This is how things get made in China.
We’ve just redone a bunch of our product photography in anticipation of some exciting stuff we’re about to roll out. This black one looks extra sweet.
Having relocated to California from upstate New York, I’ve done several coast-to-coast road trips across the US. There is something super awesome about driving across a country this big and Mike Matas has captured the essence of of it in time-lapse photo form.
“We used to demand more from our famous musicians. They used to demand more from themselves. When Eric Clapton, the famous guitarist, wrote the song “Tears in Heaven,” his four-year-old son had fallen out of a 53rd-story window to his death. He took that passion, emotion, and heartbreak and poured it into song. Every time he played that song, he reopened an old wound and shared that feeling with his audience. When he felt he could no longer relate nor properly convey the emotion behind the song, he stopped playing it.”
(via typographie)
Awesome
“Memory of the Future” by Pet Shop Boys (Stuart Price Radio Mix).
I think we need some custom wallpaper for the new office.
Atom 3D Printed Guitar via marksbirch via theplanetofsound:
When does our Makerbot get here?
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More Than Twee: Pajama Pop with Lullatone
Once a week on a local television channel in Nagoya, Japan, viewers can catch a short segment in which a lanky white American guy teaches kids how to make instruments from household objects — in fluent Japanese. The DIY instruments range from rubber-band guitars to cardboard drums and a xylophone made from a paper roll.
The host of this unique little production is Lullatone — a husband-wife musical duo (one part Japanese, one part American) who have pioneered a genre that Shawn James Seymour (the American half) calls “pajama pop” (not to be confused with “twee”). With a blend of lo-fi instrumentation, soft vocals (from wife Yoshimi Tomida), and simple (like really simple) lyrics — Lullatone’s songs range from “Growing Up” to “Going to Buy Some Strawberries” — Lullatone has emerged as a critical voice in commercial sound design. They’re also just about the cutest band on the face of the planet. James fills us in on their easy mystique.
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My favorite quote [emphasis added]: “When you hear a lot of twee bands, I feel sort of embarrassed, like, “Oh, I hope no one catches me listening to this.” Our goal is to be … more than twee, to be optimistic.”
The Softies, anyone? —Sarah
Fun.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbnciuzQnn1rrpm57o1_250.jpg)
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More Than Twee: Pajama Pop with Lullatone
Once a week on a local television channel in Nagoya, Japan, viewers can catch a short segment in which a lanky white American guy teaches kids how to make instruments from household objects — in fluent Japanese. The DIY instruments range from rubber-band guitars to cardboard drums and a xylophone made from a paper roll.
The host of this unique little production is Lullatone — a husband-wife musical duo (one part Japanese, one part American) who have pioneered a genre that Shawn James Seymour (the American half) calls “pajama pop” (not to be confused with “twee”). With a blend of lo-fi instrumentation, soft vocals (from wife Yoshimi Tomida), and simple (like really simple) lyrics — Lullatone’s songs range from “Growing Up” to “Going to Buy Some Strawberries” — Lullatone has emerged as a critical voice in commercial sound design. They’re also just about the cutest band on the face of the planet. James fills us in on their easy mystique.
My favorite quote [emphasis added]: “When you hear a lot of twee bands, I feel sort of embarrassed, like, “Oh, I hope no one catches me listening to this.” Our goal is to be … more than twee, to be optimistic.”
The Softies, anyone? —Sarah
Fun.
