tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226334549903331132012-02-14T16:42:55.573-05:00kindness of ravensAt our design company, raven + crow studio, we're proud to say that we make a point to work with companies and non-profits who are out to make the world a better place.
This Web log, or 'blog' as we hear they're called, is dedicated to all things kind in the realm of things that fascinate us: Design, music, culture, fashion, and, of course, vegan food.troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.comBlogger3821100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-65393243974397278772012-02-14T13:13:00.002-05:002012-02-14T16:42:55.581-05:00The Find
This week we have two Finds for you, Reader, both of them video-based. First, this beautiful, awe-inspiring time-lapse video of the night sky from Photographer Randy Halverson. From Halverson:
What you see is real, but you can't see it this way with the naked eye. It is the result of thousands of 20-30 second exposures, edited together to produce the timelapse. This allows you to see the troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-10044830016578674092012-02-13T23:36:00.082-05:002012-02-14T15:45:04.987-05:00The Song
The Jealous Sound • Promise of the West
Reader, historically we're pretty lukewarm on this whole reunion trend. Like everyone else and their grandmother, we were obviously pretty big fans of the Pixies all through high school. But did we have much of a desire to see an old, sad version of this seminal band shuffling through and likely ruining the fond memories and solid recordings we alreadytroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-83083287330841811202012-02-06T20:39:00.000-05:002012-02-07T15:28:00.191-05:00The Song
Poliça • Dark StarFollowing through on our promise to bring you new acts playing Austin's coming South by Southwest music festival, today we're shining the calm, blue spotlight on the chilled out sounds of Minneapolis' Poliça. Reader, if you've been paying attention over the years, you may have noticed bands we like tend to fall into certain categories, often being strung together by certain troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-78115097923677767562012-01-31T15:41:00.001-05:002012-01-31T15:49:08.915-05:00The FindReader, if you're anything like us, you internalize and impart a weightiness worthy only of miraculous grandeur to things that—by the estimates of most—would be trivial, day-to-day tasks and decisions. Need some vegetable broth for that soup? Give me 6 hours—I'll boil it down from these fresh vegetable scraps we've been freezing and accumulating over the past few weeks. What should we do for troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-17609784991924142752012-01-30T20:03:00.064-05:002012-02-02T11:20:50.566-05:00The Song
Of Monsters and Men • Little TalksAs announced last week, in anticipation of our first ever trip to South by Southwest in Austin (holla), we'll be featuring new musical acts set to play the festival every week until we head down this March. This week, we bring you the six-piece indie folk group, Of Monsters and Men, from Iceland. Some have called them "the new Arcade Fire" (no pressure, guys), troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-40232828606320492362012-01-29T23:27:00.002-05:002012-01-30T07:30:32.200-05:00Seven Inch Sunday
Courtney Love • UncrushworthyThis past Monday, we profiled a new band out of England named Big Deal. Really, if you didn't listen to them then, you should now—they're great. But, in writing, we also touched on our musical roots in the early nineties indie pop scene and how that seemed to have shaped not only our current musical tastes, but our lives to a certain extent. We met so many people introyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-723876438583835482012-01-26T18:25:00.000-05:002012-01-26T18:25:27.165-05:00The Preen
After using the last drops of a recently discontinued tobacco-based cologne I bought him years ago, Troy recently asked "do you think I can learn to make my own cologne?"
Now, we make A LOT of things from scratch in our house. From brewing gnarly-looking batches of kombucha to saving a month's worth of veggie scraps to boil down to a rich broth, you'll often find us in the kitchen testing katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12090093590678581988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-64882984834703110852012-01-24T20:56:00.000-05:002012-01-25T09:18:45.508-05:00The FindAh, Reader, sometimes—though we love you, obviously—we feel that we just don't know each other that well. I know, I know: You like music...from bands...and...breathing air. But I just feel like there's a distance between us, you know? You get me? You get me.
In a show of good faith, Reader, we're taking the first steps to building a more stable, healthy relationship.
Take a few, soon-to-be troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-2787194870830126652012-01-23T16:51:00.001-05:002012-01-23T16:57:17.309-05:00The Song
Big Deal • ChairReader, in the early nineties, back when many of us were just getting our post-Dave-Kendall-120 Minutes footing on the musical landscape and 'alternative' gave way to 'indie,' the cute little genre of indie pop—with it's tiny guitar hooks, intimate, unassuming vocals, and sometimes good, sometimes a-million-miles-from-good rhythm sections—quietly rocked across America. Artists troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-28268356579544854172012-01-18T16:47:00.002-05:002012-01-20T16:57:13.405-05:00Don't Break the Internettroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-69630656138102040492012-01-16T13:23:00.000-05:002012-01-16T13:23:03.428-05:00The Song
The Big Pink • Stay GoldBritish electro duo, The Big Pink, first hit the scene back in 2007 with some high-demand seven inches and singles, followed by a proper full-length on the venerable label, 4AD. While critically well-recieved, the 2009 release, A Brief History of Love, didn't produce a lot that I could personally latch on to. Plenty of good songs and a nice overall sound, but nothing troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-35439671707094214762012-01-12T16:25:00.001-05:002012-01-12T17:17:04.588-05:00The Preen
First things first: After 2 exhausting years of interning for this Web log (re: pitching ideas and making Troy write them, eating at restaurants and asking Troy to take pictures of the food, finding cool things at stores and saying aloud, "Wouldn't it be cool to feature this on the blog?" and then assuming Troy will take care of it) I have finally earned my keep and have been granted my own katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12090093590678581988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-62546330788719616642012-01-11T22:23:00.051-05:002012-01-12T12:47:01.715-05:00From the Nest
We made the list!
