Albumologist #4: Albums to Travel By

A special edition of the Albumologist. Albums that go well with the traveler. Earbuds are encouraged but not required. 

Gil Scott-Heron - I'm Still Here
Traveling: Around a bedroom

Radiohead - In Rainbows
Traveling: On a train

Battles - Mirrored
Traveling: Down miles of water slide, I would imagine.

Best Coast - Crazy for You
Traveling: To pick up your better half at the station

Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Traveling: Anywhere, try it out.

The Manual Internet #8

Thanks Videogum.

Don't know when I'll be back again (Jet Plane Blues)

Not traveling this Christmas. Here's what I'm missing. 

I Feel Like This #6 / Audio edition

I like to have pictures with many different objects in them for this series. For the, you know, ambiguity.



The Beatles. "It's Only Love".

This Gallery Doesn't Exist #3: Pawel Fabjanski

Sometimes I feel bad because I can't or don't track down the original-original source of some image somewhere. The guilt goes away eventually, but I still want to point to noteworthy artists I've come across, when it feels right. Here's the third:

Pawel Fabjanski

 Click to view in two dimensions.

 Alicia Keys.

g / 9 ? 

That's what she said. 

 I like this guy's style.

U2 tribute album cover. 

This season, celebrate responsibly.

Production still from every HBO series combined.  

The best one of them all. 

Poetry in a Circular Room #2

The randomly generated adolescent poetry of Communications from Elsewhere. Best parts are in bold.

I am
by The Aggregate Kid

i am the seagull who
flies so high i am like a flower
blooming in the rain goes on on it
with ease. we have the
chance. you might
never find out why. you might never
find out why. you might not
know it, not even till ya die. so be
bold to
ask me out,
always a girl
with just one golden lock?
oh, no, i
think the
rules and you'll never leave.


that i must confess
before it was the only night that i
have
realized is that it's
the thing
for all of my lonely heart. help me
fill the emptiness of my life, i
dreamed of him. as you i want
them to see a traitor in her
eyes; and beneath that
ugly face and
crumple it like 
waste. don't
forget me! i
come here to amuse us with
our own
reflections?

A Christmas present for you (Blues at Christmas)

Happy Holidays, Version of Me from an Alternate Universe Who Grew Up in Michigan and Took Dance Lessons!

(Sunbeam, indeed)

How to Look Good #33

"1942 or 1943."

I Feel Like This #5

The Manual Internet #7

Click the picture to begin the internet.

How to Look Good #32

"Sweatshirt sleeve scarf for the win."

Poetry in a Circular Room #1

The randomly generated adolescent poetry of Communications from Elsewhere. Best parts are in bold.

I am
by The Aggregate Kid

i am not able to
touch. i needed to
touch to learn.

i love you no longer
here... the light of life the
shadow of time to let me
look into your soft and
bright face. we
wish we
could talk and talk sometimes
we sit and see and play...

and do not cry my friend,
for victory is
near. death shal with
destruction lie death
shal come death shal
with destruction lie death shal
go death
shal on the block
all ready an set the whistles
blows an off we go diving into the
depths of below,
my heart my life with full of
happiness you get, and all i
wanted is one big mess but if i'm
without happiness i miss your
laughter your strong arms embraced me
and everything for
you. and loving
each other i want to
turn around. he sits there all
alone, notebook and pencil were
constant companion.

You Should Live Here #20

Special "Don't Look Down" Edition.

(00:01)

(25:00)

(60:00)

(115:00)

Assignment #1

Make a feature film (120 minutes) containing the above stills at the timecodes listed. Marks will be assigned as follows:

• Title (30%)
• Locations (20%)
• Characters and Dialogue (20%)
• Metaphysical Rhetoric (20%)
• Plot (5%)
• Catering (5%)

How to Look Good #31

"It sure is cold in here. Don't you find it cold?"

I Feel Like This #4

Thought I'd settle something for you (S-Copp Blues)

She says "Rosebud."

The Manual Internet #6

How to Look Good #30

"Tell me! Red or green? We haven't got much time -- do I cut the red wire or the green one?"

What Passes for a "Best Albums of the Year" List These Days

2010 Lasted 11 Months: A Series 

The whole point of December is, and always has been, to sum up the entire year that came before it. Why wait until it's over to pass judgment? By the time January arrives it'll be the new year! On to the next list...

What Passes for a "Best Albums of the Year" List These Days

	1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West It's true.
	2. This Is Happening - LCD Soundsystem For every solo dance party ever.
	3. Forget - Twin Shadow Play it once and soon your day is over.
	4. The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe The genre of music is science fiction.
	5. The Lady Killer - Cee-Lo Green You need popcorn to listen to this, and a soda.
	6. Transference - Spoon Damn these boys and their deep grooves.
	7. The Age of Adz - Sufjan Stevens I'm pretty sure it's about a state we haven't met yet.
	8. Body Talk - Robyn This would be a decade's worth of pop hits for a human.
	9. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire I did not like this at first. But, you know...
	10. Brothers - The Black Keys Well, their time machine works.

Honourable Mentions
Sit Down, Man - Das Racist
Crazy for You - Best Coast
Loud - Rihanna
Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty - Big Boi
Endlessly - Duffy
London Sessions - LCD Soundsystem
Contra - Vampire Weekend
Maya - M.I.A.
Broken Dreams Club (EP) - Girls
Culdesac - Childish Gambino

You Should Live Here #19

'Nuff said.

Fashion Week in Newcastle

Listen, you're not going to make it on this site all bundled up in the snow (cf. last post), so you'd better dress up/down and hit the British winter streets.

See, this one's got it:

!