Art into action: Design collaborators building community one power house at a time
update on Mitch Cope and Gina Reichert, the artists who are buying up cheap homes in Detroit (via BCL)
the economy as heard in music that sounds like a nosedive back into the uterus, or getting into Baths
Pitchfork Reviews Reviews on the economic underpinnings of chillwave music
New music: David Lynch – Good Day Today
electropop single from America’s favourite surrealist
Blogrolls, Trolls, and Interior Scrolls: A Conversation with Natacha Stolz
(via MeFi)
How Germany got it right on the economy
fascinating. They kept their manufacturing & emphasized local growth over global expansion.
Spin A Yarn, Granny!
about the growth of yarn bombing. I’ve seen it in Windsor, but not Toronto yet.
Stop The Meter On Your Internet Use
petition against usage-based billing being forced on indie ISPs in Canada
This shouldn’t seem hot
gallery of confusingly sexy photos
American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse
takin’ it back to ’09 for a minute. Pretty amazing story; via the Arcade Fire site.
Enso
“Only a person who is mentally and spiritually complete can draw a true ensō.” It’s a fucking circle: awesome.
House
I have not seen this film but the trailer makes me want to:
Via Ebert and I think also MeFi recently.
Worse to Come, Says Ireland's 'Dr. Doom'
poor old Ireland.
How to Shrink a City
Details of, and ideas for, Detroit’s plan to sensibly shrink itself. The plan involves renaturalized zones, urban farming, and light rail. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
16 pedestrians hit by cars in 48 hours, no thanks to weather
also ‘due to people wearing darker clothing and “pedestrians often keep their head down to fare the elements.”’ So it’s the weather and the pedestrians’ fault, got it.
The Theory of Hipster Relativity
(via Waxy)
Toronto streets to be living movie set
imitation New York, Chicago and London neighbourhoods that people will actually live in. Next we will replace the CN Tower with a replica statue of liberty.
GIRL TALK – ALL DAY
new album, now available. Download server seems overloaded though.
Intel on Fringe's Evolution from the Executive Producers
interesting behind-the-scenes about what has become one of my favourite genre shows.
Nail Houses And The Stay-Down City
nail houses are a Chinese phenomenon that occur when a homeowner refuses to leave in the face of a large scale development. Great photos.
Kinect Hacks
Microsoft’s new super-Wii has already been hacked, and there are some interesting things happening. Here’s a list. Love these images:
Also, it can essentially function as a 3D camera, as this video shows:
Wonder what will happen when people figure out how to string two or three together.
Conan O'Brien Beats Jay Leno In The Ratings
beats everyone, in fact.
A Superpower in Decline: Is the American Dream Over?
I struggle with what to add here – perhaps some warnings that these ‘decline of empire’ pieces are becoming as generic as the Detroit ruin porn that prefigured them by a couple years. The authors have clearly been reading their Matt Taibbi, too. But nonetheless the piece effectively crystallizes a number of saddening trends, and signifies that in the world’s eye, the US is transitioning from capitalism’s hero a mere decade ago to its greatest victim.
Listening To Rap For The First Time, With A Book Critic
Getting Made The Scorsese Way
those involved with Goodfellas talk about its creation. Includes Scorsese, De Niro, Liotta, etc.
Midday Trainwreck
newscast gets off to a horrible start. (via MeFi)