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• art orbit – koolhaas
  

  ‘…Hans Ulrich Obrist managed to catch Koolhaas at Hotel St. James in Bordeaux, for a conversation revolving around Berlin and the Wall…’

• a band called ‘Architecture in Helsinki’
  

  Interesting name, crap music

• Green DIY articles
  

  ‘…selected articles from past ReNew and Soft Technology magazine…’ (via MAKE)

• NPR : A Conversation with Maurice Sendak
  

  via boingboing.net – more on Sendak’s influences here.

delivered (almost) daily at (almost) midnight via del.icio.us.

I effectively turned my back on Radio 1′s evening schedule after John Peel died. It turns out that was a big mistake. Stuck in traffic after a late night at the office last week, I caught some of Annie Mac’s show and the opening few tracks on the following show hosted by Rob da Bank. In the end I was wishing the traffic jam had kept me in the car longer.

Annie Mac has a tendency to play tracks from the Ninja Tunes label, which is reason enough to try it out; as usual you can listen again via the web. If it’s not your bag, stick around for the Rob da Bank slot on Thursday nights – the best way I can (not) describe it is to point out that even after being five or six tracks into the show, I still didn’t have a clue what was going on. It absolutely refuses to be pigeon-holed, so I shan’t attempt it, just go and try it.

Highlights from last weeks show were Art Brut, Rachel Lipson and Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo De Contonou Dahomey (streaming video).

bonus post: anyone who’d like to hear John Peel’s nonchalant voice again is welcome to revisit the mp3 I posted last summer of the wonderful Rodeohead by Hard’n'Phirm [mp3] [notes]

juxtaposition

“…the direct relationship between two categories, village and countryside. The unequivocal character of both is brought sharply together, there is no fluffing.”

(see also: part 1)

Aforementioned t-shirt is now in the washing machine, in preparation for a visit to Will Alsop’s soon to be completed building THE pUBLIC in West Bromwich tomorrow.

The open event runs from 11am to 3pm; families and kids welcome, hard hats will be provided.

Anyone want to come with me?

On a day when I have little more than 24 hours to finish two major urban regeneration reports (1, 2) and getting any sleep tonight is looking increasingly unlikely, this morning’s postal delivery couldn’t have been more timely.

Thanks go out to Nicole over at Archinect.com – the first t-shirt got lost in the post a few months ago but she was good enough to send me a second one.