Apparently my random listening this evening is incorporating a lot of African music.

It started with St. Vincent. I can’t quite make sense of how I got from there to here.

Artist: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (in Dakar)

Song: Mosquito Song

(Source: youtube.com)

Listen to this, several times.

Artist: Toumani Diabaté

Song: Si Naani

(Source: youtube.com)

Big cities have bustling corridors where saying “hello” would be out of place. But there are plenty of places, even within the most densely packed city, which lend themselves to neighborly acknowledgement: an apartment building, an office, a quieter residential street. After all, the feeling of connectedness is one of the benefits of living in a city. Let’s make sure to utilize it. It’s good for us.

Why You Should Say ‘Hello’ to Strangers on the Street (via theatlantic)

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Celebrating the Jubilee weekend with a colonial revolutionary.  (Taken with instagram)

Celebrating the Jubilee weekend with a colonial revolutionary. (Taken with instagram)

Day 155: coffee and the London Review of Books (Taken with instagram)

Day 155: coffee and the London Review of Books (Taken with instagram)

Ritual Union, Little Dragon. Sneak attack song (as in I didn’t see it coming, ended up liking it when it arrived).

(Source: vimeo.com)

Day 154: Rainy Sunday.  (Taken with instagram)

Day 154: Rainy Sunday. (Taken with instagram)

photojojo:

Who’d have known your stomach could double as a camera?

Two UK students, Josh Lake and Luke Evans, ate 35mm film and were able to process photos after the film, erm, came out!

Students Make Photos by Eating 35mm Film

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Good for a reflective and rainy day.

Artist: Smog

Song: Rock Bottom Riser (2005) 

(Source: youtube.com)

Snails I

Snails I