Last week, Isa Moskowitz of the Post Punk Kitchen—who's so famous, she's got a Wikipedia page (WE want a Wikipedia page - *pouty kick at the ground*)—released her PPK 100, "100 ingredients, recipes, chefs, restaurant, tips, cookbooks, tools and websites" that made them swoon in 2011, one of the vegan-est years yet! As Isa puts it:
"I compiled the list by asking everyone fromtroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-15974016914041588382012-01-10T15:00:00.001-05:002012-01-10T15:09:17.097-05:00The Find • Maimonide of Brooklyn
Reader, if you, like us, are vegan and live and work in South Brooklyn, you, like us, likely hold a complicated mix of admiration + contempt for North Brooklyn, specifically the areas of Williamsburg and Greenpoint. These days, those neighborhoods are essentially spilling over with vegan cafés, pizza places with vegan slices, vegan doughnut joints, awesome Mexican street food with seitan and troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-50084008639200050812012-01-09T21:50:00.058-05:002012-01-16T13:01:38.369-05:00The Song
The Log.OS • CancerousIt's been a little while since we, the Interweb, has had a strange, mysterious band to get all abuzz over. Sure, there was Blank Dogs, back in 2007, but that was four years ago and they've since proved to be just another super-prolific Brooklyn band influenced by early new wave. And then there was smoothly mysterious debut, last year, of The Weeknd—AKA, Canada's Abel troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-71753581369273165392012-01-04T20:35:00.002-05:002012-01-05T13:00:37.293-05:00From the Nest • Dun-Well Doughnuts
Last spring, when we first heard that Brooklyn was going to be getting its very own vegan doughnut makers, we flipped our shit. Pardon our French—we resolved to curse a LOT more in 2012.
Seriously though, Reader, if you've been as dedicated as I know you have been over the past years, we're telling you nothing new by saying finely made vegan doughnuts send us over the moon. Or, at least to troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-84028568721983746882012-01-02T21:29:00.071-05:002012-01-17T11:33:27.694-05:00The Song
The Chain Gang of 1974 • UndercoverHappy new year, Reader! We hope you, like us, are super-psyched for this year of excitingly inevitable armageddon. I mean, think about it, all those things that usually stress you out—Am I making enough money? Should I leave New York, work at a car dealership, and buy a house, so I'm successful like all those high school friends from Facebook? Did I feed the troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-79289564021560543182011-12-22T09:00:00.000-05:002011-12-22T09:00:12.529-05:00Happy HolidaysWarm holidays to you and yours, Reader, and happy new year. See you in 2012.troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-35283375638184812292011-12-14T18:26:00.125-05:002011-12-15T17:27:50.615-05:00From the Nest—Vegan Hand PiesDreading having the same old thing again this year at the holiday dinner table? Wanting to impress the fam with a vegan recipe that'll make them say, without a doubt, "This is vegan?" Just itchin' for an excuse to make cute, tiny, hand-held pies? Got you covered on all counts, my friend.
These are something we usually make for BKTK—our most glorious yearly Brooklyn-based Thanksgiving feast, troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-42908469657674592142011-12-13T23:06:00.023-05:002011-12-15T11:21:17.688-05:00The Find • Allison's GourmetLooking for some last-minute—or, if you're us, first-minute—gift ideas this holiday season? We'd be remiss if we didn't recommend these assorted chocolates from Allison's Gourmet. Full disclosure—Allison's a client of ours, but we just tried these for the first time and we're now fully engaged in a battle we're sure to lose against our wills in an effort to not totally devour them all in one troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-16696508730372215042011-12-12T22:07:00.113-05:002011-12-15T11:06:33.984-05:00Music Monday
Sharon Van Etten • Serpents
As we plunge full-throttle into the blurring race of the holiday season—with it's maddening last-minute sales and backwards-math shipping exercises and the scent of the inevitable biting cold to come on the fringes of the air around us—we're reminded that, before we know it, we're going to be free-falling straight over the edge of this year and straight into troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-83373085913705232832011-12-05T14:47:00.003-05:002011-12-06T08:34:47.118-05:00Music Monday—Miracles of Modern Science Interview
Miracles of Modern Science • Luminol
A few years ago, Katie and I made the treacherous, cross-Brooklyn trip to Williamsburg to seek out a cramped, dank, basement-like space called Death by Audio, where PBR was sold out of a closet and bands crowded at the front of a narrow room held up by a rickety stage, amplified by a PA system that seemed to have been made on a dare. By raccoons. The bandtroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-12121204329211863172011-12-02T16:48:00.000-05:002011-12-02T16:48:19.460-05:00Ten Years of AwesomeWe'd like to wish a very happy birthday to MooShoes, purveyor of shoes un-cruel, houser of cats much-crazed, and—as we're extremely proud to say—the very first client we started working with after moving from DC to New York. And, we should mention, a company run by two of the nicest, most considerate, giving sisters we've ever met.
Am I ass-kissing now? Eh, regardless, we congratulate them on troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-16764376529616225402011-12-01T18:11:00.000-05:002011-12-01T18:11:51.098-05:00Journal of the Movement of the WorldDid you know you can see all 54 tons of The AIDS Memorial Quilt online? Well, you can. Seems like a good day to take a look. Below, panel numbers 20, 40, 1519, and 5088.
troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-28378702611402748962011-11-29T14:30:00.000-05:002011-11-29T14:30:18.806-05:00The FindOkay. Now we'll go camping.
