Archive for the ‘culture’ Category

barnum effect notwithstanding

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

banish the darkness [>] what does your horoscope mean when the sky has changed over thousands of years and your astrological sign may well have changed?

art and artifice

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

about face [>] the bilingual artnatomia presents victoria contreras flores’ interactive reference tool illustrating the anatomical and biomechanical basis of facial expression, useful primarily for artists and animators

bank on it [>] the anonymous, iconoclastic graffiti artist banksy has a appropriately low-key website to give you a taste of frequently humorous, always though-provoking work

wired crossovers

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

stylish covers [>] easy star all-stars, who dropped dub side of the moon–the reggae version of pink floyd’s dark side of the moon–release their sophomore effort, radiohead’s ok computer, dubbed radiodread

addictive stuff [>] capetown’s african dope records produces a steady stream of catchy, danceable mashups of house, techno, reggae, ragga and world sound–to name a few–that is “colour-blind and bass-heavy”