the art of painting (by hand)

UP THERE from The Ritual Project on Vimeo.

this beautiful short film documents the fading craft of painting murals.

spring?

Hello. Are you interested in some songs?

Here are some bands that would enhance your commute.

1.Micachu (songs: Eat Your Heart, Curly Teeth, Golden Phone)
2.Little Dragon (song: Forever)
3.Le Loup (song: Beach Town)
4.Miike Snow the Benny Blanco Remix featuring Neon Hitch, (the song is: Burial)
5. Mountain Main (song: Dog Song)
6. Tanlines(song: Real Life)
7.Dutchess and the Duke (song: Hands)
8. Broken Bells (song: The High Road)
9. Negash Tekie (wow: Atebreie)
10.Wolf Peoples (song: October Fires)
11. Cults (so good: Go Outside)

APRICOT, short film by Ben Briand (sponsored by his incredible actors and crew) from Moonwalk Films on Vimeo.

swedish girls times more.

I got tickets to see El Perro Del Mar and Taken by Trees for v-day. Which means I am lucky!

blogs of note. (in no particular order)

1. Dos Family
In my deepest, darkest fantasy, I have a little family and we all speak Swedish and dress well and adorn our home in crafts, and we live happily ever between our Stockholm apartment and country cottage. This, I don't mind living through the Dos Family.

2. Emmas designblogg
Swedish. Design. Mm.

3. Hello Tiger!
More from Scandinavia? O-K!

4. Poppytalk
Lots of time on your hands? Got plenty of education and no job? Perfect! Indie girls who love crafts, glasses, Dirty Projectors, Williamsburg, and fancy cocktails and sewing kits will drool here. (I know, I know. I can't help it. I eat it all up.)

5. cheap date
Most hilarious english translation.

6. Rifle Paper Co. Blog
Smart girl.

7.Mixed Plate
More pretty design and nice little companies.

8.Sandra Juto
I went to Gothenburg with my dear friend Danielle in 2007, and we were enchanted by the fairy-talkin' Swedish ladies. This blog comes from this town and the pretty perfect work of Sandra Juto.

1.Reading Ace Hotel's new blog.
Hosting a symposium on 'Reassessing the Organic Tradition in American Architecture' in Palm Springs? Yes please.


2.Heard about the Date Farmers.


3.Interested in the people behind the publishing. Like the Taschen's, who are living (it up) now, see Food & Wine's profile of their recent dinner party-- in contrast to the Phaidon's (Phaidon was started in 1923 by Dr Bela Horowiz and Ludwig Goldscheider, with the objective of delivering high-quality books at affordable prices.)

4.Had my eyes on the New York Times' photojournalism of Port-Au-Prince. Simply amazing, shaking, striking.

5.Reading the 1964 English translation of The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard.

6.Cause it's sleepy and thoughtful and lovey, listening to Cameron McGill & What Army. Here, on Daytrotter.


7. If you need some GREAT music, see TuNe-yArDs.
Saw Merrill Garbus when she played with Sister Suvi,accompanying Thao and The Get Down Stay Down back in 2009. Hot stuff.



"tUnE-yArDs is the singular musical project of New England native Merrill Garbus. Possessing an expansive sound that marries a coarse folk ingenuity with the bold pop sensibility of an R&B siren, BiRd-BrAiNs was assembled with a staunch DIY aesthetic.

Recording herself using a digital voice recorder and assembled using shareware mixing software, she was described by Stereogum as “a self-contained Sublime Frequencies compilation, jumping between blues, African tunes, shiny reggae-esque sprawls, and lo-fi folk”, infusing the worldly sonic palette of M.I.A. or post-punk pioneers The Raincoats. "
This is how 4AD, (the label that brings people like me Anni Rossi, Blonde Redhead, Bon Iver, Camera Obscura, Deerhunter, Department Of Eagles, Efterklang, Gang Gang Dance, M Ward, Serena-Maneesh, St. Vincent, and The Big Pink, The National, and TV On The Radio) explains it best.

8, 9, 10. New to me: Port O'Brian, Efterklang,El Parro del Mar

Modern Drift by Efterklang from Rumraket on Vimeo.

11. Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil...


12. Judith Jones to speak to me.

13. Samantha Crain and the Midnight Shivers Just listen.

1.thinking about SXSW this year..
and the San Jose Hotel!

2.Shopping for little trinkets and treats at poppytalkhandmade
especially nice package

3.and making the illustrations for Ancora Pasta, a new and brilliant local business run by pasta maker extraordinaire and friend Tim O'Brian.

poptech is streaming online this minute!

ah, maine

good things to feast on, if only you can find them.

