Are we what we consume?
Thought it would be great to chronicle what content/resources/entertainment we all passionately consume.
Are we what we consume , lets see?
Spare a minute to list your favorite…..
Websites , bloggs , information resources , tv channels , magazines , newspapers , books , favorite actvities ( keep it clean ) , music/artists , films , pastimes/hobbys , toothpaste , misc stuff?
Lets start here and see where this goes.
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I consume…
— House of Naked ; )
— The Guardian
— Lots of music stuff
— Lots of football (soccer stuff)
— Lots of baseball stuff
Websites/Blogs:
http://consumerist.com/
http://adverlab.blogspot.com/
http://www.instructables.com/
http://jalopnik.com/
information resources:
lola + neal + mt + paul + larry + noah’s mom’s blog
tv channels: GalleryHD, Discovery Science, History, Adult Swim, MTV (who doesn’t love NEXT?)
magazines:
ReadyMade
Harpers
newspapers:
The New York Daily Herald Gazette Post-Dispatch Plain-Dealer Times Register Journal Recorder Picayune
books:
skinny legs and all
call of the mall
favorite actvities:
making decks
music/artists:
Sarah Sze
Ben Richards
films:
go see rocket science and superbad
pastimes/hobbys:
falconry, making things into lamps
toothpaste:
Listerine Essential Care
misc stuff:
http://www.flyushelicopter.com/
$160 from manhattan to JFK, Newark, LaGuardia in 8 minutes.
your dvr isn’t a tivo
2nd Street Mining coming soon
I am reading 105 feeds on Bloglines at the moment. Mostly advertising, planning, art, technology, CRM, design and other random stuff.
I watch cricket and Premier League on the telly. A few videos on YouTube.
Read the odd book or two, when I find the time.
If that’s what you wanted
Google reader: http://google.com/reader through which I consume a ton of blogs and websites including (a few of my recent favorites):
http://swissmiss.typepad.com/
http://virtualeconomics.typepad.com/
http://www.frederiksamuel.com/blog
http://www.bubblegeneration.com/
http://www.fimoculous.com/
(plus all my friends)
Printed materials: New York Times, Wired
Books: Just finished Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster
Music (this year): Feist, The National, Justice
Toothpaste: Rembrandt
Other stuff: Apple, Gstar, Joe Coffee (at Alessi)
Ok lets keep these coming.
Websites:
http://www.bbc.co.uk , http://www.artnet.com , http://www.houseofnaked.com , http://www.npr.org , http://www.disney.com , http://www.arsenal.com , http://www.cornwallct.org
TV Channels:
hbo , ifc , ovation , foxsports , pbs , pbs kids , nickelodean.
Magazines:
new york mag , world of interiors , the week , wired , contagious , the beano , chucks cast offs .. ow and the occasional adweek / ad age / campaign/creativity etc
Recent Books:
chesil beach Ian McEwan , maximum city Suketu Mehta , ten faces of innovation Thomas Kelly , humanity and inhumanity George Rodger , african journey Pete Turner, green eggs and ham , wizardology, dragonology .
fav artists:
paul weller , HRH bowie , edwyn collins , joe strummer , ravi shankar, the khan family , amy winehouse. irving penn , ralph gibson , david bailey , william klein , george rodger .
recent films :
the original thunderbirds , joe 90 , last king of scotland , venus .. golden oldie .. the party.
toothpaste : colgate .. now switching to rembrandt!.
other stuff:
design , modern furniture , joes decks , neals wit , noahs bloggs , mt’s style , herons shades johannas twitters , larrys fishtank , arthurs cheek , kates patience. ow and anything to do with africa or india.
prediction :
table tennis the next poker?
Blogs/sites: ( a bunch, but here’s a few current favorites)
http://www.notcot.org
http://earlboykins.blogspot.com
http://www.clarkandmichael.com
http://www.dwell.com/
http://www.threebillion.com/
http://www.nextgreatthing.com/
TV:
I don’t really watch much tv. I watch Adult Swim on Joost a lot though.
Magazines:
domino, vogue, british vogue, elle, Dwell, iD, Wired, National geographic, The Nation, Surface, Psychology Today, Film Comment, Artforum
Recent Books:
Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious, White Oleander, Harriet the Spy, The End of the Affair
Music:
Belle & Sebastian, Elliot Smith, Dirty Pretty Things, and The National. lately.
Recent Films:
The Ten, Taxi Driver, Perfume, Sunshine, The Omen, Masculine Feminine
toothpaste: (* note – please don’t really consume this, because excessive fluoride is poisonous)
Tom’s of Maine
Other stuff:
tomatoes, mozzarella, avocado, too many clothes, stupid videos.
Some favorites–
Websites:
http://www.cambrianhouse.com [ideas]
http://www.thecoolhunter.net [design, etc]
http://www.springspotters.com [trends]
http://www.flavorpill.net [art+music events]
http://www.pandora.com [personal radio]
http://www.giantstep.net [music + events]
Magazines:
Scientific American Mind
i-D
Surface
Wired
HOW
Wallpaper
Recent Books:
Natural Novel
The New Gestalt Therapy
The Laws of Simplicity
Get Back in the Box
Favorite actvities/pastimes:
* searching out cool bathrooms in restaurants/bars
* trading music w/ friends
* people-watching
* going to as many hip-hop shows as i can!
Toothpaste: I’m a die-hard Colgate Total Whitening Gel fan
Best flavor!
(ps–I will be Naked’s new intern this fall. Look forward to meeting you all mid-September!)
welcome vicky , nice one.
we all look forward to welcoming you in the non virtual world at 96 greene street.
Here’s some recent stuff on my list…
Websites:
ted.com/talks
murketing.com
shopperculture.com/
sprpingwise.com
apartmenttherapy.com
Authors:
Haruki Murakami, Daniel Pink, Jasper Fforde, Michael Pollan, David Sedaris
TV:
Family Guy, Flight of the Conchords, The Sarah Silverman Program, Pardon the Interruption
Magazines:
New Yorker, Wired, Heeb, Good
Toothpaste:
Basic Crest paste
Other pursuits:
Swing-lens panoramic photography, Chopin, soft serve ice cream, farsi vocabulary (wife is Persian)