posted February 12, 2015 #
The ongoing series,
Off Camera with Sam Jones, is a series of simple, insightful, interviews with interesting people. To name but a few subjects:
Jeff Bridges,
Judy Greer,
Sarah Silverman,
Michael B Jordan,
Will Forte and the latest, and possibly my favorite,
Jon Brion.
Brion is one of those creative entities that you have most certainly encountered but may not be aware of his presence. He created the scores for
Magnolia,
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,
I Heart Huckabees and loads of producer work for the likes of Fiona Apple, Rufus Wainwright and Sean Lennon. Oh, and he has a solo album entitled
Meaningless that I can't recommend enough.
Long story short, he's great. This interview only reveals his cool nature about the entirety of his life experience which, for me, makes him even better.
posted February 11, 2015 #
Always a panelist, never a moderator.
posted February 11, 2015 #
tip: appear to be a better person by only having horrible friends
posted February 11, 2015 #
transparency in doctors receiving money from various corporations. look up your physician! /HT @lastweektonight
posted February 11, 2015 #
Seeing Networks is an ongoing field guide to network infrastructures - the hardware and markings all around us related to the technology systems we're all entrenched in. That sounds rather esoteric but it's true, we're surrounded by stuff like
antennas,
manhole covers,
cameras and
language that relate to an underlying machine. Don't miss out on the "CrimeEye Cameras" created by the "Total Recall Corporation" - that's an actual thing! Unreal.
The site helps to inform about those things. There's even a
print version, if you want to walk around and read along. Right now the site is just about NYC but more cities are in the works. Maybe you can contribute.
posted February 11, 2015 #
It's a lengthy one but this New Yorker piece,
The Trip Treatment, does a deep dive on the history of psychedelics in medical treatment and the recent resurgence in investigating the usefulness of the drugs in cancer and anxiety treatments. The drugs are still classified as Schedule 1 (illegal) and sample sizes for recent experiments are extremely small so it's tough to really draw any sort of worthwhile conclusions just yet but that doesn't make the history any less interesting.
The piece is filled with a lot of great quotes - particularly from those who received the drugs in the late 60's - and some truly fascinating factoids, i.e. English psychiatrist Humphry Osmond coined the term "psychedelic" in 1957 within a letter to Aldous Huxley.
posted February 11, 2015 #
posted February 10, 2015 #
Star Wars Uncut meets Mad Men. VERY curious to see the results on this.
posted February 10, 2015 #
To try to better say what's hard to express in a tweet? Sweet Home Alabama: http://t.co/GzHvtNQMXs
posted February 10, 2015 #
Sometimes Nashville is a grown man in a candy-striped suit clawhammering an electric banjo through a portable amp at the corner bus stop.
posted February 10, 2015 #
I realize I posted about this
just yesterday but I'm really smitten with this new
Jasmin Kaset video for
Lionshare. Having watched it a few times now I'm really taken by the idea that it's not just a compilation of pretty images and camera moves - it does a nice job of telling the tale of the cycle of life, in reverse. From taxidermy death to zygote, it's all in there. I know that sounds ludicrous but I'm not even reaching!
All that aside, it makes for some
great gifs.
posted February 10, 2015 #
I'd love to see a more in-depth writeup on the process but this
Good People Brewing Co. Can Redesign is quite solid. The actual logo mark for the company is still real unfortunate but at least the individual cans have a sharp new look while still tipping the ole proverbial hat to the clean and simple can designs of the past.
posted February 10, 2015 #
This writeup on the
$1.6 Billion Branding job for Shake Shack by Pentagram is pretty fascinating. The original undertaking was a pro bono job for the original Madison Square Park location for the
Conservancy. The 1950's vibe that was embraced has extended far and wide into their growing franchise business. Despite going against what every project manager would have you believe, I really enjoy this quote:
In retrospect, if you’d done a million years of focus testing and consumer studies, you wouldn’t do a better job. It shows you the charm of the happenstance. - Paula Scher (designer)
Sometimes your gut just works.
posted February 9, 2015 #
can't help myself, must have
posted February 9, 2015 #
"Behold! My week of dangerous self-indulgence," by @boobsradley: http://t.co/96XlIFkZZj http://t.co/2QOogiVRVo
posted February 9, 2015 #
We love working with @olivesinclair http://t.co/qqPdcsKzlm
posted February 9, 2015 #
I hereby challenge any man to better than this for Valentine's Day http://t.co/InUbH71QMb
posted February 9, 2015 #
Oh good, I had just been wondering what every single person on earth thought of Kanye West so this works out great
posted February 9, 2015 #
All tweets should come with metadata displaying blood sugar and blood alcohol levels
posted February 9, 2015 #
Bostonians: Remember, the world will always remember you the way your frozen, ice-encased bodies are found, so pose thoughtfully.
