The Consortium of Greater Minds

and repeat..

T Small — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:18:46 +0000

Been on a bit of a hiatus…

A Allen — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:21:38 +0000

lisa was in town for a few weeks so i wasn’t spending too much time on the computer. holmes is back in manchester and i’m left with too much time on my hands. posts to follow.

White People, Music Criticism, and Das Racists (Link dump)

N Amabile — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:55:51 +0000

At some point I had a lot of thoughts in my head and was going to organize them into some meaningful/culturally relevant treatise, but since this post has been sitting in the ‘drafts’ section for the last 9 months, I figured I’d just drop the links and perhaps start a conversation in the comments section.

Without further adieu, los links.

old critisized SFJ post: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2007/10/22/071022crmu_music_frerejones

the problem with rap critics: http://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/2009/10/problem-with-these-kids-rap-critics.html

das racist response to sfj post: http://flavorwire.com/45316/das-racist-to-sasha-frere-jones-stop-trying-to-kill-rap

og sfj post about the death of rap: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2009/10/26/091026crmu_music_frerejones

more sfj criticism: http://gordongartrelle.blogspot.com/2009/10/long-ass-email-about-sasha-frere-jones.html

nyt background on das racist: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/arts/music/24das.html?_r=1

coverage on white rappers: http://www.illdoctrine.com/2008/07/how_to_tell_people_they_sound.html

response to das racist response: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2009/10/23/das-racist-goes-after-sasha-frere-jones-for-being-white-n-educated/

Things Learned

R Saguin — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:08:16 +0000

Whenever life beans you with a throw you gotta shake that off and take your base. So I roll up to Richmond & Vancouver Canada when I need space to think. In between meeting up with the homie, drinking with my cousins until damn near 6 am, getting into a car accident, lolas (grandmother) can fix everything, and saying goodbye to family that hasn’t been to North America in 15 years I forgot all about my “problems”. I always thought I knew why my dad drove us up there so much, but it hasn’t been so glaringly apparent until this weekend.

…and damn, Granville on Saturday night is nuts.

Fresh…although, not so fresh

T Small — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:10:21 +0000

This post is almost a year in the making now. I took a trip to Toronto last August and while there I came across this awesome vegan/vegetarian restaurant on Spadina Ave. called Fresh, which happened to have an even better italian restaurant right next door. I, being the devout carnivore, got the veggie burger so I could at least pretend I was eating meat. I ended up stopping by several times during my trip.

playlist

T Small — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:49:15 +0000

In light of recent (becoming distant) events, I decided to make a break-up playlist. Maybe it’s a little lame, maybe it’s a little depressing, but hey, it made me laugh. *Note* These songs don’t have any connection to my previous relationship. I just like them. Enjoy.

LCD Soundsystem – “Someone Great”

MSTRKRFT – “Heartbreaker”

Snow Patrol – “You Could be Happy”

Grizzly Bear – “Knife”

Billie Holiday – “Solitude”

Fiest – “The Park”

Airborne Toxic Event – “Sometime Around Midnight”

Postal Service – “District Sleeps Along Tonight”

Earl Greyhound – “It’s Over”

Jeff Buckley – “Last Goodbye”

“our park” documentary on tokyo’s nike myashita park

A Allen — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:22:27 +0000

half marathon +

A Allen — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:10:31 +0000

first half marathon ever – brutal on the old knees!

running, running, running

A Allen — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:07:57 +0000

jeff and i ran the “big” mission bay loop – phrase most often heard during the run: “keep it chill, man”

nice little downtown run. saw some cool neighborhoods i’d never checked out before and ran over two awesome urban jungle bridges…

almost a half marathon here. just returned from this one. kind of boring “there and back.” need to find some better long urban runs.

art. lebedev design

A Allen — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:32:21 +0000

lisa put me on to this optical keyboard jazz (below) and through that discovered that art. lebedev design, based in moscow, designs some pretty cool stuff.

the new post-post-modern clock

an optical keyboard