Have an awesome Sunday.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
2 + 2 = 5
I witnessed an argument posed once in a dingy kitchen, as to whether it was possible to have two great things as separates but equal parts make one amazing thing as a whole. The sum of this conversation lead to a friendly Taco Tuesday evening turning into experimentation hour. When the dust settled we had invented a funnel cake battered taco that may or may not have been the most wonderful vegan unfriendly thing I've ever eaten. (It was terrible)
Sometimes two amazing things don't make a greater whole, but sometimes they sure as hell do. Two of my favorite things in the world are pretty girls and beautiful bicycles. I tripped over some photo's recently on Flickr and found that this is a situation that proves what tacos + funnel cake cannot. Enjoy!
Sometimes two amazing things don't make a greater whole, but sometimes they sure as hell do. Two of my favorite things in the world are pretty girls and beautiful bicycles. I tripped over some photo's recently on Flickr and found that this is a situation that proves what tacos + funnel cake cannot. Enjoy!
Friday, May 22, 2009
This weekend
For those in the Central and South Florida regions this weekend. The world of Bicycles will be popping off. Make it out if you get the chance.
Also this has got me excited, if only for the tall bike.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Alma's Newest Dreamspeaker
Introducing the newest member of this humble happenstance of word and wonder. Um, yeah that sentence sound pretty lame to me too. Strike that from your memory, for now.
Anyway, I will be another contributing member, spewing gibberish from my mouth. You should pay attention to me, fully embrace me, and believe said words. I have a mustache. There's trust there, right?
In closing, we should be friends,
Antimo
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Easy Alphabet Pony by Par Tangjaitrong
My dear cousin shot these for a project at Drexel. More of her work to come!
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
Animal Collective/Grouper @ Terminal 5 (05/13/09)
All photographs courtesy of Brooklyn Vegan
Terminal 5 Rooftop
Animal Collective
Grouper
ORLANDODIANS, get your tickets to see Animal Collective at Club Firestone NOW.
(click on picture below for link to tickets)
British Cinema (Part 2)
The 60's - New young actors from the New Wave began to star in larger films while the James Bond series began. Director's David Lean and Basil Dearden were at the top of their game while young director Stanley Kubrick, with films like Dr. Strangelove and 2001: A Space Odyssey looked to becoming the future for cinema in the UK.
The 70's - The careers of Stanley Kubrick and Ken Russell began taking off with films like A Clockwork Orange and The Devils.
The 80's - British productions dropped more than 50% in 1980, but brought back by Companies like Channel 4, and Handmade Films. With producers such as David Puttnam and George Harrison productions like Chariots of Fire and Withnail & I were given international distribution.
The 90's - Like in the US independent films grew more popular. With the help of Film on Four (FilmFour) directors Danny Boyle and Guy Richie were able to make films like Trainspotting and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The 90's was also a time for Anthony Minghella who won two Oscars at the 69th Academy Awards for his film The English Patient.
The 2000's - Danny Boyle continues in his success with films; 28 Days Later and Sunshine, while the world falls for British actors like Clive Owen and Jude Law. In this decade several American vetrens like Woody Allen and Mike Nichols decided to try their hand in making films in the UK with their films Match Point and Closer.
With many production companies sprouting up and moving overseas it will be interesting to see what the next century holds for British Cinema.
The 70's - The careers of Stanley Kubrick and Ken Russell began taking off with films like A Clockwork Orange and The Devils.
The 80's - British productions dropped more than 50% in 1980, but brought back by Companies like Channel 4, and Handmade Films. With producers such as David Puttnam and George Harrison productions like Chariots of Fire and Withnail & I were given international distribution.
The 90's - Like in the US independent films grew more popular. With the help of Film on Four (FilmFour) directors Danny Boyle and Guy Richie were able to make films like Trainspotting and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The 90's was also a time for Anthony Minghella who won two Oscars at the 69th Academy Awards for his film The English Patient.
The 2000's - Danny Boyle continues in his success with films; 28 Days Later and Sunshine, while the world falls for British actors like Clive Owen and Jude Law. In this decade several American vetrens like Woody Allen and Mike Nichols decided to try their hand in making films in the UK with their films Match Point and Closer.
