Day of the Devs 2017

posted October 25, 2017 #

phenomenal selection of games

Sammy

posted October 25, 2017 #

All around talented guy Sam Smith has launched a new endeavor entitled Sammy. The store is filled with prints showcasing Smith's wonderful color palettes and elusively simple designs. Oh, and there's a delightful enamel pin of the balloon logo. Looking forward to watching the store grow - so I'm following along, as you should too.

Spoon - Do I Have to Talk You Into It

posted October 24, 2017 #

was hoping for something a little left of center and they delivered

Audiotree - Sun Seeker

posted October 24, 2017 #

full session. such a good band.

Long Shot documentary

posted October 24, 2017 #

was told to watch this with no prior info.

Shaboi Mix

posted October 24, 2017 #

Shaboi, everyone's favorite elusive Halloween music maker, recently appeared as a guest host on Nashville Mixtapes and provided two hours of spooky tunes to enjoy. From Edgar Winter Group to Bing Crosby to Bobby Brown and Goblin, he covers a lot of ground.

It's streaming in its entirety right over here, so get to listening.

The Vibes

posted October 24, 2017 #

You may recall some time ago I posted about The Hand and Eye, a web destination powered by John Peabody and his journalistic endeavors (both photographic and written). It's a quality blog but that's selling it short.

Recently, Peabody released The Vibes, a short film about vibraphonist Chris Dingman. Your knee jerk reaction may not be to have much interest in a vibraphonist you've never heard of but I highly suggest watching the piece - its pace is contemplative and deliberate in showcasing Dingman's thoughtfulness and talent.

Sawyer microscopy

posted October 24, 2017 #

There isn't a whole lot of content on the Sawyer Microscopy site but what is there is certainly worth a perusal. The Flourescence and Light sets are the most intriguing to me, largely for their color palettes.

David S. Pumpkins: An Oral History

posted October 23, 2017 #

i love that the media fervor around this character greatly outweighs anyones actual confusion or adoration for the character

Primus and the Quintessons

posted October 23, 2017 #

i can't believe i watched all of this AND enjoyed it

Stefan Draschan Artwork Matching

posted October 23, 2017 #

Photographer Stefan Draschan has a number of photo series captured inside of museums. People Sleeping in Museums, People Touching Artwork, The 3 Graces and, my favorite, People Matching Artworks. It must be a painfully patient process to capture someone dressed in a similar fashion to an artwork they are admiring but Stefan manages to do it with great aplomb.

Quite a few of them are unbelievably accurate. Others are humorously accurate. It's a fascinating stream of images well worth a very deep dive.

Vintage Obscura Halloween 2017

posted October 23, 2017 #

The subreddit Vintage Obscura has been mining for rare gems for years. Their sharing policies contain rules like: "Is it at least 25 years old? Does it have under 30k views on YouTube? Under 50k on Last.fm?" All done in an attempt to find sounds that you haven't heard before but probably should.

They also release a Vintage Obscura Halloween mix every year, composed of the songs they've spent the past year digging through.

Side A is entitled 'Swinging Ghosts' and Side B is 'Forget the Light Forever' - helping to frame the songs selected for each set. It's an enjoyable listen to help get you in the proper headspace for whatever spooky rituals you enjoy participating in this time of year.

William Eggleston - musik

posted October 23, 2017 #

Secretly Canadian recently released musik, the debut album from influential photographer William Eggleston. It is an hour of improvisational songs culled from 30-years of recordings. Here's the fascinating official rundown:

In the 1980s, Eggleston, who disdained digital cameras and modernity in general, became surprisingly fascinated with a synthesizer, the Korg OW/1 FD Pro, which had 88 piano-like keys, and in addition to being able to emulate the sound of any instrument, also contained a four-track sequencer that allowed him to expand the palette of his music, letting him create improvised symphonic pieces, stored on 49 floppy discs, encompassing some 60 hours of music from which this 13 track recording was assembled.

You can listen to "Untitled Improvisation FD 1.10, dive into the whole album or watch this Rick Alverson mini-documentary on Eggleston's relationship to music.

It was certainly a delightful surprise to see that Eggleston was involved in music at all and even more enjoyable that it's through the conduit of a KORG and improvised pieces.

Denver's Darkwave Scene

posted October 23, 2017 #

i love these rundowns from Bandcamp

posted October 22, 2017 #

Someone designed this. Then someone approved it for production. Then someone printed it. Than someone bought it and… https://t.co/6ooZfC35wz

posted October 22, 2017 #

I'm posting new horror-themed glitch art every day until Halloween, with desktop wallpaper links. 01:… https://t.co/RjzdGOZHoH

posted October 22, 2017 #

when you spend all night chasing people in their nightmares but nobody asks you about chasing your dreams https://t.co/yJ2jXCJvcW

posted October 22, 2017 #

https://t.co/l94MWOvale

King Gizzard releases 4th album of the year

posted October 22, 2017 #

Five were promisee

posted October 22, 2017 #

i think in 20-odd years of being on the internet this is still my favourite jpeg https://t.co/d9vMAEXyiL