#shadowportrait with man sitting in the #sun #brooklyn #nyc #streetphotography #iphonephotography #iphonesia #iphoneonly #jj #teg #instagood #instagramhub #popular #instamood #bestoftheday #tweegram #igdaily #webstagram #instadaily #instagramers #statigram #beautiful #iphonegraphy #iphonography #instagram (Taken with instagram)
Party’s over #nofilter needed #sad #graduation #nyc #streetphotography #iphonephotography #iphonesia #iphoneonly #jj #teg #instagood #instagramhub #popular #instamood #bestoftheday #tweegram #igdaily #webstagram #instadaily #instagramers #20likes #statigram #beautiful #iphonegraphy #iphonography #instagram (Taken with Instagram at NYC)
#blackandwhite #brooklyn #nyc #streetphotography #iphonephotography #iphonesia #photooftheday #iphoneonly #jj #teg #instagood #instagramhub #popular #instamood #bestoftheday #tweegram #igdaily #webstagram #instadaily #instagramers #20likes #statigram #beautiful #iphonegraphy #iphonography #instagram (Taken with Instagram at Proteus Gowanus)
#industrial #nyc #streetphotography #iphonephotography #iphonesia #photooftheday #iphoneonly #jj #teg #instagood #instagramhub #popular #instamood #bestoftheday #tweegram #igdaily #webstagram #instadaily #instagramers #20likes #statigram #beautiful #iphonegraphy #iphonography #instagram (Taken with Instagram at Proteus Gowanus)
#stairs #fireescape #nyc #streetphotography #iphonephotography #iphonesia #photooftheday #iphoneonly #jj #teg #instagood #instagramhub #popular #instamood #bestoftheday #tweegram #igdaily #webstagram #instadaily #instagramers #20likes #statigram #beautiful #iphonegraphy #iphonography #instagram (Taken with Instagram at Proteus Gowanus)
#crop 2 #rusty #wall #streetphotgraphy #brooklyn #boerumhill #rustporn (Taken with instagram)
Had to do a second shot, not everyday you see a kid in a #suit a #Bowler and #hasselblad #bergan st #brooklyn #streetphotgraphy #cute #kids #cameras (Taken with instagram)
Saw this hanging tree at #grandcentral station and it reminded me of the #chorus “It’s a southern tree growing upside down in me” my #song “Over Your Consistency” from #ArdentFevers #Tanakh describing the onset creep of depression growing roots upward (Taken with instagram)
Give Up the Ghost | Radiohead | King of Limbs
With today’s launch of their first print newspaper, I guess it’s no wonder I would have a song from the record stuck in my head. Funny thing is that for years people have mentioned how such and such current music is influenced by Radiohead. This song is probably the only song that shows Radiohead influenced by current music, namely Jim James.
Download the full newspaper here >
Listen to the song here>
(Polish Poster of Blade Runner)
Sci-fi List “completed”
Here is a crowd sourced list of the approximately 30 best Sci-fi books, listed in the order I hope to read them in based on repetition of titles and gut instinct (always up for suggestions on that too). Thank you to all my lovely friends who helped me out with putting this list together.
Camp Concentration by Thomas Disch
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
The Fifth Head of Cerebus by Gene Wolfe
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Book of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
Planet of Adventure by Jack Vance
All My Sins Remembered by Joe Haldeman
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Farmer in the Sky by Robert Heinlein
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Ringworld by Larry Niven
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Dhalgren (or Babel-17) by Samuel Delany
The Skinner by Neil Asher
Ubik by Philip K. Dick
334 by Thomas Disch
A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
On Wings of Song by Thomas Disch
The culture novels by Iain m. Banks
Valis by Philip K. Dick
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
I admit I don’t have much of a sweettooth but Babycakes is worth the walk. This weekend I was there and snapped this picture:
Everyone asks for tips, it helps make rent and gives you a little something to look forward to, an extra reason for service with a smile. But it’s not what you, because all to often everyone is doing the same thing, it’s how you do it.
After snapping this picture and getting permission to write about it, the friendly staff informed me that when they pose the right question between the two tip jars their tips soar as that people really want to weigh in on a discussion.
Guess where my tip went?
Noah | Devandra Banhart | Niño Rojo
Funny what can bring back memories, smell, sound, waffles, Facebook. Thanks to FB I’ve had this one stuck in my head for a couple days.
Great tune from a great soul!
Enjoy!
Bang Bang | Equipe 84 | Io Ho in Mente Te
I’m sure half the world’s resolution was to get back to their blog, can’t say mine was, well maybe way down on the list, more of a situation where things are starting to slow down with the switch in companies etc. and finally able to get some rhythm back that allows me time to write about music I love. My resolutions instead were actually storytelling and a 6 pack (kidding).
I have a lot of songs stuck in my over the last few months, too many to count, but this one has been stuck in my head since I found it in Puglia a five years ago while chasing the Tarantella and too much stracciatella (working off the remnants of that has been a yearly resolution. It is a cover of Bang Bang the Sonny Bono penned song from 1966. This version is done by the Italian 60’s band Equipe 84. (for music trivia fans, their drummer went on to play in the Italian Prog band PFM)
I am a sucker for any covers of American songs done between the 40s and the 70s, there is just such an awesome vibe to so many of them. I have had this song stuck in my head for years and couldn’t remember the name of the band until my friend Antonio (check out his awesome urban architectural design here) gave me a copy of the record I had lost. So good, so good!
If anyone has covers of old songs in any language other than English, please send them to me, I love them, I can help myself! Ci unu nasci cu la capu tunna, no ppo murì cu la capu quatrata.
All Delighted People | Sufjan Stevens | All Delighted People EP
Sometimes the song that gets stuck in your head is a brand new one that just came out today and you listen to over and over and it gets burnt into your head like this awesome new EP from Brooklyn sojourner Sufjan Stevens.
the title track is pretty ambitious in both versions, and pretty awesome, not to mention Djohariah.