My band recently did a studio session with SubsceneTV, think it turned out pretty well, we also talk awkwardly about Baybeats and our peers and heroes
N.E.R.F.
Not Really An Acronym
Plain Sunset
Did a lil’ t-shirt design for my buddies from Plainsunset, an indie/pop punk band from Singapore and made up of 4 of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. This will be up for sale on the 27th of May at Home Club as part of the band’s efforts to raise funds for their tour of Melbourne, Australia. More details here.
Played our best show yet on my birthday, it felt really good, this is a new song
66 playsAdventure by Rich Vreeland
Fez soundtrack, $7. Beautiful and filled with secrets.
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Now he’s my best mate, but in the early years he became obsessed with finding out where I lived. I remember after one recording session, he was like, “Where are you going now?” And I was like, “I’m going home.” I didn’t want him to come round whenever he wanted, ringing the buzzer, so I legged it. But every time I turned round, there was Ricky, following me through London, laughing his head off, which was really weird.
Karl Pilkington on Ricky Gervais
Karl is the best character, fictional or non-fictional, ever.
(via najmetender)
9:42pm. I like it here.
This has been my office for nearly 4 months. Nearly 4 months since I went into web development full time. Went in with zero knowledge of our platform and now I think I’m doing quite alright with it — the boss jokes that I’m “sibeh kiang” sometimes. I come in late most days, and I get to solve real problems on the web. By some happy coincidence the coffeeshop downstairs is owned by the same guy who used to run the place near church years ago, and this same auntie still works for him, and it feels good to order my tea from her.
In some ways I still have no idea what I’m meant to do in life, though these four months have been a homecoming of sorts — I was always a huge nerd, I built my own computers and kept no friends through primary school, it was amazing, and those later years spent dabbling/studying/failing in print/web design, photography, film (even advertising, TV, radio)… those were great, I did so many things in school that I would never have had the chance to otherwise, and that’s the only justification I need when people ask me why I didn’t just go to college with my grades or study IT, I had a hell of a ride, did you? but it always felt like going in circles, and not concentric ones, but circles that sometimes brought me closer to where I thought I wanted to be, and oftentimes further.
So I’m pretty glad I get to be a regular geek again, and talk about regular geek things, even if I’m tired all the time and don’t care about regular geek things anymore. I come in late in the mornings, and now I have the room to myself, Arms and Sleepers’ Matador is on iTunes, and the train is 2 minutes away but I think I’ll take the slower bus home.
Holi, the Festival of Color, Explodes in Ultra Slow Motion
Thousands of Hindus celebrate the spring festival of Holi by throwing tinted powder and perfume on each other — creating a breathtaking hypercolor frenzy. Filmmakers at the production company Variable decided to capture the event with a Phantom Flex, a high-speed camera that records upwards of 10,000 frames per second. Suspending these moments in time, they want viewers to realize that “the fast paced lifestyles of our generation result in many not taking the necessary step back to soak in the existing world around us.” Their goal, they say, “is to help viewers further appreciate and take notice of the beauty in life and culture.”
[Video: Variable]
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Hello, my name is Justin.
I'm a musician, designer and web developer for hire. Portfolio/CV: carboxymoron.com
I play in a band called ANECHOIS.
