2008

Jun

(happy birthday, Tony)

“The gloss of preachiness that washes over...”
— Stephanie, really, no offense...

100% (as of today)

Deep-Holes, a short story by Alice Munro

Gabriele Picco, I want you to believe that I am smart, 2007

Thank you for having been here for a little while, George.

Oops, it’s *that* time of the year again.

This is beautiful. Quite long, but beautiful. Canemucca,...

Chris Jordan: picturing excess. TED, qui.

Five Dials - a free online lit-mag from...

“I go through 10 drafts to send a SMS to her, then add in...”
— confessionizer, qui

“One of the real structural understandings of great...”
— Tom McCarthy interview,...

“Su internet tutto si trova, ma non tutto si cerca. Si trova...”
— Gaspar Torriero, qui.

How Darwin won the evolution race

Gradius, a shoot’em up, recreated as an old style text adventure. Now, this is a nerdish...

“If this movie is the culmination of Herzog’s recent...”
— Maddin and Herzog: Brothers of...

“Questa candidatura seducente dovrebbe essere letta in...”
— Obama, la bellezza, la danza....

“You have a girlfriend named Alma, who has a long tender...”
— Alma, a oh-so-short story by...

Now, *that’s* raising expectations.

Kunio Kato, The Apple Incident

Esbjörn Svensson Trio video tribute

Il recente post OhDaesu does M.Night Shyamalan (Insegna...

Wall-E three-minute clip

Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Serenade for the Renegade (Live)

Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Behind The Yashmak (live)

Jazz pianist Esbjörn Svensson killed in scuba...

jakoblodwick: “To the caller, when I first answer, I am the...

“A new Coldplay album. “Well, at least I’m not...”
— Andy Gill hates Coldplay. And...

Europa Film Treasures

“Edge has received notice from the publisher that acquired...”
— Edge, qui (by the way, the...

Neil Turok’s wishes for an African Einstein. TED launches NextEinstein.org.

The insufferable Gaucho, di Roberto Bolaño

“We like to think of our beliefs, and disbeliefs, as founded...”
— Tobias Wolff watches Winter...

How to talk to girls at parties

Killers Kill, Dead Men Die, The 2007 hollywood Portfolio,...

The European Championship of Beers

“Language is a parasite we’ve adapted to”
— Susan Blackmore, Memes and...

“My grandfather, 86 years old and a veteran of WWII, just...”
— Mail received by Andrew...

“In truth, a writer’s homelands can be many, and sometimes...”
— Roberto Bolaño, on accepting...

“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not...”
— Gore Vidal, via Maud Newton,...

Scary, isn’t it? (The Boston Globe, qui - in qualche...

Natasha, by Vladimir Nabokov

I love it when a plan comes together.

Orson Whales, IT in place, qui.

We all love Typography

May

Anti-paedophilia ads, Brazil. Via Sociological Images, qui.

“Che film della stramadonna e del dio”
— Kekkoz, A proposito del Divo....

Una favola, proprio (corriere.it)

If Mario met the Ninja Turtles (via That girl’s site,...

“I will never forget the moment at the audition meeting when...”
— Jeffrey Tambor (our beloved...

“Hype-and-backlash might seem simply to speed up and...”
— The Hype Cycle, n+1, qui.

“Read the Bible; that’s always good. You might get some clues...”
— Damon Lindelof, Lost:...

Big Train, 1998

Big Train, 1998

Big Train, 1998

“DOMANDA: Nella sua raccolta di dischi, qual è l’esemplare...”
— Tom Waits, auto-intervistato...

Catch me if you can opening title sequence, Kuntzel and Deygas (today we’re so very visual, oh...

Banksy in Betlemme, via Peace Reporter, qui.

Sociological Images, qui.

Isn’t it lovely? Xkcd, of course.

“The eruption of chaos in the heart of one of the world...”
— Leon Wieseltier, TNR, qui.

Less is more, Treehugger, qui. Via Ffffound, qui.

“For a true critic, judgment is the burden you start out...”
— Lee Siegel (mi ricordo, sì, mi...

“Living Lohan, however, is not just a symptom of cultural...”
— Don’t mess with the...

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can...”
— Old, but pure gold....

“Two excellent Italian films won respectively Grand Prix and...”
— Peter Bradshaw on Cannes,...

via ffffound, qui.

Xkcd, of course.

In praise of Toni Servillo - LA Times

Michael Bay. Awesome.

“Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me...”
— Arnold Edinborough, Affremble...

Things younger than McCain

“World of Warcraft. Director: Lars von Trier The pitch: Near...”
— The Ten Video Games That...

The NYC Waterfalls, by Olafur Eliasson, qui.

Hype. out. of. control.

Jill Bolte Taylor, TED, qui.

gokachu: ffffound: 1zx6ttt.jpg (GIF Image, 320x288...

gokachu: barnacleberry: veadar: rollstone: s640x480 ...

“Io mi levo contro il propagarsi della menzogna, contro...”
— E.M. Cioran, La tentazione di...

Become the king of bluff. Sociological images, qui.

The complete works of Charles Darwin online

I could sleep through a World war, qui. Via This isn’t...

Il titolo del nuovo album dei...

The boy bands have won, and all the copyists and the tribute bands and the TV talent show producers...

“Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and...”
— John Kenneth Galbraith....

Straight Line Designs, qui.

“Americans can be blamed for many things, but the...”
— Joe Queenan does Woody Allen....

“Bob’s way of talking was a challenge to many — he spoke in...”
— David Byrne on Bob...

“Course the satnav’s suggesting another route, but then...”
— Your weekly Charlie Brooker,...

Dichiaro di essere Emilio Isgrò

Douglas Coupland, How I see words in my head, short story....

Michael Moschen Juggling Rhythm and Motion, TED talks, qui.

“Io la odio la libertà assoluta. Mi fa una paura questa...”
— (noantri, Perché...

Leonard Cohen, Boogie Street. His first show in 15 years. Via Gokachu, qui.

“[Hillary] went on to congratulate Barack for ‘a...”
— (Gail Collins sul NYT, qui....

“She taught me that the ideal musician should think with the...”
— Daniel Barenboim sul Guardian,...

MICHAEL HANEKE: NOW, YOU CAN LET GO. Supplemental material...

Dan Clowes' cover for the New Yorker

(via Chris Mautner, qui. Thanks Chiara)

Portishead @ Coachella2008

MyTvRSS - Food for feed

PEHDTSCKJMBA. Word. (via PDA, Guardian, qui)

(via CandyChang, qui)

The Museum of Online Museums

Alison Gopnik, Formulae for the 21st Century. Edge, qui

“Doris Lessing, the Nobel Prize winning author, once told me...”
— Hans Ulrich Obrist, A rule of...

(PHDComics, qui)

“Because it’s not every mother who will give up her career to...”
— Dina Lohan to Receive ‘Top...

One hour in the life of a Banksy, by romanywg

Apr

“At what point, incidentally, does the night officially turn...”
— (Charlie Brooker wakes up...

“I think and I think and I think. I’ve thought myself...”
— (Jonathan Safran Foer,...

“Di politica non ni capisciu nenti. Se però ‘u dutturi sale è...”
— (Roberta Marilli su...

Après le deluge - 5 (banale, lo so. Comunque, era il 1997)

Après le deluge - 4

Li pagheremo, questi due anni.Non per fare quello che si sfoga, ma si rivela ancora di più che bella...

Après le deluge - 3

V. - Al momento sto ignorando gli exit poll in favore di una storia di abusi su minore, non so se rendo.
S. - Mi farebbe piacere vederti prima di emigrare per uno stato più civile e democratico. Tipo la Corea del Nord
V. - Bucuresti, here we come

Après le deluge - 2

A. - Lega al 18.2% in Lombardia. Mio dio. DICIOTTO E DUE. Uno su cinque

Après le deluge - 1

C. - A pensarci poteva andare peggio. Le elezioni poteva vincerle Mugabe

“Un sasso mi si incrosta nel petto”
— Un post molto strano, sulla...

London, Trafalgar Square (part of the Keep Britain Tidy...

“Prendete dal frigorifero un’altra lepre e abbracciatela per...”
— Lepre in salmì, chez...

Mar

(sta per iniziare il tour d’addio. Brividi, come quelli che girano per tutto l’ultimo,...

Lego Futurama. And look at Zapp!! (via Gizmodo, qui)

30 of the Most Creative Bookshelves Design

Io sono qui. Grazie, più o meno lo sapevo. Poi tanto voto...

“Bono is at a U2 concert in Halifax, Nova Scotia, when he...”
— That’s serendipity...

“Usatelo quel pezzo di plastica, usatelo per chi oggi è...”
— Vittorio Zambardino on Tibet,...