Playlist-25 is here for your listening pleasure. Just press play and enjoy some nostalgic 90's hip hop, electronic remixes and some indie styles. In this month Playlist I added some tracks that are available to download for free. I added The Bear and The Sea Remix of a Common Sense track. I also added two RAC remixes as well. RAC has been showcased in a couple of playlist already but he just seems to keep putting out great tracks. I got both tracks from his RAC Mix Vol 2. album, which you can download for free as well. So happy listening and let me know what you think.
If you want to check out any of the other Playlist then click on Archived Playlist in this post or on the right hand side of this blog or in the menu.
Cover Art by: Damion Schweizer
Tracklist
1. Close to Me by Teams vs. Star Slinger
2. I Used to Love Her (The Bear and The Sea Remxi)by Common Sense
3. Just Passin' Through by Aim
4. Someone Great by LCD Soundsystem
5. An Old Photo of Your New Lover by The One AM Radio
6. Treaty Connector by The Danks
7. Stay Close (RAC Mix)by Delorean
8. Alter Ego by Tame Impala
9. Astoria by Starfucker
10. Close Your Eyes & See by Dj Day
11. Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins Rework) by Ra Ra Riot
12. Too Dramatic (The Morning Benders Remix) by Star Slinger
13. Sadness Is a Blessing (Gold Panda Remix) by Lykke Li
14. Cold Dust Girl (80kidz remix) by Hey Champ
15. Armistice (RAC Mix)by Phoenix
Canadian architecture firm Naturehumaine had some challenges on this home due to foundation issues but found a way around it. They decided the best plan of action was to compress the spaces on numerous split-levels to yield the space needed per the clients request. This home has some serious rough around the edges appeal but it works. They kept some of the raw elements throughout the interior and exterior to give the home simple yet stylish look. The vaulted ceiling in the dining area is great and gives the home more natural light. Plus the cabinets in the kitchen are very stylish and it somehow works well with the wood flooring.
The QTvan is the world's smallest caravan and is named this way due to it caters to three British obsessions: queuing, tea and caravans. This QTvan is also environmentally-friendly as well which is always a plus, but make no mistake, with green comes a higher price. You are looking to spend around (£5,500) or ($8,000) for this caravan.
The Environmental Transport Association (ETA) developed the QTvan to highlight the estimated 220,000 people who use a mobility scooter without breakdown cover and face the prospect of a very long wait should they suffer a mechanical fault or their battery runs flat. In doing so they made it so you can relax in style while you wait. This bad boy comes with a 19" TV, radio, alarm clock, book shelves, a full sized single bed and cooking facilities. You can't go wrong with that.
I thought this was a pretty interesting product that some of you would find useful. Plus, it's at a decent price that most people can afford. It's the Cobra Phone Tag ($60) which basically keeps track of valuable items nearby like your purse, laptop bag or car keys. It uses a Bluetooth connection between the included dongle and your iPhone, Android device, or BlackBerry to let you know if your tagged item has left the vicinity. It will immediately sends you an email or text message with GPS coordinates when it happens, and works the other way around, too, letting you "ring" your smartphone from the PhoneTag.
Bianca Chang who is a full-time junior designer is also a paper artist, illustrator and creative problem solver based in Sydney, Australia. All her sculptures are cut by hand using only a pencil, ruler, compass point, blade and of course 100% recycled paper. Below is a video showing the layers and detail of her design of the letter A. Her Letter A has 180 hand-cut layers of 80gsm paper, which is fascinating seeing how she creates her sculptures and how much time it has to take.
Last month I put "Bury Us Alive" by Starfucker in Playlist-24 and I became a fan immediately. So being that I was impressed by this one track I had to get their whole album Reptilians. Let me tell you this album is full of rocking atmospheric tracks with an endlessly array of catchy tunes. The band even uses some great philosophical samples here and there that works well with the feel of the album. This band which most would consider them pop have found a way to enter this realm of synth-pop and have been quite successfully at it. This band uses the right touch of synth and vocal styles to pull off a good pop band. So have a listen to the album below and let me know what you think of Starfucker.
