New Pornographers - “Crash Years” (Jimmy Fallon, 2010)

I want to rub up against every part of this song until security drags me from the room.

XTC - “Great Fire”/”Dear God” Medley (Live acoustic, 1989)

H&M’s new prix fixe menu is great—just pick which member of Arcade Fire you want to look like.

— Scott Simpson

Public Safety Needed Lunch

Sad part is, if they’d persuaded Officers Buckle and Poncharella to come with, they could have policed that stupid crosswalk, too.

Alas—a dream deferred.

Next time, gentlemen. Next time.

“Painting” “Pete”

Pete’s prices are competitive, but don’t act all fancy and surprised if he writes his phone number on your wall.

My sister and my dad. Three years ago. by Amy Jane

Outstanding snap.

Color, Photos, and One Fuzzy Little Boy in a Field

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Jack Delano - Chopping cotton on rented land near White Plains, Greene County, Ga. (Farm Security Administration, 1941)

A lot of the color photos I’ve seen from before the 1950s strike me as stiff, over-worked, or so experimental as to be a “Hello, World.” They’re cool from a technical standpoint, but they often don’t tell you any more about the subject than a well-produced monochrome image would.

Given the costliness of the film and the complexity of the process, it’s easy to understand why early color photographers had to be choosy about picking the subjects and conditions that their camera could capture well (rather than, as is ideally the case, working the other way around).

But, sometimes, an old color photo brings a distant image to life and produces something kind of special. The best ones make their subjects and their surroundings seem far more real and intimate.

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