photographs

Maybe I'll start posting new, interesting content when I get un-sick and I makeup my work before break. Ah, you don't care. I'm just some guy who gives you sample songs in lossless. New reviews tomorrow (fingers crossed; not trying to troll your hopes).

Download "The Smallest Weird Number" by Boards Of Canada (Mediafire, ALAC)

Wow, great pick to kick off the Christmas season, Alex. A song called "Love Less"? Class. Real classy. Why not upload some MBV's seminal album of the same name, huh? That's 'Christmasy.' And that picture, what's that? Some avant-garde feminist thing? Screw that, you don't even have pictures of snowmen or anything, do you?

Sometimes it's a hassle to post things here. I look at people's Tumblrs and I'm like, "Wow, that's it?" or "What, you made 800 posts this month alone?" I need to format this shit like its 1998. Hell, I'm so far in the blogging past I might as well drag out my old CueCat.
Download "Love Less" by New Order (Megaupload, V0 Mp3)

P.S. In this post: foreshadowing.

Obligatory Thanksgiving post. Listen to some British music. Off to Best Buy in four-and-a-half-hours with two friends. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. Reviews will be back soon.

Download "Vanishing Point" by New Order (Wikisend, V0 Mp3) (Link expired)

I'm on a total Boards Of Canada kick lately. I've been re-buying the albums I own on Mp3 mainly so I can listen to the BEST BAND EVAR in the highest quality when I get my new headphones for Christmas.

Yeah, I need a life.
Download "Open the Light"

Something nice for Veterans Day.
Download "Dawn Chorus" by Boards Of Canada (Link expired)

P.S. Cheers for a year or so of Squid Can not-sucking--the first 'good' post in months also happened to be the first mixtape.

Go to bed.

Download"Swinging in the Park at Night" by Lullatone (Wikisend) (Link expired)

Old pic. Washington, DC, May 2008. Taken from a hotel window.

Download "Statue of Liberty" by Boards Of Canada

I think I should make this into a series--a photograph, a witless quip, and a piece of jive-ass music. Also, pic is sorta not related, but whatever. It's vintage, and the song is vintage. Eh. I'm not so good in logic.

Download: "My Buddy" by Doris Day (via Filedropper)

Some classic Aphex Twin for those quiet moments.
Download "Blue Calx" (Mediafire)
(Photo by me)

So, here are some of the interesting images I've found and taken in the past few days. The first image I took in July or so; it was for an unused feature here on Squid Can. The second image is a crossword from the Kid Cuisine I had the other night (visit its Flickr page and note the mega-wry commentary). The fourth picture is from a piece of paper I saved from the scrap pile at the library where I volunteer. The fifth and six images I took yesterday; they remind me of I Spy sort of. The last image is the new photo on the author page!

Well, here is the first installment of 'Scraps' (referred to as 'Portfolio' in a few posts prior), one of the new categories to arrive at Squid Can (whoo, big deal). Three images taken from magazines and comic books; the other two are photos I took. I remember reading a looong time ago on a forum something along the lines of: "Oh, I could just look at random pictures all day!" This series in that spirit. So, enjoy the scraps.

Click on the photo to visit its page at Flickr.
July 10, 2009. Nikon D40. Taken in a small herb garden at my little cousin's school.

Fourth of July is always a great opportunity for photographers. Last year, I took well over 600 shots on the Fourth. This year, the results weren't as hefty, but I still managed to take a few decent shots (images 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 42, and 46 are my favorites). These are shots from parties, the parade, the carnival, on the street; some with people I know, some with people I, well, don't know. Well, enjoy the photos. Just click on the first thumbnail to get started, and then use the arrow keys to move around (or rollover the image for clickable arrows). Also, pressing 'Esc' will close the slideshow. But I'm sure you knew that already.

P.S. I'm switching all my photos over to Flickr. I know it won't get me as many views as Zooomr, but 1) I can make snazzy galleries like this easier with Flickr, 2) I just bought a Pro account, and 3) Zooomr is balls.

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CAN YOU BELIEVE HE'S DEAD???

CAN YOU BELIEVE that this is selling for $8,000? (Bjork will buy it.)

Large version
Oh, and just some trolling in the garden

But oh, what a cruel world. No Jacko. No Billy Mays. No Farrah Fawcett. No Ed McMahon. WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?

Some Angelo Badalamenti to ail our aching hearts, folks.

Download "Barbershop" (via Drop.io)

Not entirely pleased with the photo, but I think I do like this bump a bit more than the previous two.

Music: "Animal Chin" by Jaga Jazzist on the album A Livingroom Hush

The image in this bump is from the same photo session as this photo.

Music: "Balloon in the Cage" by Susumu Yokota on the album Grinning Cat

I took this image sometime in May. Figured it needed music for it to have an effect.

Music: "Lapus Lazuli" by Susumu Yokota on the album Grinning Cat