January 2009
“If there’s a problem, fix it. If your job can’t be fixed, quit. How dare you...”
– [Fireside Chat] Seth Godin and Mark Hurst - 37signals
something i came across 2 years ago today.
(via soxiam)
“We definitely have friends who think back to that as a fonder time. For them,...”
– Animal Collective | Pitchfork
is that what bro enlightenment sounds like?
'Brother Sport' on repeat
I keep worrying that I’m going to make myself sick of this album…not sick yet though…not by a long shot…
catbird:
woodswoodswoods:
Posting something to the effect of ‘I am listening to and really enjoying Merriweather Post Pavilion’ on The Internet is like pissing into the sea. None the less, sometimes you just have to go.
Pitchfork: I imagine the way you make music by yourself is very different from the way you make music with Animal Collective.
Noah Lennox: Yeah, it's super different. I mean, it starts in the same place, but after that, it's pretty heavily different. Obviously, it's a lot more interactive when you're working with a group of people; you can come up with things that you never could have come up with on your own because you're bouncing off these other people's ideas and personalities and styles of doing everything. I feel like you can surprise yourself a lot more working with other people. When I was working on my own, I just-- almost not think about it, just mellow out in a way. It was a very low-energy process compared to working with Animal Collective.
Pitchfork: Do you have an idea when you're thinking music, whether it's more of a Panda Bear idea or an Animal Collective idea?
NL: Going into that process, I have already decided that I'm writing a song for me, or I'm writing a song for Animal Collective. There have been one or two instances of me switching over after the fact. But just logistically, if I'm writing a song for myself, usually I'll work pretty fast. So if I'm doing a song for myself, I'll produce the shit out of it right after the fact, and that won't really work so well when you're bringing it to the table for three other guys. There's no space to insert their personality and their character into it. So if I'm writing for the band, [I] have to make sure to keep it more stripped down and empty. There's got to be space for other people to get involved.
Pitchfork: What was a typical day like when you were recording Strawberry Jam?
Noah Lennox: It was the same every day. We rented this house about a half-hour drive out of Tucson, and every morning we'd wake up and pile in the car after having some coffee and something to eat, drive the 30 minutes, and listen to a bunch of jams on our way there. We'd work, steadily, from about 11 in the morning to about 9 or 10 at night, and then go home. Usually at some point during the night we'd listen to what we'd been working on that day, to get a different perspective on it, and just to hear how it sounded out of a different set of speakers, or a more normal set of speakers. And we'd just hang out at night, that was the comedown time. It wasn't too stressful, but definitely very involved work, pretty much all day long.
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“About five years ago, I was growing bored with the whole neo-’80s...”
– Why Can’t Anyone Tell I’m Wearing This Business Suit Ironically? | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a...”
– Robert Heinlein via Caterina. (via zachklein)
“My Kennebunkport is on the South Side of Chicago”
– Barack Obama on his refusal to move his part time residence to a farm or ranch (despite pressure from the secret service) (via jamesnord)
Brown Sugar MP3 →
raindog:
What do you do when you get a voice mail like that from your apartment call-box? You have a genius friend like Aaron Byrd to remix.
“I want you to design a moment in time. What does that mean? That’s what...”
– Winter Sorbeck
“We are now third wave thinkers.”
– Alvin Toffler
“What better way to design for the other 90% than to teach people to design for...”
– Mike Glaser
“so, what’s a designer to do?
Create a philosophy / Learn to apply it...”
– Mike Glaser
Faculty Directory: Westphal College Resources: College of Media Arts & Design: Drexel University
El Rey De Taco - Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA →
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On Routines
Now that I’m obsessed with this blog about daily routines, I decided to reflect on my own, both proposed and realized.
I’m constantly trying to revise my schedule…get it locked down, get it right…want to be as productive as I can.
A lot of it has been trial and error and learning about self-discipline. My routines are always works in progress.
This spring, I had intended...
Watchsostark:
bminortoa:
i was building up to this. hype comes and goes all the time. fuck hyperbole. this is happening. a great band getting the recognition they’ve deserved for like at least 5 or 6 years… but now more than ever.
ohryankelley:
Animal Collective - My Girls
On Vimeo (Watch in HD)
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“Basically, I feel like at the moment...
“Afterwards, we came to refer to certain types of accomplishments as “black...”
– Tales of the Rampant Coyote: The Black Triangle [via: Kottke] (via 43folders) (via viafrank)
“One day, I hope to get pregnant, but still be able to chill hard and watch...”
– HIPSTER RUNOFF | The Most Authentic Blog On The Information Super Highway, Yall.
Flickr? →
every single page of the Dekalb County Police... →
mrsatl:
i’m not even shitting you. i kind of wish i was.
p.s. the “departments” tab is my fav