Errando

When he was thirty-two Murakami sold his jazz club and with his wife moved to Narashino, a rural town fifteen miles outside of Tokyo. There he set about reordering his life. He began waking up around the time he’d formerly gone to bed and went to sleep when the sun set. He gave up alcohol and meat, cut down on rice, and “decided that from then on we’d try to see only the people we wanted to see, and, as much as possible, get by without seeing those we didn’t.”

Mon, 24 May 2010 13:03:16 -0600

When he was thirty-two Murakami sold his jazz club and with his wife moved to Narashino, a rural...

Budget cuts are endangering NYPL. Improv Everywhere are busting...

Tue, 18 May 2010 13:36:00 -0600

Budget cuts are endangering NYPL. Improv Everywhere are busting some ghosts and hoping to bust the cuts also. Info here.

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Tulips, clouds and a night view of the Chaudiéres Bridge between...

Mon, 17 May 2010 22:17:38 -0600

Tulips, clouds and a night view of the Chaudiéres Bridge between Ottawa and Gatineau.

With so much new-found pride in their city, it was easy to imagine that Valencians would never again commit the architectural crimes of the past, that the knee-jerk cementing of the coastline and construction of characterless apartment blocks was a thing of painful memory. We were wrong. If you are in the Valencia area this year, be sure to visit the old fishermen's quarter, El Cabanyal. This working-class jewel of art-nouveau style – officially a "protected historical zone" – may not exist in its present form for much longer.

Mon, 17 May 2010 21:59:36 -0600

With so much new-found pride in their city, it was easy to imagine that Valencians would never again...

An afternoon at Taylor Creek Trail in Zion National Park

Mon, 03 May 2010 23:53:00 -0600

An afternoon at Taylor Creek Trail in Zion National Park

A remarkable thing about maps is people's resistance to the most basic fact of mapmaking - they can never be completely objective, accurate images of our world. [...] Each society tends to get the world map they deserve, one which manages to summarise and define a particular society's hopes and fears, prejudices and beliefs.

Mon, 03 May 2010 14:29:00 -0600

A remarkable thing about maps is people's resistance to the most basic fact of mapmaking - they can...

"To repeat: bullshit. Maybe you don’t like to cook, maybe you’re too lazy to cook, maybe..."

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:17:00 -0600

“To repeat: bullshit. Maybe you don’t like to cook, maybe you’re too lazy to cook,...

Moonshot: Dean & Britta covering Buffy Sainte-Marie (listen...

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:42:41 -0600

Moonshot: Dean & Britta covering Buffy Sainte-Marie (listen to the original version here)

Fast Company helps you maximize your consumption of Apple...

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:17:18 -0600

Fast Company helps you maximize your consumption of Apple products.

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Charlotte Gainsbourg - Heaven can wait (via 9009)

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:34:48 -0600

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Heaven can wait

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He stated his dislike of nihilism and the “high, high pitch” of parody and satire that are prevalent aspects of Tarantino’s work, humorously adding that he, of course, sells and options film rights to his books not to maintain their integrity but because his high-risk lifestyle entails taxes and alimony payments.

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:24:48 -0600

He stated his dislike of nihilism and the “high, high pitch” of parody and satire that are prevalent...

Rejected cover for Fortune 500 by Chris Ware. (via Design...

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:54:50 -0600

Rejected cover for Fortune 500 by Chris Ware.

(via Design Observer)

But imagine if, instead of paying taxes in the form of money, you could give the government a piece of art. That's the arrangement in Mexico, where the government has been allowing artists to offer pieces of art instead of paying income tax since 1957.

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:38:06 -0600

But imagine if, instead of paying taxes in the form of money, you could give the government a piece...

"I’ve always been torn between my appetite for people, the vanity and the agitation, and the..."

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:20:00 -0600

“I’ve always been torn between my appetite for people, the vanity and the agitation, and...

There is something haunting about Kirchner’s colors....

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:30:56 -0600

There is something haunting about Kirchner’s colors. Expressionism + fauvism? Whatever is, one can only stare, smile, and then wait for a weekend dressed in orange, purple, and pink.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938), Self-Portrait with Model, 1910

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Nude travellers rejoice!

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:03:00 -0600

Nude travellers rejoice!: Jaunted

A river of sand, a giant fossilized snake, a disguised space...

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:13:32 -0600

A river of sand, a giant fossilized snake, a disguised space ship, and a buried treasure. Pictures taken in the Red Rock recreation area off I-15.

Arcade Fire - My Body is a Cage If you can read Spanish, read...

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:59:41 -0600

Arcade Fire - My Body is a Cage

If you can read Spanish, read Alberto Fuguet’s take on Andrés Caicedo, which is titled after this song.

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"Critiquing, especially harsh venomous criticisms, is always easier than creating. I think in life..."

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:21:35 -0600

“Critiquing, especially harsh venomous criticisms, is always easier than creating. I think in...

Facto delafé y las flores azules - El indio No more Facto, just...

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:52:49 -0600

Facto delafé y las flores azules - El indio

No more Facto, just Delafé y las flores azules, btw.