Our 2020 installment on Local Memory, a public history project on music in Austin, is The Wild Side of Life: The Rise of the Honky Tonks, 1940-1950 https://local-memory.org/the-rise-of-the-honky-tonks
Wild to see Khruangbin really breaking out. Good Houston. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/arts/music/khruangbin-mordechai.html
Pretty into this little guy from a 15th century Italian herbal, a collection of images from which we published today. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/erbario-15th-century-herbal
More than 17% of the Wikipedia entry on PrimeCo, once the largest wireless phone service in the U.S., addresses itself to the line âswitched from Motorola to a PrimeCo phoneâ in Lilâ Troyâs âWanna Be a Baller.â As it should. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrimeCo
Finished first https://ragmask.com from some of our wax print stockpile, some quilt batting, and a variation on the straps using paracord.
Joshua Smith makes 1:20 scale miniatures of real buildings like this Discolandia storefront in San Francisco. http://www.iknowjoshuasmith.com/work/discolandia/
Gave up on going back to sleep. Listening to Emily A. Spragueâs new Hill, Flower, Fog. Very calming. https://mlesprg.bandcamp.com/album/hill-flower-fog
Laurel Canyon vibes from this new Mapache record are good for being stuck indoors. https://mapachesounds.bandcamp.com/album/from-liberty-street
Iâm into miniatures, fiber art, and cooking, so these videos are right up my alley. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTs63G7Wdj8
Tomorrow, Friday March 20, Bandcamp is waving their cut on all sales to help support artists who are having to cancel performances. https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-covid-19-fundraiser
I have a lot of Astral Spirits stuff. A lot of diverse, compelling material and great art direction on the packaging. Good Austin. https://daily.bandcamp.com/label-profile/astral-spirits-label-guide
Binned Art is an interesting concept: anonymous sales allow artists to recoup costs and clear space while providing the opportunity to own original artworks to a broader audience. https://binnedart.com/
I miss the in-store bakery flour tortillas from H-E-B so much. (My homemade ones are only a little better, but/and so much more workâŠ)
Honorable mention to in-store bakery corn tortillas from Fiesta. https://www.bonappetit.com/story/heb-flour-tortillas
Austin Kleon on using your books as time capsules. I try to do a similar thing by using postcards, ticket stubs, restaurant cards, etc. as bookmarks and leaving them in the book when I finish. https://austinkleon.com/2020/01/29/how-to-turn-your-books-into-time-capsules/
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