Archive for January, 2008

Presidential Change-lings, the David Bowie mix

Video: Changes - Presidential Candidates feat. Bowie

Ah…. internet will you never cease to entertain?


Kim Richey, Chinese Rose

Kim Richey is perhaps better known as a songwriter, but her own albums are fantastic and far underappreciated. Chinese Rose is her latest album.

Official Kim Richey Website
Kim Richey on MySpace

Video: Kim Richey, Chinese Rose


Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings

Sharon Jones had worked as a corrections officer at Sing-Sing and armored car guard for Wells Fargo Bank before catching the break she needed to launch her solo career at the age of 40. Like a number of old guard soul singers, Sharon Jones has enjoyed a resurgence that comes through in the palpable joy […]


A Succinct Pictoral Exposition of the Essence of Stupidity

It’s hard to fully appreciate the nuances of this photograph all at once. Click to enlarge, then take a moment to let it all sink in. Visual storytelling at it’s finest.
via Boing Boing & Doktor Tchock


Unintentionally Hilarious Infographics

These infographics verge, nay careen, into the realm of the artistically sublime.

Boing Boing Gadgets: Amadana’s Wonderful Cautionary Infographics


Steve Earle, Washington Square Serenade

It’s been a lot of years and miles since Steve Earle burst on the country scene with Guitar Town in 1986, joining Lyle Lovett and Dwight Yoakam in an all-too brief respite from the flood of Nashville crap. Washington Square Serenade is his 12th album, recorded after Earle moved to New York City with new […]