Let’s get right to it today:
- Max Lyon’s photos - He’s a panorama badass. He makes me actually like shots of the west, which normally just scream, “danger! ’70s ex-hippie motif!” Being a tech nerd, I love the process behind taking them…so I bought this print for my parents for Christmas.
- Fingathing’s album Superhero Music - Blew me away when I first heard it last friday. One of those albums that made me just say, “hell yes, THIS is exactly what I wanted to hear right now!” Fantastic blend of DJ Shadow atmospherics with funky soul breaks, without feeling like they’re trying to impress you with their vinyl collection.
- Pandora.com - How I found Fingathing in the first place. Part of the Music Genome Project, it’s the first true music recommendation system I’ve found that works. Great suggestions, awesome interface, relatively obscure (but applicable) artists. I love it!
- Crockpots - Yup, I’m at the bottom of the domestic well now. But crockpots/slowcookers are the best damned thing ever invented for people who want to cook, but hate having to start from scratch when you get home from a long day at work. A little prep time the night before, let it cook all day, and BAM! Ready to snarf down when you get home. Two meals in, and I’m sold…
- Friday, itself - No, I’m not struggling to find a fifth and final item for the week to write about. Seriously, who doesn’t love Friday though? Show me a person who hates Friday, and I’ll show you…um…a swift kick in the pants. Oh, sweet Friday, how your promise of better things to come keeps me alive…
I’ve already alerted the staff that next week is a Christmas edition. So come strapped with your holiday boxers and foam reindeer antlers kids.
