Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla

“I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own”

“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”

“I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success . . . Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.”

“Everyone should consider his body as a priceless gift from one whom he loves above all, a marvelous work of art, of indescribable beauty, and mystery beyond human conception, and so delicate that a word, a breath, a look, nay, a thought may injure it.”

“All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed — only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle.”

Stickman

Try this out - pretty darn clever!

Stickman

you deserve flowers on your doorstep

and coffee in the morning

you deserve notes left on your dashboard

and ice cream sundaes at 3am

you deserve honesty every day

and to be kissed every hour

you deserve to be reminded

how beautiful you are

tyler burkhart - on the eleventh day - 2014

Horrible Houses - Lou Weed - 2014

Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes - Kid Tiger - 2014

"...you should get excited about the forthcoming Daniel Ellsworth and the Great Lakes album. Blending synth-pop and indie rock with sheer energy, this is a Nashville band that bucks the town's hipster cowboy stereotype."  Esquire Magazine

"There’s very little you can guarantee in life, but one of the surer bets is that Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes will make you dance."  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Paste Magazine⁠

Modern Baseball - "Pothole"

The fossils of my footsteps will be unearthed
At a far off date unknown
Impressed in concrete from walking home alone
After walking you home
And the mops of greasy hair
Will romanticize my despair
But they won't know
That I didn't care
I like the silence
I like the empty streets
Crawl down 'em on hands and knees in a heartbeat
If I had to
I owe 'em that at the very least

The map had faded out, but I could have sworn
I noted every stride
I guess the rain hit
Before the ink could dry
And where I thought I'd be
Was not what I perceived
Assessing the progress
From beneath your sheets

That's why I need the silence
I need the empty streets
Just as bad as they don't need me
It's a sick, sad sham of a marriage
But it's all there is
It's all I need

I can be everything you need
If you make me
I can be every crack in your concrete
If you let me off easy
I can be easily deceived
If you want that
But you are the ember of my heart
Whether you like that or not

Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! - Black Me Out - 2012

Laura Jane Grace performed a brand new Against Me! song entitled Black Me Out before the Revival Tour in Atlanta.

I don't ever want to talk that way again
I don't want to know people like that anymore
As if there was an obligation
As if I owed you something

Black me out
I want to piss on the walls of your house
I want to chop those brass rings off
Your fat fucking fingers
As if you were a king-maker
As if, as if, as if
Black me out

I don't want to see the world that way anymore
I don't want to feel that weak and insecure
As if you were my fucking pimp
As I was your fucking whore

Black me out
I want to piss on the walls of your house
I want to chop those brass rings
Off your fat fucking fingers
As if you were a king-maker
As if, as if, as if
Black me out

All the young graves filled
Don't the best all burn out
So bright and so fast?
Full body high
I'm never coming down
Black me out

Ryan Schude - Photography

Awesome photos from www.ryanschude.com

Newspaper Blackout Poetry

NBP

I Know I Fucked Up

From singer-songwriter Darren Hayman - hefnet

No Bodies - 2014

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This is the first release by the band No Bodies, a garage-psych outfit also out of Halifax; a tremendous release. 

Lunokhod - Cube ep - 2014

soundcloud - DL

Lunokhod is the project of two guys who live between Italy and Belgium. It is a sound journey that begins with space melodies and ends up in a tribal rain. Fernando and Alex, who have already played together in Black Flowers Café indie-band, fill the distance with beats and music colors that they exchange through the web. In the spring of 2013 they decide to give birth to Lunokhod.

Electric Litany - Enduring Days You Will Overcome - 2014

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"Enduring Days You Will Overcome" is the fruit of a difficult and stagnant era. However, confirming every word of its title, it’s proof that the conscious perseverance of creation is the solution to overcome the problems and move forward. The album rises from the ashes of a lo-fi world, maintaining the lyricism and the characteristic "haunting" atmosphere of Electric Litany. The album expresses love, dedication and patience, which lead to beauty, creation and liberation. Simultaneously it records the practical difficulties and the everyday problems of life and survival as experienced by the band the last 3.5 years during which this album was recorded. 

In 2012 the band contacted legendary producer Alan Parsons who, after hearing "How To Be A Child And Win The War" agreed to collaborate with the band. The recordings were an adventure "hosted" in several London based studios as well as a studio in the Welsh countryside and the island of Corfu. Mastering once again took place at Abbey Road Studios. 

Yoko Temple - Yoko Temple EP - 2014

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There is something familiar about Yoko Temple; retro slathered in a soapy shoegaze ooze.

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Early Recordings - 2000

I can never get enough of Owen Ashworth's music. It represents some of the pruest music I have ever known... Everything he writes I like!

Home

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Optimists Vs. The Silent Alarm

CFTPA home

The New Year - "Seven Days and Seven Nights"

The New Year

Violent Soho - Hungry Ghost Album Launch -2013

What emerged on Hungry Ghost was a character study of the personalities and ideas of consumer society that inform their hometown of Brisbane suburb Mansfield, examining “the concept of the outsider, people who are a little bizarre and how they view the world.”

Hungry Ghost is the album Violent Soho needed to make. Intelligent, melodic, and dripping with attitude, it’s also a record you need to hear.

These beginning sessions are so raw, real and relevant; I Just can't get enough!

Martin Klimas - 2014

Martin Klimas, who uses music, paint, and his camera to create stunning photographs. Martin puts liquid paint on the cones of speakers and then blasts out loud notes to see what happens as the paint explodes from the speaker with accelerated by the power of sound. At the exact moment of the blast of sound, Martin snaps the photograph capturing sounds impact on the world.