Luminant Point Arrays, by Stephan Tillmans (via The Atlantic)
Totemic Catlord (G. P. Lackey)
Seeking to avoid Scylla, they fall into Charybdis.
Anatomy of Melancholy
Opposite to exercise is idleness (the badge of gentry) or want of exercise, the bane of body and mind, the nurse of naughtiness, stepmother of discipline, the chief author of all mischief, one of the seven deadly sins, and a sole cause for this an many other maladies, the devil’s cushion, as Gualter calls it, his pillow and chief reposal.
Anatomy of Melancholy
William Shakespeare Burton – “The Wounded Cavalier (The English Civil War)”
Lia Ices – “Daphne”
Grown Unknown
I still haven’t heard the rest of this album because I can’t get past this song. It’s like a hybrid of the best parts of Joanna Newsom, Bon Iver, and Fleetwood Mac. I’m not messing with you. It’s really, really good. Whoever produced this should get a medal. Also: I have no idea whether this is popular already or not. (insound)
obtained: suitcase record player
Songs:Ohia – “Hold On Magnolia”
Magnolia Electric Co.
Long known for his stark, dark compositions using little more than guitar and his voice (such as Pyramid Electric Co.), Jason Molina really only made use of a full band starting with this album, which he later retconned, if you will, from a Songs:Ohia album to a Magnolia Electric Co. album. This, the last song, is also the best, and although the rest of the album is good, this one stands out in dusty, lonesome grandeur. (insound)
Very interesting talk (and animation) that touches on some of my issues with the social web evangelism I see out there constantly.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Plaque on the moon commemorating astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the line of duty (NASA)