By Other Means

The WeWork website has such an inspring design approach. Love...

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:17:01 -0400

The WeWork website has such an inspring design approach. Love the look and feel of this thing… the work spaces look pretty rad too.

AT&T Archives: Saul Bass Pitch Video for Bell System Logo...

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:35:03 -0400

AT&T Archives: Saul Bass Pitch Video for Bell System Logo Redesign

Andrew Bird playing in a boat on the River Thames, 28 Jan 2012

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:57:49 -0400

Andrew Bird playing in a boat on the River Thames, 28 Jan 2012

Bootstrapping a Software Product

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:33:49 -0500

Bootstrapping a Software Product

Oraison, composed by Olivier Messiaen in 1937 for six Ondes...

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:09:01 -0500

Oraison, composed by Olivier Messiaen in 1937 for six Ondes Martenot, transcribed for Buchla 200e synthesizer and Haken Continuum Fingerboard controller and performed by Richard Lainhart in 2009.

Louis C.K. had a great week. I think we’re all feeling a...

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:48:54 -0500

Louis C.K. had a great week. I think we’re all feeling a little inspired by it.

Read his take on the results of putting his Beacon Theater show up for sale as an in-the-clear download for $5.

Mark Suster interviews Eric Ries, author of the New York Times...

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:13:01 -0500

Mark Suster interviews Eric Ries, author of the New York Times Bestseller The Lean Startup. This episode is all about building businesses in the most efficient and effective way possible. This includes having a “business hypothesis,” knowing when to go after the money, and how to “Fail Fast” while continuing to build a better product.

“Get right with yourself” - Sonny Rollins, 2011

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:41:34 -0500

“Get right with yourself” - Sonny Rollins, 2011

“To some extent or other, all of the subjects that...

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:38:05 -0400

“To some extent or other, all of the subjects that I’ve chosen have had to do with isolation”. - Glenn Gould, on The Idea of North

from Conversations with Glenn Gould

Deep well from which to drink.

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:28:41 -0400

Deep well from which to drink.

"If you’re not playing, you’re paying."

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:58:00 -0400

“If you’re not playing, you’re paying.”

- Mike Watt

The Steve Jobs I Knew

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:35:03 -0400

The Steve Jobs I Knew:

What goals have you set for yourself lately?

The Northern Lights - seen from a satellite

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:49:00 -0400

The Northern Lights - seen from a satellite:

Inspiring …humbling.

Watch The Video:
http://spaceweather.com/swpod2011/22sep11/media.mp4?PHPSESSID=rp9o09hsltjsa57ta3v3nrduk7

"If you want to go fast, travel alone. If you want to go far, travel together."

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:26:08 -0400

“If you want to go fast, travel alone. If you want to go far, travel together.”

- African Proverb

T. Monk’s Advice (1960) - as transcribed by Steve...

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:03:38 -0400

T. Monk’s Advice (1960) - as transcribed by Steve Lacy

Just because you’re a not a drummer, doesn’t mean that you don’t have to keep time.
Pat your foot and sing the melody in your head when you play.
Stop playing all those weird notes (that bullshit), play the melody!
Make the drummer sound good.
Discrimination is important.
You’ve got to dig it to dig it, you dig?
All feet!
Always know… (Monk -> … )
It must be always night, otherwise they wouldn’t need the lights.
Let’s lift the bandstand!!
Avoid the hecklers
Don’t play the piano part, I’m playing that. Don’t listen to me, I’m supposed to be accompanying you.
The inside of the tune (the bridge) is the part that makes the outside sound good.
Don’t play everything (or every time); let some things go by - some music just imagined. What you don’t play can be more important than what you do.
Always leave them wanting more.
A note can be small as a pin or as big as the world, it depends on your imagination.
Stay in shape! Sometimes a musician waits for a gig and when it comes, he’s out of shape and can’t make it.
When you’re swinging, swing some more! (what should we work tonight? Sharp as possible!)
Don’t sound anybody for a gig, just be on the scene.
Those pieces were written so as to have something to play, and to get cats interested enough to come to rehearsal.
You’ve got it! If you don’t want to play, tell a joke or dance, but in any case, you got it! (to a drummer who didn’t want to solo).
Whatever you think can’t be done, somebody will come along and do it. A genius is the one most like himself.
They tried to get me to hate white people, but someone would always come along and spoil it.

“It took 7 years for Clerks, a movie that cost $27,575 -...

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:44:43 -0400

“It took 7 years for Clerks, a movie that cost $27,575 - to go into profit. When you’re spending four times, five times the amount to market a movie than you are to make it, that’s not an inspiring game at all.”

- Kevin Smith from Sundance 2011 talking about self-distribution of his new movie Red State.

Maira Kalman - artist profile

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:22:00 -0400

Maira Kalman - artist profile:

Maira Kalman is an artist, designer, author, illustrator, and photographer, among other things.

Cosa Brava is an experimental...

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:33:33 -0400

Cosa Brava is an experimental rock and improvisation quintet formed in March 2008 in Oakland, California by multi-instrumentalist and composer Fred Frith (Henry Cow, Skeleton Crew, Keep the Dog). The band comprises Frith on guitar,Zeena Parkins (Skeleton Crew, Keep the Dog) on keyboards and accordion, Carla Kihlstedt (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) on violin, Matthias Bossi (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) on drums, and The Norman Conquest on sound manipulation.^[1] All About Jazz described their music as “somewhere between folk, Celtic, modern chamber, Latin, funk, Eastern, and prog-rock”.^[2]

Sometimes you gotta eat a little crow when you’re starting...

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:50:34 -0400

Sometimes you gotta eat a little crow when you’re starting out…

“You need to care about everything.. and it starts with...

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:33:42 -0400

“You need to care about everything.. and it starts with yourself” - Gary Vaynerchuk, 2008