Absolute Bliss for a Sunday Morning....

我跟老爸看程式聽音樂的好夥伴 chill~~

Posted by 肚臍是隻貓 on Sunday, 1 November 2015

SUSHI FOOD PORN HEAVEN!!!!!!

The Only Thing That's Given Me Joy in Years—This is MIRACULOUS

Kitten thinks she's a puppy because she was raised by a dog

Posted by NowThis on Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Random Aesthetic Loveliness of the Day: How to Brew the Perfect Cup of Tea

Might be my favorite infographic ever. Via Greatist.

Random Aesthetics of the Day: Breathtaking Time-Lapse Film of a Coral Reef

Slow Life from Daniel Stoupin on Vimeo.

Reeling from the EPICALLY BREATHTAKING lustre of this film, PhD student Daniel Stoupin’s Slow Life. Thanks to It's Nice That for the tip. x, B.

Most Miraculous Aesthetics I've Seen in Ages (+ From a Lovely Man): Wladimir Klitschko Punches Out a Gorgeous Font to Fight Illiteracy

Klitschko vs. Illiteracy from Klitschko vs. Illiteracy on Vimeo.

Absolutely marveling at this. Boxer Wladimir Klitschko was commissioned to dip his hands in paint + pummel an entire alphabet onto a series of canvases to be reworked into a free font to fight illiteracy. He's lovely, sweet for doing this, clearly has miraculously talented hands +, apart from being genius in its conception + for a great cause, the font itself is DOPE.... Via the HOW Design Blog, who I'm very grateful to at the moment. x, B.

RIP Nelson M.: Exquisite + Inspiring Tribute Mix from the Great Gilles P.

My New Dream Husband: The GODLY CRUSHINGLY BEAUTIFUL Daniel Bortz (w/ an Utterly Radiant Mix)

New love for the day—the GODLY CRUSHINGLY BEAUTIFUL Daniel Bortz. I'd never heard of him before, so I owe Ransom Note a debt of thanks (or scorn) for introducing me a via an UTTERLY RADIANT mix + massively charming interview. Sounds so sweet in every way (his words + his selections).... xxooxx, B.

Random Aesthetics of the Day: elBulli Recipe Visualization

Two Beautiful Food/Drink Loves Together: Andrew Knowlton + Sam Calagione! (Swooning....)

Not Quite Random Loveliness for the Day: Chromeo's (Ever-Gorgeous) Dave 1 Discovers Grindr Thanks to MTV Canada

Not Quite Random Aesthetics of the Day: The Mighty Paul Bradshaw + My Perennial Hero Swifty Dazzling Again

Most of you know that I would most likely never have become a graphic designer if it weren't for the work of Swifty. Since the days of Straight No Chaser + his years art directing for Talkin' Loud his staggering brilliance has constantly inspired me + filled me with awe. In the past few years I've been honored to be in touch with his equally dazzling literary compatriot Paul Bradshaw on Facebook. Here they are again with another exhibition that shows their matchless range + sense of musical history. For more go to Paul's blog. x, B.

Random Aesthetic Sublimity of the Day: Spellbindingly Brilliant Letterpress Work from Jesus Morentin + Bunkertype

Jesús Morentin / BUNKERTYPE from Marc Castellet on Vimeo.

Exquisitely Brilliant Sonic Work from a Very Cute French Boy: Marc de Pape's "The Chime"

The Chime: LIVE IN GALLERY from Marc De Pape on Vimeo.

The Chime performs "I Can't Tell If You're Coming Or Going" at the edge of Grenadier Pond at Sunset in Fm from Marc De Pape on Vimeo.

Utterly lovely in every way, + Marc is adorable. Thanks again designboom.... xo, B.

Finally Uploaded Another of the Old DJ Comps to Mixcloud! It Might As Well Be Spring (from 2005)!