Designer tents from FieldCandy, as seen over at The Cool Hunter.
troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-22804634159510212882011-11-28T22:02:00.043-05:002011-11-29T11:28:15.214-05:00Music Monday
Elite Gymnastics • o m a m o r i
First off, yes, that is kind of a nast picture. Mmmmm—dude-stubble pressed against glass. But this week's Song of the Week is anti-nast (totally calling that as a new genre). Besides making a habit of passing out on scanner beds, Minneapolis duo, Elite Gymnastics also makes a habit of creating some lovely, beat-driven, blissed out snowy beach music (aka—"troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-49101330070588780382011-11-22T11:01:00.000-05:002011-11-22T11:01:32.200-05:00The Find • The Keep My Fur Republic
It's official—after three votes and two official readings of the ordinance, West Hollywood has sealed the deal and banned the sale of animal fur within city limits, making them the first in the nation to do so. The ban won't go into effect until September of 2013, but we'd just like to take a second to congratulate WeHo—really, people call it that?—and hope that the trend catches on in Cali troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-53353715647500827742011-11-21T21:40:00.046-05:002011-11-22T09:58:37.945-05:00Music Monday
Lissy Trullie • Madeleine
We first heard and wrote about NYC-artist Lissy Trullie way back in 2009. And yeah, I know—remember when 2009 wasn't way back when? Anyway, at the time, signer-singwriter and sometimes-model, Trullie, was said to be working on her debut full-length with famed producer and ex-Suede guitarist, Bernard Butler, at the time, but the imminent release kept getting less andtroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-75261006598764690412011-11-18T18:41:00.000-05:002011-11-18T18:41:14.840-05:00Don't Fuck With Our MoneyNice one from Penguin Prison, and it couldn't have better timing. Peace out, ya'll. troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-86129778480409293142011-11-18T10:37:00.002-05:002011-11-18T10:40:57.141-05:00Why We're Vegan
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo playerThis is why we're vegan. Not because of possible salmonella poisoning, but because keeping animals caged up their entire lives and being robbed of anything natural or kind or humane is an awful, awful thing to support with your dollar. We have zero faith that whomever McDonald's chooses to replace Sparboe Farms will troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-20992486475785948832011-11-17T12:39:00.000-05:002011-11-17T12:39:27.509-05:00Journal of the Movement of the World
Remember back in the good 'ole days when United Colors of Benetton put out ads that were controversially awesome, in a tongue-in-cheek, kinda pretentious way? Seems like those days are back, Reader. Check out their new UNHATE ad campaign, featuring world political leaders full-on making out. From Benetton:
What does UNHATE mean? UN-hate. Stop hating, if you were hating. Unhate is a troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-61099510217226159102011-11-15T22:14:00.035-05:002011-11-16T10:38:16.978-05:00The Find
This week's Find is our second case study on our design site, where we pick a project or topic and go into more detail on our work and the step-by-step of our processes. The new case study delves into logo and brand development, using our work with the Food Empowerment Project to give you an idea of how we work with clients to create effective, unique logos, establish branding for groups that troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-22547593515985753072011-11-14T18:00:00.061-05:002011-11-15T10:35:17.502-05:00Music Monday
Keegan DeWitt • Two Hearts
Since
we first heard the music of the talented Nashville-based artist, Keegan DeWitt,
we’ve written a number of jerky-Blog quips regarding DeWitt’s talent and
the degree to which he makes us feel entirely inept in the realm of creativity.
But, as you may have guessed, this acting out has merely been an effect of the
intense fondness we hold for his driven, totally troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-43478177283271573362011-11-10T15:57:00.000-05:002011-11-10T15:57:51.583-05:00Journal of the Movement of the World
Best ad ever?
Best ad ever.troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-81076010742400500832011-11-10T11:12:00.000-05:002011-11-10T11:12:19.007-05:00Journal of the Movement of the WorldToday's Journal is courtesy of the talented, British-born, Silver-Lake-residing fashion illustrator, Cate Parr. We saw her watercolor illustrations first over at The Cool Hunter and couldn't stop browsing through her collection—beautiful, organic, full of movement, and entirely inviting. High-five, Cate Parr. You can purchase prints over at her Etsy store.
troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-40660086772668953072011-11-08T14:40:00.000-05:002011-11-08T14:40:16.243-05:00The Find • The Spirit BearMaybe you've heard rumblings of late regarding the massive and massively controversial $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline that's been proposed in British Columbia. Maybe you heard about how leading environmentalist, author, and all-around super-nice old dude (seriously—we shared beers together a while back), Bill McKibben, was arrested in September for protesting the pipeline outside the White Housetroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-18522434763178813232011-11-07T22:23:00.054-05:002011-11-08T16:17:21.233-05:00Music Monday
North Highlands • Steady Steady
This week's Song of the Week comes from Brooklyn's own North Highlands. Their sound dances around many lines dividing musical breeds—from retro pop to new psych to good ol' indie rock—but, for me, the thing that engenders a feeling of emotional attachment to them is the early 90's K Records feel. Maybe it's the light, playful guitars or barely there minimal troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-53811097667655530342011-11-01T11:13:00.028-04:002011-11-02T11:35:58.054-04:00The Find—World Vegan DayReader, I have some rough news—we'll be skipping Music Monday this week. I know—GASP! HORROR! No, we've been out of state for some lovely friends' lovely wedding and are just getting back, so you'll have to make due with the sweet tunes of Chad Valley this week. Plus, we gave you like a bazillion bands to listen to the prior week for CMJ. ...plus we're kinda sick of music after about 72 combined troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-62589767194660995912011-10-24T22:35:00.093-04:002011-10-25T14:38:43.925-04:00Music Monday + What We Learned at CMJ
Chad Valley • Shell Suite
Well, Reader, it was a helluva CMJ week. Whereas we didn't get to see everyone we wanted to see, we saw a lot of great music last week. And—you know what?—we learned a few things along the way. Let me tell you what I mean, list-style, brah!
