Thursday, September 3, 2009

409 - Walk Don't Run

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Friday, February 20, 2009

408 - Secret Movie

American Movie, To Catch a Thief, In Bruges or I'm Not There next Tuesday projected by me for your entertainment. Check it out.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

407 - Twenty Seconds or So

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

406 - Go See a Star War

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Thursday, November 27, 2008

405 - Blue Notes

1. Miles Ahead
I bookmarked this article about Reid Miles, the chief graphic designer for Blue Note Records in the 50s and 60s ages ago. The work this guy did was super influential, defining the blue note style for years to come and spreading out to influence graphic designers of all types.



2. The Message
In my opinion, the archetypical Blue Not album cover featured a black and white photograph overlayed with a solid color. A vertical bar of the same color ran across the image with bold text over it. My next favorite type of cover reversed that formula by expanding the text, making it the main focus of the design with a smaller band of photographic images. There are
online archives which allow us to examine decades worth of Blue Note covers. These two design concepts recurr continuously, but never manage to seem cliche or boring.


3. Miles Above
When it comes to the music on these records, though I obviously haven't heard them all and am not really a Jazz expert, my favorite is from the Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet. I bought this record at a church sale years ago and listened to it nonstop for months. Eventually I bought it on CD and sold the LP on ebay for peanuts.

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Monday, November 3, 2008

404 - Stop Sylvia

1. Stop Sylvia
It should be noted that the old Stop Sylvia Browne domain name expired while site-administrator, Robert Lancaster, was in the hospital. A suspected domain broker immediately purchased the name and is offering it back for $20,000...

Therefore, the entire site has been moved to stopsylvia.com.

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Saturday, October 4, 2008

403 - T-shirts

1. WearScience
Jeremy Kalgreen is an artist, photographer and t-shirt designer.

2. UFO Pyramid
he's been offering these awesome shirts that promote science and poke fun at "creation science".

3. I've Had a Few
His regular t-shirt shop offers some great non-sciencey designs as well.

4. Dark Energy
But it seems like Jeremey must be a true geek cause he keeps coming back to stuff like this.

5. Artsfest
All this t-shirt talk reminds me: If you are in the south Chicago area, you should come tho Governor State University's artfest. There are tons of arty events going on all day. I'll be helping visitors design and print their own shirts.

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