2008

Oct

I’m glad there are still quiet spaces to discover in...

Hey DC kids

I just found out that I will be traveling for work and am selling my ticket to Broken Social...

Katzen Arts Center (via miamabanta)

Things Sarah Palin Can Name

“You can get rid of ads in your computer. But how do...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-10-5)

“Nothing has changed. Except for the course of boundaries,...”
— Wislawa Szymborska, via the...

The best years of our lives (via miamabanta)

New Andrew Bird song on P4k

Benoit Pioulard - Idyll Wake up slowly. (Photo via Raven Sings the Blues)

Chicagoland (via miamabanta)

bmichael: soupsoup: antikris: sarahchristine:jss via...

showin the grills (via philipsimko)

It’s been three years, Chicago.

Little Joy - No One’s Better Sake Little Joy is Fabrizio Moretti’s side band. Photo...

I haven’t been to the Lincoln Memorial in a...

Taken by Trees (AKA Victoria Bergman) - Taken Too Young (Tough Alliance remix) Bergman’s was...

Lykke Li and Bon Iver - Dance Dance Dance

My only internet appearance in 2001

…was a guestbook entry. A guestbook! It is sort of interesting to see (or remember) what a...

Seesaw bench by Martin Nicolausson. “An attempt at...

bmichael: Beirut - Postcards from Italy Just because. All-time fave.

Sep

Manuel Larino: The All Day Dreamer’s LP

via thepeoplewevebeenwaitingfor

Topical x2

Mia: hey, can you write me a rent check?
or rather, write one to noelle
ugh
Drew: i can do it tonight
but its going to be for 16 dollars
instead of 350
sorry
i need a bailout
Mia: you got your stimulus check
what, did it not work?
Drew: yes but my financial situation has proceeded to deterioriate in grave and precipitous ways
Mia: you mean like in deleterious ways?
like the evolution of red sparks?
ay dios mio
Drew: oh i can't wait

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-28)

How is Obama doing?

Cut Copy - Unforgettable Season Tonight at the 9:30. Photo by ANNIE-LY

Clinic - The Second Line This one’s for Carly, my old radio show, uh, cohost.

I’ve got a tax plan for ya… Thank you, thank you so much Drew.

“Just because God made the world in seven days does not mean...”
— Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), on the...

DCist: And So it Begins…

Inhabitat » Peter Gibson’s Street Art Critiques Car...

Look who got a tumblr… Mr. Funkmaster himself. Thank god! philipsimko: Only the freshest...

Blitzen Trapper - Furr (photo by John Vanderslice)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-21)

Hiking with Kate

Summer 2005: Summer 2006: Summer 2007: Summer(ish) 2008:

Amazing hike up Table Mountain (via miamabanta)

For all the crumbled financial...

SeeqPod - Playable Search

the good light (via miamabanta)

Lonesome terrier (via miamabanta)

Update: They’re all over the place. Quite the...

A lesser-known side effect of gentrification? Columbia...

David Byrne and Brian Eno - Strange Overtones This groove is out of fashion, these beats are 20...

A walk along the river (via miamabanta)

“i have no skills. i can speak broken spanish from working...”
— the skills section of...

Charlie, one of Kate’s roommates

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-14)

Umbrella Today?

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-7)

Holy inflation in Zimbabwe…… via Felix...

Change afoot on Perry Place (via miamabanta)

One of my favorites sometime in the early 2000s.

Love - Forever Changes

is great train music.

Forgot about this old gem. Seeing these guys live is so much fun. “Forced to live like...

tiny houses – small dwellings of every shape and size

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-31)

Aug

Banksy Does New Orleans (via jonnodotcom)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-24)

Ra Ra Riot - Oh, La

13 of the Coolest Art Installations in the History of...

Oh temptation. State of the Art - New Nikon Holds a Secret...

Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines

weird half-baby teddy bears

Olympic logos through the years

lost in the supermarket

From: AlanaDate: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:56 PMSubject: Re: Larry Johnson…To: NateCc: Mia,...

9pm on a Monday? This one’s for Schwenk

White House DJ Battle

The candidates’ top 10 songs. I’d pay to see John McCain get down to Dancing...

a day at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair (via...

Frightened Rabbit - Old Old Fashioned

“The only sustainable way to increase demand for vacant...”
— Yes. Greenspan gets one thing...

Aw. Via Tosh’s gmail status message thing. LOL Bush:...

“So soon!!” - Eric

Most fuel efficient used cars for...

According to Consumer Reports: 2000 Honda Insight (manual) 51 mpg 2001-02 Toyota Prius 41...

Sexual harassment okay as it ensures...

According to a recent survey, 100 per cent of female professionals said they had been subjected to...

February 2007: August 2008:

Internet Meme Timeline

“I want to see you be the bright night sky I want see you...”
— Devendra Banhart

Alaska in Winter - Close Your Eyes—We Are Blind

American Airlines Stops Displaying...

Dear American Airline, I fly fairly frequently and I have never - with only one exception - had a...

Flying into LA last week (via miamabanta)

Utterly ridiculous.

obamaporn: melissa: Barack and Michelle Obama after their...

Plants and Animals - Faerie Dance

Airport-friendly laptop bags

SmartBike DC is up and running.

Joshua Tree (via miamabanta)

Hamlet (Facebook News Feed Edition).

I Wanted to See All of the News From Today

Jul

12 Glowing Men by Martijn Hendriks

Electric Car-Sharing in Paris

Under the plan, a driver could pick up a car on the Right Bank, snake up the slopes of Montmartre,...

Caught up with this cool guy and other kids in NYC this...

4th of July remnants in Baltimore (via miamabanta)

Ratatat - Falcon Jab

The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his...

Mike’s upcoming gallery opening was mentioned in DCist...

She took some nice ones at the Folk Life Festival (via...

Oh man. Even in the “leanest” state, nearly one...

Holbrook posted photos of the Mark and Lindsay wedding....

I’ve been listening to a ridiculous amount of the Cure lately.

July 4th on Girard St. (via miamabanta)

Go Tell Mama! I’m for Obama

way to go guys (via miamabanta)

Jun

“Generally speaking, the imperfection in everything human is...”
— Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or

San Francisco may name sewage treatment plant...

(via miamabanta)

“Your carbon footprint this week is the size of Angelina...”
— Andy. Yep, I’m flying...

Let’s take this thing to Tahoe

obamaporn: Speaking to U.S. (via craynol)

Paavoharju - Kevätrumpu

“Our company’s purpose is our reason for being.”
— A Wal-mart executive at a...

I’m living here for the next four days. It’s...

Pentagram's redesign of the Wells Fargo ATMs

brandybones: i just received this picture along with 13...

May

san francisco buds (via miamabanta)

Thank you Nate.

Sigur Ros released a track from their new album yesterday,...

The month of June

May 29 - June 7: San Francisco June 7 - 10: Miami June 10 - 18: DC… we have precious few...

Went on a pathetically short hike (but had a redeemingly...

dj BC - Tripper Trouble (Beastie Boys/Beatles mashup, via You Ain’t No Picasso)

Automotive Monogamy (Matteo Ferrari - fotografia)

Wow. I wonder how long this took to make. (blublu.org)

Pew to Promote Fair Bank Account Standards

“Colgate won’t keep your teeth clean but it may prevent...”
— First sentence of Colgate...

Santogold - Lights Out

Obama's Other Radical Friends - WSJ.com

Viceroy Santa Monica

Apr