Japanese cooks who have special skills prefer knives without any ergonomic shape. A flat handle is not seen as raw or poorly crafted. On the contrary, its perfect plainness is meant to say, “You can use me whichever way suits your skills.” The Japanese knife adapts to the cook’s skill (not to the cook’s thumb). This is, in a nutshell, Japanese simplicity. (via Kenya Hara On Japanese Aesthetics)
↓ 17 Nov 2009
That’s what we were going for— a summer jam. So while people keep saying it sounds like Atlas Sound is trying to sound like Panda Bear, when I was making it I was actually kind of thinking about LEN— this Canadian band nobody remembers. I think the younger kids need to realize there’s this whole forgotten 90s that people don’t really talk about. Like, what was that song, Primitive Radio Gods [“Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand”]? That song’s great! But people don’t talk about this stuff anymore. They act like nobody before has used samples in an ambient way or cut up a song and layered it with electronic elements.
Early Spring in NY on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Screen shot 2009-11-16 at 4.48.37 PM (via SayHolaToTravis)
↓ 16 Nov 2009
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nice M83 poster (via .pancho)
↓ 15 Nov 2009
All works, Dieter Detzner, left, Michael, 2008, Acrylglas, 280 x 200 x 28 cm. Right, Paul, 2008, Acrylglas, 415 x 250 x 60 cm. Courtesy Sassa Trülzsch, Berlin.
