My brother just dropped his mixtape. Check it out.
"Rev has stated that he sees this collection of songs as nothing more than an introduction to his development as a songwriter and as an artist. This introduction will be continued in his sequel project - An Ode to Love and Jazz - which serves as the part II of this first work."
She was definitely a pop star that my whole family grew up listening to and loving every moment of it. Rest in peace beautiful. Here are the best remixes I could find, enjoy.
The idea behind Dear Photograph is simple. Take a picture of a picture from the past in the present. It's a great concept, because the impact is so human. I look forward to taking one of these and framing it.
The Pass The Bucket series does a great job telling emotional stories with their short docs. This is the kind of stuff I should be making. It's kind of nice to see people find new meaning to their lives. It's true inspiration to never give up.
One of my old college professors was the DP for this film. It looks pretty interesting and the topic cast a light on a side of life that many of us don't understand. I think it's working checking out, especially since it's National Autism Awareness Month.
"In "Wretches & Jabberers", two men with autism embark on a global quest to change prevailing attitudes about disability and intelligence. With limited speech, Tracy Thresher, 42, and Larry Bissonnette, 52, both faced lives of mute isolation in mental institutions or adult disability centers. When they learned as adults to communicate by typing, their lives changed dramatically. Their world tour message is that the same possibility exists for others like themselves. At each stop, they dissect public attitudes about autism and issue a hopeful challenge to reconsider competency and the future."
Improv Everywhere and their Mp3 Experiment is one of the coolest Web 2.0 events I've ever seen. I so want to plan a trip to NYC just to be apart of this madness.
"Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 100 missions involving tens of thousands of undercover agents. The group is based in New York City."
I have a problem with being alone. Growing up in a large noisy family and never really having my own room until I graduated from college will do that to you. But I'm working on it and I think this video does a great job of asking you to enjoy the solitude. Cheers to dancing where no one knows you.
Through most of my middle school and high school years I spent a lot of time in Centreville at one of my best friend's house. We were apart of a tight click and that's where I met Josh Himan. Thinking back, I remember him as an athletic joyful kid, who was all smiles.
Eventually we all grew up and lost touch. But last year, I came across a message about Josh. He had joined the military and was on his way back to the States. Unfortunately, he had suffered a life threatening spinal injury. It was shocking news and I think his sister started a blog, so we could all keep in touch.
Well last month ESPNU did a special report on Josh and his sister. It warms my heart to see that he's doing better and has such great support from his family. It reminds me to never take my life for granted. Keep up the good work, Josh.
"The teenager, who is the world's smallest girl according to the Indian Book of Records, has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia. Now fully grown, she weighs just 11 lb." -- Telegraph UK
I carry a list of goals in my pocket and I keep a daily list on my iPhone. I have a personal mission statement with a list of 5 and 10 year goals. I even have a life achievement list. Well it's not that I'm crazy. I just understand that without having some sort of set destinations I'm due to wander through life waiting for death to catch up with me. I'm not here to watch. I'm here to play.
But... my problem is that my lists get too long and I forget to add important things... like, "Be nice to your girlfriend." Trust me, these things are important too.
Googling Great Life Photographers brings up some of the most fantastic photos ever published. Worth a few hours of browsing. The images of celebrities who are dead and forgotten are the most humbling in my opinion. (Life really does go on.) This one is of a "slinky like light pattern in the blackness of moonlight sky produced by a time exposure of the light tipped rotor blades of a grounded helicopter as it takes off into the dark sky."
Ted Kennedy's support for Obama in this past election was a key step in helping America elect its first black president and forever changing the dreams my children can have. Thank you.