It Might As Well Be Spring Part 1 by Eleganthoodlum on Mixcloud

It Might As Well Be Spring Part 2 by Eleganthoodlum on Mixcloud

A set I compiled in 2005—still happy w/ part 1 but part 2 is one of my 5 favorite discs that I ever put together! Please enjoy! x, B.

Because I'd Rather Be in Chile: James Florio's Breathtaking Time Lapse Short for the Elqui Domos Hotel

LosDomos TimeLapse from Boppin Community on Vimeo.

For anyone who didn't already know I've been pining to move to Chile for years. This just made that desire a hundred times worse. Damn you designboom. (Just kidding, I love designboom.) xo, B.

Random Boundlessly Endearing Aesthetics for the Day: The ABC of Architects by Federico Gonzalez + Andrea Stinga

The ABC of Architects from fedelpeye on Vimeo.

Marveling at this! Via designboom.

Perennial Dream Husband of the Day: The Ever-Beautiful Adam Rapoport

Now as ever wondering how Adam Rapoport just gets more BEAUTIFUL + SEXY AS HELL every day! If only Geoffrey Zakarian didn't get on my nerves so much this would be perfect.... Still, many thanks to Bon Appetit for having Adam film another installment!xo, B.

Wanderlust + Food Porn Aesthetics for the Day: The Traveler's Republic of Tofu

The Traveler's Republic of Tofu from The Perennial Plate on Vimeo.

Sharing simply because I'd rather be here.... Enjoy! x, B.

Devastating News: RIP to the Miraculous Marva Whitney!!!!

Absolutely gutted to hear of the news of the loss of the miraculous Marva Whitney. Had always held out hope that I might get to see her one day with Osaka Monaurial. RIP to a beautiful, awe-inspiring, incomparable woman! For more see the NME obit. Still hope everyone has a happy holiday. xo, B.

Random EPIC Color for the Day: 1766 Color Wheel

Marveling at this hypnotically dense + epically vibrant color wheel from 1766, one of Scott Christianson's 100 Diagrams That Changed the World via Brain Pickings. Happy holidays all! x, B.

Random Aesthetics for the Day: Crystal Aqua Trees @ Tokyo's Sony Building

Swooning over the color + vibrancy of this motion sensor-driven light installation as part of the annual charity drive @ Sony Tokyo's Ginza headquarters! Thanks to designboom for another jewel.

BREATHTAKING Visuals for the Weekend: Time-Lapse Video of Olson Kundig's Roof-Raising Beachfront House

Shadowboxx from Röllerhaus on Vimeo.

Thanks to Architizer for this miraculous time-lapse video depicting 24 hours in Olson Kundig's awe-inspiring beachfront house with a RETRACTABLE ROOF! In the San Juan Islands off the coast here in Washington, I'd love to find it. Hope you all enjoy! x, B.

Perennial Culinary Dream Husband: The BEAUTIFUL Andrew Knowlton Shows How to Shuck an Oyster

Free Holiday Gift from Wah Wah: Free Scrimshire!

Not Quite Random Aesthetic + Sonic Sublimity from a Beautiful Man: Diego Stocco's Custom Built Orchestra

Diego Stocco - Custom Built Orchestra from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.

Absolutely marveling at this incredible piece of work from Diego Stocco, who also happens to be as lovely as he is brilliant! Having grown up as an industrial boy + revisiting some of my roots lately even more than usual this is especially welcome. I'm fairly certain that the fact that this reminds me of SPK, Test Dept., Einsturzende Neubauten, Laibach, + so on isn't a coincidence. Either way, I'm in love! Thank you Designboom.... x, B.

Far from Random Sonic Brilliance: Gilles P + the Havana Cultura Band Live! Full gig!

Random Aesthetic Loveliness of the Day: Okkervil River Gig Poster by DKNG Studio

Okkervil River from DKNG Studios on Vimeo.