With many production companies sprouting up and moving overseas it will be interesting to see what the next century holds for British Cinema.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
ATTN: DISCO KINGS AND QUEENS
Soul Jazz Records just recently re-released one of their greatest comps yet. The World of Arthur Russell compiles Arthur Russell's career spanning from his disco-tastic work with Dinosaur L and Loose Joints to his more avante-garde jams with that little cello of his. Check this out, and also check out his documentary Wild Combination done by filmmaker Matt Wolf --released on Plexifilm.
R.I.P Arthur, you were the greatest.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
British Cinema (Part 1)
When discussing cinema many forget British cinema. Modern cinema is generally regarded as descending from the French Lumière Brothers in 1892, and their show first came to London in 1896. However, the first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890.
George Albert Smith devised the first color system, Kinemacolor, in 1908.
Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail (1929) is regarded as the first British sound production.
WWII - During the war some of the greats came out of this era; David Lean's Brief Encounter.
Post-war - After the war ended big budget films started appearing; Michael Powell's The Red Shoes, David Lean's Oliver Twist.
British New Wave (Free Cinema) - A gritty underground movement included Tony Richardson's Look Back in Anger and John Schlesinger's A Kind of Loving.
I simply can't wait for this.
Sigur Rós front man Jon Thor "Jónsi" Birgisson and Alex Somers new side project entitled "Riceboy Sleeps". This will be the soundtrack to your life.
Release date:
July 20 in Europe (Parlophone)
July 21 in the US (XL)
A taste of what's to come.
Release date:
July 20 in Europe (Parlophone)
July 21 in the US (XL)
A taste of what's to come.
Taco Rim
The infamous “Taco Rim” explained:
“Over the past few months I have received many questions regarding the one very well publicized rim fail in November of 2008. This is what has been posted (with the help of some photoshoping) on the internet as the “taco rim”. After receiving the rim from the customer we were able to run a material test and the results showed that everything was normal. In the wake of this incident and after selling H Plus Son rims for about 10 months now, we have only ever received this one complaint and request for the rim to be replaced under warranty (which of course we did). After all these months, it is safe to say that this was indeed an isolated incident. In this situation, it might be that one rim slipped out of our otherwise very strict quality control or it was damaged during shipping, it is hard to tell. The difficulty of making a rim at this depth while keeping the weight as low as it is requires a lot of effort and gives a very low margin for error. Whatever it was that went wrong with the infamous “taco rim”, we will continue to strive for the type of quality expected from the best brands and continue to improve on the demands of quality and perfection. During this incident, we have also learned about the challenges of operating our sort of business in the age of the internet. One misstep and we could have been gone. Bye-bye, game over, you lose. Yet, we have continued and the support of our customers for our passion and vision is definitely appreciated. But we also want to point out that a rim of this weight and shape has limits when it comes to heavy abuse. This is perhaps quite obvious. What is perhaps less so is our continued striving for unique and inspired products.” – H Plus Son
-www.pedalconsumption.com
Moral of the Story: Just keep buying the damn wheels. They're hot like salsa.
“Over the past few months I have received many questions regarding the one very well publicized rim fail in November of 2008. This is what has been posted (with the help of some photoshoping) on the internet as the “taco rim”. After receiving the rim from the customer we were able to run a material test and the results showed that everything was normal. In the wake of this incident and after selling H Plus Son rims for about 10 months now, we have only ever received this one complaint and request for the rim to be replaced under warranty (which of course we did). After all these months, it is safe to say that this was indeed an isolated incident. In this situation, it might be that one rim slipped out of our otherwise very strict quality control or it was damaged during shipping, it is hard to tell. The difficulty of making a rim at this depth while keeping the weight as low as it is requires a lot of effort and gives a very low margin for error. Whatever it was that went wrong with the infamous “taco rim”, we will continue to strive for the type of quality expected from the best brands and continue to improve on the demands of quality and perfection. During this incident, we have also learned about the challenges of operating our sort of business in the age of the internet. One misstep and we could have been gone. Bye-bye, game over, you lose. Yet, we have continued and the support of our customers for our passion and vision is definitely appreciated. But we also want to point out that a rim of this weight and shape has limits when it comes to heavy abuse. This is perhaps quite obvious. What is perhaps less so is our continued striving for unique and inspired products.” – H Plus Son
-www.pedalconsumption.com
Moral of the Story: Just keep buying the damn wheels. They're hot like salsa.
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