Links for 1.19.11: I am losing my hair.
by Josh Kimball
*Books: Bob Dylan signed a deal with Simon & Schuster to write six more books. I liked Chronicles: Volume 1 a LOT more than I thought I would.
*Questions: Is Kanye West the Don Draper of hip-hop? Also, who is the Al Swearingen of R&B? [fluxtumblr]
*Feelings: If you have been wondering about who the 50 Most Loathsome People in America are this year, Buffalo Beast offers up their opinion.
*Advertising: It seems like Unevolved Brands should be called Unevolved Logos or Unevolved Visual Identities. But maybe I pick unnecessarily? Go there, and you can attempt to identify companies based on their distilled brand identities. [joshspear]
*Shows: You can watch the entirety of an episode of Austin City Limits that features Band of Horses and The National here.
*Blogs: There’s a new music blog in the world. It’s called PopDust. Here’s what the New York Times says about it. BIEBER.
*Cycling: Geneviève Bujold steals the spotlight in this tumblr of celebrities riding bikes. And I don’t even know who Geneviève Bujold is.
*Twitter: These tweets are all pretty good.
*Today’s links: F.
When I lived in Britain, my kitchen was full of labour-saving devices, but some of
the things I used to use just once a month over there, I now see being used every day.
There are a lot of advantages to life with all
of the fancy gadgets available to us in this day and age.
With it, I just insert the probe, program the device to the temperature that I want, and continue on with whatever I have going on elsewhere.