Having a bit of illustration envy here (I make no claims otherwise—I'm a designer, not an illustrator + am still looking for the right illustrators to collaborate with) but I am still LOVING this understated but monumentally vibrant poster for a recent Okkervil River gig in Baltimore by DKNG Studio. I'll be honest, the band don't do much for me, but they clearly have stellar taste, + DKNG's standard of exquisite work has never been more evident. The process clip is just an extra bonus jewel. xo, B.

Because I Love the Beautiful Marc Forgione!

New Short Clip I've Created for One of My Favorite Saint Etienne Songs!

This is a brief new design project—a clip for one of my favorite Saint Etienne songs (from the achingly rare Misadventures of Saint Etienne) that had been missing on YouTube. The most I've ever played around in iMovie, new territory (doing a proper film title job I'd have someone else handling the tech aspects—this is just me playing around) but I am fairly happy with the graphics! With the first of Saint Etienne's US dates confirmed (@ Lincoln Hall in Chicago on October 29), it seemed a lovely time to post it.... Sadly it appears that there won't be a Seattle show (For those of you who didn't know I moved to Seattle in June—to a radiant spot on 13th Ave. in Capitol Hill that's such a beautiful change of pace from the awful Long Beach ghetto I was living in that it truly cannot be put into words. I'll be posting in more detail @ some point but for now you can see plenty by following me on Instagram @eleganthoodlum (or by viewing my feed on Followgram)). Not much likelihood I'll be able to get to SF for the show there so I'll have to content myself with the incredible Decibel Fest coming up here + recollections of the two times I saw Sarah, Pete + Bob before. In the meantime, hope you enjoy this! x, B.

Random Genius for the Day: "Barcode Band"

Via designboom.

Not Quite Random Aesthetic Loveliness of the Day: Adam Hinton's Exquisite Shibuya Book!

Thanks to the ever-brilliant It's Nice That for this!

Not Quite Random Monumentally Epic + Wondrous Aesthetic Genius for the Day: Tilt-Shift Rio Carnaval

Thanks to my dear friend Craig Hobbs for turning me on to The City of Samba, an EPICALLY EXQUISITE + VIBRANT film via This is Colossal! Filmed at Rio's 2011 Carnaval in tilt-shift photography, the color + spectacle are given a whole new, monumentally wondrous slant! Take my word for it—this is essential viewing! xo, B.

Random Aesthetic Loveliness of the Day: Floral X-Rays by Brendan Fitzpatrick

I'll be the first to admit I'm terrible about adding a large amount of the aesthetic wonders/inspiration I find on a daily basis on here (Unlike my Facebook wall, where I post EVERYTHING—if we're not yet friends, please feel free to add me!), but sometimes something comes along that's just so utterly, completely, ineffably breathtaking that I have to add it...... These awe-inspiring "floral x-rays" by Brendan Fitzpatrick are one instance where I couldn't let it go without posting it! Thanks to This is Colossal for sending it my way! xo

Not Quite Random Aesthetic BAFFLING GENIUS for the Day: The Story of Sushi—Told Entirely IN MINIATURES!!!

Random Aesthetic EPIC SUBLIMITY: Albin Holmqvist's "Live the Language (Beijing Edition)" via the Fox is Black!

EF - Live The Language - Beijing from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.

Not Quite Random Sonic Loveliness for the Day: An Absolute Stunner from Gang Colours!

I've just fallen madly in love with this mix! The best yet from Gang Colours! More stellar quality from Gilles P. + the Brownswood family...... Thanks to FACT mag for sending this my way! Enjoy! xo, B.

Far from Random Sonic + Aesthetic Loveliness for the Day: GILLES P. WORLDWIDE AWARDS 2012!

LeFtO Films: Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards 2012 from Lefto on Vimeo.

