Launched more than 15 years ago, The Art of the Title, "an online publication dedicated to title sequence design in film, TV, and beyond," is taking a hiatus. I hope it's able to make a comeback.
The Features were always worth a read if you're into title sequences.
"Own and control the next Bandcamp."
That's the pitch from Subvert.FM, a new Music Co-op: "Bandcamp's corporate acquisitions threaten independent music. It's time for a new model - one we collectively own and control."
Free for musicians and labels. $100 listeners. They've got a blog with more information.
Hearing Things is a new worker-owned music site with a roster of founders that have worked at Pitchfork, The Fader, Vibe, Spin, Gawker, and Jezebel.
I stopped reading music journalism altogether in 2003 when Pitchfork gave my favorite album that year, Bobby Birdman's Born Free Forever, a terrible review. Obviously I know "different strokes for different folks," but I still remember the eye-roll I did while reading it and it was sorta just the final straw for me on seeking the opinions of "experts". However, I know a lot of people do like reading music sites, and I've been happy with some of the other sites that are the creations of "supergroups" of ex-employees of other sites, most notably 404 Media, which hits it out of the park daily.
I wish Hearing Things luck! And here's that Bobby Birdman album:
Alison Martino's oldskool blog about LA is worth a visit for anyone who loves that city, or hopes to. I wish she'd update it more frequently.
Alison is the daughter of crooner / actor Al Martino, who played Johnny Fontane in The Godfather.
She's also got a YouTube channel.
Alison Martino
Today, Metafilter turned 25.
It's the only website I check at least once a day (in reality, it's probably closer to 20, especially if you include ask.metafilter). I've been a member since 2002, which means, at an minimum, I've loaded its front page more than 8000 times.
I've visited it more often than Gmail (MF has been around longer) and Google.com — in fact, I was an early user of gmail because Jessamyn West (MetaFilter's current owner) sent me an invite before it was opened to all users.
To my mind, MetaFilter is unquestionably one of best things ever about the Internet.
Much of the press it's getting in honor of being around a quarter of a century is identifying it as "the good internet." Absolutely true.
HBD, MF!
Nice to see the Cabin Porn blog is still active.
And here's one of my own cabin photos, from Paradise Cove, Vanuatu:
Hundreds more cabins on Cabin Porn's blog.
A Tumblr with vintage home plans from around the world.
More on the Tumblr:
