listening time it deserves<span style="font-style: italic;">.Age of Adz </span>is one of his most experimental efforts.The album embraces Pop in a non-conventional non sell out way,yet still features the Sufjan sensibility that can be detected in his earlier albums.<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />f</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">avourite track:</span>I want to be well/ Vesuius</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5lpfY0XRW4RbOwvSj6fk8-zWyekDKoYwK6tjOn0qiMD46mHQJ7-AiZro_e07pE3ViHp3fyCas8IaVBl66Xbpq-897zy0RZJlHNCVrxaRVvFOUCRaKzTkCEg3duRWbCSLsnfkN4IiePk/s1600/1286815616SufjanStevens-TheAgeofAdz-cover.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5lpfY0XRW4RbOwvSj6fk8-zWyekDKoYwK6tjOn0qiMD46mHQJ7-AiZro_e07pE3ViHp3fyCas8IaVBl66Xbpq-897zy0RZJlHNCVrxaRVvFOUCRaKzTkCEg3duRWbCSLsnfkN4IiePk/s400/1286815616SufjanStevens-TheAgeofAdz-cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548794270281761074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ascent of Everest</span>-From this Vantage</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >This is an album I never expected to come across.It was recommended to me by friends and even though I often promise to check out a band and never follow up,this was one instance where I made the minor effort and was glad I bothered.I suppose it's fair enough to give it the ambient post rock tag (as much as we try avoid that these days).Nonetheless this album does not restrict itself to the conventional formula of these genre based bands but features an unfamiliar take on the expected sound.<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />favourite track</span>:dark,dark my light</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsymoD_bAsYPXL5XIoJHMKxwVW2cUgapA0wTT4S6Z9qLxG4DpgCy1CMjlOLw1knrbne4VH_tNLQI3TwwKFHkvyWHrUT0VhKttqW4ExwMflxpyg0dVXPiWU45bwUqgwAWwQec5fcKRjd8/s1600/From-this-Vantage.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsymoD_bAsYPXL5XIoJHMKxwVW2cUgapA0wTT4S6Z9qLxG4DpgCy1CMjlOLw1knrbne4VH_tNLQI3TwwKFHkvyWHrUT0VhKttqW4ExwMflxpyg0dVXPiWU45bwUqgwAWwQec5fcKRjd8/s400/From-this-Vantage.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548795819187007026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wildbirds and Peacedrums</span>-Rivers</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><br />This was another friend recommendation.Haasbees kept telling me about this band and I kept failing to remember their name.Eventually I came across them somewhere else online and realized that this was the band I should've checked out months ago.The band consists of a Swedish married couple "the Wallentin's" and consists of mainly drums and electronic samples supported by Mariam's (the wife's) vocals.The album consists of two combined ep's-Retina & Iris.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />favourite track</span>:Retina: Fight For Me</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFspoKdzDmldYFKWCJ0WUzE6s-NgjImkvsWNPqoztv84XVuXK1zz67CxthzRXlxGj6GzqTgLbnSLlTN7UL0mhUBm7u4d5vW80gYdLZxHpblKjVrmGgLCJQhaLHqN03EJGpopW92j_-pQI/s1600/bay+76cd.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFspoKdzDmldYFKWCJ0WUzE6s-NgjImkvsWNPqoztv84XVuXK1zz67CxthzRXlxGj6GzqTgLbnSLlTN7UL0mhUBm7u4d5vW80gYdLZxHpblKjVrmGgLCJQhaLHqN03EJGpopW92j_-pQI/s400/bay+76cd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548795810069080386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beach House</span>-Teen Dream</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >Teen Dream is one of the albums that clearly did very well this year,but just as The National,it's another one that deserves the exposure.I love the dream pop sensibility featured in Beach House's music.Victoria Legrand's vocals seem distant and far off yet they somehow nonetheless hit hard and seem deeply intimate.The dream pop label seems like such a cliche,but it is quite spot on.Teen dream is definitely what can be considered a consistent follow up to Devotion.<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />favourite track</span>:Walk in the Park</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NDbjwDZU8ph-umCU0W1LPGVMm5D6dzuOrkhwNK6wKMoV4XqK_8HUd3vuhQkh_cDS19f5cQ9XhLT_AuIH9Q5hNolx4Db32iJbLsVc3cP5yapwWa-mU8R7fmZPMkIsPxt085KcMI0HcBY/s1600/beach+house+-+teen+dream.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NDbjwDZU8ph-umCU0W1LPGVMm5D6dzuOrkhwNK6wKMoV4XqK_8HUd3vuhQkh_cDS19f5cQ9XhLT_AuIH9Q5hNolx4Db32iJbLsVc3cP5yapwWa-mU8R7fmZPMkIsPxt085KcMI0HcBY/s400/beach+house+-+teen+dream.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548794540439177682" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Extra Life</span>-Made Flesh</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><br />Extra Life is like an off beat cult film.It's insanely catchy yet it gives you the creeps at the same time-I think the sensation of someone pretending to break a head on your head is probably the closest I'll get explaining what Made Flesh sounds like.The twisted or let's say Avant Garde lyrics are also extremely cleverly crafted and correspond well with the music.This is something a deranged ADD kid would love (oh I'm dooming myself here)....