M.I.A.’s performance at the Way Out West festival in Gothenburg, Sweden, solidified how lost she’s become, both artistically and literally, apparently.
Inter-song commentary aptly reflected personalities and performances at the Way Out West festival in Gothenburg, Sweden, this August.
Setting the bench for charm and congeniality was Stephen Malkmus of Pavement, who exemplified humility when he recognized [...]
Despite its title, this isn’t the second all-Swedish mix I promised earlier this year. That will come, but first I had to share the best tracks I’ve come across in the past two months.
It’s a collection of songs that are at times both harsh and dreamy, energetic and lazy, fitting for the summer/sommar.
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Urbanears Headphones in “Ocean” ($54.50)
I’ve been looking for headphones off and on for a while. All I’d been using were earbuds, which are terrible for your ears. (I already have tinnitus, and don’t need it to get any worse.)
Priority one: they look good. Priority two: they cost under $60. Priority three: they sound good.
This [...]
Phil Gyford recently created an infographic that defames infographics. Its argument: bad infographics give talented designers a bad name. This comes in response to the proliferation of data visualizations that don’t fully take advantage of the medium, but instead give flat visual interpretations of uninteresting stats.
The visualization that results from the Ionz personality infographic generator [...]
The first meal out we had in Brooklyn this spring was at Mimi’s Hummus, which I (and NY Mag) highly recommend for vegetarians and anyone else who loves delicious Israeli food.
When our excellent waitress asked if we’d like some Mint Sage Tea with our meal, I took her up on the offer, though I’d never [...]
