Rutherford Chang’s art/music/commerce installation We Buy White Albums where he purchases and showcases his collection of 650 first-pressings of the Beatles’ White Album at the Recess Gallery in SoHo at 41 Grand Street.
Listen to 100 copies of side 1 of the Beatles’ White Album:
After a close call at first base was argued by Cubs skipper Brian Harper, Dye, who was at the computer controls for the music clips used during the game, played the brief audio clip. It followed a controversial call by base umpire Ramon Hernandez in the top of the eighth inning. Seneca responded by ejecting Dye and ordering the stadium’s public-address sound system shut down for the rest of the game.
Seneca pointed to the press box and bellowed: “You’re gone! No more music!” Verbal announcements over the sound system for such things as batters coming to the plate or pitching changes also weren’t allowed.
via Umpire's 'Three Blind Mice' upset makes Daytona Cubs intern famous – Sports.
I agree with the commentators on the above video: being ejected for playing “Three Blind Mice” over a PA is awesome.
Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys, also known as MCA and his doppelganger Nathaniel Hornblower passed away yesterday. I remember so many late nights listening to Hello Nasty, Ill Communication, and Pauls Boutique making the hours of studio work pass by – arguing about the fact that “White Castle fries only come in one size” isn’t right anymore (they sell small and large now).
Rest in peace, MCA.
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Khoi talkes today about Reading “Game of Thrones” in the Real World:
One thing I had completely forgotten about is how communal popular books can be. A few people have spotted “A Game of Thrones” in my pocket or saw me reading it on the subway and then started friendly conversations with me about it, something that never would have happened if I were reading it on my phone, where every book is effectively invisible to everyone but me.
I’ve often thought about this unique digital problem: Once we go to a completely digital delivery system of long-form reading material, including books, how do we signal cultual cues to others? How will my friends communicate that he reads both the New Yorker and the Economist without annoyingly working into conversation stories he’s read from the magazines? We will no longer have a physical bookshelf.
We can look to music, as CD’s are falling out of fashion and only the most obsessed still buy LP-records. Going to live concerts, browsing Pitchfork and listening to Pandora radio seem to be the new cultural signifiers. Record of these events are now being recorded on people’s Facebook wall, blogs and twitter stream (don’t get me started about recording live music with your phones).
I wonder if Pinterest-like apps are the new bookshelf.
Chances are, you know Moby best for his electronic dance music. But it turns out the eclectic-minded musician has another life, as an architecture buff who recently moved to LA and now writes a blog about buildings here he loves. The blog is called, simply, Moby Los Angeles Architecture Blog, and features his photos of local architecture—from commonplace courtyard apartments to iconic houses by Frank Lloyd Wright—as well as his musings on the urban environment. Frances Anderton talks to Moby about his love of architecture.
Awesome soundtrack to a quirky iPhone game, Sword & Sworcery is now out for digital download, 180 gram LP and limited time cassette.
Well I’m living in a foreign country but I’m bound to cross the line
Beauty walks a razor’s edge someday I’ll make it mine
If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born
“Come in” she said
“I’ll give you shelter from the storm.”