Pretend it’s the 90s

world-shaker:

I’ll just pretend it’s the 90s…

Urban graffiti on the Urban Outfitters building.

This thing of beauty I see in the morning fog.

Showtime with Over the Rhine!

Lucy Wainwright Roche opening for Over the Rhine at The Peel.

Coffee with Iron Man.

All that remains in the garden are the marigolds.

Looks like a ground hog ate my garden for breakfast.

Don’t burn books

angelashelton:

Don’t burn books

Open mic tribal jam session with the American Gonzos at the Kava Bar.

The American Gonzos setting up for their song ‘39 Steps’ at the Kava Bar. #avlent

Asher & Nick at the Kava Bar open mic. #avlent

River Rats setting up for a bluesy set called ‘Riverside’ at the Kava Bar.

Caleb reads a Lorca translation at the Kava Bar open mic.

Manhattanhenge

abcworldnews:

Last night at roughly 8:17pm New Yorkers got a chance to experience “Manhattanhenge”, the semiannual occurrence where the setting sun aligns perfectly with east-west streets.  If you missed it don’t worry though, a second date this year is expected to take place on Monday, July 11 at 8:25 p.m.  

Photo Credit: Anthony Behar/Sipa Press via AP Images 

Music criticism

fluffynotes:

clembastow:

A while back I did a panel on music criticism as part of The Wheeler Centre’s Critical Failure series, with Lawrie Zion, Chris Johnston and Mikey Cahill.

GO WATCH IT NOW.

Or, download it as a podcast.

(And yes, I am wearing a Darth Vader hoodie.)

Fluffynotes was there!

Our favourite quotations

Maybe our favourite quotations say more…

Summer reading plan

wordpainting:

Well, I’ll read a few more than what’s on that shelf.

Linotype machines

theatlantic:

Celebrating Linotype, 125 Years Since Its Debut

Around for a century, Linotype machines were made obsolete in the 1970s by changing technologies — but they have not been forgotten

Read more — and see more photos — at The Atlantic

[zigazou76/flickr]

Coffee portrait

meganmcisaac:

chris spencer.
portland, oregon.
march 2011. 

Poem sketch

Poem sketch: Would You Still Write

I loved reading these kind of articles in Step-by-Step Graphics magazine.

Old Apple Computer ad for the late 1990s.

An old MAC ad from the late 1990s