Nick Kess

The Internet Archive. So. Many. Servers. Funny that it is now...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:08:00 -0400

The Internet Archive. So. Many. Servers.

Funny that it is now headquartered in a former Christian Science Church. An entire petabyte in the transept.

Also awesome how the use the old organist’s perch to help cool one set of servers.

beating quivering undulating

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:20:12 -0400

beating quivering undulating

Another Nina Leen piece. This one from another LIFE magazine...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:16:42 -0400

Another Nina Leen piece. This one from another LIFE magazine series, exploring the Ford Modeling Agency.

I like the anonymizing white censor bar. Looks like court evidence.

From the LIFE magazine spread “GOP Women Party...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:43:00 -0400

From the LIFE magazine spread “GOP Women Party Hard”, photographed by Nina Leen.

The other photographs feature young Republican women wrestling in sumo suits. Also more poker.

Davis, Ian. Lemons. 2011. Acrylic on Paper Ian Davis renders his...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:46:39 -0400

Davis, Ian. Lemons. 2011. Acrylic on Paper

Ian Davis renders his thin figures on an ant-like scale, within landscapes that seem methodical. His paintings reek of the totalitarian or corporate, and recall the anonymity inherent to both.

This piece is also kind of funny.

Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can’t Go For That (No Can...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:25:53 -0400

Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) (1983)

"When you stay in your room and rage or sneer or shrug your shoulders, as I did for many years, the..."

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:01:53 -0400

“

When you stay in your room and rage or sneer or shrug your shoulders, as I did for many years, the world and its problems are impossibly daunting. But when you go out and put yourself in real relation to real people, or even just real animals, there’s a very real danger that you might love some of them.

And who knows what might happen to you then?

”

- Jonathan Franzen, 2011 Kenyon College Commencement Address

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:15:25 -0400

Josh Homme on Anthony Bourdaine? Pretty Rad

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:33:17 -0400

Josh Homme on Anthony Bourdaine? Pretty Rad

The Queens of the Stone Age - My God is the Sun New single off...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:41:00 -0400

The Queens of the Stone Age - My God is the Sun

New single off of their new album,”…Like Clockwork,” to be released 6/4/13.

QOTSA rock they’ve been a favorite of mind since high school. Also a big fan of Josh Homme’s previous riff-laden ‘stoner rock’ band Kyuss.

Solo recorded by John Frusciante shortly before the death of a...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:14:18 -0400

Solo recorded by John Frusciante shortly before the death of a friend. Haunting. A classic Frusciante solo, a return to the style of his earlier solo work.

Brion Nuda Rosch, Shank Sculpture 2012 and Billboard 2013 up at...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:13:25 -0400

Brion Nuda Rosch, Shank Sculpture 2012 and Billboard 2013

up at Mother NY’s Peanut Gallery

Engraving: Beaver. From a 1658 “History of Four-Footed...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:31:06 -0400

Engraving: Beaver. From a 1658 “History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents”

via the Public Domain Review

"Héritage" the new album from College (of the French electronica...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:44:17 -0400

"Héritage" the new album from College (of the French electronica group Valerie Collective) is awesome. Electronic nostalgic bliss.

New Born Ruffians album is my new aural pleasure

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:49:13 -0400

New Born Ruffians album is my new aural pleasure

slow-mo reaction video at the end of this

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:30:24 -0400

slow-mo reaction video at the end of this

"Sea Turtle" from Aloys Zötl’s Bestiarium, via the Public Domain...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:49:29 -0400

"Sea Turtle" from Aloys Zötl’s Bestiarium, via the Public Domain Review

"Real tough guys don’t need guns,they just need a...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:52:57 -0400

"Real tough guys don’t need guns,they just need a positive, can-do attitude"

Awesome blog by some guys in the U.K. - Thumbs & Ammo

The man who invented the Long Island Iced Tea. Truly an...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:58:49 -0400

The man who invented the Long Island Iced Tea. Truly an innovator for the modern era. Thanks PBS

Proposed design for the Washington Monument (via LOC)

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:00:44 -0400

Proposed design for the Washington Monument (via LOC)