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Timetube is genious

By Jason Moriber • May 13th, 2008

Timetube is genious.



Descendents: Late 80’s Cali-Power-Punk…

By Jason Moriber • May 6th, 2008

Continuing my 80s HC-punk, post-punk walk down memory lane I give you, from southern California, the Descendents…



Fugazi: 1988

By Jason Moriber • May 2nd, 2008

Fugazi was the social-music revolution in the late 80’s. They wanted to end the violence in the hard-core scene and bring thought to the music. Fugazi had more real influence on the ongoing life of “alternative” music than Nirvana ever will.
 



Life is right here, a video by Charlene Rule

By Jason Moriber • Apr 25th, 2008

Visit Charlene Rule’s website to see more of her work.



Some truth hurts, can set you free

By Jason Moriber • Apr 24th, 2008

In tandem with our interview of Editorial Photographer Brian Smale we’re posting these two striking editorial pieces, the first two episodes from The Raw File, a project initiated and captured by Brenda Ann Kenneally and produced by Laura Lo Forti. Fundamentally we are fans of audio slide shows, we find them a great vehicle [...]



Brian Smale: Photographer

By Jason Moriber • Apr 23rd, 2008

I’ve never met Brian Smale in person. We’ve corresponded on and off over the last few years via email and on the phone, speaking mostly about the organization he’s affiliated with Editorial Photographers. He’s always been frank about the state of the image-market, and seemingly always on the road to a new gig. His answers [...]



Richard Solomon and 305 East 50th St.

By Jason Moriber • Mar 20th, 2008

Our best wishes go out to our friend Richard Solomon and his excellent posse, who thankfully, and although their office is now in rumbles, are all well and OK. Many of you might have heard about the crane that toppled in NYC last weekend, but typically we’re more than an immediate degree removed from the [...]



Why not businesses too?

By Jason Moriber • Mar 19th, 2008

I admire David Leonhardt’s economic piece today Can’t Grasp Credit Crisis, but can’t help feel that he wanted to expand, maybe even rant (or was it I that wanted to rant?), on one line in there…
SNIP: This is called a bailout, and there is no doubt that giving a handout to Wall Street lenders or [...]



Flex-Fuel Vehicles as a business survival guide

By Jason Moriber • Mar 18th, 2008

This morning on the NPR show Marketplace Gal Luft, a flex-fuel advocate, discussed the US’s dependence on an unstable fuel supply (oil) and the great deal of domestic resources we can utilize to create alternative fuels (alcohol based for one), for our automobiles. He notes that for a very small cost of $100/car produced we [...]



Trend Mapping: The Two Year Cycle

By Jason Moriber • Mar 12th, 2008

I spotted an illustration of this undertone trend within the NYTimes article on the DUMBO (Brooklyn, NYC) neighborhood developer/owner Two Trees. it might be a little bit of a reach, but it’s still worth noting.
Reading between the lines, the article plants a flag, marking an interesting trend, the two-year cycle as a structure to plan, [...]