1. We Are Augustines drink whiskey for breakfast. And we firmly stand by the assertion that they're going to be burning up the troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-4576452224945991482011-10-20T17:18:00.000-04:002011-10-20T17:18:17.237-04:00Journal of the Movement of the World
20 Hz from Semiconductor on Vimeo.
I seriously understand this not at all. But I absolutely love it. Especially in full-screen mode with the audio pumped up. From the creator:
20 Hz observes a geo-magnetic storm occurring in the Earth's upper atmosphere. Working with data collected from the CARISMA radio array and interpreted as audio, we hear tweeting and rumbles caused by incoming solar wind, troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-36903801210536212232011-10-20T11:10:00.001-04:002011-10-20T11:13:24.850-04:00Journal of the Movement of the World
Today's Journal is brought to you first by Occupy Design, a project created by San Francisco-based designer, Jake Levitas. As they state, Occupy Design creates "freely available visual tools around a common graphic language to unite the 99%. The project places an emphasis on producing infographics and icons to improve the communication of the movement’s messages and the data surrounding them troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-11928786435331264022011-10-17T21:22:00.451-04:002011-10-20T17:59:15.311-04:00Music Monday—CMJ Dance Card
Reader, as you may well know, the College Music Journal—or CMJ as the cool, acronym-loving kids call it—Music Marathon is upon us. And, being the diligent independent music-lovers that we are, we have our CMJ dance card filled up, as it were. We don't have the wherewithal to go on and on about all of many talented bands playing NYC this week—we'll leave that to the good people at Oh My troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-18438391223943896322011-10-11T15:34:00.001-04:002011-10-11T15:42:57.050-04:00The Find
Okay, we know, reader, we know—how is it possible to have any sort of socially aware, ethically conscious blog and not be posting something relevant to the Occupy movement, which— though it first may have seemed like another loud, confused, disorganized political version of Lollapalooza—now looks to be something a good bit more significant than I think any of us thought it would be. True, hard troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-340082626348173272011-10-10T18:29:00.002-04:002011-10-10T18:38:22.101-04:00Music Monday
Phantogram • Don't Move
There are some weeks where we honestly get to Monday and we're like, "Meh. Guess we've gotta post some music." Just because we're not feeling any of the new stuff we've been hearing lately, or we're just overworked with the non-blog, paying stuff, or we've just got a serious case of the Mondays. And, whereas, yes, those latter two are kinda true today (Seriously? No troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-72799880565737310892011-10-03T16:49:00.000-04:002011-10-03T16:49:21.633-04:00Music Monday
Florence + the Machine • Shake It Out
Ah. You know what? It's really comforting to see that, after all the success won and accolades attributed to her, all very much due her, Florence Welch—AKA, Florence + the Machine—has not gotten lazy. She still delivers beautiful, soaring, dynamic, dramatic pop that's really, really hard not to like. And to top it all off, by all accounts, she appears totroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-89835187641757399032011-09-26T17:40:00.061-04:002011-09-27T14:38:06.811-04:00Music Monday
Keegan DeWitt • Colour
Keegan DeWitt is a dick. I'm sorry, but he is. Not because the guy stole my sandwich or was talking smack about me on the internet (ahem). No, Keegan DeWitt is a dick in the same way that, say, Ghandi was a dick. He's one of those guys who just makes you feel intensely bad about your life. Like you don't do nearly enough with your days on this fine earth, and the troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-33518694888954313912011-09-23T13:59:00.000-04:002011-09-23T13:59:51.352-04:00The Find—Friday EditionNew York bikers should absolutely love this video, created by Casey Neistat of HBO's Neistat Brothers. Passed on by our friend, talented photographer, and avid biker, David Goldman.
troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-1652148986496338222011-09-22T15:44:00.000-04:002011-09-23T15:44:13.872-04:00Journal of the Movement of the Worldtroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-47587633076852541262011-09-19T14:58:00.053-04:002011-09-20T15:28:13.255-04:00Music Monday
Gardens + Villa • Black Hills
I wouldn't call myself a huge fan of the whole dreamy beach pop that's sprung up in the indie world over the past few years. Don't get me wrong—most of it's far from offensive. In fact, most of it could use a bit of an edge; something you can grab on to; a hook to reel you in or a bright spark that would set it all apart from...well, all the other dreamy beach pop troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-48498936313077253992011-09-15T14:54:00.001-04:002011-09-15T14:55:21.223-04:00Journal of the Movement of the Worldtroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-79053927201077958212011-09-13T14:36:00.000-04:002011-09-13T14:36:13.028-04:00The Bronze AgeEight years today. Love you, Katie.
