Reference Material flux archive | random contact | follow | askTumblr (3.0; @magnificentruin)http://www.magnificentruin.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzwicmApid1qbvanto1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Darren Bader</p>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18187670546http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18187670546Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:17:00 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzvf4lnOJa1qbvanto1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>seems familiar</em></p>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18156501757http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18156501757Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:09:00 -0500txt<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/18136911277/tumblr_lzuxyr9VI21qbvant&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>Big Star</strong><br/><em>Stroke it Noel </em></p>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18136911277http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18136911277Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:59:00 -0500mp3“A shambling wreck of an album, Big Star’s Third/Sister Lovers ranks among the most harrowing experiences in pop music; impassioned, erratic, and stark, it’s the slow, sinking sound of a band falling apart. Recorded with their label, Stax, poised on the verge of bankruptcy, the album finds Alex Chilton at the end of his rope, sabotaging his own music long before it can ever reach the wrecking crew of poor distribution, indifferent marketing, and disinterested pop radio. His songs are haphazardly brilliant, a head-on collision between inspiration and frustration, and the album is a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy, each song smacking of utter defeat and desperation. The result is either one of the most vividly emotional experiences in pop music or a completely wasted opportunity. While the truth probably lies somewhere in between, there’s no denying Third’s magnetic pull — it’s like an undertow.”<br/><br/> - <em><span><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/thirdsister-lovers-r1880" target="_blank">Jason Ankeny</a></span></em>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18136355060http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18136355060Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:45:00 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuonrXGu21qbvanto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ed Ruscha</p>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18129529354http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18129529354Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:38:00 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuo7fXKui1qbvanto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span><a href="http://www.possible.is/" target="_blank">Matthias Hübner?</a></span></p>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18129256280http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18129256280Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:28:00 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/18093348549/tumblr_lztgx61CMd1qbvant&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>Fleetwood Mac</strong><br/><em>Closing My Eyes </em></p>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18093348549http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18093348549Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:53:00 -0500mp3<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lznppazD1k1qzgi08o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18091147079http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18091147079Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:17:58 -0500“When prehistoric fossils were first discovered in rocks, 18th century scientists insisted that they were natural formations, accidental conformations of rock, rather than undertake a massive revision of all their ideas about nature and the age of the earth.”<br/><br/> - <em>Colin Wilson</em>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18078214957http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18078214957Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:06:47 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzt3hxoPab1qbvanto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://sezoes.weebly.com/fallen-empires-2011.html" target="_blank">Luis Sez<span>õ</span>es</a></strong><br/><em>Fallen Empire #9</em></p>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18078076499http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18078076499Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:03:00 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/18037177317/tumblr_lzrp6fFVf81qbvant&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><em><span>really too hard for to fly</span></em></p>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18037177317http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18037177317Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:56:00 -0500mp3<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzrn9yQoO71qbvanto1_r3_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span><em>Die Welt</em> issue designed to honor Ellsworth Kelly</span></p>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18034562470http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18034562470Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:15:00 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzrlkoQqqw1qbvanto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>luxuriously soft</em></p>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18032256181http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18032256181Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:38:47 -0500flx<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/18022461571/tumblr_l1lgdbfWCt1qbvant&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://toiletwolf.tumblr.com/post/18013991209/galaxie-500-here-she-comes-now" target="_blank">.<br/></a><strong>Galaxie 500<br/></strong><em>Here She Comes Now</em> </p>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18022461571http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/18022461571Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:51:00 -0500mp3“<p>Design is largely code these days. It wasn’t print that died, it was the graphic design industry as we knew it. The idea of making a living out of forming and applying static shapes to cumbersome paper is almost absurd now and growing ever more so in my opinion.</p> <p>If you go along to a potential client and say “I have this really exciting thing that I think will really help your brand to sell more stuff” then you show them a beautifully designed, beautifully printed, beautifully typeset and beautifully photographed/illustrated and laid out (and exquisitely bound) piece of graphic design work, they will say “Its a brochure… how is a brochure ever going to help my business?… no thanks”. </p> <p>If you went in to that company and said “I have this really exciting thing that I think will really help your brand to sell more stuff” and then you start to demonstrate a mobile phone app that can utilise the inbuilt camera to identify product and drive customers to the nearest retail outlets or just order straight up online… they’ll be as excited about working with you as clients used to be years ago, about the idea of getting a graphic designer on board to make the brochures look amazing.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em>Messageboard post, Tim S.</em>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/17977876709http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/17977876709Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:03:12 -0500NTC<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzpizaV6xP1qbvanto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/martin-creed-small-things/" target="_blank">Martin Creed</a></strong><br/><em>Small Things </em></p>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/17961887896http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/17961887896Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:47:00 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/17950407881/tumblr_lzp9mfIHTL1qbvant&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>Film School</strong><br/><em>P.S. </em></p>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/17950407881http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/17950407881Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:25:27 -0500mp3<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzp2s08Tgw1qbvanto1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/20/arts/design/gerhard-richter-is-celebrated-with-german-art-shows.html?_r=1&ref=arts" target="_blank">Gerhard Richter</a></strong><br/><em>Abstract Painting<br/></em>Installation View<br/>Markus Schreiber/AP </p>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/17944811271http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/17944811271Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:57:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lznukdHZAb1qbvanto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/a-lonely-gaze-on-the-times-and-its-city/?scp=2&sq=Robert%20Frank&st=cse" target="_blank">Robert Frank</a></strong><br/><em>New York Is </em></p>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/17906129404http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/17906129404Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:02:00 -0500“The eyes are the openings to the liver. People who suffer from eye problems usually suffer from liver disorders and vice-versa. As anger is a symptom of liver disfunction in Taoist theory, people who use their eyes too much may become angry.”<br/><br/> - <em>Dr. Stephen T. Chang</em>http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/17886710898http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/17886710898Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:18:21 -0500