Twitter: Not so good at the whole “sports” thing.
I want to live in the alternate universe where Cy Young himself and the Cy Young Award are both trending on twitter.
El Ateneo. Bueno Aires, Argentina.
This is a world famous theater built in 1919 which housed many operas and tango dance performances and has now been converted into a bookstore. Gorgeous.
When they film that Borges story, they will film it here.
I am such a sucker for bookstores in general, but I would probably get dizzy and start drooling and swooning if I walked into this one.
Also, with the increasing digitization of everything, I have this crazy idea that when I am an old man, I will still enjoy things like bookstores and coffeehouses, but everyone younger than me will think they are completely pointless. I will waddle through libraries, bookstores, and coffeehouses with other elderly folks, worrying about whether or not young people read or care.
(and don’t get me wrong, I love Amazon, and brewing my own coffee, and so on, I just also love the experience you get in a place like this.)
(via haveabeagle)
I never thought beagles were cute until Gabe posted a photo from this tumblr yesterday. Now I want one.
via garfieldminusgarfield, who I will allow to describe itself, straight from its banner:
Garfield Minus Garfield is a site dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the existential angst of a certain young Mr. Jon Arbuckle. It is a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb.
Well sure. It is an original take on an old comic strip, too. I love how sometimes it is nonsensical, sometimes it is absurd, and sometimes it is just oddly hilarious, like the one above.
Solange Knowles - “Stillness is the Move” (Dirty Projectors)
This cover does a lot of things good covers do:
- reminds you of what makes the original interesting (the way the DPs’ singers approach notes like a kid approaches stepping stones - each jump to the next an excitement and a risk.)- puts its own stamp on it (Solange on the other hand takes stillness, and the zen ninja song title, seriously as an idea, gliding across the song with an Aaliyah-like poise)
- points up the virtues of the covering artist (I’ve seen a couple of Twitter comments muttering that she “turns it into a typical R&B song” - well, she’s an R&B act, but this is cloth-eared: the genre is rarely this detached. The song is a good match for her art-n-B approach, off kilter enough to attract a few new listeners in to her particular niche)
Oh man, great cover of one of the best songs of the year. Beyonce’s sister tweaks it just enough to make it her own without flipping it entirely.
{stream via p4k, where you can also snag the .mp3 and stream the original}
Sleigh Bells
“Infinity Guitars”
Live at Public Assembly 10/21/2009
Pro-shot, normalized audio, tight pants. They’re only going to get more fierce than this! Practice makes perfect.
Tweeted about these guys awhile back. This sounds great.
Butch Walker vs Taylor Swift- “You Belong With Me”
Bananas loves a little ukulele with his power pop! Find out more here.
Admit it, you like this song a lot, regardless of what you think of pop-country as a genre in general. I know I do.
