Links for 12.1.09: Why did Walt Whitman wear jeans?
*Rumor: Remastered vinyl LPs from the Beatles to be released in March. Also, I have a few Beatles albums on my computer, so I can listen to them pretty much whenever. Super easy!
*Odor: M cologne is made from Michael Jackson’s DNA. I hope that’s not a euphemism. Do you know what I mean? If you don’t, please don’t look it up. [vulture]
*Food: Examine these ketchup packets that look like landmines. Wow.
*Drink: Tactical Nuclear Penguin beer has 32% alcohol content. I could not have conceived of a better name. Except possibly Vomit Gong. Or Ketchup Packet Landmines. (I don’t know where that came from; I just tried to channel my id.) [harper's]
*Fashion: “If Whitman wore jeans, he wore them because they were the clothes of the rebellious, not because they were the affordable uniform of the pretty.” Also, was that really Walt Whitman reading? I thought it was a dude from the Waltons. (I’m not being droll about that last part!)
*Social media: What this article calls “checkins” have previously been called pings or gestures. It’s all a part of the attention economy. Which is actually a system akin to a language. I’m sure you get it. I don’t have the patience to explain further.
*Twitter: If you haven’t seen these Twitter avatars drawn by @apelad, you should see them. Because they are awesome.
*Technology: Knocking is an iPhone app that allows you to see through other people’s iPhone cameras. WHAT? It’s mobile-to-mobile live sharing! (I took that last part right from their site as I tried to confirm what it actually did.) Also, it seems like perverts would love this. [coudal]
*Music: Golden Fiddle grabbed Zach Galifinakis’ iTunes playlist. Funny word, Galifinakis. Heh.
*Today’s links: F
Video: Taco exploding in slow motion
Parry Gripp has a lifetime pass to the listenerd. LIFETIME.
Links for 11.29.09: “A work of art has no importance whatever to society.”
*Books: Vladimir Nabokov’s son Dmitri ignored his father’s dying request and instead of destroying his unfinished work upon his death, he published it. (Somewhat related is this Lolita-inspired coffee table.) On “Original of Laura.” I ask that upon my death, both my unpublished AND published work be destroyed. Thank you all. [3quarks]
*Video: Here’s some video of the Air Sex World championships. It’s both odd and probably not safe for work. And it has nerds with beards. And umbrellas. And a guy named Dick Oxygen. But it’s not as good as it sounds. Weird, I know.
*Nostalgia: For some reason, I love that this incredibly long interview with Vanilla Ice starts off with lyrics from his most famous song. You know, to set the tone. Huh? [mefi]
*Blogging: The format of this new music blog, Left As Rain, is interesting. Setting humility aside for a moment, I think my style would be suited to it. [notcot]
*Art: Olivier Kosta-Théfaine uses a cigarette lighter to burn incredible images into ceilings. I once carved “K-Ball” into a high-school commons wall. Peer pressure. [neatorama]
*Lists: eMusic lists their Top 100 albums of the decade. Wow; The Hold Steady comes in at number two. [spincity]
*Sales: This vending machine sells ideas for $.50. I have been thinking about a similar micro-business: A person would friend me on Facebook and tell me his or her screen names on various social networking sites. I would then examine the person’s digital identity and write up an objective assessment of what his or her spirit object is. [adverlab]
*Meta: I tumblr’d ONE POSSIBLE explanation of my magazine/toilet avatar.
Video: Song played on a broom
This is somewhat old, but I can’t not post a song played on a broom by a guy wearing taped-up glasses.
Lazy web: Audio recording equipment?
OK, weird question here. A little advice around audio recording/podcasting equipment would be helpful. What set-up would a person need to record decent audio once in a while without having to jump through a million hoops?
Note:
-I am retarded.
-I am cheap.
-I’m looking for near-Flip video simplicity…
If you have advice, it would be much appreciated. Comment here or e-mail me at josh [dot] kimball @gmail.com. Or reach me in a bazillion other readily apparent digital ways.
Thank you for your time and attention in this matter!
Links for 11.21.09: Roast beaver a la Michigan.
*Photography: Empty L.A. – where the humans have all been removed from the city – is another illustration of absence. [highindustrial]
*Online: Tumblr is wine, Twitter is crack – what are some other popular internet vices? defined. [coudal]
*Food: Beaver recipes. For preparing beaver. [neatorama]
*Videos: This post linking to all 6 parts about a BBC documentary called “Krautrock” is worth clicking through to for the title alone – “stretchmarks on a rock cabbage.”
Also, Pitchfork has posted the documentary “Ladies and Gentlemen… Mr. Leonard Cohen” for a week. The documentary depicts Mr. Cohen in his days as a poet; before he took up pop music. [mefi]
*Phones: And the next blook deal goes to…”People Talking on Bananas.” (This site should auto-play Raffi singing “Bananaphone” when you open it.) Well, the next one to get a deal AFTER Regretsy. [presurfer]
*Music: Listen to these Singing Science recordings. Clear, earnest, strangely compelling. [coudal]
*Fashion: Whoa. If I were a woman I would totally get a book handbag! I think. (I don’t have any tendencies in that direction.) [craft]
*Today’s links: F
Video: Jared Allen’s theory of the mullet
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I have to admit that his argument is impeccable. Not all YouTube commenters agree, though – “There’s nothing nice about this man’s mullet, it makes him look like his ass stinks really bad. Just my opinion.”
Written by Josh Kimball
November 21, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Posted in video, youtube
Tagged with jared allen, local, mullet, video, vikings, youtube, youtube comments