I recently received a card and cool designs from Donathon of Diskgrunt and he told me I was the inspiration for his limited run of “Awesome Sauce” T-shirts and posters. I’m honored!
Check him out here and at his new facebook fanpage here.

Sarah Renfro has new undies a new song called “Save Me” that she’s debuting online via Me In My Place, a site featuring “Real girls in their own place. Not too crazy and just a pinch of naughty.” It’s quite PG, really, but a very sexy look at real women chillin’ at home. Something cool about Sarah’s music is she could be wearing a Parka + Galoshes or be completely bare and the music would have the same effect. Expect more fun Renfro-vocalizations at the second half of the tune. There’s always a surprise or two about which way the melody is going.

Today, I’m inspired by Nico Muhly a composer of awesome music, cheeky character and witty blogger. I just watched a film called The Reader (don’t watch the trailer, just watch the film!) and was intrigued by the music, did a bit of research and found his site. Funny too how small the music world is – we even have a mutual friend on facebook.
He has a way of bringing music into the colloquial/present tense that the general population might not listen to normally. It’s great music, wonderfully composed, engaging. His own music is the same. The way he works with his orchestra(s) is so fun. You should really read his blog. Even if you don’t know music you’re going to laugh. How can you not laugh with excerpts like this: “These elements work with, and against, one another in a satisfying, loosely erotic ballet, and Reich, at the end, adds a cryptic but so fucking satisfying coda” and “If your venue is freezing cold before people come in, do not adjust the thermostat. This is good. When people come and start drinking, they will make it hot in there, and then you will wonder why it is so hot. It’s very much like resting steak. It seems counterintuitive (“I want hot meat!”) but everybody knows that you have to do it, except sometimes people don’t, and wonder why everybody thinks they steak is fucked up. The same applies to the Temperature up in here almost universally. My flat has an aircon unit and fans and a system of windows and shades; anybody who wants to come over and see how it do is welcome at The Campari and Dubonnet Masterclass in Ventilation and Temperature Regulation, weekdays, from 6:45 to 7:30, in my heezy. Closed on bank holidays, and for four random days on either side of the bank holidays, with auto-responders put on all forms of communication.”

Funny guy, really reminds of why blogging and podcasting is so cool:

Check this out: “World champion freediver Guillaume Nery special dive at Dean’s Blue Hole, the deepest blue hole in the world filmed entirely on breath hold by the french champion Julie Gautier.” More Guillaume’s channel here:

I ♥ Iceland, and I haven’t even been there yet. It’s no secret. Ever since a friend of mine introduced me to Icelandic music a few years ago I’ve been researching the place. I just got a little more in depth by picking up The Rough Guide to Iceland and trying to figure out how to say complicated words like Hallgrímskirkja and Eyjafjallajökull with the help of Sigur Rós’ pronunciation guide and a ukelele song by Elíza Geirsdóttir Newman. Then what’s not to love about this fashion/music video produced by The Icelandic Fashion Council and Saga Film for Inspired by Iceland. Enjoy:

I just shot this less than 5 minutes ago, but wanted to share. This is the view outside my window – I think I’ll do a time lapse of it soon, but for now I just stuck the camera out the window and fired off a few frames

In case you haven’t noticed yet, life is too short to take it seriously – especially on this blog. That is why I took the liberty of posting this video of the International Pillowfight Day to youtube, rather than having it stay dormant on facebook. Too much time on my hands you say? Well, too much time well spent. Thank you, oh, and check out the Brazilian Girls video below, it also has a nice pillowfight.