♥ Troytroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-76718431531960090082011-09-12T22:27:00.114-04:002011-09-13T12:12:58.638-04:00Music Monday + GROUPLOVE Interview
GROUPLOVE • Tongue Tied
Okay, Reader, we're back—well-rested, well-read, and well-tanned. Seriously, we're like bronzed gods over here or something. You gotta see us.
But enough about us—we're excited to return to you, our fine audience, with an interview and music from a new band we're really into—LA's GROUPLOVE, a band we're 100% sure is going to be super-successful. Take a listen troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-83278031889923567252011-08-31T18:00:00.000-04:002011-09-12T15:48:58.012-04:00From the Nest—Vegan Caprese Salad
Perhaps the easiest of the salads to make, the Caprese is the perfect salad for showcasing summer's hottest produce: the TOMATO! Yellow, Orange, Beefsteak, Green Zebra, Heirlooms ... the tomato is all about flaunting its shape, style and color. Who are we to argue?
Caprese Salad What you need:
• 2 Tomatoes, sliced 1/4 inch thick – Go crazy! Try a new variety of tomato!
• 7oz of Extra Firm katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12090093590678581988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-61359387239631608542011-08-31T12:20:00.002-04:002011-09-12T15:49:46.434-04:00From the Nest—Chickpea Picnic Salad
Here's the issue I have with pita pockets: they refuse to do their job. They break. They tear. They get soggy. They won't hold their filling. Maybe they prefer to fly solo. Perhaps they prefer to be used as a dipping vehicle. Or maybe, just maybe, they are waiting for the perfect filling to come their way.
Enter, stage left, the Chickpea Picnic Salad.
True, true—picnic season may be rapidly katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12090093590678581988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-65682173133705142772011-08-30T16:12:00.000-04:002011-09-12T15:52:35.321-04:00The Find—New Design Tools
Our second Find of the day (remember, we're doubling down, Reader) are two very different design tools, one free, one...very un-free.
We just heard about the un-free one from our friends at Yellow Owl Workshop and it WILL NOT STOP BLOWING OUR MINDS. It's a new digital sketch pen from Wacom called the Inkling, and it allows you to sketch on paper—like we're all so used to doing—and capture troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-72005948661744245262011-08-30T12:09:00.000-04:002011-09-12T15:58:50.719-04:00The Find—Rose Pedals Vegan Weddings
There are tons of reasons for us, as New Yorkers, to be proud of the city and state in which we live. When you look at city and state as an extension of yourself—in the larger sense—it's truly important what decisions your community is making. It's a pretty basic thought and a common reason given for the importance of representation at the governmental and political level for every citizen.
troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-81159735155306308322011-08-29T08:22:00.205-04:002011-09-12T16:01:16.517-04:00Music Monday
Mates of State • Palomino
Reader, it has been a rough fuckin' week. Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, VOLCANOS...
If you're anything like us, you need a break. And, long being students of the 'Practice What You Blog' school of thought, we are indeed taking a break. A little later in the week, we'll be cruising out of town, late summer beats pouring out of rental car speakers as thetroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-28570358000667973412011-08-26T11:50:00.002-04:002011-09-12T16:23:41.999-04:00Disaster-ific!
VOLCANO ERUPTS IN SOUTH BROOKLYN
BLOOMBERG URGES POST-EARTHQUAKE, PRE-HURRICANE CITY TO BRACE FOR POSSIBLE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS, "OTHER HEAVY BIBLE SHIT"
We thought we'd take a stab at the whole Onion headline there. I know, I know—keep our day jobs. We will. But for real, Reader! An earthquake AND a hurricane in NYC in one week? We rarely embrace cursing, but what the F? Seriously. What. The. F.troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-77729174431436315092011-08-24T12:01:00.000-04:002011-09-12T16:26:41.897-04:00Songs to Rock the Earth
I Break Horses • Winter Beats
Reader, let us tell you something—We were right in the middle of posting on our Band of the Week yesterday when, wouldn't you know it, an earthquake struck the east coast. Now, you west-coasters have been enjoying a guffaw or two at our expense here on the east coast, but for real, guys. It was pretty crazy. I mean, we personally did not feel a thing, troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-13622544604785096282011-08-18T14:53:00.001-04:002011-09-12T16:29:27.002-04:00Journal of the Movement of the World
It's a pretty universal sentiment that some of the coolest toys are the simplest. The simplest of the simple and coolest of the cool have to be wooden building blocks. I can't remember what I did last weekend (no, seriously—why is my head bandaged up and where did this monkey come from?), but I honestly have fond, fond memories of playing for hours as a wee lad with those oh-so-common wooden troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-71951562816627545522011-08-17T11:28:00.001-04:002011-09-12T16:31:59.067-04:00From the NestWhen we first moved to New York, what seems like ages ago now, we were introduced to the term, "bodega." If you don't live in New York or a largely Spanish-speaking area of the world, you've likely never heard the term. Translating literally to "cellar," in New York City, it's a pretty much universal term for a neighborhood convenience store. For some reason.
Alright, Reader, so you've got that troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-13113043999501182892011-08-16T15:55:00.001-04:002011-09-12T16:55:53.770-04:00Better Late Than Never Music Monday
Class Actress • Keep You
Yesterday we posted a new song by Brooklyn songstress, Class Actress, AKA - Elizabeth Harper. We actually saw Elizabeth play way back when she just went by her name and played nice, catchy folksy inspired acoustic pop music. Stuff your parents would like. It was good. But this is better.
