I guess I have to do it then ;)
“Libraries raised me. I don’t believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don’t have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.”
— Ray Bradbury (via mrgan) (via annieisms)
I grew up in my town’s library. As a boy I would literally cut school to go to the library. When I was nine my family bought a second set of encyclopedias because I’d finished the first one.
I am grateful to live in an age with such abundance of available knowledge.
There’s First Hand Smoke, Second Hand Smoke, and Third Hand Smoke.
Then there’s spending an evening with Zachary Johnson, which I suspect is stronger than first hand smoke.
When most people take a smoking break, they’re taking a break to smoke. When Zachary Johnson takes a smoking break, he steps on the balcony and doesn’t smoke for 5 minutes. Then he steps back inside and gets back to it.
I sometimes think New York City with its buildings and girls and bars exists solely so that it can be drawn and written about by Zach. He works and hones his work because he is compelled to, like there is some demon inside him screaming and you can hear it in each picture, like he made a deal years ago which he keeps. He is relentless and kind at the same time. He is also like twenty feet tall.
Drunk one night in a bar at 230am he drew me a picture on a napkin. I should frame it, but I feel compelled to keep it in my pocket. Whenever I take it out and show it to people, they say, “holy shit! who the fuck drew that? Why is it on a napkin and not framed?”
The caption he wrote on the picture is: “Ronen, don’t be sad. there are still boobs.”
:)
DJ Salinger’s Glitter-Covered Hacked Gameboy 8-Bit Musical Instrument with headphones, six days ago, the lower east side
The New Struggle For Leadership / THE SINGLE GIRL / A Mate in Manhattan / POSE / SU CK
Teresa’s Lolita Shades on Nahana’s ‘LOOK’ Magazine (August 23, 1966 Bobby Kennedy Cover 15¢) five days ago, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
(Previously) (Previously)
Barrett Garese, Founder & CEO of Spytap Industries, Inc., four days ago, visiting snowy NYC from LA.
“With or without this embedding problem, we’ll never get 50 zillion views on a YouTube video again. That moment – the dawn of internet video – is gone. The internet isn’t as anarchic as it was then. Now there are Madison Avenue firms that specialize in “viral marketing” and the success of our videos is now taught in business school. But here’s a secret: zillions of hits was never the point. We’re a rock band, and it’s a great gig. Not just because we get to snort drugs off the Queen of England (we do), but because the only thing we are expected to do is make cool stuff. We chase our craziest ideas for a living, and if sharing those ideas takes 40 websites instead of one, it doesn’t make too big a difference to us.”(via thewavingcat)
Rafer sez:
(via rafer) (via mikehudack)
The more flexible use, editing, and sharing models allowed by HTML5 video will cause another pop of video hypervirality. It won’t be as big as the first, but it’ll be fun. We’re heading for Peak Flash and Peak YouTube, as sung to the tune of Peak Oil.
“Now that all the tools of production and sharing are available in abundance and people are interacting with media more socially, long-tail-y, and directly from friends, the reach and scope of the success an artist or piece of art can achieve can never be what it once was.”
-Stupid, Stupid, Stupid thing some of the smartest people I know say. It’s like they didn’t learn the lesson from.. a year ago.
Equivalent: “Now that there’s no caste system, segregation, kings to enforce selfish rules, and anyone can be an entrepreneur, we’ll never again see people get as wealthy as they once did.”
Millions of Americans live lives with luxury undreamed by the Pharaohs, and there are thousands who lead lives richer than any before.
Please note this and apply it:
There will be bands bigger than The Beatles, artists bigger than Da Vinci.
Hey, maybe it’s you.
