This year, I’ll be posting a daily Gift Watch, featuring items that I think would make great gifts. Even the godless exchange gifts in December, and there’s no shortage of cool gadgets, books, records and art to shower on your friends and family this year. Enjoy.
Your green geek friends and family members will […]
In the mid ’90s, I got really into this band called Silkworm after stumbling upon an LP in a friend’s collection called His Absence is a Blessing. The sound was really Chicago, if that makes any sense, and the fact that they earned fans in Malkmus, Albini and Matador Records wasn’t a surprise at all. […]
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I’ve started using Kempelton as my Firefox theme and I absolutely love it. The most attractive themes I’ve used in the past are the iFox ones, but they don’t play well with favico’s, which I’m pretty addicted to. I’ve enjoyed Blue Ice for a while but the […]
I’m always weary of bands that I read about initially and the press sheet or interviewer kicks things off by discussing how remarkable it is that they’ve made it to whatever level of recognition they have, considering how amateur or inexperienced they are. I watched a short online interview piece with Matt and Kim earlier […]
Noa Bembibre’s calendar features clean type, beautiful colors and lots of great open space.
I’m also a huge fan of the glass knives and the little coffee cups. All of his work is gorgeous, but do go look at all 12 months of the Cats Let Nothing Darken Their Roar 2008 calendar.
22 Euro isn’t […]
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