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John Darnielle & Gretzky.
Looking through my Flickr stats just now, I see that JD and Gretzky got a little Tumblr love yesterday. Look Gretzky, you’re famous!
Musicians With Cats posted this photo two days ago, and it was reblogged a bunch of times. What’s interesting, and I’ve noticed this before, is that people tend not to click through to Flickr from popular Tumblr photos for some reason. Probably because many of those people already have gotten what they wanted out of it — to see it, click ‘like’ or ‘reblog’, and move on with their lives (and that’s just fine).
It’s doesn’t really bother me that people post my Flickr photos without clear attribution, as long as they keep the link back to my Flickr page intact. But it really bothers some people, and looking at how low the click-through rate is, maybe I can see where they are coming from just a little bit? It’s not like it’s difficult — the Tumblr bookmarklet even elegantly provides the “[photo title] by [Flickr name]” credit if you use it on a Flickr photo page. But ultimately it seems like in the era of microblogging and the popularity of the photo-without-any-text Tumblr post, we have to basically be happy with attribution-by-link, or start watermarking (yuck).
Side thought that just occurred to me: I wonder how long until Flickr either adds a Like button or changes “Favorites” to “Likes”?](http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l66m4xmUNT1qcm4jko1_500.png)
musicianswithcats asked: Hello; Musicians With Cats Here.
I understand you're the photographer of the John Darnielle & Gretzky photo (lovely pic btw!)
Would you like me to add obvious photo credit on the photo's caption?
I can understand that blatant disregard for your work can get frustrating and I'm more than happy to do anything that I can to try and rectify this.
I can also take it down if you'd like.
As you noticed, the photo has a click-through link, but I am more than happy to credit you in the caption, as I've stated.
- Echo
Aw, thanks! Really though, it’s cool — I was more using the post as a jumping off point to talk about those other things that I’d noticed lately — how microblogging maybe is eroding the idea of crediting since it allows us to post stuff so easily, and that the prevailing style generally omits it, and how some people freak out a little about having their photos posted on Tumblr w/o their name. I really don’t have a problem with just using the click-through link, since the people who are really interested have a way to me if they want it.
John Darnielle & Gretzky.
Looking through my Flickr stats just now, I see that JD and Gretzky got a little Tumblr love yesterday. Look Gretzky, you’re famous!
Musicians With Cats posted this photo two days ago, and it was reblogged a bunch of times. What’s interesting, and I’ve noticed this before, is that people tend not to click through to Flickr from popular Tumblr photos for some reason. Probably because many of those people already have gotten what they wanted out of it — to see it, click ‘like’ or ‘reblog’, and move on with their lives (and that’s just fine).
It’s doesn’t really bother me that people post my Flickr photos without clear attribution, as long as they keep the link back to my Flickr page intact. But it really bothers some people, and looking at how low the click-through rate is, maybe I can see where they are coming from just a little bit? It’s not like it’s difficult — the Tumblr bookmarklet even elegantly provides the “[photo title] by [Flickr name]” credit if you use it on a Flickr photo page. But ultimately it seems like in the era of microblogging and the popularity of the photo-without-any-text Tumblr post, we have to basically be happy with attribution-by-link, or start watermarking (yuck).
Side thought that just occurred to me: I wonder how long until Flickr either adds a Like button or changes “Favorites” to “Likes”?
I know it’s not very interesting to read about other people’s dreams unless you’re featured in them, but this one makes me laugh and so maybe it’ll be worth your while.
The cat was meowing at the bedroom door, and his meowing invaded my dream. I dreamed that I was sleeping on the roof, and the cat was walking around my feet, meowing. [Dialogue was possibly spoken or possibly just thought, as it often is in dreams, I’m not sure which.] - “What does the cat want?” - “Oh, he wants to know the Superchunk tour dates” - “[dismissively] Oh, well, he can look them up on the internet”. And then I woke up for real and got up to feed the cat.
Martin Wilson’s Contact Sheets
These are quite amazing — Wilson shoots each photo on film with the contact sheet in mind, the end result is a kind of comic “strip”, or image made up of the smaller images.
My pictures are painstakingly created frame by frame on 35mm film. I get the whole film developed, scan it, then piece the final image together on the computer, making a large contact sheet. It’s only when the completed film strips are laid out side by side in the contact sheets that the final image appear.
Each work usually takes months to complete, as each frame is obsessively taken in sequence. No pasting together after the event, no cheating in Photoshop!
If I make a mistake or take a frame out of place I start the film again from the beginning.
The works are all records of real journeys, the visual remnants of hours walking or cycling round town, bringing to life the unheard voices of the city.
This is fantastic, I love it.
“This time around, the North Carolina indie band the Mountain Goats’ “Wizard Buys a Hat” is the opening set-piece theme song for the third volume…” —
Matt Fraction hopes second time’s the charm for ‘Casanova’ - USATODAY.com
…but don’t just buy it (or shun it) because of that — dude’s quite a storyteller. I’m not much into comics, but I’ve been reading these and they’re great.
Back of Brindy (by Lalitree)
Happy Trails, Rod!
Correction: that photo is by Steve Pyke, just for the record.
i’m just gonna put this here. look how awesome it is.
(photo credit: i believe this was a kathryn yu photo. she’s awesome).
What would your 4’14” track be?
“The Letter” by Arthur Russell, from Love Is Overtaking Me. What a simple, light, yet evocative little song.
Hey, there’s a letter for you
Downstairs, can I read it too?
Hey, there’s a letter for you
Downstairs on the table
Honorable mentions for 4’14”: “Sluttering (May 4th)” by Jawbreaker, “Anti-Socialist II” by My Dad Is Dead.