Fabulous Debris

A friend recently sent me this. It’s a recording of my...

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:22:25 -0400

A friend recently sent me this. It’s a recording of my band from ~10 years ago, You Almighty. We took our name from a passage in a Church Of The SubGenius book. I was set to be completely, witheringly embarrassed to hear this, but I think it has some redeeming qualities. Well, if you ignore how bad I was singing, and how bad I was playing the guitar. I mean, we weren’t exactly tight, but it was fun.

“Kitty”, a triptych, starring Roman & Gretzky

Sun, 20 May 2012 10:14:00 -0400

“Kitty”, a triptych, starring Roman & Gretzky

I have posted this before. I’m posting it again, because it’s Pynchon In Public day....

Tue, 08 May 2012 09:47:49 -0400

I have posted this before. I’m posting it again, because it’s Pynchon In Public day. #Pynchon2012

All night, out in the great fjord, they heard the ice, they woke, they dozed again, the voices of the ice entered their dreams, dictated what they would see, what would happen to each dreaming eye as, helpless, it gazed.

-Thomas Pynchon, from Against The Day

This Japanese Instagram clone called Pick is kinda fun. It has...

Mon, 07 May 2012 13:10:26 -0400

This Japanese Instagram clone called Pick is kinda fun. It has stamps! You know, so you can put hats and cats on your baby.

browneyedamazon: “I’ve seen other ads from the ’70s and ’80s,...

Wed, 02 May 2012 11:59:29 -0400

browneyedamazon:

“I’ve seen other ads from the ’70s and ’80s, particularly for Tonka trucks, that show girls like this–in clothes that look like they’re actually made for playing instead of making a fashion statement, and playing with toys in the same way boys would, even if it means getting dirty (gasp!). When we see ads that always show girls in pink, playing with “girl” versions of toys, or engaged in passive activities, that’s a particular marketing choice, not some inevitable, obvious way girls need to be depicted to sell products.”

— Gwen Sharpe, Sociological Images

I started a new Tumblr today: Inadvertent Video. When you mean...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:52:22 -0400

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I started a new Tumblr today: Inadvertent Video. When you mean to take a picture and accidentally take a video — I do this often. Submit yours! It’ll be fun!

Another year, another April, another month of awesomeness from april-is

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:51:52 -0400

Another year, another April, another month of awesomeness from april-is

Christine Fellows - “Leap Year” Listen to this today...

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:18:14 -0500

Christine Fellows - “Leap Year”

Listen to this today (and all other days)

artdepartment: The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl...

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:20:23 -0500

artdepartment:

The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl catalog

The Record will be on view at the Miami Art Museum from March 18 – June 10. This might be your last opportunity to see this phenomenal show, curated by Trevor Schoonmaker of the Nasher Museum of Art. Molly Renda and I designed the catalog, pictured above. If you are a lover of art and vinyl, you must have it! See next post for the list of contributors and artists.

This was indeed a fantastic show. Go see it, Floridians!

Little Buddha practicing his mudras (Taken with instagram)

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:27:07 -0500

Little Buddha practicing his mudras (Taken with instagram)

Roman gets his hands on the new John K Samson record (Taken...

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:58:53 -0500

Roman gets his hands on the new John K Samson record (Taken with instagram)

abbyladybug: Current Scene (Taken with Instagram at Gretzky’s...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:59:23 -0500

abbyladybug:

Current Scene (Taken with Instagram at Gretzky’s Pad)

Nice socks and flip-flops, mom.

Seventy degree December day in Durham (Taken with instagram)

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:29:30 -0500

Seventy degree December day in Durham (Taken with instagram)

Hello? Roman, it’s for you! (Taken with instagram)

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:57:43 -0500

Hello? Roman, it’s for you! (Taken with instagram)

A little light reading (Taken with instagram)

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:17:31 -0500

A little light reading (Taken with instagram)

abbyladybug: Bird’s Nest Printable Baby Shower by Paper &...

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:11:07 -0400

abbyladybug:

Bird’s Nest Printable Baby Shower by Paper & Cake printable partyware on Flickr.

Tonight’s activities center around lots of scissor use. I’m turning printable partyware files I purchased from Paper & Cake into baby shower decorations! These things are supercute! I printed all the necessarily files out this afternoon on cardstock, and tonight, I’m turning them into magical things!

Abby is an awesome friend, you guys!

therichgirlsareweeping: The new Junior Boys album, It’s All True, is, as expected, delightful....

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:17:20 -0400

therichgirlsareweeping:

The new Junior Boys album, It’s All True, is, as expected, delightful. Been on repeat since yesterday.

Finally getting around to listening now. So far…I don’t know. First impression through 6 songs is that it seems like they’ve ’80s-ified their sound a bit? Whereas it used to be some kind of wistful and slightly cold sound coming from a bleak future?

A public service announcement:

Sun, 22 May 2011 12:08:04 -0400

When you want to make something for a cookout and have a recipe that starts with “make some brownies”, and says furthermore that you can use a box mix, and you’re feeling lazy and a little too pregnant to stand in the kitchen measuring flour and baking soda so you get a box mix from Super Target (where you decided to go for the few foodstuffs you need because you heard they had some nice planters this season), but you used the last of the farmers market eggs in the omelet you had for dinner and the only Target eggs that say cage-free look suspicious because they’re from the same farm as the el cheapo factory eggs, and so standing there in Target you decide to just use that egg replacer you have at home, the one that’s worked in lots of cake and cookie recipes in the past, please reconsider. Because you will end up with bubbling brownie sludge that will be covalently bound to your glass baking dish, and you will spend a lot of time salvaging the top layer from this formerly appealing recipe, and while that part will be delicious, it will be too sweet and pretty unmanageable because how the heck do they expect you to mix chocolate chips and peanut butter 1:1 and come out with something that’s not, at best, a sticky mess at room temperature?

Minus the cars, this looks like a Kahn & Selesnick...

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:50:47 -0400

Minus the cars, this looks like a Kahn & Selesnick landscape.

PX680 Color Shade Beta Test Film on Flickr. Last month I had the...

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:16:00 -0400

PX680 Color Shade Beta Test Film on Flickr.

Last month I had the opportunity to beta-test the upcoming new film for Polaroid cameras from the Impossible Project. Called PX680, this new film is for Polaroid 600 cameras (those ubiquitous plastic ones, you probably have one) and it looks really promising. It can also be used in SX-70s while using a ND filter, which is how I shot this one. (White spots are a mixing issue that should be gone in the final product.)