It's well known how much I've been pining to live in London since I was about 8 years old, + with the dismal state of our backward country that's been growing exponentially for years, especially in the last 3, so it's a bit masochistic how much I keep up with everything happening not just in London, but everywhere in the UK.... That said—I won't stop because as a graphic designer, DJ, + just as a human being it's also inspiring + I can't squelch the drive to keep up! This footage from last weekend's annual Gilles Peterson Worldwide Awards fete is gorgeous, w/ plenty of my favorites, including Gang Colours, the ever-BEAUTIFUL Kutmah, Austin Peralta + Thundercat, Jamie XX + more, all presided over by GP himself looking mighty dapper in a white suit........ Another of those clips that makes the night look like pure magic (in the resplendent halls of Koko, which I've of course heard about for years but had never seen before), + making me pine to have been there! Enjoy! xo, B.

Random Aesthetic Loveliness of the Day: Colors + Xylophone by Seiichi Hishikawa

The Wanderlust Hotel Singapore, My New Ultimate Dream Destination

Hope everyone is having a lovely holiday season! I'll be posting my Best of 2011 in the next few days but in the meantime take a look at my new dream destination, the Wanderlust Hotel, Singapore, found via designboom's Ten Most-Viewed Hospitality Designs of 2011. How fitting is that name given that wanderlust is my perennial state? Also very likely a word I'll get tattooed somewhere prominent when I find the right typeface.... Of course I'd rather just find the $$$ to travel to all my dream destinations, but hopefully that'll come around! xo, B.

"The Tsunami + the Cherry Blossoms"—A Staggeringly Beautiful + Incredibly Moving Bit of Hope for a New (+ Hopefully 20,000 Times Better) Year

Happy Holidays from Liquidator Graphics! (+ the adorable Sebo Walker....)

CLASSIC INSPIRATION: A Stellar Interview on the History of the Mighty House Industries

Far from Random Beautiful Boy Loveliness: Chef Dream Husband Alex Stupak for Eater's Sound Check!!!

Lovely Boy Eye Candy: Boxer Zachary Wohlman

This is Zachary Wohlman from freshjive on Vimeo.

Thanks to Fresh Jive for sending this quite lovely boy my way, + congratulations to him on winning his first fight. xo, B.

More Random Aesthetic EPIC SUBLIMITY: Kaleidoscopic Exploding Blazingly Vibrant Technicolor via Novum on Behance

Novum 11/11 – Making Of Cover from Paperlux on Vimeo.

I've just once again fallen MADLY IN LOVE WITH some more—some of the MOST—kaleidoscopic, awe-inspiringly vibrant color + blazingly brilliant printing innovation I've ever seen—this Buckminster Fuller-inspired NOVUM magazine cover from Paperlux, via Behance!! I cannot wax hyperbolically enough about this so I'll let it speak for itself....... xo, B.!

In Love Again: Lustrous work + he's FINE AS HELL—Nendo's Oki Sato

(Pr) Oki Sato from Protein® on Vimeo.

Sonic Loveliness for the Morning: A Giddy Classic from the Always Adorable + Magnificently Brilliant Yukihiro Fukutomi!!!

Random Aesthetic EPIC SUBLIMITY: The Eye-Searingly Lovely + MAGNIFICENT Sensorium Exhibit by the D4D

Sephora Sensorium - Life At First Scent & Lucid Dreams from The D4D on Vimeo.

I cannot get my head around how staggeringly beautiful + eye-searingly vibrant this work is......... This exhibition in NYC, from 10/15-11/27/11, found by Cool Hunting + created by ineffably brilliant firm the D4D for Sephora + the perfume house Firmenich looks absolutely, psychotropically MAGNIFICENT!!! I can guarantee you I'll be keeping up with the D4D on Vimeo + Facebook frequently from now on for inspiration + color! As far as the exhibition, DAMN, I wish I could see it! The soundtrack by Little Dragon here doesn't hurt either......... :))), xo, B.!

FINALLY ON MIXCLOUD! Disc 1 of the First of My DJ Comps to Go Online, Bellissima Idyll!

