The personal blog of Nico Muhly, a fantastic young composer who has worked with the National, Will Oldham, Phillip Glass, and others. His new record Mothertongue is amazing.
Small Flickr set of posters by René Mederos. His work is very much to my liking.
Here’s a chart showing the books of the Bible, who wrote them, and approximately when.
Have a literary tattoo? Post a photo of it here.
There are three songs in streaming format for to listen at the website for Monkey: Journey to the West, Damon Albarn’s newest musical adventure: an opera. The story by Wu Ch’eng-en, which it is based on, is fantastic.
A nice collection of zen proverbs, sayings and quotes.
Christianity is like a pickle being cooked with an electrical current. All you need are forks, a pickle, and some live wire to plug into a socket in order to understand what it’s like to believe in Jesus. But remember, Christianity is dangerous, so don’t try it at home.
Not a shocker: cruise ship art auctions use shady practices. I watched one of these auctions once and was very unsettled. It was curious and discomforting to watch a room full of vacationing, middle-aged suburbanites bidding on prints by Miró, Dalí, and others.
The sound of jello wobbling is officially disgusting.
Newspaper clipping from the eighties: When Was the Last Time You Really Let Loose? Pure zen.
Kottke attempts to label Dustin Humphrey’s photography as Pro surfers + underwater naked steampunk. That’s a pretty good try, I suppose.
The colors of Looney Tunes.
The favorite posts from The Daily Headache: a blog for migraine sufferers.
A flickr user has posted scans of the covers for Penguin’s Great Ideas, Volume III. They were designed by David Pearson, who’s website has his work for Volume I and Volume II of the same series.
Where the Hell is Matt? Dancing like a fool all over the world with everyone everywhere. So good.
Killing the Buddha, an online magazine dealing with religion and culture is returning to life.
Whitman’s Brooklyn, a blog with images and facts about the Brooklyn of our past.
French footie player Rémi Gaillard finds goals all over the city, to the dismay of many, many people.
Dozens of photos of old New York.
Beautiful timelapse video of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Cranford Rose Garden. And the music is perfect.
Nerd Watch: videos of some of the best cinema sword fights but with lightsabers.
So this is what being a morning person is like, I thought. It’s like being 80 years old. Deepa Ranganathan makes the transition from night owl to morning person.
Teach the Controversy: Intelligently designed t-shirts urging you to show both sides of every story.
Kevin Kelly writes about a concept called scenius, defined by Brian Eno as such: “Scenius stands for the intelligence and the intuition of a whole cultural scene. It is the communal form of the concept of the genius.”
Bob reports that he was not able “to obtain a grade above a ‘C’ until I changed my political views when interpreting, say, a Robert Frost poem.” But why should your political views have anything to do with the interpretation of a Robert Frost poem? You’re trying to figure out where Frost stands, politically or otherwise; where you stand is simply not to the point. Stanley Fish responds again on the topic of politics in the classroom, arguing that there is never a correlation when the teaching is done right. Conservatives have found themselves in the minority in the academic world, and a few have made very public how it offends them.
Absolutely stunning inlay artwork on these guitars by Larry Robinson. This guitar is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
So Bill Maher and Larry Charles have a new movie coming out called Religulous. I’m excited and hesitant at the same time. I enjoy a good swing at organized religion (whether it be Woody Allen or Nietzsche), but Maher’s brand of anti-religiosity throws the baby out with the bath water, so to speak. There’s a lot of wisdom in the Bible, it’s just a shame all the miracles, prophecies, and mythologies got mixed in there, too. Even so, I’m sure each and every interviewee in this film deserves the ribbing they receive.
Wonderful jewelry from Paraphernalia. Cory Doctorow is right, this heart necklace is lovely.
