Columbia University's own radio station specialises in "American" music. A awful lot of jazz. Some Classical. Reggae. Latin. Birdflight, scheduled weekdays, is a forensic study of charlie parker's music. Watch out for the 'Birthday Marathons'.
“I'm descended from the Kings you know, from the halls of Tara. It's like this… we're doing a job in London… tis the Albert Hall-at-all and we've run right out of the jelly.” scroll to 8.10min.
When you think of Pop Art you think Warhol, The Factory, The “Velvets” and Celebrity. The Immaculate Heart Community and a bunch of nuns… get sort of overlooked. You might argue with the message but the execution is peerless. View the slideshow & buy the book!
Both his Heavy Metal Madness and Scanning Around series have been brilliant, humorous forays into the history of graphic design, typrography, photography and 20th Century culture.
The Periodic Table of Typefaces is obviously in the style of all the thousands of over-sized Periodic Table of Elements posters hanging in schools and homes around the world. This particular table lists 100 of the most popular, influential and notorious typefaces today.
Plywood, a moisture-proof, marine-grade, very low formaldehyde-content pine, certified by the European sustainable forest practices agreement, becomes a strong, almost abnormal complement…
I got one of these for my wife… she loves it. Not just because it's a handy bag but because it doubles as some sort of stress ball. She can also throw it at me when she looses the plot!
10 tips on getting started with street photography from Michael David Murphy. No. 1: Stop thinking about how to approach taking pictures of people and just start doing it. Good straight forward advice like that…