Jeremy Turner's Stuff

Warsaw (Joy Division) 2012 Remaster

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:09:39 -0700

Warsaw (Joy Division) 2012 Remaster

"If democracy worked so well, if a majority public opinion made something right, we would still have..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:53:44 -0700

“If democracy worked so well, if a majority public opinion made something right, we would still have Jim Crow laws and Google Reader.”

- Welcome to Google Island

nevver: Gary Taxali

Thu, 09 May 2013 19:15:31 -0700

nevver:

Gary Taxali

"Using her scientific metric, Krume goes on to create the most expensive-sounding wine review ever..."

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:58:18 -0700

“Using her scientific metric, Krume goes on to create the most expensive-sounding wine review ever penned: “A velvety chocolate texture and enticingly layered, yet creamy, nose, this wine abounds with focused cassis and a silky ruby finish. Lush, elegant, and nuanced. Pair with pork and shellfish.” If that sentence made you yearn for a glass of classy red, congratulations, there’s a very real chance you’re a pompous asshole.”

- Wine tasting is bullshit. Here’s why.

Thanks @apelad!

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:01:16 -0700

Thanks @apelad!

new-aesthetic: The halfcat, attracting newly revived interest...

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:39:40 -0700

new-aesthetic:

The halfcat, attracting newly revived interest on Twitter thanks to this blog post, appears to have first been spotted in this blog post in August 2009. But there are no attributions. The latest reports pin it to Street View - not mentioned in the original posting - and it certainly appears to be Street View image, but, lacking coordinates, the halfcat seems destined to be a mystery forever, one of any number of mythical beings, lost in the Clouds.

More interesting than the halfcat’s strangeness, perhaps, is its unknowability. Someone saw the halfcat, snapped it, but the route back is lost. The databases contain such multitudes of new myths.

alisonagosti: Jason and the Argonauts skeleton fight

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:31:58 -0700

alisonagosti:

Jason and the Argonauts skeleton fight

My introduction to Jeff Hanneman. This riff is pure evil; only...

Thu, 02 May 2013 22:45:41 -0700

My introduction to Jeff Hanneman. This riff is pure evil; only Germans could make it dance. See also…

Terrible Lies

Thu, 02 May 2013 22:23:36 -0700

Terrible Lies:

kellydeal:

LOUDNESS WARS RAGE ON (she says in all caps). Good stuff here, from Steelopus.

steelopus:

In reference to the post that I reblogged yesterday about the Loudness Wars…

Follow that big green link to download a zipped file I threw into my Dropbox.

I made Apple Lossless Audio versions of the original 1989 CD version of NIN’s Terrible Lie and the 2010 Remastered CD version of the same song.

If all you’ve ever known is the 2010 version, you probably wouldn’t realize anything was wrong with it. But when you compare it to the original, it becomes immediately apparent just how much worse it sounds… all in the name of loudness.

Trust me. You’ll only need to listen to about 10 seconds of each to notice the dramatic difference. I think it’s worth your time.

CBS = PAC MAN! (via Nikkolas-Smith on deviantART)

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:04:36 -0700

CBS = PAC MAN!

(via Nikkolas-Smith on deviantART)

The World’s Largest Duck Arrives in Hong Kong (via Colossal)

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:46:22 -0700

The World’s Largest Duck Arrives in Hong Kong

(via Colossal)

Because The Internet

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:44:16 -0700

Because The Internet

‘Let’s Misbehave’ by Cole PorterThe neighbor has a grand...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:59:44 -0700

‘Let’s Misbehave’ by Cole Porter
The neighbor has a grand piano in his living room and for six years now this is the only song he plays.

Must be an inside joke, nevertheless I still appreciate the...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:23:38 -0700

Must be an inside joke, nevertheless I still appreciate the effort.

"Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its..."

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:42:29 -0700

“Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. It’s the sound of failure: so much modern art is the sound of things going out of control, of a medium pushing to its limits and breaking apart. The distorted guitar sound is the sound of something too loud for the medium supposed to carry it. The blues singer with the cracked voice is the sound of an emotional cry too powerful for the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.”

- Brian Eno, A Year With Swollen Appendices, 1996. (via esperensnare)

Henry’s Music Blog: 10 Problems With Accidental Racist

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:38:01 -0700

Henry’s Music Blog: 10 Problems With Accidental Racist:

whycantijustpickatitle:

2. You don’t have to wear a Lynyrd Skynyrd shirt with the Confederate Flag At first, he uses the excuse that he’s just expressing his love for Skynyrd when he wears a shirt with the Confederate Flag on it. Well guess what? THEY HAVE OTHER KINDS OF SHIRTS.

😊You are a happy man. 😊

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:04:28 -0700

😊You are a happy man. 😊

(via Tribune Tavern opens in Oakland)

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:52:07 -0700

(via Tribune Tavern opens in Oakland)

"Make the secret a lot more trouble than the trick seems worth. You will be fooled by a trick if it..."

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:07:55 -0700

“Make the secret a lot more trouble than the trick seems worth. You will be fooled by a trick if it involves more time, money and practice than you (or any other sane onlooker) would be willing to invest.”

- Teller Reveals His Secrets

(via Musikkens Hus on Behance)

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:01:29 -0700

(via Musikkens Hus on Behance)