<br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">favourite track:</span>Made Flesh</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPNf8sL0_C2eD00P94cwqUYl9lgZ1G7f7Q39_gOdx4t1qsub3nBBryHE8t8sm8_0mRlM0Se8MRDbX52TyC_0OPl7-rEehyphenhyphen2r2JpBi5UO5c6BXwtR6q2rWJVazxXJl6EgG-Qoagd_fqWE/s1600/extra-life-made-flesh-aa.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPNf8sL0_C2eD00P94cwqUYl9lgZ1G7f7Q39_gOdx4t1qsub3nBBryHE8t8sm8_0mRlM0Se8MRDbX52TyC_0OPl7-rEehyphenhyphen2r2JpBi5UO5c6BXwtR6q2rWJVazxXJl6EgG-Qoagd_fqWE/s400/extra-life-made-flesh-aa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548794283350231682" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Efterklang</span>-Magic Chairs</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >Efterklang is one of my favourite bands.Their music has so many layers and intricacies that are sometimes disguised by Casper's melodic and soothing voice.Magic Chairs was an album that left me a little disappointed at the first listen,yet managed to convince me of its genius after a few more.The album is definitely Efterklang's most listener friendly album, yet without the "let's make a terrible album so that more people will like us" approach.The band manages to remain solid in terms of their previous efforts and also manages to incorporate a more accessible element into their music without ruining it which these days is to be considered a rare skill .I think this album is sort of contemporary Märchen Musik.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">favourite track:</span>Full Moon</span><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">/ I was playing drums</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZCTaCrQordleul8DDRnrcO0VlChQpop6jfoUkMNbVHnr-U3v7jq3HbUYpmd68ZEgn_HOWXyMJSFU_71UZOoZpY1ry0_pKyO075XTq98lkUCcqgjmtUvcXpyPTyk90gqJKES-lNn2krc/s1600/packshot.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZCTaCrQordleul8DDRnrcO0VlChQpop6jfoUkMNbVHnr-U3v7jq3HbUYpmd68ZEgn_HOWXyMJSFU_71UZOoZpY1ry0_pKyO075XTq98lkUCcqgjmtUvcXpyPTyk90gqJKES-lNn2krc/s400/packshot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548794544702015730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Have a Nice LIfe</span>-Time of Land<br /><br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >I'm such a sucker for this band.It's reached the stage where they can release a 4 track ep with only two proper tracks on it and still make it onto my "best of 2010" list.This ep is available for free download from the enemies list site here:</span><a style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.enemieslist.net/timeofland/">time of land</a></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">favourite track:</span>Woe unto us</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholEOQgbH39kpg0jiw9CLYiI76KcDJ0qJv-Nwiif3KXWlqw8YtHOWSMGM8NVMfM4NcjWz8kgK9uRR3dhcjpfvau_j3G6u3AB1u5tyyYR6AJYfI_cc0H8wjkW3C46mYou3xiEzszM7YnVE/s1600/1147ddcc5b8ff7163669d90915877098.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholEOQgbH39kpg0jiw9CLYiI76KcDJ0qJv-Nwiif3KXWlqw8YtHOWSMGM8NVMfM4NcjWz8kgK9uRR3dhcjpfvau_j3G6u3AB1u5tyyYR6AJYfI_cc0H8wjkW3C46mYou3xiEzszM7YnVE/s400/1147ddcc5b8ff7163669d90915877098.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548798671466827058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Body</span>-All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><br />I haven't really been listening to lots of heavy stuff this year,with this being one of the exceptions as I've fully devoured this album.Another unexpected gem that I had never stumbled across until it was recommended to me.</span> <span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The Body manages to take so many elements of various sounds and mashes them together successfully.IN this case it's best just to give it a listen...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">favourite track:</span>Empty Hearth/ Even The Saints Knew Their Hour Of Failure And Loss</span><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6HEdiOpOH6wwuVNotfUYRBB1zl3rKKtZeCJ8oswBw8g0pg3XX_dqr_W3KUn6j4rU1npDUJg7nBMBAL-2YZECC3iuDUXusPXyhuuqUkzEZCfv68qL_Ce8mJyv8Ng6_QEEhR2S3F2vOUI/s1600/bodycover_web.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6HEdiOpOH6wwuVNotfUYRBB1zl3rKKtZeCJ8oswBw8g0pg3XX_dqr_W3KUn6j4rU1npDUJg7nBMBAL-2YZECC3iuDUXusPXyhuuqUkzEZCfv68qL_Ce8mJyv8Ng6_QEEhR2S3F2vOUI/s400/bodycover_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548795806133782354" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Peter Broderick</span>-How they are</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><br />Peter Broderick is a genius-mildly put that is.The 23 year old is not only prolific but also releases solid albums when he does release something.This album is apparently only a "stop-gap" record.Peter obtained a knee injury and had to return home for a couple of months while recording what was intended to be a major follow up to 2008's Home.This is the result.Peter started writing poems,messing around on the computer,piano and with his guitar and came up with this.According to Peter this is only a "filler" album but in truth its so much more.It's one of those records that requires or rather deserves your full attention to be appreciated and experienced to the extent that it should be.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">favourite track:</span>Guilt's Tune</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4z3Yq_03iHXa4JNIWU-W9PlTkyr8WLpv7IZAhtCiw4QTH7Jmsn8YstaxJYhCFM7uluCaQ6rQLPJdCUK12lQrHmELyjBMcjRKBQmDKg1u6Kgz8WbYWNuVoQ0eoGgLcNhaoaD4bln9LT0g/s1600/790264328f2bt.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4z3Yq_03iHXa4JNIWU-W9PlTkyr8WLpv7IZAhtCiw4QTH7Jmsn8YstaxJYhCFM7uluCaQ6rQLPJdCUK12lQrHmELyjBMcjRKBQmDKg1u6Kgz8WbYWNuVoQ0eoGgLcNhaoaD4bln9LT0g/s400/790264328f2bt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548794276441830882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fulka</span>-Mystery of the seven stars<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">This album is special to me.I think it is mostly because it seems so familiar to me.The folky edge makes it an honest effort that makes it possible to relate to and does not leave half the songs obscured by cool.Most of these tracks convey a lightness that absorbs you and makes it sincere and makes you put it on repeat over and over again.Mystery of the seven stars (the track)is one of the more serious songs that feels like an epic narrative that captures the essence of the album in a more contemplative manner .The electronic bits also help tie everything together and add the "tronic" to the :"folk".</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">favourite track:</span>Mystery of the seven stars</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFL8ALwDBaNt8DHUGD1kQsHAOyXEvYsfITSFQhpS5SxSVTNP8P-cc8iVP-0U9F_erMhyQ0jPuduFArgBJJSEFb-ZnndLuDebMwJrA4ycBfPBPsWKV_th3SmJf3_coQX2TyTr-pfbNTMY/s1600/Normal.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFL8ALwDBaNt8DHUGD1kQsHAOyXEvYsfITSFQhpS5SxSVTNP8P-cc8iVP-0U9F_erMhyQ0jPuduFArgBJJSEFb-ZnndLuDebMwJrA4ycBfPBPsWKV_th3SmJf3_coQX2TyTr-pfbNTMY/s400/Normal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548795830976969826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">A skyline on fire</span>-Slow</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >This album is something I've seen unfold.I still have most demo recordings they did before hitting Studio Benjamin and crafting this masterpiece.I've listened to the album more than anything else this year (hands down-I unscrobbled my last.fm to avoid looking like a groupie,but it might be too late for that now).When making the artworks I listened to the demos repeatedly,and then when the recording was done I listened to the album some more to make sure I didn't misunderstand this very heartfelt record because the last thing one would want when making the album art for an album such as this is to interpret the music and make the art about your own feelings about the essence of the music.Instead I wanted the art to be a solid and sincere statement of the music without being subject to my own take on the music...I know-that's pretty much impossible but that's how optimistic i was.</span><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">By going through these steps the songs that I already liked to begin with started to feel like home to me.A record that could be revisited and convey the same honesty every time.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">favourite track</span>:Expert Heart/Christmas card/Kids in bad Water</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43_Pt1h76irtS2P3gfGkAcJgOxM3X5HGIJKUN0VUFp24ps7rHlS16Kqra7qo11UkEKCCv3KWezdbJZhVLIHNwLLpbSRAjjJ6SjjyV90BXbUP5gHMiA_KhiVgkzH_JR6mRKUbo_apnxMc/s1600/christmas-card.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43_Pt1h76irtS2P3gfGkAcJgOxM3X5HGIJKUN0VUFp24ps7rHlS16Kqra7qo11UkEKCCv3KWezdbJZhVLIHNwLLpbSRAjjJ6SjjyV90BXbUP5gHMiA_KhiVgkzH_JR6mRKUbo_apnxMc/s400/christmas-card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548795818237093842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vampire 9000</span>- (yet to be released).</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I've had the privilege to have access to these 3 recorded sample vampire tracks before everyone else gets to hear them in January.I can tell you all to be very excited.Vampire is definitely going to be a project worth looking out for next year!</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">favourite track</span>:colours<br /><br />A full length is coming up!</span></span>maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-65841475528711874542010-11-24T08:25:00.001-08:002010-11-24T09:08:00.858-08:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">//BEEN THERE,SEEN THAT.</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Music videos are a strange thing.They are a platform for a band to say as much as possible in the littlest of time.They either make an impact and infiltrate our memory our way of looking or they just become another one of a gazillion videos that get sent to the deep downstairs of your brain and eventually just get tossed in the recycle bin because they simply were not remarkable enough to remember.The latter case is what happens to me most of the time...I watch a music video and either lose interest after a few seconds or just close the youtube window because the visuals aren't enticing enough to deserve my patience when loading the video or even the attention span when watching(i know-this sounds arrogant but it's just honest).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Apart from that, music videos seem to make the music industry (concerning established and non-established bands alike) even more of a battle field than it already is.If you have an uninteresting music video than you might as well start posting an add for your instruments in the Junkmail, as that means you will probably end up as one of the million bands to be overlooked.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Hence it is clear that the music video is quite a daunting thing for a band to put out there.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Thus,most bands try to sell themselves by using the latest flashy effects in their videos.Everything from rocking space to mysterious disappearing acts.Seriously though...haven't we become accustomed to these effects?We are no longer fooled into thinking that just maybe this band is really nifty enough to have put foot on space or to randomly disappear into thin air as an 80's audience might have been.We now know that in a music video everything and anything is possible.Therefore one could say we might have just arrived at the posit in time where flashy effects have been exhausted,leaving us disinterested and apathetic.It is nearly more noble for a band to just depict themselves as they are than to try impress by applying a million effects.Isn't it fair to say that the real as become the "abnormal" and the flashy the mundane?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">When looking at film,many directors are returning to something that is meant to feel "more real" to us.Something that makes it easier for us to focus on the story and the raw emotion of the tale told rather than becoming distracted by the air of flashiness about it.Perhaps it is the same with music videos?Maybe it is time for the music to become the main focus again and not the "glamour" involved.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Two recent local (South African) video releases have done just that for me.One of them being for the Folktronic group "<span style="font-style: italic;">Fulka</span>" directed by the one and only <a href="http://louisminnaar.com/">Louis MInnaar</a>,and the other for the mantra pop ensemble (i think they made up that genre) "<span style="font-style: italic;">A skyline on fire</span>", done by the UK based wunderkids <a href="http://www.shotopop.com/">Shotopop</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">They are both honest and focus on the music and the feeling induced by the songs rather than trying to make the band suit a certain tag.The talk about more than selling but rather embrace a realism and sense of joy that celebrates the music rather than the image that so often gets involved in music.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">here are these two videos for you to enjoy:</span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">FULKA:</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="font-style: italic;">go visit band site here:</span> <a href="http://fulka.bandcamp.com/">Fulka</a></span></span><br /></span><br /><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/joVigVA6Z9U?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/joVigVA6Z9U?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="640"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:arial;" >a skyline on fire</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">go visit band site here:</span><a href="http://askylineonfire.blogspot.com/"> a skyline on fire</a></span></span><br /><br /><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GCyNxAwbWLI?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GCyNxAwbWLI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="640"></embed></object>maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-74597488372507671222010-11-21T11:02:00.000-08:002010-11-21T12:15:42.170-08:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >//EXTREMELY ORIGINAL AND INCREDIBLY AWESOME.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >I think Jonathan Safran Foer is definitely one of my favourite authors.I'm nearly shy to admit this because as you are reading this you are probably thinking "Ugh,another die hard Foer fanatic!"</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >Well-I say this enthusiasm definitely has a valid foundation .I've just come across one of his latest works which definitely got me extremely excited as I'm planning on making book art next year.I suppose one could refer to his latest effort as an interactive paper-sculpture rather than just plainly calling it a book.It can be regarded as the result of the convergence of literature and fine art sprinkled with Foer.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >The story goes as follows....</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >I am imagining that he was sitting at his desk on a Thursday afternoon with his dog at his feet (I can't remember his dog's name-refer to Eating Animals if you find it to be essential info :P).I would imagine that he was looking out of the window,observing a mundane NY day passing by...He would be observing people sitting on benches or somewhere in a large green park or open plane across the road.He would see all the cutting edge New Yorkers reading from their reflecting I Pads or Kindles and would think to himself "How sad that all these people are making bookstores obsolete..."</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >What would follow is this (of course-this end product is what I'm basing my ridiculous "I would think" story on)....A book that would not be the same if your read it electronically!A physical book that could not just plainly be transformed into a pdf and substituted by a 45mb file.</span></span><br /><br /><img alt="http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/foer-1.jpg" src="http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/foer-1.jpg" /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >This book would be his new title "Tree of Codes".It consists of another pre-existing book that Jonathan Safran Foer has so to speak appropriated to arrive at his new novel.The appropriated book is "</span><em style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The Street of Crocodiles",</em><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >by Bruno Schulz.Foer simply edited out words or phrases to arrive at his own new story.This was done by printing various manuscripts of <span style="font-style: italic;">"The Street of Crocodiles"</span> and figuring out how to create a new unique tale that exists in its own right.To make the book more than just an appropriated literary piece, he created it as a paper sculpture version,where he took Schulz' book with the original layout and created die cuts to eliminate the words that he was not using in his new found story.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >Apparently many book printers said this book is impossible to print and compile,but the Belgian publishers "Die Keure" took on the challenge.Here's a video featuring the author/inventor himself explaining the idea: </span></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dsW3Y7EmTlo?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dsW3Y7EmTlo?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="640"></embed></object><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">here's some responses from other people </span></span>:<br /><br /><object height="225" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=16503295&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=16503295&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="225" width="400"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/16503295">Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer - Public Reactions</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/visualeditions">Visual Editions</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >go <a href="http://www.visual-editions.com/our-books/book/tree-of-codes">here</a> to buy!</span></span><br /><em></em>maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-55312303354101169652010-11-16T00:07:00.000-08:002010-11-16T00:22:31.062-08:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">DEAD DROPS/</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Aram Bartholl had this strange idea...He planted USB sticks into buildings at random spots all over NY.‘Dead Drops’ as these USB stations are referred to are an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space.These flashdrives are located outside of buildings,installed into walls,buildings and curbs where they are publicly accessible.The idea is also to randomly drop files and download files (sort of like a data lucky packet i suppose) and to thereby participate in the project.You never know what you will find might you discover one of these stations.Each USB station features a text filke informing the participant of the project and features a basic outline of why and how.The great thing is that "Dead Drops" is open to participation.Therefore if you would like to install a dead drop in your city/neighborhood follow the ‘how to’ instructions and submit the location and pictures.Thee first lot were installed by the artist himslef in NY only about a month ago,so this thing can definitely grow.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">read / see more </span><a style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://deaddrops.com/">Dead Drops</a></span><br /><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/usb-flash-drive-dead-drops-installed-in-public-locations-around-nyc/"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">via laughingsquid.com</span><br /></span></a><br /><img alt="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5126739968_1a75759ab9_z.jpg" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5126739968_1a75759ab9_z.jpg" /><br /><br /><img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in; width: 642px; height: 427px;" alt="http://deaddrops.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/deaddrop-nm-sm.jpg" src="http://deaddrops.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/deaddrop-nm-sm.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/5126139769_e5217e6758_z.jpg" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/5126139769_e5217e6758_z.jpg" />maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-72289797416079215562010-10-13T16:35:00.000-07:002010-10-13T16:56:01.877-07:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >//IT'S TOO LATE FOR A CLEVER TITLE.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >I haven't blogged in about 2months.It sometimes feels like it's really tough to blog about something that will keep someone on your blog for longer than 20 seconds.It's like there's just tooo much out there to write about or even share,so sometimes it's easier to just leave it at that and accept that the average visitor time will probably mostly remain limited to a mere 20seconds if at all...which is what lead me to slowly but surely abandon my blog over the last two months..</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >Now I'm lying in bed with my laptop and my battery has 50min of battery life left...my eyes about 20min (it's about 1h30am) and my brain possibly only 12min of efficient brain activity left to get this blog afloat again...</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >I figure it's a good way to spend these last minutes of the day...</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >Okay...if you're still here than we've passed the 20sec timespan meaning I've achieved what I set out to do :) (smirk)...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >So here is what kept me awake as I figured the content was worth sharing and interesting enough to try revive this 2month slumber...</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >"Fulka-The mystery of the seven stars"</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >This album by the Pretoria based band Fulka is really quite a gem...</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >Not only are the songs solid and the album something that you will after one play through the album hold dear,but the album art is also something that would make suckers that have never heard the band (pfft-where have you been?) purchase the album.The band refers to itself as a "folktronica" outfit.I suppose its best to head over to their bandcamp and listen to it online<br /><br />go to <a href="http://fulka.bandcamp.com/">http://fulka.bandcamp.com/</a> to purchase/ listen to the digital album, or contact the band to acquire a physical copy.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >Here is an image preview of the album:<br /><br /><br /></span></span><img alt="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs384.ash2/66221_444687698642_251276848642_5103153_668271_n.jpg" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs384.ash2/66221_444687698642_251276848642_5103153_668271_n.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ></span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in;" alt="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs415.ash2/69303_445126413642_251276848642_5110440_5814227_n.jpg" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs415.ash2/69303_445126413642_251276848642_5110440_5814227_n.jpg" height="683" width="602" /><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span>maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-55561772802741274652010-08-25T07:03:00.000-07:002010-08-25T07:20:24.888-07:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">//BETWEEN YOU AND ME / OBJECTS OF CO-DEPENDENCY</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Found on From Keetra.Go visit the website to view some more of their mind bending & interesting projects! SITE : </span><a style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.fromkeetra.com/posts.php?post=069">From Keetra</a></span><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.fromkeetra.com/img/069_JustBtwnYouMe_Keetra.jpg" src="http://www.fromkeetra.com/img/069_JustBtwnYouMe_Keetra.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.fromkeetra.com/img/069_EveryBreathYouTake_Keetra.jpg" src="http://www.fromkeetra.com/img/069_EveryBreathYouTake_Keetra.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.fromkeetra.com/img/069_SignifigantSpooning_Keetra.jpg" src="http://www.fromkeetra.com/img/069_SignifigantSpooning_Keetra.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.fromkeetra.com/img/069_KeepAnEyeOnYou_Keetra.jpg" src="http://www.fromkeetra.com/img/069_KeepAnEyeOnYou_Keetra.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.fromkeetra.com/img/069_InYourEyes_Keetra.jpg" src="http://www.fromkeetra.com/img/069_InYourEyes_Keetra.