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For those who have ever visited us in our old office
Please continue reading only if you’re into fun stuff for insiders that is maybe even not funny for insiders that are not into cars.
Today, while I was walking around in the countryside near Nuremberg, enjoying the wonderful bavarian spring weather, Johannes sent me an email with a screenshot of the location of our former office on Google Maps. I was all alone, between country lanes and a rural industrial estate, but I had to laugh out really loud all of a sudden:
This is a photo of the same location I took some time ago:
Hahaha.
like many things. the best postrock is made in switzerland.
honey for petzi. live. don’t miss the other parts on youtube.
new blog
My Idols all together. Robert Lindström, Rob Chiu, Chris Hewitt and others. That Colorsystem is so nice!
disconnection notice. my minimalistic yellow bike.
hej, the post reminds me on something. my lost yellow custom handemade bike i bought in copenhagen spring 2004. it was stolen in berlin. like all my bikes here. so if anybody see it? monospeed, no breaks, creamy soft well saturated yellow frame, brown mudguard and brooks leather saddle. the perspective in this productshot is a bit strange. the seat was nearly on the same heigt as the handle bar.
Danish minimalism on wheels?
my daily dose of bike nerdism was slapped in the face when i came across this blog dedicated to Scandanavian Aesthtics. It covers basically everything *ahem* precious, like media, design, fashion, music and art.
ps. the bike post can be found here
fight the BUFF
in my perusal of “street art” websites I often come across lots of crap. however, i was rather excited to find a blog dedicated to the anti-graffiti movement or art of graffiti removal, which is known as THE BUFF. The great part about BUFFING is that given the right conditions, it too becomes a form of street art. this occurance is often attributed to:
1. not having the correct color of paint which matches the canvas’ original color.
2. realizing point 1 and trying to do your best to make the tagged facade acceptable by buffing in large geometrical patterns.
3. trying to just buff out the tag, by painting a similar color over it so that the original tag is recognizable.
at any rate the buffing blog has only gotten started, but i can foresee it acquiring a similar status to the banksy sister site (pictures on walls). read the blog and see some examples here.
you are ok
mood buttons by pleaseletmedesign. i ordered 2 packs.
the one thing apple just doesn’t have…
is a slogan better than this.
that statement is so true, it hurts.
and a full shot of the nice design.
billboards are pollution
billboards have long been the target of city vandals. they are the perfect canvas to get your work seen. however, it is refreshing to see someone doing a new level type of billboard vandalism where the original cityscape is the tag. it is a giant f-u to the whole world of advertising.
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desert island discs
i remember growing up as a kid and listening to the radio with my dad. either in the car or while doing some bricolage, the radio was always on. one of his favorite stations would do this show called “desert island discs”. in that show, they would play an entire CD, worthy of the desert island title.
if you were stranded on a desert island, which discs would you want to have with you?
if you could only choose 5, would you risk bringing a CD where only half the tracks were worthy? which CDs in your collection are truely good from beginning to end?
having posed this question, i cannot help wondering if the digital music revolution hasn’t killed the perfect record concept. buying one song with one click, creating a playlist of “best-ofs”, digesting mp3s faster than releases can be put out. does anybody have the time for a whole record anymore?
anyhow, i always enjoy this question because i could spend hours mulling over my music collection, adding and removing titles with pleasure, searching out the perfect discs for what could be a very lonesome journey into solitude with music as my salvation..
and speaking of being saved, tonight i suddenly had the urge to hear one of my favorite bands, rex. they were a sort of post-rock supergroup formed from the ashes of codeine and red red meat and topped off with lesser known, but equally good, chicago musicians . their 2nd record titled “C” is one of my favorite of all time and would definitely make it to the island.
this goes out to all music tech geeks and lonely hearts.
experimental guitars
nothing wrong with some good old blog recycling…pitchfork has a nice interview with an experimental guitar builder, whose done some unique creations for various guitar heros, i.e. lee ranaldo of sonic youth. this particular creation basically made my jaw drop…
“It’s basically a two-string guitar with a built-in thumb piano. The strings of the guitar can be bent by a brake cable from a moped, which is connected to a foot pedal. When amplified, the thumb piano, which is mounted to the guitar body, has a very low and impressive sound, almost like a vibraphone.”
via music thing