Steady Clappin'

If there’s a time in my life where I feel like everything is caving in around me and that there is nothing to do but give in, it’s every single morning I have ever woken up. I will lay on my side, completely awake, staring at some imperfection in the wall for what seems like hours as I slowly acquire the will to leave my bed. It’s as if I’m waiting for myself to catch up to myself. Eventually, when my two selfs do indeed meet, I’ll throw off my sheets, and there’s this moment of clarity and possibility that occurs—that this day has never been done before and that no matter what, it will be different than the day before. To sound completely dramatic, it’s that building sense of hope that is my savior.

My depressing real-life stretch-of-a-metaphor aside, I just love songs that methodically reveal themselves layer by layer until you reach this climax of feeling like everything is going to be alright.

So yeah. Call me Dr. Cox because I just made a self-help mixtape.

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I like the Gorillaz because they are made out of cartoon and I like the XX because they are made out of sex. When you combine the two, I’d imagine that you should get some kind of ridiculous Japanimation, but NAY, you get this lovely, simple, tentacle-free tune.

Gorillaz // Crystalised (XX Cover)

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If you’re keen to slight movement, much like a T. Rex, you will have noticed some pretty subtle animated GIFs in the last few posts. They have all come from an amazing new Tumblr that I visit just about every day, called If We Don’t, Remember Me. The selection of movies and moments that the GIFs are made from is pretty impeccable.

It is interesting how far my girlfriend (the internet) has come since its early days of public availability. GIFs were used due to technical shortcomings in order to add a bit of flair to webpages as any video was impossible. The network and machines were incapable of it. Now we can stream a 1080p movie on a phone. Through all of this progress, the GIF has endured—though its intent has now changed.

I came across a pretty interesting article thanks to VICE’s twitter about the GIF and what it has done for the internet and pop culture. A fascinating point is this:

Human memory is intimately tied to isolated moments in time. According to the Atkinson-Shifrin model – the same one that divided human memory into long-term, short-term and sensory – most of the things we experience are not committed to long-term memory beyond a few select moments. So it makes sense that we’ve embraced GIFs as these suspended moments in time, looping only the information necessary to conjure a particular emotion or memory.

In other words, GIFs have turned into something much more than the Ally McBeal dancing baby. We really only need a few frames of something to bring about some emotion or reaction. They’ve essentially become a completely new avenue of communication. I’d love to go back in time and tell my great grandpa that I could show someone a two second animation of a dog with sunglasses, and they’d know exactly what I meant by it.

Now go read about facepalms, slow claps, and more!

Following this trend of late of having photographs of neatly arranged things, Jenny made these 24×24 prints that consist of cut out objects in Google Maps. How come everyone else comes up with these wonderful stupid simple ideas? The swimming pool one, with all its hues, is fantastic. It makes me want to go get out the butter and go be some borderline-attractive lady’s pool boy.

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When I listen to Gandalf’s LP, I like to imagine that it’s really the wizard’s band. He’d be on drums, obviously. With his boyish looks and voice, Frodo would have to be the frontman. Samwise would be the bass—always yearning for Frodo’s attention with desperate glances. Aragorn would play sweet ass lead guitar while Legolas would play the tambourine and dance around all fruity. Gimli would be the band tech that gets way too into mic check.

Gandalf // Nature Boy

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Girl Talk (real name Gregg Gillis) is a producer out of Pittsburgh that makes parties. That’s what I think of when I listen to any of his albums. All I want to do is dance and have a good time. And I despise both of those things. My mage didn’t get twelfth level status with me being all frivolous with my time, ya know.

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Because a Tumblr is too much work. I found these on the internet. They are things I like for various reasons and you should too, you sexy thing, you.

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I sat at my laptop for a good 15 minutes trying to figure out a good way to describe Cee Lo. This is what I came up with: Cee Lo is like a giant time travelling motown singer from space. That’s pretty much all you need to know. His latest album, The Lady Killer, came out last week. It’s on repeat.

Cee Lo Green // Fool For You ft. Philp Bailey

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