August 2010
9 posts
Amurica →
Though the link above is certainly indicative of how outrageous some people can be (especially when they get in groups), I believe the prelude to the list is quintessentially American: A Medal of Honor recipient who took down three Nazi tanks all by himself faces fascism in his Virginia home, gets backing from Congress and the President, and wins his right to fly the American flag. I feel like...
Returning the Book: Tobacco Road
Name me an artist who’s sold 80 million copies of their work so far. Prince, Van Halen, Eminem, you say? Well, sure. The Spice Girls? Around there, a little less though. Carlos Santana? Oh hell yeah, that guy can jam. But I’m actually talking about a writer, and one that probably hasn’t had his name thrown about in a while. Erskine Caldwell was an American Author who wrote about...
Music to fall asleep to (if that’s your sort...
Every Atomic Bomb →
I think the link above is a fascinating, skin-cringingly effective way to teach history. The beeps as time goes by reenact a countdown, the different countries coming in sound like new challengers to a frightening game, and the lulls in between the manic crescendos of noise make one, if they didn’t know it before, question the successes and failures of the Atomic Age.
Every Day the Same Dream →
The link above is not of the experimental (and great!) flash game, but rather a blog with a simple idea: one photo, every day, from 1979-1997. The photos are all poloroids, and the greatest thing about them (for me) is that they provide a new way of telling a story. The pictures, individually interesting (if a bit unmoored) start to blend together, links form in the moments waiting for one image...
