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June 4

Barack Obama’s nomination speech (via Veracifier).

See also Hillary’s and McCain’s speeches.

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obama nom… nom nom (Apologies if you’re not a fan of the whole nom nom nom thing.)

obama nom… nom nom

(Apologies if you’re not a fan of the whole nom nom nom thing.)

June 3
The Huffington Post front page tonight.
The Huffington Post front page tonight.
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It’s on! If you weren’t able to make it to SXSW, don’t fret. This Sunday, join Tumblr and Next New Networks for another epic party in celebration of NYC’s Internet Week. Get the details here →   (reblogged from tumblr)

It’s on! If you weren’t able to make it to SXSW, don’t fret. This Sunday, join Tumblr and Next New Networks for another epic party in celebration of NYC’s Internet Week.

Get the details here →   (reblogged from tumblr)

June 1
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Where I End And You Begin.

I was watching Radiohead play “Where I End and You Begin” on an old Jools Holland episode tonight, and I realized why I always get a little excited whenever I hear them play the song. It’s that extra beat right before the second verse — one beat of hesitation, before the line “I’m sorry for us / the dinosaurs roam the earth.” It gets me every time, that catch of anticipation, waiting for him to deliver the line, just a second late. It’s a beautiful little moment of tension and release, and it’s when the song really kicks into gear.

Interestingly, in the published lyrics for the song, the line’s written, “and I’m sorry for us,” though I’ve never heard the word “and.” Maybe it’s the syllable that’s unsung.

Unless you’re reading this in RSS, the song’s in a player right above. And here’s the clip from Jools Holland, via YouTube.

May 28
Meatpacking landmark Florent is closing June 29, just as the Highline is on its way and a new downtown Whitney Museum is coming to the same block, putting a seal on the neighborhood’s complete transformation that Florent first catalyzed 23 years ago. We didn’t get to enjoy the restaurant enough these two years living close by in Chelsea, but we were always happy it was there — a favorite place and a refuge from the pretention all around it. I love this Florent / Fo’ Rent image, via the restaurant’s brilliant webmistress Alison Zack. See also her site for Florent, which I always liked for its recreation of the look of Florent’s bulletin board, and includes details on closing festivities. Go while you can — and make sure you try the couscous stew (with chicken and merguez sausage), which I’m going to miss intensely. update:  I hadn’t seen it at the time, but Frank Bruni at the NY Times published an excellent oral history of Florent. 

Meatpacking landmark Florent is closing June 29, just as the Highline is on its way and a new downtown Whitney Museum is coming to the same block, putting a seal on the neighborhood’s complete transformation that Florent first catalyzed 23 years ago.

We didn’t get to enjoy the restaurant enough these two years living close by in Chelsea, but we were always happy it was there — a favorite place and a refuge from the pretention all around it. I love this Florent / Fo’ Rent image, via the restaurant’s brilliant webmistress Alison Zack. See also her site for Florent, which I always liked for its recreation of the look of Florent’s bulletin board, and includes details on closing festivities. Go while you can — and make sure you try the couscous stew (with chicken and merguez sausage), which I’m going to miss intensely.

update:  I hadn’t seen it at the time, but Frank Bruni at the NY Times published an excellent oral history of Florent. 

May 25
richard blakeley: “We land on Mars today and it looks as I suspected.”
richard blakeley: “We land on Mars today and it looks as I suspected.”
May 24
Cai-Guo Qiang’s career retrospective at the Guggenheim, “I Want to Believe,” is spectacular — and this is the last weekend to catch it. Everyone talks about the cars (pictured), which are amazing, but it’s the sampling of his life’s work, including gunpowder drawings, large scale explosive projects (designed for “extraterrestrials”), and sculpture installations (tigers, wolves, boats and arrows, and the heartbreaking “Rent Collection Courtyard” series) that will explain the title. Tip: go after 5:45pm, when lines are gone, since no one knows about the extended hours (open til 7:45 every day until the exhibit closes May 28). (via my Flickr.)
Cai-Guo Qiang’s career retrospective at the Guggenheim, “I Want to Believe,” is spectacular — and this is the last weekend to catch it. Everyone talks about the cars (pictured), which are amazing, but it’s the sampling of his life’s work, including gunpowder drawings, large scale explosive projects (designed for “extraterrestrials”), and sculpture installations (tigers, wolves, boats and arrows, and the heartbreaking “Rent Collection Courtyard” series) that will explain the title. Tip: go after 5:45pm, when lines are gone, since no one knows about the extended hours (open til 7:45 every day until the exhibit closes May 28). (via my Flickr.)
May 23
Weezer’s new video, Pork and Beans, starring lots of familiar faces from YouTube.  It’s sort of like a live action version of Internet People.
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“Go, team that lives near me! Destroy that team from nearby town! My team is the best team and always will be the best until I move!” 
“Go, team that lives near me! Destroy that team from nearby town! My team is the best team and always will be the best until I move!”