Bellissima Idyll Part 1 by Eleganthoodlum on Mixcloud

Yes, I've finally uploaded disc 1 of the first of my 13 years worth of the homemade CD series to Mixcloud! One of my favorite sets, an eclectic global bossa selection from 2002 representing the UK, Brazil, Japan + beyond, Bellissima Idyll, named after my two favorite Japanese labels from back in the day..... The sound isn't perfect in a few spots but I still think the selection is—so please listen + (hopefully) ENJOY! Thanks all! xxoo, B.!

Random Aesthetic Loveliness of the Day: More Hyper-Lustrous Food Porn from Eater's Stunning Sound Cheque Series

Victoriano Lopez, "Elegance" & "Lomo Saltado" from Eater NY on Vimeo.

Eater's Sound Cheque series keeps getting better with every installment. Dig this massively vibrant new clip, as always set to a radiantly idyllic soundtrack. xo, B.

RIP Steve Jobs

It is a terribly sad day with the loss of the brilliant Steve Jobs but I did have to post this striking illustration that came from a Facebook friend as a humble tribute. I started teaching myself design on a Mac in 1991 + have always + will always maintain that there is NO SUCH THING as digital graphic design or commercial printing on any other platform........ Everything else Apple that I can't imagine my life without for the past 20 years was a bonus........ RIP Steve........... xo, B.

More Radiant + Well-Soundtracked Food Porn via Eater: Chef—Ciano's Shea Gallante, Band—Invisible Days

Shea Gallante, "Lobster Raviolo" from Eater NY on Vimeo.

Sonic Loveliness for the Morning: My New Favorite Song from the Staggeringly Brilliant Tropics!

Sonic Loveliness for the Morning: A Ravishing Set from a Facebook Friend at Jupiter Tuning Center

indian summer earwax by jupiter tuning center

Sonic + Aesthetic BLISS for the Weekend + Beyond: Live Clorofila + Banda Aguacaliente

This is my new favorite clip—pure INEFFABLE BLISS! I'd have given just about ANYTHING to see this lovely spectacle, but I can at least look forward to a DJ set from Clorofila at the Museum of Latin-American Art's En La Noche, also with a first look at the MEX/L.A.: Mexican Modernism(s) in Los Angeles 1930-1985 exhibition, which looks magnificent, free tequila tasting, a multitude of lowrider cars..... + the inevitable promise of many BEAUTIFUL LATIN BOYS. Looking forward to it. xo, B.

Not Quite Random Aesthetic Loveliness: Beautifully Inspiring Documentary on the Resiliency of Japan w/ Pharrell + M-FLO!!!—Tokyo Rising

Not Quite Random Loveliness: The Ever-RAVISHINGLY EXQUISITELY LOVELY José González + More Live Red Hot + Rio 2 from NYC

RH Loft Party: Mia Doi Todd + José González from Red Hot on Vimeo.

RH Boat Party: Quadron from Red Hot on Vimeo.

MADLY IN LOVE AGAIN—This Time With the GODLY BEAUTIFUL DAN BEAUMONT!!!

Dan Beaumont (Jam Factory/Dalston Superstore) - Spacebumps. Exclusive mix for R$N by Theransomnote on Mixcloud

AWE-inspiring + pure GENIUS: Outliers Vol. 1: Iceland

Outliers, Vol I: Iceland from effixx on Vimeo.

I am genuinely reeling from the lustrous, opulent, exquisitely flawless aesthetics of this project, which came to me via The Fox is Black. With some of the most rapturously opulent visuals I've seen in ages + music by Shigeto, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tycho, Deru + more, this is set to be BLINDINGLY BRILLIANT!!! Enjoy....... xo, B.

Sonic Loveliness for the Morning: Makoto's 5th Anniversary Mix for Human Elements (Tokyo)

Makoto - Human Elements 5th Anniversary Mix by Makoto-Humanelements

Sonic BRILLIANCE for this Weekend + Way Beyond: GILLES P.'S JAPANESE SENSE MIX!!!!