This home which is one of the oldest houses in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood was in desperate need of revamping. Feldman Architecture was in charge of repairing and expanding and modernizing the small, dark house while maintain the rustic charm of the 1860's cottage. What I like about this house is the careful mixing of rough stone and wood with clean glass and metal which makes the home pop with rustic yet modern.
The Hang Out Music Festival is the only festival of its kind. It's located on the beautiful Gulf Shores of Alabama. The Hang Out Fest is an eclectic musical lineup with stages located directly on the beach with an ocean view. You couldn't ask for much more than that. Oh wait, yes you can cause acts like Paul Simon, Foo Fighters, STS9, Bassnectar, and of course many more great acts will intensify your experience. This festival is to begin on May 20-22 so get your tickets today and enjoy a little bit of fun. No other location allows music fans the opportunity to hear three consecutive days of their favorite bands while experiencing mind, body and spirit rejuvenation on the beach. So see you there.
Found the photography works of Lissy Laricchia or a.k.a Lissy Elle to be a world of fantasy. I like what LiveFast said about her work, "Her creative use of gravity, light, texture and Photoshop transport you into her little imaginary world, a strange yet wonderful break from reality". I couldn't agree more with that statement.
You would also assume with her work that she has a corky personality to go with her imaginary world of photography. From her bio you can tell she fits in the corky and eccentric category.
I live in Canada, where the moose are. I take pictures of anything that will stay still long enough. If you asked me if I would rather see one of the seven wonders or Las Vegas, I would always say Las Vegas. I admire Dr. Seuss and Chuck Palahniuk more then you (sorry), and you bet your ass I would sooner tear out my own eyes then spell Panic! At The Disco without the exclamation point.
If you want to check out more of her work then check out her Flickr
Otomata is a fun and new generative sequencer. It uses a cellular automaton type logic and was created by Batuhan Bozkurt. It's kinda like the Sound Matrix, although a little more complex. The cool thing about this one is the directional settings allows for some pretty complex interactions between notes. Each alive cell has 4 states: Up, right, down, left. When a cell hits a wall, a sound is triggered. The nine pitches along the walls are tuned using a hang drum's scale (D A Bb C D E F A C). You can also change the direction of the cell by clicking a note multiple times to set direction. So have fun and get lost in making some music.
If you make something you like, just press “Copy Piece Link” and save it somewhere, or better yet, share it!
I would absolutely buy Doritos on a regular bases if they change their Doritos packages to these. The color choice and the design just pop out and say "open me and eat me, I'm delicious". Petar Pavlov is the designer behind the innovative packaging concept for Doritos. His triangular structure design allows you to close the bag and keep your chips fresh. Below you can see how this system works with the scaled-down prototype.
I know what your think. Your thinking, he must be on a bird kick this week. Well, I can say that I actually am. So let me get right into it and talk about Anna-Wili Highfields paper sculptures. She has done a fantastic job on constructing these birds. This Sydney based artist creates these sculptures from archival cotton paper, which are painted, and then sewn together. I'm sure it 's not an easy task to try and sew together paper. She also does other animals as well and when she is not making paper sculptures. She works on making copper pipe sculptures. So stop on by and check out here portfolio.
I'm sure at first glance your thinking is this a jail or someones house? Well, the answer is it's someones home who wanted maximum security built into the house. The owner of the home wanted to have full security but he also wanted the ability to open up and transform the home into a more vulnerable state. The architecture firm who made it possible was KWK Promes.
In order to gain access to this 6,100 sq. ft home you would need to match all the required security entrance codes. Once inside you would have to wait in the "safety zone', an area bordered with concrete walls before being let inside the house. When in its open state, a draw bridge lowers, connecting the home to the indoor swimming pool, movable walls open, mobile shutters come up, and a rolling aluminum gate raises opening the home to an expanse of garden views. The entire home transforms with built in electronic engines, which means the house opens and closes with the touch of a button! If you want to check out more pictures check out Knstrct.com
Troy Moth's - Bird of Prey caught my eye this morning. The clarity of the images and the detail that was captures is amazing. Troy Moth who started his career in the fashion photography business is now focusing on his art, and living once again, deep in a forest on the west coast of Canada capturing nature at its finest. Check out more of Troy work on his site.
