Archive for March 2008

Recommended: Morvern Callar

In Reviews on 13 March 2008 tagged cinema, film, movies, Music, recommended

I recently discovered (through The Onion AV Club’s New Cult Canon series) Lynne Ramsay’s film Morvern Callar. Samantha Morton plays the title character, a young Scottish woman whose humdrum life is overturned by her boyfriend’s suicide. Following her initial paralysis and avoidance, Callar places her name on his unpublished manuscript and sends it off to [...]

links for 2008-03-12

In Links on 13 March 2008

Video: Korg Turns Your DS Into a Music Machine – Japan only, alas Paul Barsch: What’s Next for Marketing? Reality Mining Newzald: From Moleskine to Market – Process of creating a new typeface Michael Lopp on how Apple thinks different in design – Pixel perfect mockups, 10 to 3 to 1, Paired Design Meetings, Pony [...]

links for 2008-03-11

In Links on 12 March 2008

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Portishead: Third

In Reviews on 11 March 2008 tagged albums, chillout, lounge, Music, recommended, trip-hop

Third, Portishead’s first new music in more than ten years, is being released on April 28, 2008. If you’re industrious, you can preview an advance copy that’s floating around. Portishead cornucopia: Homepage, MySpace, Wikipedia, iTunes, Amazon MP3.

links for 2008-03-10

In Links on 10 March 2008

Making Sense of Other People’s Memories Gervais Blogs, Giggles About Zero, Now. Why we disagree with Don Norman The Life of a Brand Ambassador…

links for 2008-03-06 through 2008-03-07

In Links on 8 March 2008

Our Favorite Typefaces of 2007 News from Native Instruments Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy Powered by Ableton Live The unfiltered Steve Jobs

Indie Classics sale on iTunes

In Reviews on 7 March 2008 tagged albums, alt, classics, electronic, folk, indie, iTunes, Music, recommended, rock, sale

Snap up some classic albums by indie artists for only $7.99 each. My picks of the litter: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea – Neutral Milk Hotel, If You’re Feeling Sinister – Belle & Sebastian Transatlanticism – Death Cab for Cutie III – Sebadoh Pause – Four Tet Autoditacker – Mouse on Mars 94 Diskont [...]

links for 2008-03-06

In Links on 7 March 2008

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links for 2008-03-05

In Links on 6 March 2008

Reznor makes $750,000 even when the music is free The Ministry of Type Sampling a Fisher Price Music Box Record Player

links for 2008-03-04

In Links on 5 March 2008

1,000 True Fans A primer in plug-in hybrid economics eMusic making good money from back catalog Word of Mouth Marketing is killing itself Neil Gaiman on giving work away for free Dot Grid Book

links for 2008-03-03

In Links on 3 March 2008

Apple sets “gold standard for corporate America” Strange, New Musical Interfaces, Built in Processing Notional Slurry » There are exactly two ways: one, and many From an Age Before CG: Justice Video Recalls Vintage HBO Motion Graphics The Leila Texts A Culture Of Yes Dorothy Gish for website 475.jpg (JPEG Image, 475×591 pixels) fatboy bags [...]