January 13, 2009
All the common tags we use
+ Listen to the entire album: All Songs Considered gives us Animal Collective's "Merriweather Post Pavilion" on Jan. 19.+ The Washington Post had some stuff to say about it too:
"Sampled beats sound like galoshes stomping through puddles, and percussive sizzles evoke maracas filled with syrup-coated seeds. It's a dense, humid listen. At times, you can almost imagine beads of dew seeping from the pinholes of your ear buds."+ Katie and I were wondering about the Interstate Highway System, so I read up on it and found this awesome route-numbering explanation map.
+ Blind technology can become technology for everyone. NYT feature.
+ The mad web scientists of NYTimes.com.
+ I've been reading a collection of Reason Magazine stories and now have to wonder what to do after reading something so foundation-questioning as Gulf Lore Syndrome. This sort of reporting, and, I guess, myth busting, also pops up in a NYTimes story about how online predators really aren't a problem on social networking sites.
+ Might go see Accordion Death Squad as our first Virginia show. Reminds me, a little, of Dreamland Faces in Minneapolis.
+ Kansas City Star old printing press photos.
+ About one minute's worth of enjoyment: Google Nukes.
Labels: links, maps, music, New York Times, photography, reading
by Tony at 7:42 PM |
4 Comments:
I saw that auxiliary interstate route legend when I checked out the Interstate Highway System article a while back. I think Michigan only has two spurs: I-196 along Lake Michigan is 90 miles long, and Battle Creek's I-194 (contiguous for its length with M-66, the road I grew up on) is only 3 miles.
275, Econ, 275. And 696. There are a bunch, actually:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_expressways_in_Michigan#Interstates
Also, I like how NPR calls it a "listening party." Makes me feel nostalgic. We should all listen and compile a post about it (a la the Wolf Parade concert reviews).
275 and 696 don't follow the naming convention for spur routes (odd-numbered prefix). Although by behavior, I guess both are actually spurs (they don't connect to the parent at both ends [696 in the east, 275 in the north]).
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