Category: micropost

The most important undertaking of my day is to simply sit down at my desk and pick up my pen. Without this elementary act I could not call myself a songwriter, because songs come to me in intimations too slight to be perceived, unless I am primed and ready to receive them. They come not with a fanfare, but in whispers, and they come only when I am at work. — Nick Cave

Friend, collaborator, filmmaker, and artist Caspar Newbolt on the art of making movie posters

Rita Moreno Has Time Only for the Truth

Warren Buffett and the Myth of the ‘Good Billionaire’ — Anand Ghiridardas in the New York Times

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Percussion

From “like,” all you could see was other Americans engaged in a process resembling the processes of intimacy. This was a comfort.

Joel Chadabe, Explorer of Electronic Music’s Frontier, Dies at 82

A Revered Photojournalist’s Chronicle of Lower Manhattan on the Brink of Transformation | The New Yorker

Danny Lyon’s singular and fascinating The Destruction of Lower Manhattan was recently brought back into print in facsimile by Aperture. It’s essential for anyone interested in urban/landscape photography, photojournalism, New York City, and urban destruction/redevelopment.