hi there. i'm ian.

i do awesome things, offline and online.

i live and love in brooklyn.

February 3 2010

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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

I was delighted by the “hidden track” on Four Tet’s latest, “There is Love in You”. The voice is instantly recognizable as that of Lightspeed Champion, an artist I was introduced to via E, via our mutual affection for Emmy the Great. Looking forward to his upcoming album, with an untouched/unremixed version of this track (especially now that he lives locally in Brooklyn).

“it’s better to fly /

and never reach the sky //

every second that you run away /

makes me miss you more and more //

i miss you /

i miss you”

January 25 2010

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"Mr. Fox: Mole! What d’you got?
Mole: I can see in the dark.
Mr. Fox: We can use that. Rabbit?
Rabbit: I’m fast.
Mr. Fox: Badger?
Badger: Demolitions expert.
Mr. Fox: What? Since when?" — Despite my own “heart-on-sleeve” way of life, there is always more left to discover about one other, and sometimes it’s the timing of when it all comes pouring out that makes all the difference.

December 31 2009

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“A half-drawn shade” and “the thing about life is that it goes on”: two stand-out holiday “gifts”.

“A half-drawn shade” and “the thing about life is that it goes on”: two stand-out holiday “gifts”.

December 21 2009

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Balance.

Balance.

December 15 2009

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"I really enjoy forgetting. When I first come to a place, I notice all the little details. I notice the way the sky looks. The color of white paper. The way people walk. Doorknobs. Everything. Then I get used to the place and I don’t notice those things anymore. So only by forgetting can I see the place again as it really is." —

David Byrne, in 1986’s “True Stories”, a film that he wrote, starred in, and directed.

We watched at Zoya’s on Halloween, her dressed as Oregon Trail, Evan as himself, and E and I as nouveau réalisme. Naturally.

December 14 2009

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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

‘we fell asleep in the middle of the fury’

sleigh bells - ring ring

December 11 2009

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"Not every clocktick needs a martyr." —

John Woods

Particularly appropriate, I feel, in the day and age of GTD, TODO apps, and the general weight and constant pressure of time. Unstructured time is infinitely  valuable for us all - for recharging, regeneration, and personal growth.

November 26 2009

— It's the only place I know how to bear

Thirteen years ago this morning I walked into my parents’ bedroom on an overcast and somewhat rainy Tuesday morning to find my Mother in bed, lying lifelessly still.

I froze that day, a state of mind that I’ve existed in ever since. That is until this time last year, when I finally exhaled, or perhaps more fittingly, inhaled, and came to see that my life’s journey hasn’t taken me all that far: I have not yet fully left home. In what is supposed to be the life and dreams of every teenager, and despite moving away and living in three different cities, drastic changes would be needed for me to even think of crawling mercilessly forward. So here I go.


November 20 2009

— Untitled

  • Scott: Where do you get these artsy tweets and away msgs?
  • Ian: My mind.
  • Ian: Or drugs.
  • Ian: Your call.
  • Scott: The union of both?
  • Ian: Well, so actually, I stare at the drugs and wonder what I would think I would think if I was ever on them.

October 30 2009

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"The study of thinking machines teaches us more about the brain than we can learn by introspective methods. Western man is externalizing himself in the form of gadgets." —

Naked Lunch, William S Burroughs

This dude was on(to) something.

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