Lately, I've really been digging through the portfolio of Portland, Maine's Kris Johnsen. His primary work seems to be Show Posters with an incredibly amount of fine line work. There's also a solid amount of hand drawn type, fine textures and a handful of ambiguously awesome t-shirts.

full album first listen

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another quality Summer Mix Series entry

Multiple people recommended that I read about The Strange & Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit aka The North Pond Hermit aka Christopher Thomas Knight. The tale of Knight is a pretty unbelievable one - he departed into the woods sometime in the 1990s and hasn't spoken to or interacted with another human being since. His legacy was well known in the area for the series of break-in's that plagued the area wherein Knight would find and gather supplies from empty homes but no one had every actually seen him or had proof enough to know it was a singular individual.

His story is interesting but I won't provide any spoilers here. It's a great longread that certainly gets to some very fascinating issues regarding human interactions and how they affect you and current event awareness. The man had barely even heard of the Internet, much less used it.

I do not envy his lifestyle or his choice to abandon all his family and friends to be alone but I do appreciate many of the insights he provides into the living of a life.

The portfolio of works from Alexandra Kehayoglou is full of imaginative textile usage, particularly the portrayal of physical landscapes through carpentry. Maybe that's oversimplifying but pieces like Infinite Pasture or Jardin really take that idea and run with it.

Shelter for a Memory is probably the best example of the incredibly clever use of materials but be sure to see all the others in the Shelter series.

Really enjoying these digitally augmented works from Ed Freeman - particularly the Country and City collections. There's just something a little off - too much saturation and flatness but still plenty of decaying details. It's strange but engaging. The NSFW Underwater seems like it would be the most appealing but I'm rather sold on these manipulated landscapes.

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another Dust & Grooves mix

this is smart and incredibly useful. Thanks to both teams!

an interesting exercise for sure

What a week! I was busy busy busy but there is much goodness on the horizon. If you haven't heard the new Mount Sharp EP, please head over to Brooklyn Vegan and give it a listen. I'm excited for it's release and they're even touring a bit! Exciting stuff.

• Russian Motorcycle Wreck - not only does this end up being fine, it ends up being so unbelievable that I doubt its authenticity (but, also, I am sure it's real.. it's gotta be real).
• Every Easter Egg In Guardians of the Galaxy - I really enjoyed Guardians and it's nice to hear someone really nerd out on all the small details.
• Franzie Kitty Hug Compilation - If you could train a cat to do this, everyone would do it.
• Man With a Van - Episode 3 "NYC Parking" - Man With a Van continues to be a worthwhile YouTube series and they're starting to get a little darker and serious. Curious to see where they go with this.
• Sisters Episode 1: Strawberries - recording your mom and your aunt having a conversation and then recreating it for the cameras is an instant recipe for success.
• Troy restaurant in Staten Island - I love that this just barely skirts the line between actually awful commercial and parody.
• Shiba Inu or Satan? - it's the Church Lady of dogs.

Have a great weekend! If you haven't read this comic yet, please do so STAT.

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Grantland gamifies your opinion on SNL

Nashville photographer Jonathon Kingsbury recently relaunched his portfolio site and it's filled with some compelling band and environment photos. It's always nice when someone you know thats super talented finally posts that great work out for the world to share.

I'm intrigued by the offerings of Hovee - a rideshare app that recently quietly launched in the app store. It is, at the core, an app for organizing a carpool - sometimes with strangers. From a tech perspective, it's cool to see an app that is learning about people's routes to and from destinations and able to make suggestions for carpooling based on that data. From a social perspective, I find it fascinating that we continue to embrace a more friendly environment of sharing and community. Maybe I'm overthinking it but an app for riding with strangers requires a lot of trust and is, somewhat, a sign of quelling some paranoia that I think runs as a steady undercurrent in our country.

Some great hacks in here!

this is so brilliantly done

I really really want to see this movie, especially after reading this

oddly fascinating read on the licensing (or lack thereof) of Radiohead's music in film.

clean and easy way to find worthwhile projects