Firstly, some free music!
Rusko Remixes 2006-2010
CultureBully’s Mashed 2011 - the best mashups of the year.
This one is on my ‘walking’ playlist – Cosmonauts’ re-edit of We are the People by Empire of the Sun
And, tangentially related, take a look at the Best Audiobooks of 2011
Reads of the week…
Ask a Clean Person - Tackling a Major Cleanup
The 20 most controversial rules in the grammar world
If you’re in New Zealand, you’ve probably seen debate about a recent Libra tampons ad. On her website, the star of the controversial Libra ad responds.
25 things writers should stop doing (right fucking now) - fantastic advice!
How the internet has taken the glamour out of behaving badly, by Carly Jacobs of Smaggle. Really thoughtful post.
Somewhat related - Celebrity gossip is making us stupid.
You don’t owe him anything from The College Crush.
Hyperrealistic paintings of food! by Tjalf Sparnaay. Amazing! I loved studying hyperrealism in Art History, glad to see it’s still going strong.
An art student hung his own painting in a gallery - cheeky! An act of art in itself, the dadaists would claim.
This is what happens when you give thousands of stickers to thousands of kids - take a look at this work by the always entertaining Yayoi Kusama.
Roger Ebert’s list of the best documentaries of 2011
And finally, this is absolutely gorgeous:
