SOUNDTRACK: NEVEREST SONGS-“Calculator” (2010).
Opening with a simple, discordant piano, this song quickly morphs into a fast chaotic piano run, all the while the vocal stay slow and calm. Once the bass kicks in, the song feels less like a solo track and more like a band effort. And it’s amazing that this simple bass can add so much to this swelling track.
I heard about this band from a nice review at wallernotweller. I think I’ll have to order this CD, if for nothing else than because it looks beautiful.
I’d like to hear more from this label, but all their songs seem to be linked to last.fm, which I find very awkward to use. One band’s “radio page” didn’t play their own songs and now at home it says I don’t have a plug in or some nonsense. Pity. But you can hear this song (and watch their mesmerizing webpage here.
[READ: June 7, 2010] A Book About Design
This book was also part of Sarah’s birthday present. Inexplicably, although James Kochalka has absolutely nothing to do with the book, he autographed the inside and made a little cartoon that says, “Hi Sarah.” Cute.
So this book is a wonderfully illustrated primer about design. It is so basic that I read it to Clark (aged almost 5) and he loved it, too. There are some sections that I had to use different words, obviously, but he enjoyed the basics very much.
Not including pictures almost makes this review pointless, (but you can see many pages at Google Books) and yet I have to say something here, so I’ll talk about a few things. Chapter 1 talks about the effects on Object B if you change the appearance of Object A. Chapter 2 starts: “Take a look at the square in the right. Imagine drawing two straight lines that intersect only once inside the square.” When I turned the page to reveal the basic window design of four equal squares, Clark said, “How’d it know that?” It was very cool. (more…)
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