News

This brilliant skewering of television news reporting makes me smile.

The Third and The Seventh

Stop what you're doing and watch this video. It's an absolutely gorgeous 12 minute montage of architectural details - and it's all computer generated imagery (trust me, you'll be skeptical).

This is not the sort of sci-fi style CGI we're accustomed to seeing. You will be amazed.

Hard Format

I just discovered Hard Format - a nicely presented blog devoted to music packaging design. Check out this great detail gallery of the Warp20 box set.

CD artwork nerd? Guilty as charged.

Giant Jellyfish

Yes, giant jellyfish.

Is there a stranger creature on this earth?

Animated

Quite interesting paper/ink-based animation.

PRESS + from benjamin ducroz on Vimeo.

Reforesting Cities

Very interesting article on the concept of retrofitting existing building exteriors to make them more eco-friendly and efficient.

When you consider the histories of human achievement and innovation, it's insane that these ideas aren't standard practice all over the world.

Mu$ic

Wanna know what the future of the music industry looks like? It looks like this.

National Geographic

Every issue of National Geographic, from 1888 through 2008, on a 160 GB hard drive - for only 200 bucks.

I can't think of a better, more inspiring gift to give a young kid.

Location Location Location

I don't think I could imagine a more ideal place to live than this. Absolutely stunning.

Loving...

...the artwork for the upcoming Pavement compilation, "Quarantine the Past".

Get Smart

Here's a worthwhile diversion: 100 Incredible Lectures from the World’s Top Scientists

Music 2009

Some of the music that had my attention during 2009. Again, this year saw me exploring 70's stuff I unwisely bypassed during the punk/new wave era. My big discovery was Todd Rundgren's "Something, Anything" album, which I now love passionately.

David Sylvian: Manafon

Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavillion
The Blue Nile: High

The XX: XX

Bruno Sanfillippo: Auralspace

Saito Koji: Time Line

Steve Roach: Dynamic Stillness

Todd Rundgren: Something, Anything

Todd Rundgren: The Hermit of Mink Hollow

Pink Floyd: Animals

Al Stewart: Time Passages

REM: Accelerate

Anouar Brahem: The Astounding Eyes of Rita

Bill Frisell: Disfarmer

The Bug: London Zoo

Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest

African Head Charge: Songs of Praise

Joe Henry: Civilians

Monolake: Cinemascope

Alan Parsons Project: I Robot

Sunn0))): Monoliths & Dimensions

The Flaming Lips: Embryonic

Crowded House: Time on Earth

Bruce Springsteen: The River

Inverz: Slow

Pete Namlook: Seasons

Jerry Burns

Robert Rich: Somnium

Mono: Hymn to the Immortal Wind

Jon Hassell: Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street

Jon Hassell: Dream Theory in Malaya

Jon Hassell: The Surgeon of the Nightsky Restores Dead Things by the Power of Sound