Brent Dady's Roxorlog

Recent Must Reads.

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:15:00 -0700

The Cooler Me.
Reality Check and Stunts. Gut-wrenching tales of startup life.
The Rise of the Killer Drones: How America Goes to War in Secret.

And the very good reads:

What’s in a Name? Part 2. Part 3. Excellent highbrow essays by Errol Morris.
Your Cat Is Making You Crazy.
George Wright. Story about a man on the run from the FBI for 41 years.
George Hotz, Sony, and the Anonymous Hacker Wars. By David Kushner.
Valuing Art Through Its Theft.
Earl Sweatshirt Is Back From the Wilderness.
Is Stanford Too Close to Silicon Valley?
The Bravest Woman in Seattle.

Modeselektor & Thom York - This. This.

Sun, 20 May 2012 19:40:44 -0700

Modeselektor & Thom York - This. This.

Explosions in the Sky - Postcard from 1952. Gorgeous, touching,...

Sun, 13 May 2012 11:53:47 -0700

Explosions in the Sky - Postcard from 1952.

Gorgeous, touching, and life-affirming. My favorite band ever.

Video

Sun, 13 May 2012 10:34:51 -0700

Super-dope illustration and animation by Alexander Pettersson.

Tue, 01 May 2012 14:42:11 -0700

Super-dope illustration and animation by Alexander Pettersson.

Go Right.

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:39:00 -0700

Go Right.

"Stay wild. Stay curious. Stay f***ing hungry."

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:56:00 -0700

“Stay wild. Stay curious. Stay f***ing hungry.”

- Dennis Lyxzén

Maya Jane Coles is a name to watch. Love the shuffle-y, dub-y,...

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:21:37 -0700

Maya Jane Coles is a name to watch. Love the shuffle-y, dub-y, bass-y vibe of this song.

Squarepusher - Dark Steering.

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:23:00 -0700

Squarepusher - Dark Steering.

Recent Good Reads.

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 10:53:00 -0700

Stargate, Ester Dean, and the current pop-manufacturing landscape.
Obama vs Boehner: Who Killed the Debt Deal? Fantastic insider information.
Inside Dartmouth’s Hazing Abuses.
Lobbyists, Guns, and Money.
Nature vs Nurture: Nurture.
How One Man Escaped from a North Korean Prison Camp. Amazing.
On the Market. Behind the curtain at Sotheby’s. Sounds horrible.
Sad Update on Antoine Walker.
Not Sad Update on Penny Hardaway.
The Man Who Broke Atlantic City.

Gorgeous UFC promo starring Jon Jones.

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:54:57 -0700

Gorgeous UFC promo starring Jon Jones.

Simian Mobile Disco - Cerulean.

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:01:46 -0700

Simian Mobile Disco - Cerulean.

Photo

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:17:51 -0700

"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals."

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:48:54 -0700

“Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.”

- David Ogilvy

Art installation at Fort Mason. March 18, 2012.

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:18:00 -0700

Art installation at Fort Mason. March 18, 2012.

The Animals - We Gotta Get Out of This Place.

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:17:55 -0700

The Animals - We Gotta Get Out of This Place.

Tarantino was right, this movie is badass.

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:54:00 -0700

Tarantino was right, this movie is badass.

Bieber x Slipknot.

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:48:36 -0800

Bieber x Slipknot.

Recent Good Reads.

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:12:00 -0800

Africa’s Dirty Wars. A bit here on Kony’s LRA and the state-less rebels without a cause who are running amok through the continent.
Inside the September 13th 2011 U.S. Embassy Attack in Kabul.
The Mystery of the 18 Twitching Teenagers. Mass psychogenic illness reminds me of Chunk’s puking story in The Goonies.
Lenny Dykstra. I’ve posted Dykstra’s crazy life story here before, but this may be his last chapter as he was just sentenced to 3 years at age 49 — he’s convinced he’ll be dead at 52 thanks to a fortune teller’s prognostication years ago. What an insane life story.
The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto. Short excerpt by David Kushner, who also wrote the excellent Masters of Doom.
Apocalyptic London. By the talented China Mieville.
I Was A Warehouse Wage Slave. Makes me rethink my Amazon Prime subscription.
The Hunter Becomes the Hunted. Great story about Iraq’s top terrorist killer.
How Companies Learn Your Secrets.
Why French Parents are Superior.
The End of Wall Street As They Knew It.
Three Trials for Murder.
An Oral History of the Malice at the Palace. Pultizer-worthy sports reporting about the dark day when ~~Ron Artest~~ Metta World Peace broke down and attacked Detroit’s fans. After reading this my perception of Jermaine O’Neal completely changed.

Fight Club trivia.

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:30:57 -0800

Fight Club trivia.:

I’m pretty sure David Fincher is a genius. IMDB has a great list of many of the clever little touches that were included in Fight Club, one of his pinnacle achievements and a rallying cry for the XY-chromosomed of my generation.

One of the coolest things I learned from that IMDB page is that Fincher cut several super-subversive spots to pitch to Fox as an anti-marketing campaign. Which they shot down. Derp.