so I was thinking, "Why don't people have blogs about cd cover art?", Stupid, naieve, uninformed prayers answered--
Sleevage.com

Pentagram Mini-Docu

Paula Scher, yes, but more Michael!
A little film about Pentagram design firm
and their wonderfully innovative, unique management structure.

to the left:
I first saw Paul Morrison's work at the MoMA, and it stuck with me. Its simplicity and elligance really proves that simple (done properly) is as effective as complexity.

a book about punk houses

Seems like a no brainer if you've ever been in one(aka hungout at all in bushwick, or new brunswick) NY times article

The Iowa Caucus is exciting. Possibly more exciting than Santa (even sub 9 years old), but also more disheartening. Obamas win for the Democrats was important, but still marginal, as for Mike Huckabee taking home the GOP majority-- save us now.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

its been some time.
been making, knitting, sewing, catching up with people, listening to johnny cash, staying out of cities(sort of), reading. breaks are nice. trying to do more fine art, less design. embroidering canvas, painting, constructing. blahblahblah.
my resolutions are essentially doing all of these things more, and volunteering more.
interesting:

photoset on flickr of 70's porn stills with the figures silhouetted in white

paintings of wants, and their prices are the approximate prices of those things in their tangible forms.

Creepy? Endearing? Endearingly Creepy?

FREE RICE

a vocabulary recognition game(ok) that donates 10 grains of rice to third world countries everytime you get a word right (awesome). the only one that loses is my laundry, exams, and anything else i should be doing while i continue to improve my verbal prowess!

top 5 websites/blogs as of late:
05 skull-a-day
04 glassbooth
03 book by its cover
02 design observer
01 igoogle

why igoogle? because i just discovered it, and its everything i ever wanted from a search engine PLUS novelty graphics that clutter the space/make it so dang endearing.

effective marketing? or future installation?

bestdocumentaries.blogspot.com

i'll be occupied for days!

i dislike street art. for many reasons. I love the ny splasher! for many reasons. if whoevertheyare ever becomes un-nameless I'd be the first to give them a metal.
read on for an absurd quote by shepard fairey(obey).

+marginal revolution: blog by smart economists
+tea sketches: soak a teabag, slap it down on a piece of paper, and make a picture out of it.
+leonard cohen, the new spoon album, and the new tegan and sara
-commuting

as long time lover of plaid i could spend all day on this thing: tartan maker
make your own plaid backgrounds, any color! any size stripes!

gawker is ranking the most annoying liberal arts colleges in america! and i think its hilarious

BACK from the Gulf of Mexico.
tanner, less tired, happy to be back
-work tomorrow
+istanbul
+morocco
+wanting to travel more
-no money
+ up and down with the rollingstones by tony sanchez
-6'30 wakeup

I don't know how I feel about this...but I certainly don't hate it.

Chinese prision inmates performing their rendition of Michael Jackson's "Thriller"

via gawker

life today:
cleaning/packing
this jose gonzalez video:

discovering ted.com-- a talk on soft.ware.

+propaganda posters from the mao regime.
maopost.com

okapistudio.com

-if i dont go to the beach soon i'm gonna die.
-someone go hiking with me too.
+good mexican food last night
+friends with porches.
ok.
however, the most important objective right now: i need a sandwich.

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