Creepiest. Robot. Ever.
From Japan, of course.
From Japan, of course.
I could speak, easily, 4500 words about the 2010 BMW Z4 interior photo in the corner of last month’s Automobile magazine. But to who? Rigel is no longer as interested as he was as a baby and Clyde is napping.
I need an automotive design buff as a friend, universe!
Can they at least die out with some dignity intact, please?
Metric has created yet another fantastic album. Fantasies joins Old World Underground and Live It Out as releases that I put squarely in the “fucking awesome beyond words” listening category. (If that wasn’t enough, Emily Haines’s side project, Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton made a jaw droppingly terrific album somewhere in there, too.) Not to mention every other collaboration, band, project and remix she’s been involved with over the years.
So, yeah. Congratulations Emily Haines. I hate you.
I mean, seriously, does she ever just get up with her hair all sticking up on one side of her head and a splitting headache to then roll downstairs, burn her toast and brew the coffee all over the floor because she forgot to put the carafe under the drip? Can’t she just fuck up once? Please, Ms. Haines – the world needs you to forget to put money in the meter. Start small.
All that being said, you really should find a copy of Fantasies if for nothing other than “Help I’m Alive.” And perhaps “Collect Call,” if you can make it that far through the album without realizing how much your youth is being wasted.
Dusty and Hoover (and anyone else I rattle on to about cars) will realize how excited the fact that Ford is FINALLY bringing it’s European line to the states has made me. And Jalopnik’s first review of the 2011 Ford Fiesta proves exactly why this is such a great idea: these are fantastic cars that people actually want to own. And they are already being made! It’s like we sat down, said “sales suck” and then did something logical. *phew*
In any case, I’m thrilled – I just wish we didn’t have to make the Fiesta a 2011 model. But whatever. If they can stay afloat for that long, I think Ford’s got some major sales in its future.
Sometimes I have a day where I’m given more to read and look at by friends online than I can actually process. Sometimes I’m busy enough during a given day where even two items are too many to handle. Yesterday was one of these days. So, I present you with the COPIOUS amounts of materials now:
…It started when I thought that to be strong you must be flame retardant…
“Ampersand” by Amanda Palmer
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That being said, a commentary on my work right now: I’m exhausted.
Well, that’s not all, really. Work has been really busy of late because we’ve got a plethora of large-scale projects running through the department at the same time. We’ve also got no extra people or money to pull them off and we have to keep up the same amount of stuff we were doing before the major projects arrived with no loss of quality or speed. So, you figure that out.
On the upside, the summer should see some very interesting new technologies like Zimbra and Blackboard 9. I’m curious to see how the students take to those powerful tools. Oh, and new MacBook Pros for Beck and my office. Thank god – this one is getting rather long in the tooth as a production workstation.
Thank you so very much, io9!
Kate tipped me off the other day to the fact that Bat For Lashes – the British-Pakistani beauty who stole my heart with her riveting voice and remarkable videos – has a brand new album. Two Suns doesn’t so much pick up where Fur and Gold left of as it expands into a new, eerier sonic universe. Somewhere that gives the Karate Kid (see: “Daniel“) the chance he always never knew he wanted to do battle with bayou black magicians and giant, “Human Behaviour”-styled teddy bears.
My favorite track by far is “Sleep Alone,” though I was completely floored by “Siren Song.” It probably even lives up to its name, though no ships have yet crashed into the front of my apartment building from the mighty Chester.
I’m not the biggest fan of this cover art,
but it pretty much nails it.