Gilles’ ‘Japanese Sense’ Mix by Gilles Peterson Worldwide on Mixcloud

Touring the World with Black XS Live Sound........

These Takeaway Shows by Black XS Live Sound are so boundlessly charming + resplendently photographed that I've been utterly rapt making my way through the series........ The Shugo Tokumaru is musically the loveliest + has the most enchanting color, but seeing Polock do a song that I so love ("Fireworks!") on the beach in Spain is in and of itself mightily beguiling...... Yora + Mujeres are both bands that are new to me but that I want to hear much more from........... + are on both counts adorable, especially Mujeres' tousled lead singer, because as everyone who knows me well knows—give me a tousled Spanish boy in a Fred Perry shirt + I'm eternally grateful....... But the two boys that I'm most MADLY IN LOVE WITH out of this lot are the two GODLY RAVISHING close-cropped bearded boys from the Stereotypes!!! Enjoy all....... xo, B.

Sonic Loveliness for the Morning: All About DJ Krush (Used to Be My Hero + I Still Love Him)

It's All About Dj Krush by Beatinspector on Mixcloud

Inspiration + Another Reason I Need an iPhone Already: The Ravishing Virtual Letterpress App

LetterMpress™ for the iPad available July 5th from Neighborhood Sandbox on Vimeo.

First off, I've been pining for an iPhone for a while lately, never to use as a phone—I hate cell phones with a passion—but solely for the ridiculous breadth of miraculous aesthetic possibilities, whether Instagram or the app to shoot video + make it look like 50s Eastman color used for a clip of a market in Japan set to Shugo Tokumaru's "Rum Hee" that I posted a few weeks back. Now this app for simulating letterpress comes via HOW, + it looks + sounds incredible:

"LetterMpress is a virtual letterpress environment for iPad that allows anyone to create authentic-looking letterpress designs and prints.

"The design process is the same as the letterpress process—you place and arrange type and cuts on a press bed, lock the type, ink the type, and print. You can create unlimited designs, with multiple colors, using authentic vintage wood type and art cuts. And you can print your design directly from LetterMpress or save it as an image for import it into other applications."

xo, B.

Pure Sonic Bliss from a BEAUTIFUL GENIUS: Nicolas Jaar in What Looks + Sounds Like the Greatest Show EVER

Ultra-Vibrant Aesthetic Loveliness for the Day: Kevin Dart's Yuki7 in Looks That Kill

Looks That Kill - HD from Yuki 7 on Vimeo.

Lustrous Interior for the Day: Red Bull's London Offices via Dezeen Magazine

Inside awards: Red Bull offices by Linda Morey Smith from Dezeen on Vimeo.

Marvelous + pure GENIUS: Pendulum Sound Machine by Kouichi Okamoto

Pendulum sound machine from kyoueidesign on Vimeo.

Absolutely marveling at this. Via designboom.

Awe-Inspiring Aesthetic Splendor for the Day, Set to My Favorite Song of the Moment

SONIC LOVELINESS FOR THE CENTURY: New KRAAK & SMAAK IN SESSION!!!!

I'll say straight up—this is the best pop song (y'all know what I mean by that—pop in the REAL Burt Bacharach sense) since Saint Etienne's "Nothing Can Stop Us"!!!!! I'm having a near catalepsy here........ in the best way possible........ One more stunner from the session:


This is my bliss for today—though I will say one thing about that old wedding: the London Chamber Orchestra with the cathedral bells sounded rather sublime.... But otherwise fuck that, I'm celebrating new KRAAH + SMAAK!!!!!

xo + love all,
B.

Sonic Loveliness for the Evening: Wyolica Produced by My Dream Boy Kenji!

