April 2010
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Watch1979 by The Smashing Pumpkins:
Not only is this an utterly wonderful song, it’s also about the year I was born. So it was sort of written for me and stuff. Right?
Stephen Walter's The Island →
Amazingly detailed hand-drawn map of London.
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Tea and Bagels music blog →
If you’re on the lookout for some new music you should take a look at this blog run by me (‘Tea’) and my friend from New York (‘Bagels’).
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Christopher Hitchens points out there's no Lenin... →
Which is correct of course. He then goes on to suggest he’s the first person to notice.
The iPad, and the Staggering Work of Obviousness →
A good point well made that Apple got slammed for making the ‘obvious’ iPad, and slammed for making the novel and misunderstood Newton.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-25) →
Laura Marling (56)
LCD Soundsystem (45)
Joanna Newsom (15)
YACHT (11)
BBC Radio 4 (7)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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What if you bought Apple stock instead of an Apple... →
You’d have made quite a lot of money. Especially for the earlier, more expensive Macs. Scary amounts in fact.
Emily Bell leaving The Guardian →
I’m a little sad to hear that she’s off to Colombia University, since she’s great on the Guardian Media Talk podcast. She’ll make a excellent lecturer though.
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Adam Lisagor on Daniel Jalkuts Elements of Twitter... →
Lisagor makes some good additional points that themselves are worth a read.
Elements Of Twitter Style →
Most of these are pretty common sense, but there’s nothing wrong with making common sense clear.
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WatchAll My Friends by LCD Soundsystem
This truncated version might not be quite as spectacular as the album version, but hey, a bit of one of the greatest songs ever written is better than none.
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Gizmodo and the Prototype iPhone →
Gruber’s lengthy post on Gizmodo’s actions and culpability is excellent and clear. Should we expect any response from Gizmodo? Doubt it.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-18) →
LCD Soundsystem (51)
Arthur Russell (21)
Laura Marling (21)
The Decemberists (17)
YACHT (15)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Long article on Neil Gaiman in the New Yorker →
It’s odd to think of people that haven’t heard of him, such does his work tend to permeate, but if you haven’t, this is a great introduction.
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“You will reach your destination even though you travel slowly.”
– Icelandic Proverb
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“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”
– Ansel Adams
Want to learn something new? →
A collection of the best books to introduce a given topic, as suggested by users of Ask Metafilter. Handy.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-11) →
The National (33)
LCD Soundsystem (21)
Billie Holiday (18)
Joanna Newsom (12)
Arthur Russell (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Kermodian Rant on the Pitfalls of 3D →
“3D exists not to enhance the cinematic experience, but as a pitiful attempt to head off piracy and force audiences to watch films in overpriced, undermanned multiplexes.”
Why the iPad fails when it comes to typography →
This makes some excellent points. Difficult to argue with.
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“Diller, Brill, and Murdoch seem be stating a simple fact—we will have to pay...”
– Clay Shirky, The Collapse of Complex Business Models
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Charlie Brooker reviews more Walkers Crisps... →
“It’s like a small piece of fried potato failing to recall a repressed abuse memory while sitting on your tongue.”
Giles Fraser on Wittgenstein →
This is part of the Guardian’s series of essays introducing philosophers. They’ve got to my favourite at last.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-4) →
Joanna Newsom (22)
Laura Marling (17)
Suede (12)
LCD Soundsystem (11)
guardian.co.uk (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Someone should have told Rod Liddle - when you're... →
Although it’s depressing that Five Chinese Crackers had to fact-check what should have been Liddle’s apology, they’ve done a great job.
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