Road Trip

A winter road trip across Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado.

- Joel

(all photos © Joel Thomason)

Photographer of the Day

Samuel Guigues

Lennon's Poster

Lord Huron "Time to Run"

Lord Huron - "Time to Run"

Rhye

A few tunes from Rhye, an LA soul duo.

- Joel

Rhye - "The Fall"
Rhye - "Open"

Very Little Stars

Here They Used To Build Ships

I love this piece from Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson.  You can find "Here They Used To Build Ships" on the soundtrack for the documentary "Copenhagen Dreams."

- Joel

 

Antfood - "Trek"

This song was created for an Emirates Airlines advertisement.  The song, in my opinion, is way better than the ad, which you can see below.  The piano riff reminds me of The Lumineers.

- Joel

Antfood - "Trek"

Bernie

I'm slowly learning to appreciate Texas.  Last weekend I saw the movie Bernie.  It contained the clip below that I'd say sums up Texas pretty well.

- Joel

New Tunes

© Joel Thomason

A pair of relatively new songs that caught my ear lately.

- Joel

Purity Ring - "Ungirthed"
Source: Wild Honey Pie

Grizzly Bear - "Yet Again"
Source: chromewaves

Balmorhea

I'm way behind on music.  I increasingly worry that I've lost touch, which is probably true.  But here's a new track from Balmorhea.

- Joel

Balmorhea - "Pyrakantha"
Source: Frontier Psychiatrist

Mount Elbert

© Joel Thomason

Yesterday I hiked Mount Elbert, the tallest mountain in Colorado.  Here are a few photos.

- Joel

© Joel Thomason

© Joel Thomason

© Joel Thomason

Kansas City

© Joel Thomason

Last week my brother and I spent a day visiting some of the great spots around Kansas City.  Here are a few photos.

- Joel

© Joel Thomason

© Joel Thomason

© Joel Thomason

Last Words

© Chris Harrell 

I love this print from Chris Harrell.  I'm tempted to buy it on Etsy but probably won't.  I have a hard time spending money on things to put on my walls, because I'm not good enough at organizing them to make a coherent, compelling presentation.  Anyway, if you don't recognize the words on the print, these are the last words from the novel The Great Gatsby.  Excellent book if I do say so myself.

- Joel

Photographer of the Day

© Weston Colton

Weston Colton.

© Weston Colton

© Weston Colton

Monument Valley

© Weston Colton

Per usual, I'm a sucker for photos of the American West.  Monument Valley is my favorite setting for Western films.

- Joel

© Weston Colton

Courrier

A friend of mine here in Austin directed a pretty cool music video for the band Courrier.  Check it out.

- Joel

 

Frank Ocean - "Forrest Gump"

I'm just getting into Frank Ocean's Channel Orange album, but I like what I hear so far.  Check out the track "Forrest Gump" below.

- Joel

Frank Ocean - "Forrest Gump"
Source: Wine & Bowties

The xx - "Angels"

The xx - "Angels"
Source: Oh My Rock

Beasts of the Southern Wild

I saw this movie today and it was fantastic.

- Joel