January 2010
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ABC’S IN THE 70’S
Thank you Sesame Street:
Richard Pryor’s Alphabet, 1976
Sign Language Alphabet, Steve Finkin, 1977
Arthur Ashe’s Alphabet, 1976
Rube Goldberg Alphabet
Alien Alphabet, Frank Oz & Jim Henson, 1971
City Alphabet
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THIS SONG NEVER SOUNDED CREEPIER
Awesome cover of...
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Lisa Strausfeld and Luke Hayman of Pentagram redesign Craigslist for Wired. Live version here.
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WHERE’S WALDO FOR BIG KIDS
Paintings by Paco Pomet.
Internacional, 2008
Un nuevo juego, 2007
Sam, 2009
Storytelling, 2008
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DEATH BY PIANO
I saw the 1977 Nobuhiko Obayashi film Hausu (House) last night at IFC Center and am still reeling. IFC puts it pretty well:
Part psychedelic ghost yarn, part stream-of-consciousness bedtime story, part Scooby Doo by way of Dario Argento. The hallucinatory tale centers on a schoolgirl who travels with six classmates to her ailing aunt’s creaky country home, where she comes face...
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GRASS WIDOW, I LIKE YOU
These 3 ladies from San...
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A FEW GREAT KRAFTWERK PERFORMANCES
Homemade drum machines, space flutes and all - here are a few clips of the early lineup tearin’ it up. Spirited improvisation from the soon-to-be Man Machines.
Ruckzuck, 1970
Tanzmusik, 1973
Autobahn, 1975
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STORY OF THE BEST NO HITTER EVER Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No by James Blagden. Narrated by Dock himself. Crazy story. True story. Awesome drawings. Hilarious.
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PARK SLOPE ROCK SCHOOL!!!
These kids are seriously rocking out. Drummer is way ahead of the curve. Check out the PSRS website. If I ever have any kinder of my own, they will definitely be enrolling at this fine institution.
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WIRE PERFORM ON GERMAN TV, 1979
Can’t believe this is 31 years ago… Amazing renditions of amazing songs = The 15th and Heartbeat. Both from the Wire album 154, available here.
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YOU MUST HAVE A LEAD COAT OVER YOUR ANGEL’S...
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LOVESICK TEENAGERS
Diggin’ this track...
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