January 2008
77 posts
oh, come on →
so silly
Robbie Williams’ latest album will be used to re-pave streets in China.
Periodic Table Printmaking Project →
Barrelhouse wants your roller derby stories →
sneaker freak
Not a huge sneaker fan, but I kind of like these.
Editor picked for new WSJ mag →
not bollocks
The folks at Pollocks didn’t like the gossip blogs, so they started their own site, which allows readers to post their artwork. Check out the blog here.
Wes: I heart legos →
Michel Gondry's coming to Deitch Projects →
“He did a great party in the wrong place. We’re going to put on a great...”
– “celebrity agent” Max Markson
Opening: Juan Muñoz retrospective at the Tate →
virtually broke
Second Life shut down about a dozen in-world banks yesterday.
Patti Smith is coming to the Fondation Cartier →
paris review, winter 2007
Interviewer: It sounds like when you travel you spend most of your time in your hotel room reading. Kenzaburo Oe: Yes, that’s right. I do some sightseeing, but I have no interest in good food. I like drinking, but I don’t like going to bars because I get in fights. Interviewer: What do you get in fights about? Kenzaburo Oe: In Japan at least, whenever I come across an intellectual...
to skate or not to skate
Bravo, because I still don’t know how to ice skate.
London clamps down on cyclists →
Wes: livingstone is an idiot
"value co-production" →
“We accept that some people are tall and some people are short. Yet we seem to...”
– Rachel Richardson
seeing is believing
To celebrate its 50th issue, The Believer is including a sheet of temp tattoos with every subscription filled this week. Sign up today.
smutty smut: library edition
I Stumbled on this excellent little photo collection today, featuring many inspiring libraries from around the world. The photos can be found in a book called Libraries, by Candida Höfer. Please note: Eco wrote the introduction.
Olafur Eliasson is coming to MoMA →
eeep →
“This is a dark time in cookie history. And for those of you who say, ‘Get...”
– Gary Nadeau
today is mlk day
Sarah Vowell has a great op-ed in the Times today, in honor of MLK. She stepped in temporarily for Maureeen Dowd a few summers ago. The columns she contributed were a refreshing change, and a more permanent spot would have brought a great sense of humor to those pages.
“Come on boys, no more wars, lets get on with living.”
– Mary Quant
“At many papers, the only reporters covering colleges and universities write...”
– Richard Whitmire
Nasa investigates virtual space →
“Records are set to be broken.”
– Ellen MacArthur
a really fast bike →
meet Flocke →
“The Australians go to work in shorts and that’s a good enough reason to hate...”
– Jeremy Clarkson
Giant palm tree puzzles botanists →
