\000/ Above, you will find evidence of the sole visual and audio stimulation I have needed this summer. Above, you will also find that this summer I have created a textual way to convey more efficiently that I like to “chill out”. I trust that everyone else’s summer has been number 1. Respectively, Richard Snakedust

The Fiery Furnaces – “Keep Me in the Dark” {Download} A head bop and a grin. Coffee mug in hand, the boy paraded back to his desk. His business shoes were worn, the scrapes created cheetah like blemish spots on the dark brown leather revealing the material’s lighter more vulnerable shade. One could imagine him… Read More

Tech N9ne – Everybody move (Intro) sleeping bags. 4 player mode. mountain dew. musty basements. mines. Ah. sweet nostalgia

{The Joy Formidable – “The Greatest Light is the Greatest Shade” Download} “I used to hate this place you know.” “That’s impossible. Nobody hates Kora.” They stood on the bank of the lake. The tops of their feet slowly becoming numb in the frosty water. It smelled like late fall. Wet leaves mixed with a… Read More

Local Natives – “Who Knows Who Cares” {Download} I asked if I could borrow a shirt and he nodded towards room number 13. “Pick a winner” he said. The door was ajar and there was an anchor drawn on it. I hopped off the couch and walked in. photographs he presumably took covered the walls,… Read More

Reports have come in that Memphis garage rocker Jay Reatard was found dead at 3:30 this morning at the age of 29. I’m sure more news will come in soon about it but in the mean time I wanted to share a few of my favorites. Jay Reatard “Always Wanting More” Jay Reatard “Before I… Read More

VETIVER – MORE OF THIS { download } Visiting my Dad at work used to be beat. I couldn’t ever tuck my shirt in without making the dang boxers constrain my Netherlands. All the receptionists wanted to marry me, but being nine I knew I was safe. Dad’s friends would crush my hand letting me… Read More

“the first days of spring”

The second installment of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros 12 part music series called SALVO! came out recently. So far they are incredible, and I am loving the added visuals to my favorite album of 2009, Up From Below.

this is really wonderful

Have you ever watched something so powerful, that it resonates with you deep in your core and makes you jump to your feet with unadulterated confidence, feeling like you can do anything in the world!? A few days ago, I hadn’t either. Until I saw this video made by Samuel Kuhn and my world was completely rocked. Prepare… Read More