Sounds: The Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

A coworker was humming this song today, and I can't get it out of my head. Now it can be in yours.

Sounds: Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion

SAMPLE ALERT! This song has one of the sickest intros ever. The rest of the song is your classic run of the mill Aerosmith hairband fluff, but the first 30 seconds is really something.

(audio source: owen402005 on youtube)

Streams: Hacking Democracy

"This is the story of a small group of citizens…set out on a journey to answer one simple question 'how does America count its votes?' What they found was secrecy, votes in the trash and how to change the course of history."

(excerpt from "Hacking Democracy")

"Hacking Democracy" streaming @ Google Video

Childhood's End

...There were figures moving below, and the camera swooped down upon them like a bird of prey.

.....“This will distress you,” said Karellen. “But remember that your standards no longer apply. You are not watching human children.”

.....Yet that was the immediate impression that came to Jan’s mind, and no amount of logic could dispel it. They might have been savages, engaged in some complex ritual dance. They were naked and filthy, with matted hair obscuring their eyes. As far as Jan could tell, they were of all ages from five to fifteen, yet they all moved with the same speed, precision and complete indifference to their surroundings.

.....Then Jan saw their faces. He swallowed hard, and forced himself not to turn away. They were emptier than the faces of the dead, for even a corpse has some record carved by Time’s chisel upon its features, to speak when the lips themselves are dumb. There was no more emotion or feeling here than in the face of a snake or an insect. The Overlords themselves were more human than this.

.....“You are searching for something that is no longer there.” said Karellen. “Remember—they have no more identity than the cells in your own body. But linked together, they are something much greater than you...”

(Excerpt from Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood`s End", Chapter 23)

(Image Source: Getty Images)

Imaginary Foundation "Infinite" Tee

Just got my Imaginary Foundation "Infinite" t-shirt in the mail today. I'm a little disappointed in the overall quality of the screened image; the galaxy in particular seemed a little blurred. But still, this is definitely a brand to keep your eye on. Great ideas, unique style. Can't wait to see their next release.

"The Imaginary Foundation is a think tank from Switzerland that does experimental research on new ways of thinking and the power of the imagination. They hold dear a belief in human potential and seek progress in all directions. The small clandestine team is headed up by the mysterious "Director" a 70 something uber intellectual who's father founded the Dadaist movement. Avoiding direct publicity the team has sought streetwear as an unlikely vehicle for bringing their ideas beyond the academic realm and into popular culture."

(excerpt from www.imaginaryfoundation.com)

(Image Source: www.revolveclothing.com)

Come away with me

Sun rise, sun set. Time crawls when you’re spinning in circles. For what is the future but a destination, and what is the point, when there is no end? Fear not! The end draws near. One day the standing truce between sun and tide will fall and the Void will reclaim its domain.

“From nothing we came
and so we remain,
the eminent domain of the Void”

(Image Source: Dave Sim, "Cerebus" Issue No. 199)