Mini Ride

March 9th, 2010

It’s (almost) riding season again!

Mini ride to Treptower Park which is the Soviet War Memorial commemorate the 5,000 fallen soldiers in the Battle of Berlin. Europe is full of history in general but Berlin has been through more than most other cities nearby… I still have a lot to learn, and see within the city limits so it seems.


The snow/ice mounds are pretty much gone by now. The coldness is still lingering though…


Riding buddy.


Architech: Yakov Belopolsky.

Saul Bass on money vs quality

March 8th, 2010

And I think he would know better than most…

Creepy 1969 IHOP commercial.

March 5th, 2010

I love pancakes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Maybe even also dessert. But this commercial made me a little scared of the fluffy goodness that is pancakes. Moog has never sounded creepier.

A friend just sent this back saying this “reminds me of that guy”. I couldn’t agree more…

The connection.

March 4th, 2010

So while doing what I do best, which is enduring the process of procrastination by the way of surfing the interwebs. I came across one of my favourite images by Barbara Kruger and made a connection that I should have probably made before.

Enter, Supreme.

While Kruger used Futura bold italic in her work and Supreme adopted to Century Gothic bold italic, the connection is still there. I’m not at all saying Supreme ripped off the works of Kruger, I just found it a tad ironic that one of the super brands of street wear today reminded me so much of her work, which called on the criticism of hyper-consumerism in the 80s. But also to think that things probably hasn’t changed, if it had, it was probably for the worst.

Just food for thought.

Caribou – Odessa

February 23rd, 2010

Caribou’s back! More dancier than ever before…
Music video for “Odessa” from the album Swim (release date: April 20th, 2010).
Directed by Video Marsh. videomarsh.com

CARIBOU – Odessa from Caribou on Vimeo.

Skip James plays “Crow Jane” in 1967

February 9th, 2010

skip james from sugewhite on Vimeo.

U900 – Diamond Head

February 7th, 2010

This is possibly the cutest thing I’ve seen for a long long time! Warm and fuzzy feelings all over!
Also check out “Walk Don’t Run“!

Cibelle – Green Grass

February 7th, 2010

Cibelle – Green Grass – Official Video from Gustavo Guimarães on Vimeo.

Brazilian singer Cibelle does an exquisite version of Tom Waits music Green Grass. Directed by Gustavo Guimarães and Adams Carvalho.
check out: gustavoguimaraes.tv

GSW

February 4th, 2010

I had to visit the property management office of my new digs. It was if anything, tidy.

Kreuzberg, Berlin/2010

Berlin 01/10

January 18th, 2010

This pretty much sums up my Berlin experience.