Happy New Year to you mk. 10 years! Congratulations. When I came on board I knew nothing about places like Hubski. Looking back I'm a little embarrased about some of the designs I tried to push concerning the interface. A few were perhaps antithetical to the type of environment you envisioned and I clearly did not understand that. Through it all you were graciously open to exploration which I've always appreciated. Above all of it, you always had a concept for type of place this could be and I'm impressed you were able to see it through. Thanks for holding it down all this time my friend. I know that if I lived back in A2, we'd be solid drinking buddies.
looking forward to this album. thought their last was so-so. first half better than the back end. both ga ga ga ga ga and transference were near the top of my playcount from the last ten years though. not many bands can do so much with so little. i think the first song i ever heard from them was 16 years ago now. crazy that 16 years ago is still in the 2000's.
In other news.Seizures of undeclared cash spike at Vancouver International Airport
The octopus has eight of something. If they’re legs then all the arms are missing. Nature often makes mistakes in distribution. You’d think it would be more distressing. Too many rubber legs with suckers, too many sets of teeth on top each other: some button in the shop stuck on or off. Sometimes a brain-feed sticks until the brain that gets delivered has a hundred times the strength it needs in nature. Which changes nature. A hundred other creatures gang together in a chain of mutual interest they wouldn’t have perceived without the strange intelligence. -Kay Ryan, 2012The Octopus
Welcome back mk-san.
I see. My only criticism of it would be in some heated debate scenario. Where a conversation started really ugly, but eventually became a teaching moment (as much as I hate that phrase). A lot of respect could potentially be earned by the people for resolving their differences. A throwaway could make this less achievable as people gravitate to it for protection. Then again, if the catalyst for such a conversation can only be garnered through the throwaway in the first place - it could be a good addition. I'm all for an experiment though and love the idea that it is one shared mask.
This was the plot of a 1986 Punky Brewster episode. How was that fact inside my brain?2. T71.231D Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a discarded refrigerator, accidental
Ha. I filtered #reddit last time this happened too.
Hope you don't own cats ;)
I saw Flying Lotus last year. Great show. He wore a suit and tie and a gas mask. I saw Dan Deacon the year before on his America tour. One of the best shows I've been to. I also have tickets to his show in a few weeks for Gliss Riffer. Looking forward to it. Some other concert highlights for me: Pavement opening up for Sonic Youth. Wu-Tang opening up for Rage Against the Machine. James Brown at the Detroit Fox Theatre. Aphex Twin in Detroit for his Richard D James tour. The Books at the University of Washington for their Lost and Safe tour. Bjork at the Toronto Opera House for the Vespertine tour - her best album. Postal Service back when they were touring clubs - not arenas. Interpol for Turn on the Bright Lights tour. Vampire Weekend - their first time at the Fillmore in SF. Sufjan Stevens at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor in front of like 20 people. Radiohead in Cleveland for their Amnesiac tour. MF Doom in Seattle. Weezer at a Detroit record store for the Blue Album tour. I also saw David Bowie single-handedly dominate 60,000 people for his Reality tour.
Nice podcast about it here too:
Do it. I've been fortunate to have visited a handful of Gulf Islands this summer. Cortez, Gambier, Maine,... My girlfriend's family has one cabin on Bowen Island and one on Thormanby so we go out to those places quite a lot. Thormanby is boat access only. They've been building bits of things on their lot since the 70's. All you need is a portable saw mill and the world is your oyster. We even managed to do some surfing around Tofino during easter break this year. Surfing in a full on rain storm is really cool. I mean really fucking cold. If you have the means what-so-ever to own a little chunk of it, then I'd say it's worth working hard for. I don't have to tell you that I'm sure. Hope it happens for you.
The only gif I've ever really liked is from the Loiter Squad ie. OFWGKTA, Tyler the Creator. My 36 year old brother showed it to me. Now it has infiltrated a weird circle of friends and we find ourselves air humping at all times. It's the best when you're, let's say, at an ATM, and you start those hips thrusting while keeping the rest of your body in place - money coming out at the same time. My favourite is the guy on the ladder. Air humping is a great way to blow off steam and a good core exercise too! Don't dis it 'till you try it!
I wonder if there is a cast of another building right below it? Maybe they were just melting this one down.
I have a really nice expensive one and a really cheap one. The nice one has padding inside and the strap part that fits to your head has a little turn dial for tightening so it stays on your noggin better. The cheap one has none of that. The adjusting strap for sizing on the cheapie is similar to the perforated plastic strap on a baseball cap. One thing I just learned about hard hats is that there is a standard for colors, coded for each trade. Managers wear white, safety inspectors wear green, and electricians wear (blue?), ect.... Exciting stuff!! Psych. I had a blue one that I spray painted white and I got called out on it because the act of painting it voids the safety warranty. Oops.....
Screw copyright. Start printing the "Close Encounters of the Thoughtful Kind" sticker. It's my favourite.
Nice little contract they could have. Funny, no mention that Google just bought Boston Dynamics.
I was lucky enough to get a bomb ass CD from BrainBurner when we were partners on the very first mutha fuckin Hubski mixtape swap. Dude has a genre.
Terrified me as a child, enchanting me still. The making of is excellent as well. Maybe better than the actual movie even. I also happen to do an excellent impression of a skeksis.
