It's Almost Tomorrow:

"“To me, at least in retrospect, the really interesting question is why dullness proves to be..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:03:00 -0400

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“To me, at least in retrospect, the really interesting question is why dullness proves to be such a powerful impediment to attention. Why we recoil from the dull. Maybe it’s because dullness is intrinsically painful; maybe that’s where phrases like ‘deadly dull’ or ‘excruciatingly dull’ come from. But there might be more to it. Maybe dullness is associated with psychic pain because something that’s dull or opaque fails to provide enough stimulation to distract people from some other, deeper type of pain that is always there, if only in an ambient low-level way, and which most of us spend nearly all our time and energy trying to distract ourselves from feeling, or at least from feeling directly or with our full attention.

Admittedly, the whole thing’s pretty confusing, and hard to talk about abstractly … but surely something must lie behind not just Muzak in dull or tedious places anymore but now also actual TV in waiting rooms, supermarkets’ checkouts, airports’ gates, SUVs’ backseats. Walkmen, iPods, BlackBerries, cell phones that attach to your head. This terror of silence with nothing diverting to do. I can’t think anyone really believes that today’s so-called ‘information society’ is just about information. Everybody knows it’s about something else, way down.”

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- DFW, The Pale King

BUY VOID. andrewsautomaticstore: Wash the Map (Union Square...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:34:50 -0400

BUY VOID.

andrewsautomaticstore:

Wash the Map (Union Square Clean). 2011. Glossy Print. Edition of 50. 24x36. 70 usd.

The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever | Politics News | Rolling Stone

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:44:22 -0400

The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever | Politics News | Rolling Stone:

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Filthy Lucre.

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:40:00 -0400

Filthy Lucre.

nevver: Alan Watts

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:40:09 -0400

nevver:

Alan Watts

Saturdays are the best days…

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:59:12 -0400

Saturdays are the best days…

On repeat for the last three days.

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:03:14 -0400

On repeat for the last three days.

It’s Easier Now Behind these eyes a desert spiritSea...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:36:46 -0400

It’s Easier Now

Behind these eyes a desert spirit
Sea serpent heart inside a sunken ship
I finally got it
All parts wrong

I didn’t know how long it would take to do it
Behind these eyes
Dead grey mule
Torn apart moon in an empty room

It’s easier now
And I just say I got better
It’s easier now
That I just say I got better

It’s easier when I just admit
Death comes now
And the next minute

the next minute

Behind these eyes

noahkalina:

Jason Molina with Bean
20061101 - Brooklyn
R.I.P. Jason Molina

The World Won't End

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:46:42 -0400

The World Won't End:

The World Won’t End, a Sleeve.FM mix

I’m Not Talking by A.C. Newman
Shake Some Action by The Flamin’ Groovies
Clinically Dead by Chad VanGaalen
A Message To Pretty (Stereo Version) by Love
I Was There by The War On Drugs
Outside Love by Pink Mountaintops
Time and Again by …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
A More Perfect Union by Titus Andronicus
Just Your Friends by Mink DeVille
Give Out by Sharon Van Etten
Misty’s Nightmares 1 & 2 by Father John Misty
Whip-poor-will by Magnolia Electric Co.

Seems like an appropriate day to share this mixtape I’ve...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:39:28 -0400

Seems like an appropriate day to share this mixtape I’ve been working on for a while…

Magnolia Electric Co.: on the passing of jason molina

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:26:07 -0400

Magnolia Electric Co.: on the passing of jason molina:

A sad day for those of us lucky enough to have heard his music…

magnoliaelectricco:

We are deeply saddened to announce that Jason Andrew Molina passed away in his home in Indianapolis this past Saturday, March 16th of natural causes at age 39. Jason was a world class musician, songwriter & recording artist. He was also a beloved friend. He first caught international attention in…

For Sale, The SAAB Life

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:08:00 -0400

For Sale, The SAAB Life:

I’m selling my Saab, and all that comes with owning one.

….kind of? Not that I’ve ever been one for labels.

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:05:52 -0500

….kind of?

Not that I’ve ever been one for labels.

What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now - Biography of Ted Williams - Esquire

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:16:29 -0500

What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now - Biography of Ted Williams - Esquire:

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A Man of Modest Means.

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:15:48 -0500

A Man of Modest Means.