1. everything maine magazine finds interesting seems to be swell.
2. sacred and profane this year was rainy, cozy, and deeply lovely. the only photos i can find are available here.
3. grace becomes our favorite haunt.
4. saw sufjan stevens play at port city music hall the other night for $15.
5. attended the camden international film festival over the weekend. crude independence riffs on small town america's desires and shortcomings. BECAUSE WE WERE BORN (Puisque Nous Sommes Nés) is the one I had to miss, sadly.
6. making a playlist for this week's brunch at Local 188.
7. metric is playing here November 17!
8. If only I had 3500$ more; I'd be here. I am astounded by the list of speakers. It is summer camp for grown-ups. Musical pairings include Zee Avi.

joys.

1. the cover of adbusters by Pedro Inoue. and the principle.

2. Best Coast
3. panna cotta
4. the breakup album of the year. In it's entirety, thank you NPR.

5.Taken by Trees and Swede Victoria Bergsman's glorious Animal Collective cover.

change of heat

well, well, well; with the summertime finally coming around and deciding to join the party; here is a bundle plausible Nor'East (or elsewhere) jaunts to keep you in the summery mood.


1. summer reading by local (stunning writer) Jessica Anthony, The Convalescent. I have it ordered. If the weather keeps up, I'm taking it to Willard Beach.
2. St. Vincent to my West. I suppose a $12 ticket to see Annie Clark play songs is in our best summer interest. August 6. Before the Andrew Bird tour.
3. Figa is set to open around the corner from me. I think it is going to be a gem.
4. Strawberry picking at Maxwell's tomorrow! Gonna make some jam, gonna make some sorbet. Fresh, fresh!
5. join the throngs for an evening of fireworks by the ocean.

summer is grey

the rainy season is here and these are my only ideas for beating the dull days. i had the idea that i would be basking on the maine coast for summer, but alas. here is how we make due.

1. business: get rid of fruit flies.
2. almond, raisin, granola and yogurt with fresh fruit from the farmer's market

3. thao and the get down stay down. pitchfork reviews the album with praise, here where you can listen to the full album.
4. spanikopita in honor of the late Greek festival in Portland, which, sadly, I missed.
5. watch this film, Synecdoche, New York twice. (Charlie Kaufman written & directed)
6. eat my dinner by the sea.

list of songs and dance

for the mood I'm moving through, I can't listen to lullabies although Iron & Wine's Around the Well is slippery smooth and evening slow music.
and I can't get close to the irreverent poppy dance tracks like the new Starfucker, although on a mix tape from my little sister, it fits perfectly.

but today I discovered a new album from my friends Foam Castles. You can download the entire album, Night Crawling, here.

amost summer

1. here is the place i will be lunching today. and in the future. Paciarino.
2. here is the girl i love today. i have a crush on her songs. and her jumpsuits. those too.
3. this is a way to search images and i adore it. fffound!

4. this is near my house. i can bike there. how lucky.
5. this is a lovely business in my town.

1.One night I took a bath in Rome. It was my only night in the city. And instead of going out with friends, I stayed in alone and took a bath in a white bathroom with a tall ceiling.

2.Now I'm taking tea by my bed with my kitten near the sill in the winter on a day it snowed like mad and I'm staying in to write something I will publish for it's questions and musings and strange specificity, an ethnographic account and investigative article on the way borders and middle eastern art correspond and how the arab world is shifting now.

feminism, solar houses & nice design, glasses, music collections, sustainable development, sleepovers, toast, cooking dinner at first, "you're not going to leave," my treat jameson, plaid shirts, films, talking about della, opening the door, dropping me off and not inviting him over

3.'A map is more unreal than where you've been
Or how you feel'
This is my favorite lyric.

4.You can buy a set of plates that map the city plan and geography of Sydney, Dubai, Las Vegas, and Cairo. They look as if they could all be the same place, and then you think how places come to mean something for us, completely unique of one another. And then you think borders might be real. When, in fact, they're not real at all.

1. this is my best friend and songs from her new album, to be released next week.

2. this is the last film i watched. please watch it and note how you feel.

3. this is what i'll attend this weekend.

12:09

1. I am taken by the sculptural work of Emily Barletta, here.
2. I am designing for a fashion show in April. Here is an amazing collection.
3. If you send letters like I do, maybe we should do this.
4. The mix tape I am listening to today.
5. Kim Joon's digital prints are something you should see.

valentin

1.I recommend giving this compliment to your lover. (Throughout the eighties, the RAH Band popped into the British Dance Music Charts whenever possible. Thank you for this song.)
2. For an absurd and quite pleasing emotional rush, Slumdog Millionaire is worth the eight dollars if only for the MIA.
3. If anyone would like to be my valentine, this is what I wish for. I just interviewed an artists whose friends got together and took a million tiny square photos with Holgas before picking fifty to show at exhibition, after fighting over who took what, they totally gave up discerning credit to the individual.
4. for feeling dreamy.
5. in honor of the love that's blowing about, I am meeting with my dear friend and bridal magazines this week to begin planning their love celebration.

treats

1. monocle
2. bidoin
3. jun miyake, stolen from strangers