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A bike should look good on its own, but it’s incomplete until a person rides it

by Doug LeMoine on 20 September 2010

Shinya Kimura is a custom motorcycle builder, and the subject of a beautiful short profile on YouTube.

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This year’s best beer-themed sweater collection

by Doug LeMoine on 16 July 2010

Dang, that Grain Belt sweater in the upper right corner is HOT. via AJ Fosik

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Modern ancient handiwork at YBCA

by Doug LeMoine on 1 July 2010

My old friend Michael Ramage has a hand in this installation in the Yerba Buena Center for Art’s Sculpture Garden. He’s designing and building a pair of domes, made from layers of bricks and mortar and styled on ancient techniques. The artist behind it is Jewlia Eisenberg & Charming Hostess, and the vision is that [...]

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Paul Rand’s business card

by Doug LeMoine on 28 May 2010

Can’t imagine that it could get much better than this. Via amassblog.

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Decadent, degenerate exile

by Doug LeMoine on 18 May 2010

In yet another shallow record-industry ploy to sell the same album twice, the Rolling Stones recently asked producer Don Was to dig through their Exile On Main Street archives and produce a remastered version with a few additional tracks. Thinking about Exile reminds me, of course, of Robert Frank’s documentary with an unprintable name, a [...]

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Uhhhhh-hot pants! That’s where it’s at.

by Doug LeMoine on 25 February 2010

Wordle seems sort of perfect for representing James Brown lyrics. I used Internet lyrics, which don’t appear to be a true transcription of the version on In the Jungle Groove, which is 8+ minutes of “huh!” and “hey!” and “Good God!” and “smokin!” Still, good enough. While you’re considering James Brown as a lyricist, you [...]

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Aw, woo-ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah

by Doug LeMoine on 20 February 2010

Wordle + The First 100% Accurate Transcription of Led Zeppelin II Lyrics =  

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Actually, *I* am the walrus

by Doug LeMoine on 4 February 2010

I’ve love infographics, and I’ve gone on and on about collaboration and the Beatles before, so when I heard that someone had created an infographic displaying the degree to which Beatles collaborated on songs  —  well, “interested” would be hugely understating my emotions at the time. (Thanks, Dan, for the tip). Author: Michael Deal. Full image here. “The [...]

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Extremely bloody, extremely funny

by Doug LeMoine on 26 August 2009

Ever since I heard about Battle Royale, I’ve wanted to see the film ... Quentin Tarantino has called it “the best movie since 1992,” so it’s probably not surprising that it’s both extremely bloody and very darkly funny. The premise: Adults fear the rise of youth, and each year they put the most badly behaved [...]

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Memphis dirty go-go

by Doug LeMoine on 21 July 2009

Stop whatever you’re doing and watch this. It’s called “Windowdipper,” and it’s by Jib Kidder, aka Sean Schuster-Craig. I remember Sean describing his music as something like minimalist crunk, or Dirty South boogie, or Memphis dirty go-go, or something, but you really have to see this to get it. Sean, if you read this, remind [...]

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