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.fromkeetra.com/img/069_TalkToYou4ever_Keetra.jpg" src="http://www.fromkeetra.com/img/069_TalkToYou4ever_Keetra.jpg" />maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-90176851380181751302010-08-20T06:53:00.000-07:002010-08-20T06:57:12.426-07:00<span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">//WISH TICKET</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/10599_k7xpur5t_c.jpg" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/10599_k7xpur5t_c.jpg" /><br /></div>maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-6854702871677287142010-08-19T07:09:00.000-07:002010-08-19T07:35:33.969-07:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;">//1 BIT SYMPHONY</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I figured it'd be best if I just quote the text about this project directly from the project's site as it might get tricky to explain since i'm the most non technical person out there:P</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">here goes: (quoted from <a href="http://www.1bitsymphony.com/">http://www.1bitsymphony.com/</a> )</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.tristanperich.com/">Tristan Perich's</a> <i>1-Bit Symphony</i> is an electronic composition in five movements on a single microchip. Though housed in a CD jewel case like his first circuit album (<i><a href="http://www.1bitmusic.com/">1-Bit Music</a></i> 2004-05), <i>1-Bit Symphony</i> is not a recording in the traditional sense; it literally "performs" its music live when turned on. A complete electronic circuit—programmed by the artist and assembled by hand—plays the music through a headphone jack mounted into the case itself. The project is set to be released on <a href="http://www.cantaloupemusic.com/">Cantaloupe Music</a> on August 24, 2010.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">While </span><i style="font-family: arial;">1-Bit Symphony</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> is purely electronic in its execution, its contents reflect Perich's long-standing interest in orchestral composition. Since the release of </span><i style="font-family: arial;">1-Bit Music</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> in 2006, Perich's compositional work has combined 1-bit audio with acoustic classical instruments, providing insight into the conceptual and aesthetic relationships between physical and electronic sound. With </span><i style="font-family: arial;">1-Bit Symphony</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, Perich brings this insight back into the digital realm, juxtaposing the grand form of a classical symphony with the minimal nature of 1-bit circuitry.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12244413&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12244413&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/12244413">Tristan Perich: 1-Bit Symphony (Part 1: Overview)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user657228">Tristan Perich</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6avko8g181qb45gc.jpg" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6avko8g181qb45gc.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.cantaloupemusic.com/images/news/091031_tristanperich450x360.jpg" src="http://www.cantaloupemusic.com/images/news/091031_tristanperich450x360.jpg" /><br /></div>maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-90837205908168137432010-08-09T11:47:00.000-07:002010-08-09T11:55:57.804-07:00<span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">//L'HOMME A LA GRANDE BARBE</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">C.S Neal's work blows me away.I love how he plays with 2dimensionality.Apart from that his illustrations also mainly rely on silhouettes and form and feature minimal detail.Despite not elaborating detail the works nonetheless capture the essence of what is to be communicated...I think the cliche of "less is more" would be appropriate here!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">check out his portfolio here: </span><a style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://redsilas.com/project.php?type=images">C.S.Neal</a></span><br /><br /><img alt="http://redsilas.com/images/portfolio_images/i168A09.JPG" src="http://redsilas.com/images/portfolio_images/i168A09.JPG" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="http://redsilas.com/images/portfolio_images/iE56260.JPG" src="http://redsilas.com/images/portfolio_images/iE56260.JPG" /><br /></div>maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-76700548205266220422010-08-09T11:23:00.000-07:002010-08-09T11:35:32.959-07:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">//FASHION TIPS BABY # (I lost track...)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Wow-it's just too easy to find blog posts for this specific category.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I don't think I've posted any accessories before,so here we go...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Women and metro sexual men love their accessories!It's about time someone invented something new right?Despite being extremely off beat this face jewelery" also helps reconstructing the face a little.If you've taken too many punches or were born with a somewhat "abstract" face, then this is definitely the bling for you!The safe alternative to surgical reconstruction...Alternatively if you are bored with the normality of your face this face bling can also achieve the opposite effect and turn you into something more avant garde looking!