+ I couldn't resist adding the beautiful Kenji + his adorable pups—just when I thought he couldn't possibly get any more adorable or ridiculously sexy..........



As well as one more sweet Wyolica/Kenji collaboration with lustrous color + my boy looking even more beguiling........ xo, B.

Favorite New Song to Kick My Ass Out of Bed—from One of the Two Albums of the Year Thus Far: NEW LONDON ELEKTRICITY

Random Aesthetic Loveliness for the Morning via the Fox is Black: Lovely Project from BEAUTIFUL Hong Kong Beekeeper Michael Leung

Nokia - HK Honey from The Silentlights on Vimeo.

Awake for an hour + I've already found my first new dream husband of the day....... Thank you Fox is Black for vibrant inspiration once again, + Michael Leung, I think I love you. :)) xo, B.

New Loves: Today's Chef Dream Boy Anthony Sasso in an Exquisite Bit of Food Porn

Anthony Sasso, "Belly with Urchin" from Eater NY on Vimeo.

Much needed GODLINESS: The MOST STAGGERINGLY BREATH-DEFYINGLY RADIANTLY MIRACULOUSLY BEAUTIFUL BOY ALIVE—LUKE PASQUALINO!!!!—IS COMING TO THE BORGIAS!

Pure Sonic Bliss from Japan While I Send My Continued Love to My Brothers + Sisters: Red Bull's EXCLUSIVE MAKOTO MIX!!!!!!!!!

Tranquility + Staggeringly Brilliant Aesthetics—to the Sound of Wim Mertens

It's well-known that I've lived by my love of Japanese film and music since I was 20 at the latest, and for me no other country has produced so many ineffably brilliant artistic gods—the mightiest creative minds of our time, providing boundless joy in a thousand different hues. Seeing the country literally in tatters and in inconceivable further danger, I'm looking for whatever aesthetic inspiration and any sort of calmness I can find at the moment. While working on compiling a post with the loveliest benefit projects by designers and the most credible sources for where to donate (I was infuriated by a piece that said that Verizon and AT+T were taking as much as 3 MONTHS to send donations given by text), and another with a primer of the Japanese music that has defined me for the last 2 decades, this project by Kinetura seemed an apt moment of idyllic distraction. Also it's my first salve in trying to remedy the fact that while I paper my Facebook wall with it, I haven't been posting ANYWHERE NEAR the amount of staggering aesthetic bliss I find daily via Inhabitat on this wall. And if I needed another reason, it's set to a magnificent piece by timeless Crepuscule piano genius Wim Mertens.........

Sending much love and best thoughts to my brothers and sisters in Japan,
xo, B.

Wishing Everyone a Shimmeringly Brilliant Year of the Rabbit!

The Belated First Random Aesthetic Loveliness of 2011: The Adorable + Miraculously Skilled Killian Martin in EPICALLY LUSTROUS Color

A belated happy new year all, once again I know haven't been posting enough (spending too much constantly populating my Facebook wall in random aesthetic shorthand + saving only the finest exquisite luster for the blog—if you'd like more please don't hesitate to send me a friend request. I promise the blog'll be updated MUCH more frequently this year! In the meantime, I found the charmingly goofy Man About Town clip w/ the adorable + miraculously skilled Killian Martin this morning via the brilliant Fox is Black, + as often happens it led me to several INFINITELY FINER clips—these being especially resplendent, in EPICALLY FAULTLESS color, all directed by Brett Novak + scored to idyllic songs by Patrick Watson. Enjoy........ xxoo, B.

Random Aesthetic Loveliness of the Day: Testament from Grant Achatz Segueing to Staggeringly Vibrant Food Porn

Happy Birthday Yoshihiro Okino + Argel Cota!!! These Two Sonic Gods Sharing a Birthday? DAMN......

