holding steady.™

it’s been a long night.

and i’m finally going to sleep, after finally finishing tron, & blogging a bunch of stuff that’s been sitting in the starred folder of google reader/my downloads folder. time to reboot my poor, tired, 12-days running computer. note: i’m still not finished packing.

also, i think my itunes library is in open revolt. it played a song by paramore, which naturally meant i had to listen to the entire riot album. twice. say what you will about pop music, but those kids make catchy tunes.

anyways, before i shut it down for the (morning?), i thought i’d share one last thing. i saw this picture on wejetset a couple of months ago, but i’ve been waiting for a reason to reference it. tonight, i started truly jamming to a remix (by junior boys) of billie holiday singing “yesterday“, and it made me…take it easy. there’s something about these boys waiting on a train platform that really exudes an air of calm. i need this to be more a part of my life. night.

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on the issue of mind-altering substances

i mean, if you’re into that type of thing, you’ll appreciate this.

try listening to a combination of any/all astral matrix songs ever recorded, grizzly bear’s “veckatimest,” & a pick-your-own selection of radiohead’s greatest songs, while the iTunes 8 visualizer runs in the background.

the visualizer is originally based off of (or is the next version of) an older third-party iTunes visualizer named magnetosphere by a company called barbarian group. i first appreciated their new work when i finally updated to iTunes 8 in decemeber, and liked it so very much that i sent them an email to thank them.

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in any event, do what i say. (astral matrix + “veckatimest” + radiohead) x magnetosphere 2.0 x m.a.s. > awesome.

UPDATE: i found a link to the original magnetosphere visualizer.