Battle of the Sites
On CommandShift3, you are presented with the screenshots of two websites side by side. If you click the screenshot of the site you think looks best, the page reloads and you start all over again. It never ends.
John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
A four-part suite that placed John Coltrane in God’s divine power. His relentless-driving force and building choruses could chase the devil away. His astonishing virtuosity is in his reading of his own poem on “Psalm.” The words just came out of his horn.
CSS Unworking Group
Andy Clarke’s open letter to W3C:
I am asking for immediate action to be taken on the formulation of a replacement CSS Working Group that will include new members who are not the representatives of browser vendors. Instead the new CSS Working Group should consist of people, including some who already serve on the group, who are committed to seeing the development of CSS3 succeed because that is central to the success of our profession. This new group need not start from scratch, but should instead build upon the significant advances and hard work of the current CSS Working Group.
Scarface Type
Jaw-dropping typographic Scarface posters from L.A. Pop Art.
The Heat is On
Jill Scott and George Benson bring the “Summertime” heat to this cold-ass winter storm. Love the scats. Thanks Thu Hoai!
What a Headline
Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
Like wine, Miles Davis’s ageless Kind of Blue gets better with time. With his all-star players including saxophonist John Coltrane and pianist Bill Evans, Davis’s experimentation of modal scale changed the sound of jazz. He not only proved that less is more, but also that slow is not boring. Newcomers who want a piece of jazz, just hand them this joint.
Dan Truong – Thap Nhi My Nhan
Nowadays male pop singers try to outdo each other by the number of chicks they can get on their album. Even Dan Truong got his pimp on. His new duet album featured a line up of twelve female vocalists ranging from the young My Tam to the old Huong Lan.
Like his baby face, his baby voice, unfortunately, only makes the ladies more superior. I can’t tell if Ho Ngoc Ha’s timbre has gotten raspier or it seems that way next to him. She makes him sound like a bitch, but at least she gives him some room to breathe on Lam Phuong’s “Co Ua.” On Le Minh Son’s “Anh Can Em,” Thanh Lam just sucks up everything out of him. Like a drill sergeant, Thanh Lam shows no sympathy toward the spineless, pretty boy. Her powerful delivery suggests: Can’t keep up with me? Fuck you. Pay me.
It turns out Dan Truong is the one got pimped. The ladies crushed him on his own album. How mess up is that? And this is only the duet disc of the album. I don’t even have the temerity to come near the solo disc.
The Voice
NPR profiles Frank Sinatra:
Frank Sinatra’s vocal instrument left a permanent mark on 20th-century America. His versions of the country’s popular songs set a definitive standard for singers and instrumentalists alike.
Listen to the program here.