Archive for the "Austin" Category

The ultimate steve zissou companion: jurgen muller’s science of the sea

forgive me, jurgen,  if i can’t remember how to do the umlaut thingy but this floaty beautiful album is just as outstanding, nonetheless…made in the 70s yes, but this is still how we do eet! YAY!!! something to make the happy more happy!

just because: radiohead-king of limbs

in rainbows was/is near impossible to beat and i’m not sure if this does (don’t care) but one things for certain, these guys just keep experimenting and growing in every way. WHOOP!

what he said: doug stanhope

make sure you’ve got your depends on securely or at least put down a sheet of plastic because this fucking comic tsunami will make you laugh so hard you’ll probably pee yourself. i give you, doug stanhope, (probably) the funniest man alive: not on netflix yet so here.   netflix or here.   here.   [...]

king of the wild frontier: mark deutsch and his bazantar

Bazantar, techne follows psyche (2007) from Fey Adelstein on Vimeo. ok so i’m a sucker for stuff like this, but WOW! just gorgeous! more here.

cool: umbrella adventure

  looking very cool. love me some hand drawn grey scale. and FREEWARE! could have been 10/10 but fucking win-blows only. argh. mac please. i said NOW!

prometheus rising: cy twombly dead at 83

painter, sculptor, photographer; missed.

smoov shimmy’s new music quick picks: kreng, bee mask and richard a. ingram

i just love it when dark music dudes are all “fuck it, let’s get DARK!” well, maybe tim burton should start a modern dance troupe and hire this cat. k-k-k-kreng’s grimoire. a golden shade of black. so you’ve got some fucking nasty ass red hornets/wasps or whatever the fuck they are, dat won’t take NO [...]

another midnight classic: mingus plays piano

yeah, so besides being a fucking god-like bass player and composer, mr. mingus is also responsible for crafting one of my fav jazz piano albums of all times. chuck this on one late night after the party is winding down or some lazy sunday and see if it doesn’t become one of your staples. i [...]

must see: american-the bill hicks story

i’m just gonna go right ahead and say it: bill hicks is definitely one of the top 5 comics of all time. and if you don’t agree, well, at least you’ll have george bush and all your hannah montana records to keep you totally fucked. no wonder fucking denis leary stole EVERYTHING from bill. i [...]

cool summer reads: jack chambers’ milestones-the music and times of miles davis

  considering the many related posts, you may have figured out by now, that i love me some miles.  maybe love is too weak a word? ahem. anyhoo, this epic read leaves no milestone(sorry) unturned, no matter how much funk might be growing underneath. so authoritatively researched in fact, that miles himself apparently burgled it [...]