March 2011
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December 2010
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November 2010
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Simple JQuery Rollover →
I also used this handy JQuery Rollover in my Bits & Grooves redesign.
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Late Nite: Use jQuery in your Tumblr Theme →
Using this bit of information in the ongoing redesign of Bits & Grooves.
If you want to use the power of the jQuery javascript library in your Tumblr theme and you don’t want to host the jQuery library on your own server then you should consider the Google AJAX Libraries API. The AJAX Libraries API is a content distribution network and loading architecture for…
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October 2010
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"One Year" Art - Poster and DVD Art
Project: One Year Film Art Client: Tom Kleine
I recently had the pleasure of completing my second project for Tom Kleine, an independent film producer living in northern Illinois. I had worked with Tom on his previous film project, One Week, and loved the experience, so it was a pleasure to be asked by him again to work on the disc and poster art for One Year.
The design aesthetic that I...
September 2010
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Win sweet Herman Miller prizes. →
Thanks to the sweetest, design-saavy girlfriend (Katie Kelly) for sharing this link with me!
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August 2010
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IV: last.fm account →
Want to view what I’m listening to? Click the link above to view my playlist on last.fm.
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Doug Burr 12" Vinyl Event
Saturday, August 14 6pm, Good Records, Dallas O Ye Devastator, the current release from Doug Burr, will be released on vinyl at this event at 6pm at Good Records in Dallas. Details are mostly above, but it would be wise to go and pick up Burr’s current release. Recently I was able to see a solo show with he and Glen Farris, both of Spune Productions, and have been pleasantly awaiting this...
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“A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other...”
– Dylan Thomas (via taylormaid) (via bildungsroman)
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Rating change?
One of the things I really struggle with is rating a piece of art simply. I do realize that many people want a simple evaluation of what I think about a record. I find that I give an increasing amount of records somewhere between a 7.0 and a 8.5, creating real discernment problems for readers (not that anyone has complained). Which brings me to my biggest question, “what constitutes an...
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Nothing Has to Be Perfect
One of the concepts that modern education tries to instill is the idea of “publication upon perfection.” In a world where publication budgets are slim, products must be finished, refined, and definitive, thus education has adapted to reflect this reality. One of the great things about digital technology is that publication isn’t necessarily the financial burden in the digital...
July 2010
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Kings Go Forth: The Outsiders are Back
Kings Go Forth: The Outsiders Are Back
2010, Luaka Bop
Rating: 6.5
In the late 1990s, a ska revival began to sweep across the United States. Like the years prior with punk, this seemed to be the time that America let ska break into the mainstream. Enter Moon Ska Records, a record label via the Moon Ska record store and ska band the Toasters. Moon Ska was a legendary ska label that put...
June 2010
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Broken Bells: Broken Bells
Broken Bells: Broken Bells
2010, Columbia
Rating: 8.3
Bands like the Shins have to be completely unforgiving for gifted songwriters. You have a band that evokes a time, place, and aesthetic so skillfully that when they don’t execute the form, the album just feels flat.
The Shins’ 2007 effort, Wincing the Night Away, didn’t impress me because of this very fact. I was...
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Kaneel: Here is a heart so you can remember how...
Free Release Friday
Kaneel: Here is a heart so you can remember how much I hate you
2010, petite&jolie Download
Rating: 8.7
Here is a heart so you can remember how much I hate you is an amazing gem of an electronic record. It doesn’t flash the listener with deep bass, pounding sound textures, or sugary-sweet pop hooks. This is a record for the pure examination of melody and...
March 2010
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“The most detailed study to date of the 18- to 29-year-old Millennial generation...”
– via bildungsroman
Apparently my generation is smarter but unemployed. Go figure. Courtesy of USA Today (via ihatemy9to5)
Sounds about right.
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February 2010
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