Had to take a moment to wish a BOUNDLESSLY HAPPY + LOVELY birthday to the godly exquisitely BEAUTIFUL/perennially STUNNING Yoshihiro Okino (don of my favorite label, Especial, + 1/2 of the mightiest of the mighty, Kyoto Jazz Massive (love to Shuya as well!!!)), + to my also lovely friend Argel Cota (arKhota, the GREATEST DRUMMER ALIVE + part of the legendary Niño Astronauta + Kobol)! This Yoshi tribute is so blissfully joyous, w/ a matchless coming together of my idols....... + Alex Barck looks FINE!!!! (Sorry, just had to say it........) Happy birthday to my cousin Ben as well! xxoo, B.

Random Aesthetic EPIC SUBLIMITY: Miraculously Vibrant Culinary Alchemy

Silestone -- 'Above Everything Else' from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

Random Aesthetic EPIC SUBLIMITY: Staggeringly Resplendently EXQUISITE Type Drawn Ineffably Flawlessly (+ Rather Hypnotically....) by Luca Barcellona

Legacy of Letters from Luca Barcellona on Vimeo.

Semi-Random Aesthetic Loveliness for the Day: Miraculous Tranquil Beauty + Color Set to Ryuichi Sakamato + Alva Noto

My Favorite Brazilian Twins—Fabio Moon + Gabriel Ba (in All Their Loveliness!)—For Sanrio Brasil's Hello Kitty @ 50

TIMELESS Inspiration: Immaculately Lustrous Paul Rand Retrospective.... w/ United Future Org. as Score!!!

Paul Rand Retrospective from Jeremy Cox on Vimeo.

New Loves: The Awe-Inspiringly Beautiful + Miraculously Brilliant Mixology God Craig Schoettler

Random Aesthetic EPIC SUBLIMITY: 100 Cats Get Balletic in London Ikea

Random Bounty of Ridiculously Lovely Boys: (capsule) Show Paris for SlamxHype

CAPSULE SHOW juin 2010 from menageatrois on Vimeo.

Random Aesthetic Loveliness for the Morning: An Exquisitely Filmed Profile of a Tattoo Master

Ineffable Sonic BRILLIANCE: Red Bull Music Academy's Fireside Chat w/ MARCOS VALLE!!!!

A New Level of Exquisite Food Porn via Kistune Noir

Cooking Dinner Vol. I from William Hereford on Vimeo.

(Artificial) Colour for the Morning: Pantone on the Plus Series

The Pantone Plus series from Pantone UK on Vimeo.

Sonic Loveliness for the Morning via My Facebook Homegirl Gigi Lau: Ahmad Jamal + Richard Evans Make Like Tjader + Schifrin

Once again I've been guilty of neglecting to write anything w/ my blog postings but that's about to change. In the meantime I'll say that I have to give my Facebook homegirl Gigi Lau a MIGHTY thanks for turning me onto this EPIC Ahmad Jamal piece arranged by the inimitably brilliant Richard Evans on Argo c. 1963—the same year that the gods Cal Tjader + Lalo Schifrin made their archetypal COLOSSAL + ETERNALLY SUBLIME Asian jaunt on Several Shades of Jade. Ahmad + Richard just followed Afro-Colombian suit in MAGNIFICENTLY MASSIVE fashion!!! The way a big band should sound—like they're LEVELING a city when they're truthfully just ELEVATING it to boundless new heights............ xo, B.!

Far from Random Aesthetic Loveliness: An EPIC, Awe-Inspiring, Miraculous + SUBLIME Spot for SAPPORO!!!!!

In Love w/ ISO50 Blog....

FITC Toronto 2010 Highlight Reel from FITC on Vimeo.

New Loves: The Epically Adorably Beautiful Peter Marigold

Succinct: Happy Easter If You Go in For That Sort of Thing (I Don't but Love Easter Egg Color)

Not Quite Random Aesthetic Loveliness + MIRACULOUSLY RAVISHING GENIUS for the Day: Sao Paulo Parkour by a Beautiful Boy!