Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska" - A PortaStudio, two SM57's, and Inspiration - The story of a home recording that became an album, as told by Bruce's long-time engineer Toby Scott.

Hotel DeBrett

Hotel DeBrett in Auckland, New Zealand looks inspiring. Some nice design features, maybe bordering on trying too hard, but certainly interesting.

The Wilderness Below Your Feet

Urban exploration beneath New York City. “The last frontier in an over-mapped, Google-Earthed world.”

Music 2010

Some of the old and new music that had my attention during 2010:

Joanna Newsom: Have One On Me
Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma
Radiohead: The Bends
Elvis Costello: National Ransom
The Orb: Metallic Spheres
Morrissey: Vauxhall and I
Gonjasufi: A Sufi and a Killer
Ariel Pink: Before Today
Brian Eno: Small Craft on a Milk Sea
Jan Bang: ...and Poppies from Kandahar
Can: Tago Mago
Can: Ege Bamyasi
Tyshawn Sorey: Koan
New Order: Brotherhood
New Order: Technique
Keith Jarrett: Vienna Concert
Peter Gabriel: Scratch My Back
Jane Siberry: The Walking
Sleigh Bells: Treats
Steve Tibbetts: Natural Causes
King Crimson: Starless and Bible Black
Beach House: Teen Dream
Dire Straits: Communique
36: Hypersona
Jellyfish: Bellybutton
Autechre: Move of Ten
Autechre: Oversteps
Rush: A Farewell to Kings
Laurie Anderson: Homeland
Anouar Brahem: The Astounding Eyes of Rita
Darren Harper: Descend

Doug Bush

Dec 8 1924 - Dec 24 2010
Loved golf, jazz, photography and birds. Hated the Montreal Canadiens, slow golfers, laugh tracks, politicians and taxes.

Bye Dad. We'll miss you.

Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick fan? Feast on this massive collection of Kubrick-related links, collected and presented by Coudal Partners.

The Dust Blows Forward 'N The Dust Blows Back

RIP Don Van Vliet. Farewell, Captain.

Ants

Stanford professor Deborah Gordon studies ants. Her TED talk on their task allocation process is fascinating. Seriously.

PG1

As a follow up to an earlier post, here's a Hard Format overview of the memorable artwork and design from Peter Gabriel's first solo album.

Inspiration

Great post today over at Freelance Switch - 25 Unusual Places to get Design Inspiration. Works for me.