For the continuing series on Thayer St.

There’s more new shots here. Went to “The Pit” – a gnarly raceway roadhouse – to shoot for JT and the Arkansas Times.

*Chad is a fully honorary resident. And didn’t actually elbow JT.

Kudos, Autumn.

back-porch grill-out.

Officially fired up the grill for the first time at the new house. Grilled some corn. Bad-mofo chef-housemate made killer burgers. Neighbor-bro brought garden-fresh squash. Put the fresh squash in the burger. Summer has started.

Check out the full set here.

Seems opposed to the underlying anachronistic charm of the Holga, but hey, for that price how can one go wrong.

Not sure about this.  I like the idea of the large-form capacitive interface enabling shmancy new use-cases, but I feel like she is a consumer gadget nerd 1st and a musician, like 106th. The bleep-boob sounds like a 15 year-old with Fruity-Loops.

Something tell me she’s not going to be the next Tiësto . Still, not going to hate on a person for doing a damned thing.

via THE ALT REPORT

I’m a sucker for ham-fisted symbology when it comes to aspirational adornments – my first tattoo was simply “truth” – and this watch may become the very first I ever own in my 27 years.

From the designer’s site:

The Accurate is a link to the tradition of the memento mori - an object designed to remind us that life is brief and that we should seize the moment while we are here.

I say “may” because it’s expensive: ~$150.  And because watches might be meaningless/irrelevant. Everything arounds us has a circuit-board and a digital readout.

“Blink- blink” speaks the cellphone/laptop//toaster/toothbrush.

Still… damn I covet.

via Mr. Jone’s Watches

On the heels of the Exile on Main St.’s reissue, Mick Jagger basically tells BBC news that he doesn’t expect to make a fortune off royalties anymore. And he has one of the best perspectives on the post-material media market I’ve heard. This from an old timer.

But I have a take on that — people only made money out of records for a very, very small time. When The Rolling Stones started out, we didn’t make any money out of records because record companies wouldn’t pay you! They didn’t pay anyone!

Then, there was a small period from 1970 to 1997, where people did get paid, and they got paid very handsomely and everyone made money. But now that period has gone.

So if you look at the history of recorded music from 1900 to now, there was a 25 year period where artists did very well, but the rest of the time they didn’t.