Put a sound in a bottle and keep it stored with a cork.
Re: Sound Bottle from Jun Fujiwara on Vimeo.
Alas, the result sounds more like dubstep than Debussy.
Archive for Wallbanger
Decorating with Extra Pro-America
The Alliance for American Manufacturing attempted an all-United-States-made strategy in building their Washington DC headquarters. The Alliance is an industry lobbying group formed in 2007 to focus public policy on helping America’s disappearing manufacturing sector. Their project demonstrates how an 1980s-style “Buy American” campaign might be impossible today:
Need computers, televisions or phones for your home or office? A coffee maker or a compact fluorescent light bulb? No such luck. Those products simply aren’t manufactured stateside, Paul said. (They did settle on buying a Keurig.)
Category: DC |
Be the infrastructure
The creators of South Park are going independent:
The new company is to be called Important Studios and hopes to be just that. With an estimated value of $300 million built on revenue from “South Park,” now in its 16th season on Comedy Central, and the Broadway megahit “The Book of Mormon,” the studio will have the power and money to approve television, movie and theater projects, including a big-screen version of “The Book of Mormon.”
Category: Art |
Monday
Are you committed to the truth (like, apparently David Geffen) or are you searching for something sublime to get you through a dreary Monday?
Now American and French explorers have made a monumental discovery: a partially translucent, crystal-like pyramid rising from the Caribbean seabed— its origin, age and purpose completely unknown.
Category: Art |
DC punk…plug
Category: music |
“Preppers”
Tomorrow marks the end of the 13th cycle of the ancient Mayan calendar, giving rise to rumors about the end of the world. Worries about a looming apocalypse are nothing new in human history, but 21st century reactions to the possible destruction of the planet (or human civilization) vary widely, from “preppers” who cultivate self-sufficiency, to groups offering prayerful wishes, to entrepreneurs who have found a growing market for their survival gear.
Category: bad at life, Uncategorized |