Harper's taken that same simple, melodic, hook-chockablock writing and troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-56436491922215461562011-08-12T15:52:00.000-04:002011-09-12T16:35:24.275-04:00Friday Cover Up
Katie and I were lucky enough to catch Ra Ra Riot's show and pirate picnic in the general vicinity of Bon Iver's show in the past couple weeks, both part of the now concluded 2011 season of Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park. I know, right? Summer's FLYIN' by. But, to the point of the post, at both performances, we heard some crazy-interesting cover songs. Which leads us to today's Friday troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-82098987732548267552011-08-11T16:56:00.000-04:002011-09-12T16:41:54.458-04:00Pin-Up Pandas
Reader, last month, sadly, we could not bestow you with your regular dose of Pin-Up Pandas. Honestly, it was for your own good—that shit was depraved. I don't know what WWF was thinking that month, but there was just some messed up stuff going on in those photos that we could not, in good conscience, share with you, our valued Reader. August is a TOTALLY different story though. Cute baby pandastroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-9042527188943415562011-08-11T14:24:00.000-04:002011-09-12T16:42:37.319-04:00Journal of the Movement of the World
File under things to do in New York before the summer ends—visit the Grace Institute at 96th + 2nd Avenue to see Visions: The Personal Images of Contemporary Illustrators. The show opens tonight with a reception from 530 to 8PM and features artist, Marion Bolognesi—who we wrote about last December—among others. Can't wait to see more of Marion's work in-person.
troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-88309033798277964962011-08-09T15:16:00.002-04:002011-09-12T16:53:31.207-04:00The FindThis week's Find is brought to you by the fine people at Refinery 29 and freelance writer, Alison Baitz, who penned a piece for R29 on eight new print zines that are worth flipping through. Not only are we excited to see a nice 'Print's Not Dead' piece, but Baitz has captured some very noteworthy publications in her write-up. Our fave—Kinfolk, a beautifully laid out magazine from "a growing troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-32439455746967267512011-08-08T17:31:00.002-04:002011-08-09T11:11:34.413-04:00Music Monday
GOBBLE GOBBLE • Lawn Knives
I remember way back in the early nineties, sitting down in homeroom in my rural Virginia high school and being introduced to "techno music" by one of the many stalwart correspondents of our morning Channel One program. It may have even been Lisa Ling, for all I can recall. Point being, though I was fairly familiar with the semi-electronic and keyboard-driven music troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-11796205336668692282011-08-03T15:46:00.003-04:002011-09-12T17:01:00.678-04:00From the Nest—Interview with Allison's GourmetReader, we work with a TON of amazing, amazing clients at our design studio, many of whom are doing some really, really great things in the world. This is no secret—besides talking about what we're having for lunch and what band we're listening to of late, we feel like that's our primary broken-record issue. But you know what, Reader? We're totally proud of whom we work with. That's right! WHOM!
troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-23614192900227417842011-08-02T22:57:00.003-04:002011-09-12T17:01:46.427-04:00The Find • ...er, US!Our big find this week is...um...US! I know, I know, modest, right?
No, more specifically, the Find is our new site, which we've been working on for what feels like years. We've been testing it out for a few weeks now, so, if you've visited recently, you might not be that impressed. But we do encourage you poke around, check out our new portfolio, which features much more of our branding work, troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-86003695180906233112011-08-02T10:28:00.002-04:002011-09-12T17:02:58.439-04:00The Find • Money
This new video by M Blash for "Money" by Brooklyn's The Drums is pretty tight and a lovely accompaniment to a perfectly poppy song. With a creepy dark side. Plus it shows some mad Brooklyn Heights love. And gun-love, strangely enough. They play Lollapalooza (FYI - that straight-up did not cue my spell-check...) next week and start in on a European tour next month before hitting various awesome troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-10503534936571234312011-08-01T17:46:00.002-04:002011-09-12T17:03:44.847-04:00Music Monday
matt pond PA • Love to Get Used
Anyone who knows us knows we're crazy for matt pond PA. We interviewed Mr. Pond himself last year when their most recent full-length was released and have been fans way back and the whens. So we were understandably psyched when we saw he was releasing an EP of new material. Giving the whole thing a listen, we can't say we're disappointed—it's catchy, simply troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-70551026281713264572011-08-01T15:35:00.004-04:002011-08-01T16:10:52.708-04:00Get Yo Style On—Interview with In God We Trust's Shana TaborNew York City has long and rightfully been known for its strong independent spirit and its vibrant fashion scene. So it makes sense that the indie fashion scene has always been impressively strong here. Soon after we first moved to NYC, one such rising star among the scene, Shana Tabor, caught our eye with her store, In God We Trust, and all its beautiful, quirky, timeless designs. Years later, troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-47434934217158822632011-07-28T16:28:00.001-04:002011-09-12T17:04:35.864-04:00Journal of the Movement of the World
Okay, this is nuts. Nuts in the sense that it's being mixed live and is AWESOME. Madeon is, best I can tell, a 17-year-old kid from France who can MIX a fuckin' song. We heard about him in our turntable.fm room today (New Preferred + Unheard) and had to share. Start up this video and start up the dancing. According to his posting, this is 39 songs (listed below) mashed together live in glorious troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-66727507097114325902011-07-26T12:46:00.002-04:002011-09-12T17:05:41.654-04:00The FindAnyone who knows Katie and me in the real-life world...or even the Facebooks world, knows we totally flipped out when the AMAZING Miami-based creatives Friends with You teamed up with AOL to install Rainbow City at the top of the second phase of the High Line. For anyone who was unlucky enough to miss it, it was essentially like stepping into a real-world, old-school Nintendo game. Namely Super troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-17211125969474002742011-07-25T15:41:00.011-04:002011-09-12T17:09:21.379-04:00Music Monday
The Ladybug Transistor • Clutching Stems
Last week, in interview with singer-songwriter, Meredith Bragg—a friend since college—it occurred to us, as it often does, how lucky we are to have so many talented, creative friends. Not to sound like a broken record, but the same realization has crept up on us this week as we take some time to talk with friends and musicians, Gary Olson and Julia troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-88514710799669989172011-07-21T17:24:00.001-04:002011-09-12T17:12:14.983-04:00Journal of the Movement of the WorldWe were lucky enough to get out of town for a little bit last week and visit some good friends who were staying up in Woodstock. Along the way, we stopped by to visit our other friends, Jenny + Doug, who run the wonderful Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, a picturesque sanctuary nestled in the Catskills that provides shelter to cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, sheep, and goats who have been troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-49831330790983897392011-07-18T18:56:00.039-04:002011-07-20T10:28:16.557-04:00Music Monday
Meredith Bragg • Birds of North America
Okay, first off, Reader, full disclosure—I've known this week's featured artist for going on 17 years. Which, A) means we're both old as crap, and; B) means I'm totally biased. That said, this guy's the best ever, as is his music.
