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
March 17, 2009 – 11:33 pm
After a long stressful few days this video was just the thing I needed. CS-S-S-S-S…
December 13, 2008 – 10:55 am
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 CafĂ© presents… Winter Songs. I also highly recommend [...]
November 5, 2008 – 10:30 pm
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.
October 26, 2008 – 11:42 am
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 [...]
August 26, 2008 – 11:00 am
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 [...]