DUFF HOUSE

"I saw a guy in Brooklyn once with a handlebar mustache, pierced ears, a fedora hat and jodhpurs. He..."

Mon, 06 May 2013 22:13:52 -0700

“I saw a guy in Brooklyn once with a handlebar mustache, pierced ears, a fedora hat and jodhpurs. He was a collage of sartorial attempts at evading himself. It looked as if he were interrupted during a shave in the mid-1850s and had to grab some clothes and dress quickly while being chased through a time tunnel.”

- Marc Maron

My friend Marc Maron, whose new TV show Maron just premiered on IFC, wrote this great piece for the Times about finding the perfect pants. And just living your life.
(via putthison)

AUSTIN KLEON: 90 minutes

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:09:48 -0700

AUSTIN KLEON: 90 minutes:

austinkleon:

Is 90 minutes the magic amount of time you need for a productive work session? explore-blog posted this bit of Tony Schwartz’s article, “Relax! You’ll Be More Productive”:

In the 1950s, the researchers William Dement and Nathaniel Kleitman discovered that we sleep in cycles of roughly 90…

"When you want genuine music—music that will come right home to you like a bad quarter, suffuse your..."

Sat, 04 May 2013 22:16:47 -0700

“When you want genuine music—music that will come right home to you like a bad quarter, suffuse your system like strychnine whisky, go right through you like Brandreth’s pills, ramify your whole constitution like the measles, and break out on your hide like the pin-feather pimples on a picked goose,—when you want all this, just smash your piano, and invoke the glory-beaming banjo!”

- Mark Twain (via heavychaff)

comedycentral: This was magical. If you ever needed a reason to...

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:46:56 -0700

comedycentral:

This was magical.

If you ever needed a reason to follow @TheDailyShow, this is it.

Here’s the original segment, in case you missed it.

Hawkwind - Silver Machine (Promo) [Complete] - YouTube

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:16:19 -0700

Hawkwind - Silver Machine (Promo) [Complete] - YouTube:

Inspired by the post from Heavy Chaff tonight.

Untitled: Space Madness: Reasons To Love Hawkwind

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:10:34 -0700

Untitled: Space Madness: Reasons To Love Hawkwind:

basilksledge:

Dave Brock and the over forty musicians who have played with him have created some of the most timely and timeless music in all of Rock and Roll. Moving from its psychedelic roots to the creation of space rock, being on the forefront of the punk and new wave scenes and all the way up to the…

For your education.

"If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry’."

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:38:07 -0700

“If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry’.”

- John Lennon (via heavychaff)

Razze Dazzle

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:23:00 -0700

I’ve been listening obsessively to the podcast 99% Invisible. Today I stumbled on this episode about WWI ship camouflage and it kind of blew my mind.

jessethorn: George Jones - Still Doing Time Rest in peace to...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:26:54 -0700

jessethorn:

George Jones - Still Doing Time

Rest in peace to one of the greatest.

themadeshop: Concrete Stool by Elise Burbaud

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:59:50 -0700

themadeshop:

Concrete Stool by Elise Burbaud

#scorpionhuntingpartdeux #arizona

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:53:32 -0700

#scorpionhuntingpartdeux #arizona

austinkleon: Jean Tinguely on ‘Art’ “Just guys doing...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:24:14 -0700

austinkleon:

Jean Tinguely on ‘Art’

“Just guys doing things.”

(Thx, @rogre!)

HeavyChaff: 1976=Year Zero: Revisiting The First (Ten Or Eleven) British Punk Singles

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:29:40 -0700

HeavyChaff: 1976=Year Zero: Revisiting The First (Ten Or Eleven) British Punk Singles:

heavychaff:

(John Graham Mellor aka Joe Strummer aka God as far as you’re concerned)

In late 1976 three records came out in England that proved to the opening salvo in an all out attack against the pompous British mainstream music and by extension all of British culture. By the end of 1978 this…

Great article by a my friend Daniel Blatney about the first British punk singles.

HeavyChaff: 1976=Year Zero: Revisiting The First (Ten Or Eleven) British Punk Singles

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:24:51 -0700

HeavyChaff: 1976=Year Zero: Revisiting The First (Ten Or Eleven) British Punk Singles:

heavychaff:

(John Graham Mellor aka Joe Strummer aka God as far as you’re concerned)

In late 1976 three records came out in England that proved to the opening salvo in an all out attack against the pompous British mainstream music and by extension all of British culture. By the end of 1978 this…

Guitarists With Digit Issues

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:44:01 -0700

basilksledge:

Jerry Garcia: 9 Fingers

Django Reinhardt: 8 usable fingers

Tony Iommi: 8 fingertips

Hound Dog Taylor: 11 fingers

Apochryphock 'n Roll

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:43:03 -0700

heavychaff:

John Wayne once encountered Elvis Presley and commented on the song “Blue Suede Shoes” “Do you wanna know why I don’t wear suede shoes?” the Duke asked the King. “I was using a men’s room urinal when a fella using the urinal next to me, recognized me and without breaking stream turned to me and said ‘Oh my God, you’re John Wayne.’”

"He wouldn’t know how to pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were printed on the heel."

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:27:59 -0700

“He wouldn’t know how to pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were printed on the heel.”

- Lyndon Johnson (via)

raggedglory: Neil Young - On The Beach (from On the Beach LP) I...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 07:45:13 -0700

raggedglory:

Neil Young - On The Beach (from On the Beach LP)

I need a crowd of people,
but I can’t face them day to day.
Though my problems are meaningless,
that don’t make them go away.

Over and Over.

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:10:13 -0700

Over and Over.

Edward Abbey

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:15:06 -0700

Edward Abbey