Photo

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:07:17 -0500

instagram: The Tiny Paper Dolls of @rubicantekid When your...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:28:25 -0500

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instagram:

The Tiny Paper Dolls of @rubicantekid

When your everyday surroundings begin to feel a little mundane, try this: Imagine what it would be like were you to shrink to the size of your thumb, suddenly dwarfed by items you might normally hold in your hand.

If you have a fanciful imagination, you might dream up something very similar to @rubicantekid’s Instagram feed. For the past year, illustrator Mike Rubenstein has been snapping photos of his tiny paper people amid a variety of humorous backdrops. “The whole fun of the project is in shifting the context of everyday things through these little cutouts,” says Mike.

“The first of these little people was really just a doodle from a Post-It note, but I got such a kick out of how the photo came out that I started looking around my desk to see what sort of stuff I had lying around… and at this point I can’t look at anything without wondering if a little paper guy might look good alongside it.”

Follow the adventures of Mike’s tiny paper people at instagram.com/rubicantekid, and view more of his work at ShrugLyfe and Astrostrange.

Interview with Creative Director Dirk Barnett

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:10:30 -0500

When Dirk Barnett joined our team at The New Republic a few months ago, he brought with him a vast experience designing for major publications, an impressive breadth of design knowledge and history, and a keen eye for fresh, original concepts. Our new logo—the creation of Dirk and his team—is a work of art unto itself. We sat down with Dirk this week and asked him a few questions about his design process and the creation of the new New Republic.

Interviewer: This is a big, bold logo. What made you decide to create such a forceful design?

Dirk Barnett: When Frank and Chris first brought me on board, there was a lot of conversation about balancing what The New Republic has been, and what it can be. While there were many logo iterations that delved into a more serif-based, elegant approach, in the end we decided to break out of The New Republic's heritage and create something fresh and new. We have one shot at stopping people at Hudson News, or the iTunes store, or in their Google Chrome browser, so we wanted a logo that stands tall, and demands a presence, without being too in-your-face. Given who we are and our 98-year history, there is definitely a level of authority and elegance you want to maintain, but also a need to bring it forward to hold the interest of our current readers, while attracting new ones.

Q: What impression do you want readers to walk away with after seeing the new logo?

DB: That we are a must-read brand. Obviously it goes beyond the logo to communicate that, but as soon as we designed our first covers with it, we knew we had something vital. And energetic! One of the underlying principles of our redesign philosophy is to bring a new level of energy to the brand.

Q: How did you choose the font and colors?

DB: As is always the case when creating a logo, I designed probably 50 variations with 15 different typefaces until settling on the final logo, using Antennae from Font Bureau. And one of the things that got us all excited was the fact that it bleeds nicely off the left and right sides of the cover.

Q: The logo is only the first piece in a sea of broad changes to the design of the magazine; were there any particular resources you drew on repeatedly during the process?

DB: This redesign process was unique because we did everything backwards. Usually, the process starts with a logo, then the print edition, then the website, then the iPad. But this process started with the digital first. By the time I had joined the team, our impressive website design team, Hard Candy Shell, was already halfway through their work on the redesign of The New Republic website, and I quickly found inspiration in the work they were doing. They are a great team to collaborate with, and once I finalized the typefaces, they snapped perfectly into their site design. And I was continually thinking about iPad design from the beginning, so there are a lot of details that, while they look phenomenal in print, really come to life in our new app. But even with this fresh look, the 98-year history of the magazine cannot be ignored. My first few trips to The New Republic's D.C. offices were spent pouring through back issues. There are definitely some new design details in the redesign that owe their inspiration to those old magazines. And the first cover of The New Republic, from 1914, is a work of art.

Q: How do you think the logo conveys the spirit of the magazine?

DB: The New Republic is about big, bold ideas, and the logo surely represents that.

Q: The New Republic has a storied history nearly one hundred years long. What elements of past New Republic design work did you bring into the new design and what did you feel needed to be radically altered?

DB: The New Republic, beyond the amazing work [Art Consultant] Joe Heroun did on the covers, was never a visual magazine. It never had a full time creative director or an art department. It looked like a trade journal, and we simply turned that concept upside down, and made everything more visual and electric. But beyond merely making it look like a normal magazine, we will be doing things on a much more conceptual level to communicate ideas. Typography as a graphic tool will be in major play. We can't wait to share the new design.

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