Meredith Bragg and I first toyed with the idea of starting a band in the lounges of our respective freshman year dorms—one oftroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-46621471645319965922011-07-15T14:15:00.004-04:002011-09-12T17:16:06.559-04:00As the Crow FliesThis Friday brings us an eclectic mix of shout-outs, and happenings. First...us.
In Interview
We're not necessarily the types to toot our own horn much...we're not even the types to type the word "toot" unless it's part of a CLASSIC joke, but we were lucky enough to sit down recently with Amy Schroeder. Amy is the famed founder of one of our all-time favorite magazines, Venus, and she's now gone troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-89401514406675766042011-07-11T17:31:00.003-04:002011-09-12T17:17:18.560-04:00Music Monday
Wild Flag • Future Crimes
You know how every band you ever liked in college has gotten back together in the past few years to play crazy over-priced shows and make you kind of feel bad for how old they are and—worse—how old you are? I know, right?
What if, instead of doing that, a bunch of your favorite musicians from your favorite bands started a NEW band that played NEW music? Like that troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-87642178379173323332011-07-07T14:00:00.003-04:002011-09-12T17:17:52.283-04:00Journal of the Movement of the WorldToday's Journal of the Movement of the World is an object study of my grandfather's old pocketknife. I've had it for as long as he's been gone, and it's warm, worn edges and weathered steel remind me of him. The older I get, the more keepsakes like this seem to mean to me, especially when they bring back such welcome memories of a man I loved so much—cutting up and handing me slices of Granny troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-20759564277139784182011-07-06T14:07:00.002-04:002012-01-13T09:59:32.870-05:00From the NestBeing from the south originally, there are a number of things I miss, now that I live in the home of the Yankees. There’s the random, and, now, sometimes unsettling friendliness of strangers (we got seriously FREAKED OUT one time in the mid-west when a stranger passed by us and suddenly, unprovoked, said 'hello'); there’s the easy calm of the south and the seemingly supernatural slowing down of troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-28100355909980288902011-07-05T14:32:00.003-04:002011-09-12T17:19:46.592-04:00Music Monday
We Are Augustines • Book of James
Okay, okay, okay. We know, Reader—It's not Monday. But we here at Kindness of Ravens are hella patriotic, and we simply could not bring ourselves to soil the reputation of our fine nation by stooping to such a thing as blogging on the 4th of July. Come that day, if you find us blogging...the terrorists really have won. Are bloggers allowed to write 'terrorist' troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-90943480013733336162011-06-30T14:38:00.005-04:002011-09-12T17:22:57.863-04:00Journal of the Movement of the Worldtroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-36387450613257718262011-06-28T14:43:00.001-04:002011-09-12T17:24:25.047-04:00We ♥ NYWe're super-proud of New York for passing the Marriage Equality Act. Being design nerds, we show that with...design. Der.
Congrats to New York—we all got a bit more free this weekend, gay or straight. And congrats to all of our gay friends. NOW GET GOIN'! We want some super-awesome weddings to go to, stat!!!
troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-55957910504127529312011-06-27T17:01:00.005-04:002011-09-12T17:25:22.773-04:00Music Monday
Björk • CrystalineHoly shit, Reader. We're kinda reeling of late, recovering from our minds continually being blown and then reassembled in new and exciting ways, over the weekend by a ton of DIY BA conference awesomeness—more on that later—and now by the queen of the weirdly beautiful, Björk. Sit back and enjoy this amazing, so-far-from-disapointing new track from her forthcoming studio albumtroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-38845589004795244102011-06-24T16:10:00.001-04:002011-09-12T17:26:15.385-04:00Pin-Up PandasPin-Up Pandas wanted to wait for summer-proppa to arrive before saying hello this month. Mmmm. Burrito.
troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-79405942427132168312011-06-24T16:05:00.000-04:002011-06-24T16:05:54.871-04:00Journal of the Movement of the WorldVia this TRIPPED out tumblr.troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-68202232025901273842011-06-20T16:50:00.001-04:002011-09-12T17:27:55.745-04:00Music Monday
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs • TroubleReader, we need to be entirely up-front with you—we're dragging today. We're not 100% why— we got a decent amount of sleep this weekend, we ate all our veggies, and we even got out of town for a quick jaunt upstate a bit, but we are not your usual happy-go-lucky, we've-got-the-world-in-the-palm-of-our-hands selves.
