Our Portland Story
Since the fall of 2008 my friend Melissa has spent a lot of time gathering stories about this awesome city and has worked with designers to make the stories come to life visually. She put all this work into a book called Our Portland Story. Last night, Our Portland Story had it’s second coming out [...]
Awesome!
I love this blog: 1000 Awesome Things It shares really simple things that are pretty common experiences. Things to smile about and think, “Yeah that is Awesome.” Number 447 reads: Walking into a crowded party and locking eyes with someone you know across the room. Ding-dong. The door opens to you on the porch in your just-washed [...]
Bright Bike
I’ve been keeping my eye out for things like this. So glad to finally have found something worthy of the hunt. Get yours at Bright Thread.
Coyote Song
Bright Eyes’ Coyote Song for The Sound Strike, an Artist Boycott of Arizona and the SB1070 Law. Proceeds from the song go to children in Arizona whose parents have been detained or deported, as well as immigrant rights organization and legal defense.
New Girl Effect
This whole idea just makes a lot of sense to me. Check out the original video here. Learn more here.
Let Me Know, Music Video Monday
I love Roisin Murphy’s ‘Let Me Know’. Mostly because of the way she exhibits loneliness while offering her own company to someone else.
Is There a Ghost
Band of Horses have a new video. This isn’t it. This is an old one, but I like it better in terms of the song and the visuals. Also, I have started to just post music videos on here and I realize that is somewhat lame, but I’m not sure what else to do with [...]
Possibility, Lykki Li
I’ve slacked lately on putting up some good music videos for the last two Mondays. Here’s a fantastic fresh Lykki Li video. This song is pretty fitting into my life at the moment as some changes develop and old parts of my life are passed along. Lykki Li is amazing to me on many levels, but [...]
Blackout Poetry
Stumbled upon this today: Agoraphobia by Austin Kleon. You can see more of his poetry here.