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If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if you combined social networking, photography and beards together, look no further than Whiskerino.
We are alienated from our own facial hair.Society tells us that full beards are unacceptable. Businessmen, politicians, bankers, and the like are all clean shaven; all demonstrating the standards that middle class society expects us to maintain.
The website is an awesome source of inspiration for those of us who love a good beard, but have a hard time staying motivated in letting it grow out to it’s full potential. As all children and parents know, a solid beard is a fundamental part of being a great and well respected father! All that is required in a great beard is belief that it is great… and maybe some good strong genes. Whiskerino’s rules are simple:
Shave completely clean, post images regularly, interact, participate in themes, be nice. Grow a massive beard.
If you think you can handle it, take a look yonder and behold the power of facial hair!
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![Guess what I found and subsequently purchased today? Yes, a Radiohead album on vinyl. In Rainbows in fact. I don’t really splurge on vinyl music often but I don’t have any Radiohead yet and I like their latest work, so why not?
This happens to be one of those records that can be easily compared with its digital counterpart for the slight mixing changes that happen in vinyl world. The upper end of the frequency range is a lot smoother and less aggressive in analogue land. The lows also sound a lot more round. I guess you’d be best to listen, and compare if you wish, to a high quality vinyl rip of the album which I’m including in this post! Enjoy :D
Here is the music first of all: MP3 version [73 MB], and for those who want the utmost in lossless quality, here is a 24-bit lossless [too many MB] :P. I recommend the lossless even though it’s huge. It will play in iTunes. Yes it is normal for it to be a little quieter than your other MP3s. Increased dynamic range is one of the measureable differences of vinyl. (Lossless coming in a bit, just uploading)
Some key tracks that I’ve noticed:
15 Step - Drums sound more natural in the intro.
Nude - Drums also sound more natural throughout, but more noticeably in the last minute
Rockoner - Tambourine sounds nice in the intro. Stereo separation sounds different throughout
Jigsaw - Guitar sounds awesome! Snare drum also sounds great.
Tell me what you think once you’ve given it a few listens! :D](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1iwkmaVJn1qzar68o1_500.jpg)
Guess what I found and subsequently purchased today? Yes, a Radiohead album on vinyl. In Rainbows in fact. I don’t really splurge on vinyl music often but I don’t have any Radiohead yet and I like their latest work, so why not?
This happens to be one of those records that can be easily compared with its digital counterpart for the slight mixing changes that happen in vinyl world. The upper end of the frequency range is a lot smoother and less aggressive in analogue land. The lows also sound a lot more round. I guess you’d be best to listen, and compare if you wish, to a high quality vinyl rip of the album which I’m including in this post! Enjoy :D
Here is the music first of all: MP3 version [73 MB], and for those who want the utmost in lossless quality, here is a 24-bit lossless [too many MB] :P. I recommend the lossless even though it’s huge. It will play in iTunes. Yes it is normal for it to be a little quieter than your other MP3s. Increased dynamic range is one of the measureable differences of vinyl. (Lossless coming in a bit, just uploading)
Some key tracks that I’ve noticed:
15 Step - Drums sound more natural in the intro.
Nude - Drums also sound more natural throughout, but more noticeably in the last minute
Rockoner - Tambourine sounds nice in the intro. Stereo separation sounds different throughout
Jigsaw - Guitar sounds awesome! Snare drum also sounds great.
Tell me what you think once you’ve given it a few listens! :D
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Black on white.
For Christmas I was given a bottle of Sheaffer Scrip black ink for my Lamy fountain pen. I hadn’t given it a try until last week, but now that I have I might not go back to my old stuff!
This black ink is very nice and flows out just the right amount to not bleed on regular everyday paper. I’m not worried about it coming through on the other side either. It’s also thin enough to give texture to your lettering from top to bottom.
Here’s an example of what I mean: you get the beautifully textured, bottom heavy lettering from this ink without bleed. And this is only engineering scratch pad. I found that both my Lamy green and Faber-Castell blue inks came out too heavily to be used just anywhere. I bet you the nib and pen have affect the final product too, but so far this is the combination for this pen.
(You can view a few more examples in my flickr group here)
We have a gig tomorrow night somewhere in Delta. That’s all I was told been told about it until now. They first only gave me the date, and finally this week I was told the name of the venue.
How will I get there? I dunno, probably just show up before the rest of the group leaves and get a ride.
I don’t get told anything anymore; it’s like I’m the bass player or somethi…. Oh wait. I get the joke now.
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This is one of the most awesome and clever placements of StarWars on a product I’ve ever seen.
translated: i will not be your father!
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“So you need a Typeface” is a project created by graphic designer Julian Hansen of Copenhagen created to visually show what a person goes through when deciding what typeface to use. 50 of the top 100 typefaces from Font Shop. You should take a look at the full size image to get the full impact (and full humour) of the poster.
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And the winner is…
Last night Juno awards were given out to a handful of great canadian artists. Several of my favourite canadian groups were recognized at this year’s Gala dinner including:
Billy Talent for Rock Album of the Year. I love how one of my favourite CBC radio personalities, Jian Gomeshi, presented the award. Billy beat out Nickelback, Tragically Hip, Alexisonfire and Three Days Grace for the award, which I find quite impressive. They also still have a chance to win Single of the Year, Album of the Year and Group of the Year in tonight’s televised awards show. Way to go guys!
Also of note, K’naan (whom I’ve had the pleasure of being a performer with at a festival) won Artist of the Year, Metric received Alternative Album of the Year, and Deadmau5 got Dance Recording of the Year.
There are also a few lesser known artists on the short list worth checking out too. Andrea Lindsay is the girl who fell in love with french while taking a trip to Paris came home and changed her university major from classical singing to french studies. Soon after finishing her studies in Guelph she moved to Montréal and has since started a successful music career. Her newest album Les Sentinelles Dorment won Francophone Album of the Year. It’s an easy listen even coming from a foney phrancofone! (Ooops :P)
Also the two roots music winners (solo and group), Amelia Curran and The Good Lovelies, are a few of women who know a thing or two about folk/roots music. You’ll find Hunter, Hunter and The Good Lovelies’s self titled album to be refreshing breath of fresh air.
Tune in tonight and tell me what you think of the final awards being unveiled!
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Marc from my house owns this record on vinyl and we got to experience the first listen of it. It always blows me away how great this album is and how it really captures them “in the moment”. The tell tail sign of great musicians is getting it right (read “being happy with it”) on the first take, and that’s pretty much what happened during the “Kind of Blue” sessions. It’s what puts Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and “Cannonball” Addreley in a class of their own. It’s what makes them and their recordings significant now and for a long time.
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