Archive for the ‘Cool Stuff’ Category
Wanna make music? The reality of making bedroom pop (or any other kind of music) just got a little smaller and bigger at the same time. GarageBand is now available »
If you were wondering why things had been a bit slow around here at The Color Awesome, here’s the answer. Paige has been hard at work updating her photography website, »
Photography fans with iPads get something special this week. The British Journal of Photography has launched its official iPad app. The best part? The first issue is free! Issue 1 »
This, Saturday April 16th is Record Store Day! When was the last time you visited your local independent record store? Was it last year’s Record Store Day? I hope it hasn’t »
I came across Natsumi Hayashi’s work the other day just tumblin‘ around. I was immediately drawn to the cleanliness of her photographs. The primary draw to her simple, yet substantial »
Somewhere between my flickr account and here on The Color Awesome, I’ve received comments and messages asking about this piece. I love a good story, but I will try to »
I won’t say how or where I found out, but here’s The Treasure Island 2010 lineup, a day early. »
Thee Satisfaction has done it again. Actually, it looks like they’ve done it twice; read on. It’s popular opinion around thees parts that Seattle is primed to roll back onto »
Hundreds of celebrities have been “Simpsonized” over the past 20 years. Our recent post about Joanna Newsom got me thinking – exactly how many musicians have made cameos or been »
Matt Groenig, if you’ve been living under a rock, is “that guy” who does The Simpsons and Futurama, and recently curated All Tomorrow’s Parties in Minehead, U.K. He drew pictures »
The photographer behind the landmark iconic images of Bowie, Queen, T-Rex and Lady Gaga among others, MICK ROCK will join NYU’s faculty to offer sage advice in this summer’s “Music »
Last night, Death Cab for Cutie officially started the 2010 baseball season for the pacific northwest. They helped kick off off the Seattle Mariners home opener with two classic baseball »
The lovely kids at PS22 on Staten Island are getting pretty popular these days. As of this morning, the PS22 chorus has received over 15 million hits on their youtube videos - 3 »
As we reported back in May, Gary Hustwit, Director of Helvetica, the documentary about typography, graphic design and global visual culture, has a new project, Objectified. Objectified explores industrial design »
Got Joy Division? Macclesfield Silk Museum is currently searching for interesting Joy Division artifacts for a proposed exhibition due to take place in May 2010. The exhibition is being curated »
The lyrics to The Twilight Sad’s “Forget The Night Ahead” don’t seem to be available anywhere online. Here’s my solution. Many thanks to redskyatnight from The Twilight Sad forum for »
Anton Corbijn created some of the most iconic portraits, album covers and music videos of the last two decades. From the cover of U2′s The Joshua Tree to Nirvana’s “Heart-Shaped »
Usually when a friend leaves town or a collegue leaves work , you get them a little something to say thanks. Sometimes the process gets flipped on it’s head. Case »
Via Annie Zaleski at RTF: Here’s some unexpected news: The legendary punk/new-wave concert film Urgh! A Music War was released yesterday on DVD via Warner Archives. (Thanks to Shiv for »
This Friday Underworld and Apple are kicking-off on three exciting new projects. Underworld’s show at The Fox will be the worlds first live audio-visual broadcast to the iPhone. This technology »
Here’s the August 1 installment of the Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Jake Fogelnest picks ‘em and plays ‘em, and I scribble down the track names and search for the »
I won’t say how or where I found out, but here’s The Treasure Island 2009 Lineup, a day early. Saturday: MGMT, MSTRKRFT, Girl Talk, Brazilian Girls, The Streets, Passion Pit, »
How’s this for caveats? I don’t live in Seattle (that’s Phil.) I’ve never had a Cupcake Royale (Kara‘s is my bay-area cupcake boutique of choice). However, I’m a sucker for »