Most people think that because some designers produce images with a computer, the work is easy and has an endless yield. You can tell them otherwise, but it won't sink in. The concept of photoshopping has become so cheapened that it's value, in certain circles, has been diminished to that of a parlour trick. 90% of my work is drawing and making images. On a computer. I make images that people, not long ago, could only make by hand. And let me tell you what - people in established fields don't respect the computer crafted image. There is a real contempt for it I think. This contempt has trickled up into corporate practices the industry over. Your work on a computer is worthless = YOU are worthless. Add that to the fact that many in advertising find their own business suspect and without a generative core. What you're left with is a toxic brew of cannibalism as a means of base survival.
Wow. Many new faces around here. I'm digging it lots. Hubski is better than it's ever been thanks to all y'all. Sounds_sound isn't exactly the coolest handle, but I birthed it so I'll let it live. I grew up in the midwest and have been living on the left coast for almost a decade now. Just got permanent residency in Canada last week, meaning that I don't ever have to leave (just can't vote). I used to hang out with thenewgreen back in the day. That's how I know this place. There isn't a redditor bone in my body. I spend most of my time at my day job as a young and inexperienced architect. I have college degrees that allow me to do this - of which I am still paying for. Practicing architecture is the most difficult endeavor I've ever undertaken in my life. I also really love music. From 12 to 22, that's all I did. Not as much anymore although I will still sit down, stare at the wall, and listen to a complete album and walk away feeling that it was an excellent use of my time. Besides that, I don't focus on a whole lot else. I live in a big city so distractions are plentiful. Now if I could just find a girl. They don't come as easy as they did in grad school. Time for a plan I think. First, move out of Boystown.....
Aww - TNG. You do care. I like you too pal. I do design houses. My firm typically has four or five on the go - at various stages of design. I'm anxious to see what kind of homes you're into. Post some for me here when you have a moment. You want one in NC? You guys should buy some acreage - with rolling hills. I'll put something in the ground for you. Chances are 100% that it will not have a glu-lam curved roof. EDIT: If I were to live nested. It'd be in something more like this:
Facebook still has one amazing feature. Party invites. I can see everyone who was invited and easily find the address.
Rem Koolhaas had a great graph during the recent economic crash where he showed how creativity in architects increased in inverse proportion to the decline of the building industry. His argument is that architects are continually generating ideas regardless of whether or not they can make them, which in turn gives us a surplus of thought that could generate a future full in ingenuity. And the guy talking on stage here is right. Architecture isn't about building, it is about a way a thinking. A friend of mine abides by that rule. I have a different thought about what architecture is and all I can come up with is that it has to do with the practice of connecting something to something else. Preston Scott Cohen says that "architecture is a coincidence". Chew on that. Typical North American building code has in place a division B part 9, designed specifically for small buildings. Small schools, churches, even tiny hotels, and homes are subject under this category. The idea behind this is that there are, and should be, a different set of standards to build these small typologies of necessity. The most paramount being that one does not need to be an architect to get a permit to build them. In some places still, one can go in with a series of hand drawn plans and be able to build. All that would be required is that you've demonstrated a proficient understanding of best building practices within that particular region - information that can easily be gleaned from a few google searches, a bit of reading, and an appreciation to detail. To zoom out for a second, I've always really liked the idea of this because it reminds me of a right to pursue happiness of sorts. The idea that any one can get a bit of land and build a life - literally - without needing specialization is a great thought. Building your own home is something you will always be able to do. Architecture is already democratized. 80% of the buildings around the world are still made from loam. Earth being the most readily available material, and quite literally the byproduct of excavation, it's quite easy to come by, let alone free. Add a bit of fire (free again) and bam - brick. With that in mind, building with plywood and a computer seems a bit of a non starter to me for most places. Plywood can only get wet 7 or 8 times before it's no good, so like he says, just add windows and some cladding. And metal flashing, and building paper, and footings, and hinged doors and and and. Try adding cladding with a mallet made of plywood. What he is essentially proposing here is something akin to a poorly considered first year design project. It isn't nearly as affective as this concrete tent. Waterproof, fireproof, and durable as all get out. Concrete as a matter of fact works pretty well in poor countries with little resource. Those favella towers? Concrete bones with a bit of re-bar, clay infill and a corrugated metal roof. No fifty year warranty needed. Oh, you didn't finish building before the rainy season? No problem. Concrete hardens underwater. Come back next summer and keep going. Above all of this though, is how troubling I find it when a person says that they're giving design to the people and leaving it up to them even though what they've presented is an already intentioned and considered object. The fact that this thing has a gable roof is problematic as it is essentially a symbol of western colonization. There are examples of this all over the world. One that comes to mind is the First Nations people in western Canada. Forced to live in Queen Anne style homes designed by the British, their way of life was completely upended and thus began a string of social woes within the family and community fabric - all bubbling out of the spaces that defined them. Turns out, our buildings rely on us living in them a certain way. And really, just imagine seeing one of these sitting on an almost impossible to develop slope in Rio nestled between two 6 story masonry structures. Does that feel right to anybody? Exporting such a singular icon is not democratization, but homogenization that disregards cultural identity and creeps slow death. Architecture is most alive where regional materials and local social practices are represented in real space and created solely by the people who use them - not flat-packed in plywood and stored on a microchip.
Vox : Ol' Dirty Bastard Guitar : Thurston Moore Drums : Ginger Baker Bass : Carlos D.
Not sure about "weird", but Ornette Coleman's double quartet album Free Jazz might belong on this list. I find that the only way to listen to it successfully is by lying on my bed and staring at the ceiling.