Oceania is the album we've been waiting for The Smashing Pumpkins to release for years. It has been worth the wait. From start to finish, there isn't a boring moment. This is an album that you turn on loud from track 1. There aren't any standout tracks - this is a standout album. 1. "Quasar" [...]

Buzz Andersen writes about work, motivation and getting the 'final cut', If I had to identify a theme in my career thus far, it would probably be that I’m on a lifelong search for ways to build things I am passionate about, in ways I can be proud of, with people I respect and am [...]

I really like the kitchen and living room of this house by Crosson Clarke Carnachan architects.

Most of them are huge because those are the kind we learned to detect first, but now we're finding that small ones are actually more common. We know nothing about what's on any of them. With better telescopes, that could change. This is an exciting time. Planets are turning out to be so common that [...]

In Our Heads is better than One Life Stand, as good as Made In The Dark, and as good as any other Hot Chip album you like. Alexis Petridis writes in his review published at The Guardian, Hot Chip are clearly not the only artists in the world to boast wildly eclectic tastes, but what [...]

For all those aspiring detectives and artists alike, here is a quick guide on how to draw hands holding cigarettes: (via Yuko's art reference blog)