#Vegan Black Metal Chef | Stir, You Fool!

Lest the dark ones take the bottom of your dish!

Worth the whole 14 minutes, but at least watch far enough in to hear him scream about tamarind paste.

#Lecture by Wendell Berry: People, Land and Community

Found this fantastic Wendell Berry lecture today. It’s from 1981, and by the content of the lecture you will either be surprised by his prescience or depressed that very little of what he talks about has been addressed in the last 30 years.

Either way, I think it’s an excellent listen. Find some time at work and check it out:

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(via @dailywendell on Twitter)

#Jeremy Taylor | A Reggae Interpretation Of Kind Of Blue

Ran across this on Aquarium Drunkard this morning. I hadn’t checked that blog in a few years, but I have no idea why. Jazzy reggae? Wonderful.

#Welcome, Spring

Laura requested a new mix, and it’s been much too long coming. Take a listen, berate in the comments.

1. The General Specific // Band of Horses
2. A Holiday At The Sea // Anathallo
3. I Saw The Bright Shinies // The Octopus Project
4. So Insane // Discovery
5. O.N.E. // Yeasayer
6. No Intention // Dirty Projectors
7. Even Cowgirls Get The Blues // The Gaslight Anthem
8. In The Flowers // Animal Collective
9. Sleepyhead // Passion Pit
10. Furr // Blitzen Trapper
11. The Only One // Manchester Orchestra
12. Rains On Me // Tom Waits
13. Leave This Town (On Bicycle) // Teamforest
14. American Hearts // A.A. Bondy
15. Under The Milky Way (The Church cover) // Starflyer 59
16. Run // Vampire Weekend
17. Amnesia // The Vines

Listen on Spotify

#Mix Tapes and Maintenance

Went through and loaded all of the mixes to 8tracks and Spotify so you can listen to them from anywhere you have the internetz. I’m also adding another one as a little blast from the past.

Yewknee runs the summer mix series every year, and Casey submitted this one way back in the summer of 2008. Enjoy.

1. The Birth And Death Of A Day // Explosions In The Sky
2. Suffragette City // David Bowie
3. One Million // Athlete
4. Pieces Of What // MGMT
5. White Dove // John Vanderslice
6. I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You // Black Kids
7. I Told Her On Alderaan // Neon Neon
8. Lights & Music // Cut Copy
9. Gold Watch // Lupe Fiasco
10. Grass // Animal Collective
11. Team // Bon Iver
12. Green Eyes // Discover America
13. Kim & Jessie // M83
14. I Like What You Say // Nada Surf
15. Make A Plan To Love Me // Bright Eyes
16. Lonely Lonely (Frisbee’d Mix) // Feist
17. No One’s Gonna Love You // Band Of Horses

Listen on Spotify

#Starting Starting Back Back Again Again

Is there an echo in here? Did I say I was starting this blog back up about two years ago, and then nothing happened, and an echo of that just came back by?

Hopefully not, but humans are generally failures, and I am solidly human, so no promises.

I have finally figured out how to use both my tumblr and noisefarmer side by side. This had bugged me for a while, because I like tumblr, but felt that I had no aim with it or vision for it, and the same with this blog. But I didn’t want to disband the blog, mostly because I think it has a fantastic name, and one that, with some brandbuilding, has some potential.

So, my tumblr has taken on the shape of an inspiration wall. It is mainly quotes now, but I will mix in pictures and music over time. I have called it Inspirare, which is a Latin word meaning to breathe in, or inspire, or excite, or instill. Not because I wanted to elevate myself above my native tongue, but simply because it sounded cooler and less fruity than Inspiration and more studious than Stuff That Gets Me Going. Hopefully not pretentious, though. Not going for that.

The best way to experience it is to click Random at the bottom of the page. That will take you aimlessly though thoughts, pictures, and music that get me going, or at least get the wheels turning.

I am also not going to blow up the Twitters with posts this time, as I got the feeling last time I posted a bunch of quotes on there that I was not being a good internetz neighbor by doing that. So just have to visit often or follow it on Google Reader or however else you digest your news.

Reading Wendell Berry right now, so expect a whole bunch of the good stuff. Really, really good stuff. Like, I’ve only read one essay and he’s my new favorite author good.

I also have a mix requested from Laura that I will be getting up here soon, hopefully today. Starting off with a bang and all that.