ATOMIC TOM HUMAN LEAGUE COVER, JAM-OF-THE-WEEEK

Atomic Tom's energizing uptempo cover of classic 'Don't You Want Me Baby' (Human Leauge 1981)

I refuse to watch the accompanying music video again since it stars the cast of Take Me Home Tonight in an 80's movie montage.  Relatively funny and cuteish but once is more than enough.

HUMAN LEAGUE

Check out the truly fantastic official Human League music video (full-length and digitally remastered in 2003).

The World's Fastest Running Band, FAAS by PUMA

World's Fastest Running Band. Hails from Jamaica. Rocker, Flex and Groove. Faas.
Generally I despise commercials, as do we all, BUT I actually turned up the volume for this one. Puma really did a fantastic job charging-up a brief 30-second spot, so much so, that I not only want to watch ad nauseam but purchase the shoes (although the electric color scheme doesn't hurt). 

Faas 300

Faas 300

Faas 500

Faas 500

mudlevel urbanWARRIOR

BLINDSIDED, WinterWonderland 2/25/11

Cornus florida outside my apartment

C. florida again, Berberis thunbergii, and buried street

C. florida

C. florida

C. florida and obscured horizon

Down Seneca St with Cercis canadensis (with seeds) on the left

Salix matsudana

Zelkova sp.

Robinia pseudoacacia and plowed snow mountain on The Commons

Betula sp. and C. canadensis

Hydrangea sp.

Up Buffalo St with Forsythia banks on the left

Pinus strobus or sylvestris

Pinus sp.

C. florida the morning after with clearish skies

I believe 18 inches was the final count...with more on the way tonight. Last 

Friday it was almost 60 degrees out. Please excuse all the power lines, the snow was coming down so crazy fast I didn't have much time to re-frame my shots.

RARARARRRR, DANCE IT OUT Thom Yorke

Snow Tracks

A Few Places I Would Rather Be...

A small grouping of a few of my vintage (and generally unposted) scenic postcards interlaced with magazine clippings.

Postcards (left to right & top to bottom): Zion National Park, Utah; Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies; Balsam Root, Grand Teton Range; Loch Maree and Slioch, Wester Ross, Scotland; Flume Gorge, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire; Grand Canyon National Park; Grand Canyon National Park; Cascade Canyon, Lake Powell, Arizona; Welchman Hall Gully, St. Thomas, Barbados.

Well He Looked At Me Funny.

It's -8 right now. Murder.

I'm the Courage When You're Scared

PATIENCE (and NABIL the GREAT), JAM-OF-THE-WEEEK

Damian Marley rocks my socks off. 

Genius sample of Amadou and Mariam's 'Sabali' + Breathtaking visuals = MUST SEE.

'PATIENCE' from Distant Relatives (Damian Marley & Nas duhh)

Directed and shot by Nabil Elderkin

peruse more of NABIL's fantastic work here (videos and photos) 

Nabil also directed one of my other favorite videos, Kanye West's 'Welcome to Heartbreak'

Light+Found Objects, Anzfer Farms

soft redwood block fragment light

big red fragment light

burnt fir fragment light

burnt branch fragment light

brick fragment light

footed redwood tower light

These exquisitely reclaimed and repurposed modern lights are from Anzfer Farms outside of San Francisco, brainchild workshop of Jonathan Anzalone and Joseph Ferriso.

I found them through etsy, I know I know, BUT upon further exploration I came across their blog. It makes this stuff look like child's play.

Thief & Bandit

A few of Amy Cuninngham's handprinted designs at thief&bandit.

My favorite is her Snake Corset T, fabulous use of pattern and color.