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THE TOP 100 QUOTES FROM ‘THE WIRE’ | Warming Glow

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:10:54 -0600

THE TOP 100 QUOTES FROM ‘THE WIRE’ | Warming Glow:

bring it on!

5 Things Brands and Agencies Should Know About Facebook’s New Promotion Guidelines

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:05:09 -0600

5 Things Brands and Agencies Should Know About Facebook’s New Promotion Guidelines:

Facebook has recently developed guidelines for any promotions being announced or held on the Facebook platform.

With such growth in popularity and participation over the past year or so, more and more brands and companies are joining Facebook to get closer to their employees, customers and peers.

Click teh link to learn more…

jtwilly: Free Halloween Music Apparently nobody gives a shit...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:35:22 -0500

jtwilly:

Free Halloween Music

Apparently nobody gives a shit about protecting the rights of Halloween music, cuz there’s a shitload of it for free on the internet. Here’s a few good resources and mixes I found.

Fever Ray - Resident Advisor Halloween Podcast
For those of you that don’t know, Fever Ray is a hipster favorite this year that has a pretty cool dark vibe themselves. They put out this solid mix of dark haunted sounding music. This is the soundtrack for the first hour of your indie snob party. Also, Resident Advisor is a great site for a variety of DJs & Mixes, mostly techno & house stuff. Gorilla vs. Bear put out a similar dark creeper mix.

These Are the Breaks Halloween Mix
From my favorite Canadian hiphop website, BeatStreet, comes this 2 hour mix by Avi Shack of deep old school Halloween themed hip-hop tracks. Though this mix has a lot of favorites, looks like Avi was really going for quantity on this mix as you will find that old school Halloween themed hip-hop tracks is not always the best idea. This is the soundtrack for the last 2 hours of your post DJ lonely dance floor.

A Spooky, Rocking, Surfing, Halloween Extravaganza
Here’s the fuckload from a true Halloween digger… that probably requires a significant amount of digging time for you as well to weed out some shit. 3 Volumes of a mostly rocking (some 93x, some hillbilly, some surfy) Halloween themed tunes and some spooky haunted house type stuff.

And if you are looking for the standards, Halloween Theme, Time Warp, Monster Mash, etc., I’ve found various shitty mixes with a variety of them for free, but iTunes has done a pretty good job of putting together an Essential Halloween Songs List.

The Weekly Versus | The World Series of Game Show Charm This is a certain sign of social slacking...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:11:04 -0500

The Weekly Versus | The World Series of Game Show Charm

This is a certain sign of social slacking that all we post are these damn weekly versus anymore… but so you know… there is an end to this madness. Eventually, and for no real reason, we hope to be able to find similarities in peoples tastes. The last two weeks were a total waste and Chris has been thoroughly verbally abused for making them up. (I should be abused for posting them).

This week’s a good one… a triple versus that will define you as a person…

Trebek, Sajak, or Barker?

Weekly Versus | The 80s Untouchables This one is abstract, but...

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:51:03 -0500

Weekly Versus | The 80s Untouchables

This one is abstract, but we were trying to figure out who could beat U2 and we couldn’t really think of anybody. Then we were thinking about who could beat Saved by the Bell and we couldn’t think of anybody… so we put them up against each other.

U2 or Saved by the Bell?

Weekly Versus | Battle of the Mobys I asked Chris for something...

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:42:00 -0500

Weekly Versus | Battle of the Mobys

I asked Chris for something smart and relevant for this week’s Versus… something that people care about enough to take time and vote and this is what I get. I think he’s just mad that I told him I thought he was ASI’s Mad Men equivalent to Paul Kinzie.

regardless, here we go… Moby or Moby Dick?

Weekly Versus | Sexy Old Ladies of the 80s Mona or Blanche?

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:03:00 -0500

Weekly Versus | Sexy Old Ladies of the 80s

Mona or Blanche?

Here we go again… Chris has gone and brought up another...

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:12:15 -0500

Here we go again… Chris has gone and brought up another musical versus conversation that in my mind is not subjective… but… so far the company is surprisingly split.

So… The Beatles or The Rolling Stones?

jtwilly: office ichat abuse gone wrong

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:31:07 -0500

jtwilly:

office ichat abuse gone wrong

We’re having a really stupid argument at work today this...

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:39:00 -0500

We’re having a really stupid argument at work ~~today~~ this week. Chris seems to think Whitney Houston is better than Janet Jackson. I (Jt) am appalled by this statement.

Please take a second and help us out by voicing your opinion of who is better… in general… Whitney Houston or Janet Jackson?

UPDATE: Chris and his record store are all pro whitney on the facebook… all of them…

UPDATE: Tumblr must be too cool for this heated debate cuz we are getting some passionate responses on some other networks. Jt post this on the facebook and got a strong 12-5 sway towards Janet, and some of those Whitney votes were for her unforgettable appearances on “Being Bobby Brown”.

Design Meets High Fashion: 43 Photos with Awesome Lighting...

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:30:00 -0500

Design Meets High Fashion: 43 Photos with Awesome Lighting Effects

Quotes on Design. Curated by Chris Coyier. (via...

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:58:16 -0500

Quotes on Design. Curated by Chris Coyier. (via ashleykbrown:hrrrthrrr)

Being work neighbors isn’t always easy.. ask our writing...

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:13:15 -0500

Being work neighbors isn’t always easy.. ask our writing department.

oldpeopletalkingabouttheinternet.com (windowwaves:carlovely:scott...

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:09:19 -0500

oldpeopletalkingabouttheinternet.com

(windowwaves:carlovely:scottfriday)

Ad Campaign of the Day: The Jakarta-based Bates 141 ad agency...

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:05:41 -0500

Ad Campaign of the Day: The Jakarta-based Bates 141 ad agency installed an 8-meter-long rainbow made of 5000 Pantone color chips at a local park to promote a series of Pantone color guides by Basheer Graphic Books.

Process shots/closeups can be found here.

(via thedailywhat)

Tara Donovan Untitled (straight pins), Untitled (toothpicks),...

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:04:15 -0500

Tara Donovan Untitled (straight pins), Untitled (toothpicks), Untitled (glass) all 2004

They are all held together by friction and gravity, you do sometimes have to sweep up the extras that fall on the ground. You wouldn’t want anyone slipping, would you?

Anywho, she is having her show up at the Des Moines Art Center and I guess she is attracting record crowds.

The Des Moines Art Center’s (DMAC) “Tara Donovan” exhibition drew the second largest opening fortnight crowds in decades and has been particularly popular with younger audiences. What’s more, those crowds are lingering longer than usual, taking time to check out Donovan’s sculptures from multiple perspectives. That’s exactly what the museum hoped for three years ago when it scheduled Donovan.
(via hydeordie:iowaartists.blogspot.com)

Friday Jams! 1. Bob Marley - Could You Be Loved2. Britney Spears...

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:13:55 -0500

Friday Jams!

1. Bob Marley - Could You Be Loved
2. Britney Spears - Toxic
3. Madonna - Celebration (new single!!) - in the player above

Today’s Jam of the Day | Tennessee - Arrested...

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:52:14 -0500

Today’s Jam of the Day | Tennessee - Arrested Development

A game of horseshoes!

Here’s to the IT department hating on the Jams of the Day

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:24:51 -0500

Here’s to the IT department hating on the Jams of the Day

Today’s Jam of the Day | Arming Eritrea by Future of the...

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:30:00 -0500

Today’s Jam of the Day | Arming Eritrea by Future of the Left (playing the Turf Club tonight)

“Holy Damn! That one almost made me throw up!” - Mike Brown, Owner, ASI Communications