via The New York Times

Interesting article about taking trains cross-country. Personally I've only taken the train from Ann Arbor to Chicago (and back) a few times...as well as some train rides I don't remember from my early childhood in foreign lands. But it would be great to take some time off and make my way from California back home or even farther East one day...this article only inspires such an adventure.

television music

Last week's episode of CSI was an interesting and unique taking on storytelling...and a pretty good one. As the episode came to a close a song came on that definitely piqued the interest of my ears and after about 3 seconds I realized it was likely a Taylor Swift song...as she starred in the episode. I also figured there was a good chance it was a remix of one of her songs as it had a definite tone and styling that I wouldn't expect from her...turns out I was right but more importantly u can listen to the song on the video above and if u want to buy it, hit up iTunes. [I'm ashamed to be spreading the word about iTunes but I haven't seen the song on Amazon and am not about to tell u to go download it "illegally" off a file-sharing network. Enjoy!

past time

via uncrate

If you're looking for a unique watch, one most others won't have but aren't really ready to drop 4 or 5 figures on said timepiece, vintage watches are a great look and option. Still a little on the pricey side but you can easily acquire a great accessory for your wrist that is anything but ubiquitous. uncrate ppted for a sweet old school Citizen chrono but I'm personally more of a fan of the above Forstis Spaceman audacieuse. To acquire either of these pieces u'll need to go thru the eBay and looks like the pieces come from Thailand...but uncrate claims to have no problem with the piece they ordered.

Farewell to the King

via Yahoo! News

The King of Pop has decided it's time to say goodbye. A farewell set of concerts in London at the 02 Arena. He announced that the shows will be his final shows and that he'll perform the songs his fans want to hear. As crazy as he's gotten over the years, he's still the greatest and no one has reached his level since his peak. It'll be interesting to see what the King has left...

3.6.09 update: maybe the farewell already took place?

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shoe art

via hypebeast

digital artworks by french artiste Phoks of "NighKees." pretty sweet collection of fully digital pieces that come close to being simple advertisements...they should be advertisements in my opinion and Nike should be so lucky. Checkout Phoks' website for more shoes and other pieces.

male nudes

via Hot Clicks

Why should women be the only ones to nude up? Hahaha. Full blurb here.

the future of music

via ars technica

Interesting article documenting the origins of music-oriented video games*...and showing how we got to the great enjoyable fun of games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero. PaRappa the Rapper was one of the all time great games in my opinion: "You Gotta Believe!!!" I'm tempted to bust out the game right now and play it again. Intuitive, ingenious, innovative...great beats, animation, and fun. It's cool to see how far we've come.


*One line of games I think the article overlooks is the Bust A Groove series. Similar to Parappa but focused on dancing...if you combine Bust A Groove and Parappa...in many ways u take a step towards the DDR series.