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">designed by </span><a style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" title="Burcu Büyükünal" href="http://www.burcubuyukunal.com/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','www.burcubuyukunal.com']);" target="_blank">Burcu Büyükünal</a><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">photos by </span><a style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" title="arthur hash @ flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/arhash/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','www.flickr.com']);" target="_blank">arthur hash</a></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;">found at <a href="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/">todayandtomorrow</a></span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in;" alt="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/burcu_buyukunal_1.jpg" src="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/burcu_buyukunal_1.jpg" height="668" width="480" /><br /><br /><img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in;" alt="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/burcu_buyukunal_2.jpg" src="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/burcu_buyukunal_2.jpg" height="668" width="480" /><br /></div>maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-30474898733302198712010-07-25T12:29:00.000-07:002010-07-25T12:36:11.732-07:00<span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">//SUNSHINE THE WEREWOLF / WEREWOLF HEART</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I'm not big on hairiness,but what an awesome image-This is what I imagine a contemporary werewolf to look like,these Twilight people got it all wrong...</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">artwork by Austrian artist <a href="http://markus.leitsch.at/">Markus Leitsch</a></span><br /><br /><strong style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Suit 2 & 3</strong><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> 2009</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> cowhide, resin. 60×30×180cm</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-80" title="leitsch-2009-suit3-1" src="http://markus.leitsch.at/wp-content/uploads/leitsch-2009-suit3-1.jpg" alt="leitsch-2009-suit3-1" height="1136" width="700" /><br /><div id="page"><div id="XXXcontent" class="XXXnarrowcolumn" role="XXXmain"><p> <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-79" title="leitsch-2009-suit2-1" src="http://markus.leitsch.at/wp-content/uploads/leitsch-2009-suit2-1.jpg" alt="leitsch-2009-suit2-1" height="1136" width="700" /></p> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); </script><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/ga.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-1762472-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}</script> <br /></div>maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237494935007625026.post-40927181605662290202010-07-25T12:17:00.000-07:002010-07-25T12:28:29.944-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;">//PENCIL MELODIES<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;">I've been looking for a new record player since my old one has retired into a senile state!</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;"> I've visited various second hand stores as well as a few lame chain stores that eagerly tried to sell me players that would ruin my attempt of decor in my room...</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;"> I came across this lo-fi player on fubiz and think it's THE BUSINESS!</span></span> <br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: arial;">Too bad it only plays 7"inch vinyl! This genius cardboard record player was conceived by a Canadian agency (Grey Vancouver) who dreamed this up for GGRP sound.The only thing is that it might be tricky to keep the record speed constant,as the record player is automated by the users hand-the record has a small insert for a pencil point,which the user then activates through movement...All I'm saying is your arms might get lazy,and the music might end up sounding like a soundtrack to a horror film.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="http://www.fubiz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/cardboard1-550x363.jpg" src="http://www.fubiz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/cardboard1-550x363.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.fubiz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/cardboard2-550x414.jpg" src="http://www.fubiz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/cardboard2-550x414.jpg" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">found at <a href="http://www.fubiz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/cardboard2-550x414.jpg">fubiz</a></span></span><br /></div>maaike00http://www.blogger.com/profile/13480073703038756718noreply@blogger.com0