Our only hypothesis is that we troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-15423595317949194842011-06-16T13:30:00.001-04:002011-09-12T17:28:30.496-04:00Journal of the Movement of the Worldtroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-10311304579363864812011-06-15T14:38:00.001-04:002011-09-12T17:29:17.136-04:00From the NestCheck it, reader! We designed a salad! Again!
We did this once last summer and now we're doing it again.
Then, as now, drew inspiration from Lauren Willhite of Color Collective + Design Sponge, who creates palettes as resources for designers, pulling from photographs of various fashion designers and artists. We're doing the same sort of thing....with our lunch.
This salad's honestly pretty troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-88434480658777090032011-06-14T11:10:00.001-04:002011-09-12T17:30:02.541-04:00Music Monday
BOBBY • Sore SporesReader, though we gave you fair warning with our last post that we'd be taking a little time away from the blog to attend to things like demanding work schedules and even more demanding party planning schedules (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KATIE!!!), we nonetheless have been plagued by persistent pangs of guilt for shunning our committed, silent, potentially fictional audience.
So we troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-82136057756388561312011-05-31T16:04:00.003-04:002011-09-12T17:30:52.910-04:00Music Monday
Des Ark • Ashley's Song
I seriously have not been able to stop listening to this week's Song of the Week. "Ashley's Song," from the superbly titled album, Don't Rock the Boat, Sink the Fucker, starts out with a whisper and quickly pulls you into what somehow feels like a guitar-heavy, spastically rollickingly rhythmic boat ride across the Rocklantic. Yes. Exactly that.
The song comes from thetroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-68086223012028048742011-05-26T16:11:00.003-04:002011-09-12T17:30:34.662-04:00Journal of the Movement of the Worldtroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-43317745347661807812011-05-23T17:04:00.001-04:002011-09-12T17:31:20.263-04:00Music Monday
Computer Magic • The End of Time
I was introduced to someone over the weekend who, it turned out, was a musician. We started off in the usual manner—"What do you play?" "Do you play out much?" "Do you have anything recorded?"—and we eventually came to the part where I ask about the name of the musical entity so that I might follow up at a later point to hear some sweet, sweet tunes. Turns out,troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-60363359939508160622011-05-20T17:13:00.003-04:002012-02-14T11:43:04.184-05:00Emo is the New EmoWith the world set to come to an end tomorrow, what better time to look back and reminisce.
Confession: I used to be in a severely emo band. What do I mean by severely emo? I mean the whole nine yards, my friend—screamy singing, bleeding from playing your guitar too awesomely hard (read: incorrectly), lyrics that almost exclusively revolved around being romantically upset, songs named after troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-27783198680981721322011-05-18T12:37:00.002-04:002011-09-12T17:32:52.433-04:00The Find—The National Stationary ShowA few years back, we partnered with a lovely letterpress down in Carlisle, PA, Thomas-Printers, to create custom-designed wedding invite templates. The idea is to provide high-quality letterpress printing, immersed in the tradition of hand-crafted elegance, at a price point that's open to a wide audience. So, Thomas-Printers partners with designers—like us—to create brand new wedding invitation troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-71599534023412565942011-05-17T13:21:00.005-04:002011-09-12T17:33:54.070-04:00Music Monday—Maritime Interview
Maritime • Air Arizona
The Promise Ring is easily one of our mutual favorite bands ever. They broke into the indie music scene in the mid-nineties and arguably provided the most visible face and swiftest legs to the burgeoning mid-west emo scene, of which we were admittedly huge fans. The band eventually broke up, as all eventually do (HEAR ME, MICK JAGGER?), but not before influencing the troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-50186305418856118592011-05-10T13:51:00.001-04:002011-09-12T17:34:36.307-04:00The Find—Farm Sanctuary's 25th Anniversary GalaToday's Find—The 25th Anniversary Gala of Farm Sanctuary, one of the finest non-profits in existence.
We've worked with Farm Sanctuary since they hired us in 2006 to redesign their original logo and re-brand the group from top to bottom. And we're lucky enough to still be working with them today.
For anyone who doesn't already know, Farm Sanctuary started out in 1986 (thus the math) as very troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-85176488292049228622011-05-09T13:43:00.002-04:002011-09-12T17:35:39.710-04:00Music Monday
Pearl and the Beard • Sweetness
A long time ago, a friend of mine who worked at a pre-school daycare center had the seemingly fun, pure-of-heart idea to have his band play a show for the kids. He asked the kids if they were into it, and, being kids, they were psyched. So he and his bandmates got the go-ahead from the higher-ups and, when the day came for the mini-gig for the minis...it was a troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-622633454990333113.post-19972446154801361422011-05-06T16:07:00.005-04:002011-05-06T16:40:28.335-04:00Friday Fave Fruh FerOn our way out the door, but we wanted to pass on our weekend mini-playlist—the five songs we can't stop listening to lately.
The Dogs • Dance More
Heard about these guys via Oh My Rockness Radio, which is great in and of itself. And this song indeed amkes us want to dance more. Well-titled! Here is they.
Walk the Moon • The Liftaway
Band from Cincinnati (I know, right?) that has a troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16405951943976973165noreply@blogger.com0