My day is much the same as yours, I’d imagine. There are windows of time in which I am remarkably present, refilling my water glass, passing the raisins, lost in a riveting conversation with Bee about small intestines, sharks, small intestines in sharks. And then there are the other times. Windows of time that feel
If you’re ever in the market for a good, melancholy meltdown, turn on a mixed tape from high school. Let the voices of Destiny’s Child or Creed or Matchbox Twenty wash over you and remember it all. Avoid the urge to judge your taste in music; you were young. You were unedited. Understand that everyone
So, I don’t watch the Bachelorette, but I’d totally give July a rose, absolutely. The weather has been spectacularly moody, vacillating between angsty teenage thunderstorms and polite 70-degree afternoons and hey, as a minor coffee addict, mood swings are something I can get behind. The rain makes the sun brighter, is that how the saying
I chatted with a few readers this week about the daily routine of a creative, and we all agreed on one thing: when the morning coffee wears off and you’re still stuck with a massive to do list, it’s time to pump up the volume. Naturally, I have a few go-to songs I like to
Reader Cara Bloch sent this photo over last week and it made me laugh so hard. She spotted it in an artist’s trailer at The Hangout Music Fest in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Hilarious!
OK so yes, this looks like little more than a spherical thing of wonder, but it’s actually much more. Engraved while listening to the “Anthology of American Folk Music,” these plates can be played on a turntable to create noise music. Which is pretty much the coolest thing I’ve heard today. Go, art! Link: LITTLE
I’m pretty un-cool when it comes to music (Milli Vanilli, anyone?), but I spotted Tracey Thorn’s latest album in my local bookstore and wanted to snatch it up that instant… all because of the totally cool artwork. I didn’t (should I?), but I did do some research and found the design team that created it.
A tree stump turned turntable. What would one even call that? Awesome.