April 2013
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“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and...”
– François-René de Chateaubriand (via christopher-kuehl)
March 2013
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February 2013
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“You sell your expertise, you have a limited repertoire. You sell your ignorance,...”
– Richard Saul Wurman, discussing Charles Eames in Eames: The Architect and the Painter (via pieratt)
January 2013
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“I will forevermore, I expect, be trying to re-create the purity of that time....”
– George Saunders (via austinkleon)
December 2012
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“So now I have Travis Tritt in my life and I’m happier for it. Probably the...”
– Will Sheff on music snobbery (via austinkleon)
November 2012
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October 2012
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“One of the human brain’s many tricks is that it automatically finishes...”
– Sam Anderson on David Foster Wallace (via austinkleon)
LOOPER's borrowed story structure →
austinkleon:
The NYTimes has a great piece on Rian Johnson’s influences while making LOOPER. (One of my favorite movies I saw this year.)
He conceived of the movie in four acts, each one related to a quote from T.S. Eliot’s “Four Quartets,” and he borrowed the story structure from another source I totally missed:
He also points out that “Looper” owes more to “Witness” — the 1985 drama...
AUSTIN KLEON: Don't worry about style. →
austinkleon:
“Don’t worry about style. It will be expressed no matter what you do. Style is part of the way your brain is wired.” —Luke Sullivan
“The problem with art today: the artist believes he must find a style (or a schtick really) and defend it with his life. And if all the schticks are already…
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Here’s a little theme I was messing around...
September 2012
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August 2012
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Looper Stuff: Here’s all you need to know about... →
looperstuff:
Here’s all you need to know about Rian Johnson’s time-travel thriller, in which Bruce Willis’ hitman from the future is sent back in time to be dispatched by his younger self (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), only for things to not go according to plan: we gave it five stars. It is truly brilliant, and…
“The trouble begins with a design philosophy that equates “more options” with...”
– Brian Eno, “The Revenge of the Intuitive,” (13 years ago!)
Watchloopermovie:
Click, clack, boom, bang, bing! Presenting Nathan Johnson’s 2nd terrific score preview video. Check it out, hosted over at Wired!
Steve Albini lays it out for a failed X-Factor... →
austinkleon:
While revisiting this Steve Albini “ask me anything” Reddit thread, I came across a GREAT back-and-forth between him and J Mark Inman, a guy who sang a terrible version of Radiohead’s “Creep” on X-Factor.
Inman doesn’t beat around the bush — he starts out asking Albini if he’ll produce his next record and help him get signed and mentions he was that guy on X-Factor. Albini’s...
July 2012
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“Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of...”
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Aaron Copland
nathanjohnson:
Here’s a snippet of a tune Katie...
“You don’t have to live by their rules if you don’t require their rewards.”
– Nathan Johnson (via zucherman)
