links for 2005-12-14
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"Here are two songs from the vaults....Neither of them are particularly festive, unless you favor a certain kind of party, in which case, God bless us every one."
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"I've asked twelve people I respect musically to compile small mixes of five songs max. The catch is that all the tracks have to be united by some theme of their chosing."
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"Studies and Observations is a practice I've set up to help clients understand how they're affected by things happening at the intersection of technology, design, and culture and smart, practical responses to them."
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"The guides were impressed by the attention paid to small details: the hexagonal paving stones in Central Park; the counterfeit-Rolex dealers along Broadway; the yellow sidewalk boxes of the Gotham Writers’ Workshop, and the way they all seemed to be stuffed with trash."
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"Activision's new True Crime: New York City, a game that features an exhaustively complete mapping-out of Manhattan, uses music from New York artists to give the game a specific and concrete geographical context."
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"It begins to look as though the most sensitive issues involve the parents, not the kids. The real trouble seems to be that they can't possibly match their Asian counterparts as models of dogged labor and sacrificial devotion to their children's education."
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"Pixar: 20 Years of Animation, a compelling and dynamic show opening tomorrow at the Museum of Modern Art, features 500 concept drawings, sketches, paintings and sculptures never before seen outside the studio."
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"Last week at a sold-out show at Mercury Lounge in New York City, Ramesh from Austin’s own Voxtrot thanked 'the bloggers' for getting them where they are--which is three-ish national tours, sold-out shows in New York, and tons of buzz."
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