Record Envelopes: For Vinyl Devotees and Artists Alike

Posted on September 17, 2007 Under Design

Electronic this and downloadable that have served to smother what used to be music coupled with art. Once upon a time, the design of a cassette tape fold-out or a compact disc insert was as much a reason to purchase…

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Clear Tigers EP

Posted on September 17, 2007 Under Music

I trust Ryan Catbird with my ears. Ever since we first mentioned him and his indie (no, but seriously. Indie.) label a few months ago, I've been watching his music blog, Catbirdseat, like a stalker, and have panther-pounced a nice…

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mono.kultur #13: GZA/Wu-Tang Clan

Posted on September 14, 2007 Under Music

mono.kultur, a bi-monthly magazine from Berlin that features intensely long/interesting interviews, just released their thirteenth issue. Entirely dedicated to a 32-page chat with GZA (who some of you may recognize as the founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan), issue #13…

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SwiMP3 Surf

Posted on September 12, 2007 Under Gadgetry

In between occasionally eating cake for dinner and cookies for lunch, I do make an effort to be healthy. I'm an avid swimmer, logging hours of laps in the city pool each week. I switch up my routine with the…

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RockMe.dium, Please and Thank You

Posted on September 11, 2007 Under Music

I don't know about you, but I'm kind of sick of not being able to locate my friends in every capacity and at all times. Especially when I'm wasting the workday away online without the faintest as to what my…

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Play Music Magazine

Posted on September 11, 2007 Under Music

If you're hankering for new music without having to interrupt too much the zen flow of your daily web surfing session, open that extra tab in your browser to Play Music Magazine, a digital online publication rockin' to go with…

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Daniel Edlen

Posted on September 7, 2007 Under Art

The beauty of art is that there is nothing that its defines boundaries or rules; you can work with any media on any surface and it is art. Daniel Edlen found his niche painting portraits of American legends on original…

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Pharoahe Monch Turning Japanese?

Posted on September 6, 2007 Under Music

Pharoahe Monch; now there's a name I hadn't heard in a long time..until a month or so ago that is, when I found out I had completely missed the release of his new album, called Desire. It had been several…

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Swervefest 2007

Posted on September 4, 2007 Under Art

I am so psyched; Jonathan Wells, founder of the hugely successful digital film festival Resfest that I make a point to never miss, is readying a new annual event with a distinctly West Coast feel at the end of September…

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Sigur Ros: Heima Trailer

Posted on September 3, 2007 Under Music

This trailer for Heima, the documentary by Sigur Ros is a must see. It's gorgeously shot (HD is stunning), and shockingly moving. The film was made last summer at the end of an extensive world tour-- the group returned home…

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