Armchair August arches- (Found August 19, 2008 ) In the continuing tradition there is an August mix over at (merlin)morland-muxtape. Plus: this totally rad photograph of a rainbow out my window (SPECTRAL DIFFUSION REPRESENT). Human Highway - The Sound Oxford Collapse - Children's Crusade Icy Demons - Miami Ice Santogold - I'm A Lady (Diplo Mix Ft Amanda Blank) Titus Andronicus - Upon Viewing Brueghel's Landscape With The Fall Of Icarus Diet Cola - Wicked Witch Of The Northeast A Place To Bury Strangers - The Falling Sun The Ruby Suns -...http://morland.theoretic.org/archives/2008/08/10/armchair_august_arches/ Retracing one's steps- (Found August 19, 2008 ) 15 years ago to buy shoes I most likely would have physically walked into a store, browsed a couple dozen in-season items, selected a pair, paid, and walked out. The shelves would have had their items retired after a short while to be refreshed with newer, evolutionarily-tweaked models (that still wouldn't help me dunk), and while my credit card company might have known where I made a purchase they certainly would have been ignorant to the model bought. Even retailers with loyalty programs..http://morland.theoretic.org/archives/2008/08/17/retracing_ones_steps/ Trend blobs- (Found August 19, 2008 ) We got several hundred applications to Seedcamp and I thought it would be cool to tease out some macroscopic patterns. Of course when you're assembling what are by definition the lowest common denominators into a amoebic word jumble the result is naturally going to seem a bit cliché, but at least it's still pretty to look at. That the style looks like a throwback to Catch Me If You Can and The Incredibles is no coincidence - I've been plowing through season one of Mad Men, and the...http://morland.theoretic.org/archives/2008/08/14/trend_blobs/ |