If you happen to see either of these men…

…ask them when they are going to get off of their fat asses and produce something close to good music again.
Damn!

Sincerely,
Bart Silverfish
Blissink Records

Black Lips

Black Lips
Good Bad Not Evil
[Vice; 2007]

Rating: 8.3

Black Lips can, to date, be depended on for raucousness, irresponsibility, occasionally pissing in their own mouths onstage, and sloppy garage tunes indebted to noise and punk as much as the band's Southern roots. Given all that, the idea of them hitting anything outside of a niche audience seemed slim. They're a go-to band for filth-rock puritans, even as their unhinged live shows have helped them slowly gain a larger audience with each album's release.

SOURCE: PitchforkMedia.com

Print enlightenment

Art as interaction

Local Projects is turning museums into places where people interact with information—and each other. Its latest commission will have the whole country joining the conversation.

By Angela Starita


SOURCE: PrintMag.com

Animal Collective

Animal Collective
Strawberry Jam
[Domino; 2007]

Rating: 9.3

In March, Animal Collective's Panda Bear (aka Noah Lennox) had his breakout moment with the release of Person Pitch. It was his first solo album that didn't sound like what we'd previously heard from Animal Collective; sample-heavy and based on loops, the album's songwriting devices favored expansion and contraction over conventional chord changes. Person Pitch reflected Panda's interest in dance music-- even when it veered toward the angelic pop innocence forever associated with the harmony-drenched hits of the 1960s and 70s. Both the album and its transcendent centerpiece, "Bros", are deservedly being widely considered among the year's best.

SOURCE: PitchforkMedia.com

I love you, in Irish

Gilliam's Island

The alternative to
the All-American,
family-fun movies
of the last 5 years.

NOTE: Not for the faint of heart

Salad Fingers (7 episodes)

OMG!

A poem: If I Owned the Internet

How many poets could cram eBay, Friendster and Monster.com into 3-minute poem worthy of a standing ovation? "If I were in charge of the Internet," Rives says, "You could Mapquest your lover's mood swings/Hang left at cranky/Right at preoccupied/U-turn at silent treatment ..." Enjoy a unique talent.

About Rives


SOURCE: TED.com

A Jaw-dropping Photosynth demo

A Cross-modal, cross-user, multidimensional experience
Using photos of oft-snapped subjects (like Notre Dame) scraped from around the Web, Photosynth (based on Seadragon technology) creates breathtaking multidimensional spaces with zoom and navigation features that outstrip all expectation.

About Blaise Aguera y Arcas

SOURCE: TED.com