posted February 19, 2019 #
It's entirely possible that the
passing of fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld means very little to you. Personally, I'm torn between a lack of investment in the luxury fashion world and a keen appreciation for Fashion As Art. Whenever you see a high-end fashion show with outrageous clothes and someone remarks on
the impractical outrageous designs, take a beat and remember that fashion shows aren't about clothes you're meant to buy at Target.
So, even if you never have before, take some time to
appreciate the Lagerfeld legacy. The works he created may not be something you'd ever see yourself in but they are absolute works of art. Then steer yourself on over to Netflix and watch the
Seven Days Out episode on
the Chanel Haute Couture Fashion Show. Stunning, to say the least.
posted February 19, 2019 #
With recent closure of Gold Rush on Elliston Place, here's a look at some other Nashville favorites that have closed over the years... including Gerst Haus, Mario's, Vandyland and more. https://t.co/3q8OlIqVBd
posted February 18, 2019 #
I’ve seen some horrible things in my life, but this may be the worst of them all https://t.co/fjneD6rO6j
posted February 18, 2019 #
diving into this, fingers crosse
posted February 17, 2019 #
I still can’t get over the fact that the friggin New Yorker came out to cover my crazy antifascist metal party and yet here we are ? https://t.co/afmkaloANA
posted February 16, 2019 #
Truly, “Peter Glazebrook vegetable” is the greatest google image search of all time. https://t.co/oJdE0Lr7uT
posted February 16, 2019 #
Look, everyone gets involved with some dumb idiot for a while when they’re young. Maybe he’s hot, or he’ll make your parents mad, or he’s just so stupid you think he’s joking. Whatever - the USA is only 243 yrs old & in country years that’s like 24.
We’ll meet someone nice soon.
posted February 15, 2019 #
What’s a vampire design lead’s biggest fear?
Stakeholders.
(Thanks, I’ll be here all night!)
posted February 15, 2019 #
@arlojamrog What's a ghostbuster design lead's biggest issue? Phantom clients! Buddum-ch!
posted February 15, 2019 #
this rundown of fuckable demons is so good
posted February 15, 2019 #
this is wonderful news for the amount of youtube i will watch in the future
posted February 15, 2019 #
Asked if we had a link to all @hottminute themes song & freaked. THANK YOU @TowerDefenseTN @CocoCommotion @ItsDavePaulson @LilBanditMusic @tristentristen @DenitiaOdigie @honeyboyhey @POLYLovesYou @TRUEMUSICBAND @jayleophillips @patrickdamphier @ellenangelico @jmwimmer @Shaboi
posted February 15, 2019 #
@hottminute @TowerDefenseTN @CocoCommotion @ItsDavePaulson @LilBanditMusic @tristentristen @DenitiaOdigie @honeyboyhey @POLYLovesYou @TRUEMUSICBAND @jayleophillips @patrickdamphier @ellenangelico @jmwimmer @Shaboi Like...incredibly humbled that you all said yes to this. Our 2004 drunken dream of "Wouldn't it be cool if someone made a new theme song for us every week?" is real & it's our favorite thing & makes our show seem credible: https://t.co/Nzo0UFsbhV
posted February 15, 2019 #
I must admit, I'm a little disappointed in the offerings for
#wtf and
#wtf #dance over on Giphy but it
does yield some fruit, so I can't complain.
Been enjoying this
Spotify playlist inspired by Mort Garson, early Moog and vintage synthesizer music. You will enjoy as well.
And now this...
- Yesterday - a new Danny Boyle movie in which only one man knows who The Beatles are. Seriously, that's the plot. As Forest said, there is no more hit and miss director than Danny Boyle.
- Missing Teens Friends Go On TV To Plead For Her Release - this Onion News Network segment is the pinnacle of acting.
- Bill & Ted & Chuck - the opening scene of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure recut with the original track "I Can't Break Away" by Chuck Jackson, rather than Big Pig. One acquaintance of mine reviewed it as "too postmodern." Everyone's a critic.
- Windows 95: Hall of Tortured Souls - more Easter Eggs in software please, thank you.
- Little Diddy - you see it coming but it still hits home. I hate that I loved this.
- .flex Best Meme - you can tell from the title this is going to be Deep Internet. I really hate that I loved this.
posted February 15, 2019 #
There's a lengthy read available over at WIRED entitled "
AR Will Spark the Next Big Tech Platform - Call It Mirrorworld" and I can't suggest reading it enough. The title is a bit more hand-holding than it needs to be but, basically, it discusses the fact that everything around us is being documented and digitized into a digital copy; a mirror copy of reality into the virtual.
The piece does a great job of selling that idea and the benefits that can come from it. Cameras, robots and AI documenting our environment; sharing that information with one another and learning from one another - i.e. automated cars that inform one another of road conditions. It also warns of the obvious privacy concerns of having cameras on everything around you, capturing everything from every conceivable angle to fully understand it.
It also makes a great point about how Augmented Reality marks the end of thinking of "The Internet" or "Cyberspace" as some
other realm. We've always cast digital technology as somewhere else (see
Lawnmower Man,
The Matrix or
The Firm for prime examples) but that's no longer true. Our world and the Mirrorworld are the same, one augmenting and informing the other.
It's a lofty piece and certainly worth reading with a critic's eye. This little quip really stood out to me:
The great paradox is that the only way to understand how AR works is to build AR and test ourselves in it. It’s weirdly recursive: The technology itself is the microscope needed to inspect the effects of the technology.
Obviously, I don't disagree but the idea that you can't know the benefits or dangers of something until you've already made it, is worrisome!
It reads like a sci-fi manifesto at times; a (mostly) positive approach that I greatly enjoyed.
posted February 15, 2019 #
A new episode of
Bandsplainer has posted. This one finds host
Olivia Ladd and guest
John Condit discussing The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Like many others, I was introduced to Brian Jonestown Massacre through their beef with Dandy Warhols and the film
Dig!. I've always kept an ear on them over the years and enjoyed their diversity and exploration of their sound. So, to have Olivia and John document their discography and discuss exactly that variety, is a real treat.
The show is up on
Apple Podcasts,
Spotify,
Google or wherever you like your podcasts fed to you from.
posted February 14, 2019 #
Andrew Gumm and
Zach Duensing have returned for a third season of
fan/fiction. The first episode of the season is, appropriately, Valentine's Day themed.
There's a lot of great plans in the works for the third season in terms of guests that will be joining them to discuss creative fan fiction but this first episode is a classic dive into fan created stories; all themed around Love and Relationships.
You can subscribe on
Apple,
Spotify,
Google or wherever you like to hear your shows.
posted February 14, 2019 #
The comparison game of
Can't Unsee requires a great attention to detail. If you're the sort of person that is capable of noticing differing line-heights, vague opacity differences or inconsistent rounded corners - this is the game for you!
The game embodies the most nit-picky part of being a designer; really harping on the small details. Tho, as we know, the
little details can be big.
