If you have 7 minutes of spare time and adore Fred Rogers as much as I do, watch this video clip of Mr. Rogers passionately defending PBS to prevent Nixon from cutting their budget in order to fund the Vietnam War. Via We Love You So
After a long stressful few days this video was just the thing I needed. CS-S-S-S-S…
I can tell this version of Frosty the Snowman by Fiona Apple is going to get a lot of plays from me this year (The “video” is just an image, but I posted it for the song). It’s from the amazing various artists album called The Hotel Café presents… Winter Songs. I also highly recommend [...]
I’ve fallen for this little tune by The Deming Sisters. It’s purely simple throwback to old-time jazzy folk music. The vocals are beautiful, and I implore you to at least listen until to the kazoo kicks in.
The song Won’t Say Anything by Hello Seahorse is a bubbly, handclappy work of beauty and has quickly become my favorite song of the moment. The video is pretty fun and makes you wish you were a part of the band. I found this live version of Won’t Say Anything that is stripped down and [...]
I am currently swooning over the above video of Thee More Shallows playing their song Ask me about Jon Stross live and acoustic on a couch. I’ve been a big fan ever since I saw them open for Why? a few years ago. They have a very low key, new-folk style, but the music has [...]
I just saw the movie “Once“, which was very good, but it was the soundtrack the really blew me away. I especially love Glen Hansard’s “Say it to me now” and the live performance I posted above is amazing. The sound quality in the recording isn’t the greatest but I think it adds a nice [...]
I wish a had a speaker powerful enough to do this myself. Via Steven O. Sloan
This is pretty funny, but mostly sad because of how true it is. Via Hello Bauldoff
I find that when I choose color schemes for my designs I end up falling back to my favorite colors over and over again, so when I need variety I’ve been using Adobe’s Kuler to find color inspiration. I love the way it works with CS3 so easily, and it seems to be the least [...]