Quickie = Simian Mobile Disco + some rad photograph

Oops it's after midnight. I did it again. Didn't mean to go out dancing til 2:30, but free beer and good music and un ske un ske un ske... i gotta work tomorrow (today). So here... lemme give you a Quickie (and i know my art posts haven't been kickin as much ass lately, but... i'm sleepy... cut a girl some slack):



mp3: SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO - Audacity of Huge
Blog credit: Dinleme Parki

*sigh*

Les Electrix

I'm pretty sure my hard drive is out to get me. It's not tersely holding a knife over it's "head" with the tip quivering an inch from my face while i lay unknowingly asleep - and it's not planting delicious poisons within arm's reach - it is, however, stubbornly refusing to accept new songs, and it is regularly warning me of its illness. It's playing les trix... ELECTRIX. Clearly, as someone paid to select songs in the hippest of public hangouts, it puts my life in danger to know of a vast array of fabulous new songs that i cannot play for the people.

So i'm protesting! Eff tha plastik! I suggest a return to des animaux de les woods (that's french, just to let all y'all Americans know):


(FALSE ALARM! I hope you didn't get your hopes up that you might buy one... these shits are 404 NOT FOUND)

mp3: EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROES - I Come In Please
Blog credit: Pasta Primavera

To Babies or Not To Babies

There is no question that the world is over populated. Global warming is clearly an issue. We have transformed the majority of our natural resources into hectares and hectares of trash. A scientist once said that the world cannot safely support more than a million and half human beings.


Giraffe Sex by Belle Brooks

So people have to die. We can't keep everyone alive indefinitely. All these population thinning terminal illnesses have arrived for a reason. And we can't be procreating at the same rate our grandparents were. They all thought, "more babies is good for the economy!" The economy can no longer be our number one priority.

So what does this mean for people like me (and maybe you) who naturally have an instinct, and accompanying intense desire, to have a child? I've been thinking about this for many years now, and my theory is this: each couple who wants children should have one and only one and commit to using cloth diapers and teaching the ways of green, while those who do not want children should TIE THOSE TUBES and guarantee that they never do.

Harsh? Maybe. But not as harsh as the average 600 "disposable" diapers per baby per month (that's 7200 per year) used by over 90% of the world's 134 million babies per year. That's 868.3 BILLION DIAPERS PER YEAR. "Disposable" being a sickening term given that most "disposable" items are made with plastics that will take 1000 years to biodegrade. Just sayin.

mp3: BABY DAYLINER - You Push I'll Go
Blog credit: Cerulean's Love of Music

Hint: Vacuums In Reverse

As you well know, when a vacuum is working normally it sucks up all those little bits and pieces that you can't sweep up or collect with your fingers. It gets in the corners. It sucks up small, winged insects. It's thorough.


by Raquel Issima

So who was the genius that invented the reverse switch? Think about it for a minute... what is the need for a "blow" feature? So you blow all those little bits and pieces that you can't sweep up or collect with your fingers into... what? the air? the corner? your dog's face? all over your person? And in the instance of fruit flies... ??? Nope. Not OK. This is chaos. This is mayhem. And this is dirty.


by Raquel Issima

mp3: GOLDEN SILVERS - True Romance (Remix)
Blog credit: Hate Something Beautiful

Today my song and art don't relate to my hint. Cuz i'm too busy to look for related items. Suck it.

Hint: Apples

So there are a whole bunch of thoughts that i really feel like blogging about because they are so on me brain, but then what if so-and-so browses my blog or google search results reveal my true feelings about such-and-such? So i'll be cryptic.

As with the wind spreading dandelion spoors, gravity can make the apple fall far far from the tree. Two apples from the same tree can even end up different colors, so that if they were presented to you on two separate plates you'd think they were unrelated brands of fruit.


by Jason Levesque aka StuntKid

mp3: PANDA BEAR - I'm Not (Phaseone Remix)
Blog credit: Pasta Primavera

Olio Festival

Dearest 25 people who heart my blog: sorry i've been lacking in the post department, but as you may already know, i've been throwing a festival. And while this may sound pretty straight forward, it is actually quite challenging and time consuming. I hope to be back in blog land next week. In the meantime, please enjoy two whole entire photos from the fest and a song i'm really digging this week:


I'm not sure who this is (!?) performing at the Red Room Thursday August 13th in front of a giant wall installation by Robert Mearns and Andy Dixon. Photo courtesy of The Futurists


Fake Shark-Real Zombie! performing at Funky Winkerbeans Thursday August 13th. Photo courtesy of The Futurists

mp3: SEA WOLF - You're A Wolf

Questions

I have questions... so many questions... i think it means i'm having an existential crisis.

Are we inside our bodies, or are we our bodies?
What are forces made of (ie. gravity and attraction)?
Does free will exist or are we slaves to fate?
Can we really manifest anything we want like The Secret suggests or is Rhonda Byrne just a lucky hippy who saw a window and opened it?
Where do we get one of these for our house?


Baltic Installation by Seripop


I'm Listening by Seripop

mp3: GANG GANG DANCE - First Communion
Blog credit: Cream Team