100 Posts! A Self-Indulgent Retrospective
For CN’s 100th entry, and especially for new readers via 9rules or otherwise, I’ve compiled a list of my 10 favorite posts thus far, excluding the more recent ones. I’ve updated a lot of these with new content since they were first published, so even if you’ve seen them before, you might find something new.
Jaga Jazzist: What We Must
After heavily touring, the time came for the next chapter in the Jaga Jazzist history, ‘What We Must’. After months spent on writing new material, the band ripped it all up, went into an isolated studio out in the Norwegian woods and recorded the demo now known as the Spydeberg Session. Put down in one take in one day, it was a breakthrough moment for the group. A sound that was closer to their live sound than ever before.
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Julian Beever: Pavement Drawing Illusions
Julian Beever creates pavement drawings that give a false impression of depth and realism. He skews his images in such a way that when viewed from the correct angle, the brain interprets the drawings as three-dimensional.
We Are Cancer
The picture above is of 500-or-so nude sunbathers, from a global aerial photographic survey conducted by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and a team of editors, technicians, translators, etc. Started in 1994, the project is called The Earth From Above, and “was born from Yab’s dream for a general survey on the state of the Earth at the eve of the 21st century”.
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Raeo
I dig DJ Raeo’s style and taste in music — and I especially dig that he offers recordings of some of his favorite mixes on his website, for free, and even has tracklists for the more recent ones. I’ve never seen him in person, but apparently he puts on a good show, as seen from the crowd in the pictures here. (…) Check out his website for hours of music — I’ve linked to a couple of my favorites.
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Joanna Newsom
From what I’ve read, people either love or hate Joanna Newsom. She just started singing a few years ago (you’ll understand once you hear), but how she accepts and uses her fragile voice is part of her charm. Each time I listen I appreciate her more — and she’s a classicaly trained harpist, what more is there to say?
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Maximilian’s Schell
Bails of hay underneath the structure served as a welcome place to seek refuge from the blazing LA sun/atomsphere, as the golden mylar filters out a nice chunk of the ultraviolet spectrum, creating an oasis of cool. After my rest I took some pictures (…) and shot some low quality video with my digital camera.
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Alex Grey
Mr. Grey’s painting, with its tantric symbolism, and medical-illustration finesse, might be described as psychedelic realism, a kind of clinical approach to cosmic consciousness.
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Truth And Beauty Bombs
It recently became known to me that two of my favorite webcomics are in league together — like some kind of hideously wonderful coalition of the willing.
Klute
AKA Tom Withers, an undeniable fixture in the Drum and Bass scene for the last ten years, and founding father of the record label, Commercial Suicide.
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Firefly < Serenity
I’m sure most who have seen both the movie and series will agree that Serenity has more significance when you know at least a little about the universe and its characters beforehand. I combed through my copy of the series and found some key moments I thought were worthy evangelical material, and thought I’d share it with everyone else.
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