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self portrait.

'and their refinement of the decline' from stars of the lid is my fav ambient record of all time...

a must have!!

nadja is also worth a checkout.

very dark, some records are more ambient, some are more drone and noisy. also live a fuckin great band.

white rainbow's new clouds was the latest record i bought from this genre.very experimental.

fuck buttons meets 'tarzan' meets whatever.

just good music.

too much bands to mention, maybe you like some of them.

cheers.

1. twin peaks

2. x-files

3. family guy

4. how i met your mother

5. fringe

faces of european bikepolo.

just a preview.more to come.

http://www.alexanderschindel.com/blog/2010/02/12/faces-of-european-bikepolo/

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let's make it official!

I am the worst record collector ever.

i have like everything from dinosaur jr...

all lps, 7"s and 12"s...and i didn't even knew that they made this record.

anyway, i discovered it 2 hours ago and freakin love it!

"mick" is my new favourite song...so cute:

"...and I wish for all these things for you

keep it special, make it true

cause I found you,

and there you are..."

...after 3 months.

click click

it's from euro asia import and i got it at their exhibition stand (@eurobike)

mmh, would you mind sharin that vector?

edit. you have to do that vuittonjs thing!!

brooks messenger bag.

- moleskine 2010 planner

- moleskine sketch book

- faber castell 1.0 pen

- copic multiliner 0.8 pen

- mini maglite

- leatherman

- keys + keirinman mobile cleaner

- american spirit cigarette box + extra pack

- lighter

- nixon wallet

- njs approved iphone

- ipod + sennheisser in ear

- holga cam + portra 160

- kryptonite mini

- park tool set

- keirinman cog bag (i use it for coins)

so i need a new lighter and a new usb stick. any suggestion?

i just bought a lacie usb key, but i destroyed it in 3 weeks... :/

mineral was pretty decent emo

i still like them.

2 years ago i saw chris simpson on a solo tour...

loved it.

I was going to ask if my last two images seemed too sharp but didn't bother but someone messaged me about it. How do you guys deal with images that are too sharp. I haven't done any sharpening to these, just a web resize, and I thought these looked to sharp...

EDIT: Shot in RAW so no in camera sharpening was applied, and sharpening is turned off in ACR.

mmh, i thought it's your camera pre-settings.

you used a open aperture, so there is always more sharpness on your focus, but this is not natural at all...

which programm do you use?

some of them sharpen your picture if you resize them for web.

found that by cleaning my hdd.

i think i have to do it again, i like the idea, but not the pics...

sth is missing!

1. my bloody valentine - loveless

2. hüsker dü - zen arcade

3. red house painters - ocean beach

4. low - the curtain hits the cast

5. sun kil moon - april

ida - i know about you

6. dinosaur jr - farm

7. kraftwerk - mensch maschiene

8. void / faith - s/t

9. sonic youth - confusion is sex

10. june of 44 - engine takes to the water

1. paris

2. oslo

3. stockholm

4. zurich

5. london

6. copenhagen

7. berlin

8. antwerp

9. barcelona

10. karlsruhe

hi guys, thought I'd quickly check about bikes in Paris. I'll be there for approximately five months, and am hoping to pick up something to ride while I'm there as opposed to dragging my bike across the Atlantic. I've checked the Paris craigslist and the pickings seem incredibly limited. can anyone recommend bike shops/websites to look for a secondhand fixed gear in paris? if it makes a difference, I'm looking to spend 300-400 euro and need something in the 56-58 range size wise.

check the guys @ cyclope.

great guys.

not sure if they have something in your price range, but i'm sure they'll help you out...

or just ask on the message board @ pignon fixe

cheers

edit:

or just check your flight?!

on most transatlantic flights you can travel with your bike for free.

camera obscura x polaroid 669

not sure if this fits in here, but i just saw the most beautiful video since weeks and you said you're interested in experimental violinist music...

i'm not a musician myself, but this band inspired me a lot.

warren ellis and the dirty three ladys and gents. <3

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in terms of "classical" music i'm a big fan of steve reich

music for 18 musicians is a must have in every collection.

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and one of my favourite bands of all time are rachel's.

i dont wanna know how many bottles of redwine i drank while listening to 'em.

outstanding...and you see alot of similarity to all this "modern" postrock bands like explosions in the sky, red sparowes,...

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btw, thx for that sergey rachmaninov vid. good stuff.

"if the days weren't so precious..."

mark kozelek

1.120 days of sodom

2. i stand alone

3. irreversible

4. twin peaks (series + movie)

5. la grande bouffe

6. how much do you love me?

7. mad foxes

8. ex drummer

9. big fish

10. fellini's satyricon

not sure about this list. pretty hard to do it with movies...

anyway i love all of em...

ride 'em untaped, you get used to it!

1. the pains of being pure at heart - s/t

1. dinosaur jr - farm

1. bob mould - life and times

4. the xx - xx

5. the antlers - hospice

6. sunn o))) - monoliths & dimensions

7. a place to bury strangers - exploding head

8. girls - album

9. fuck buttons - tarot sport

10. the raveonettes - in and out of control

...but most of the time i listened to mark kozelek and my bloody valentine.

i've always been curious about the small plastic/rubber tube thats covering a small portion of your toptube. wuts it made of and why should it be there?

it's a small tobtube protector, so you can't get dents from your stem or handlebar.

i think it's just plastic and a small metal plate.

a friend uses handlebartape, which works fine and is much cheaper than this kashimax thing.

best beer = augustiner helles.

just saw them 3 times in a row on the atp festival.

pure magic what happend there, best band ever...

give us a new record kevin!!

my current favs are:

miklos gaal - sightseeing tour

ed templeton - the golden age of neglect

hedi slimane - ppaper special

andreas gursky - werke 80-08

otto olaf becker - above zero

olaf unverzerrt - sans moi

check 'em out, hope you like some of 'em.