Like A Dream by Francis and the Lights

Sometimes something makes you happy and you can't say why. And the more you watch it, and the happier it makes you, the less you can say why. For me, this is one of those things.

Mitch Hedberg: Saved by the buoyancy of citrus

Today is the birthday of my all-time favorite comedian. Mitch Hedberg was born on February 24th, 1968. Tragically, for him and the world, he passed on March 30th, 2005. Although he wasn't around long, his sense of silliness has had a profound effect on my worldview.

Some of his jokes are devastatingly funny. Others aren't funny at all. Oddly, it's his unfunny jokes that make me love him most. I considered naming this site "The Buoyancy of Citrus," after a line from one of his bits. I opted against it for too-many-damn-letters reasons. But it's served as a kind of mission statement none-the-less.

Happy Birthday Mitchell.

The human body is a neat contraption

This is an older clip of Les Twins, a dancing duo from France. Yes, they're twins. And although there are tons of videos of them doing their thing all over the internet, for whatever reason I've always liked this one best. 

The things our bodies are capable of, and our imaginations, continually astonish me. 

Any moment...

I spent last night at the Johnson Public House in Madison, Wisconsin, trying to get some writing done. I was stuck.

Espresso. Still stuck. Sparkling water. Still stuck. A few 3 Floyds wheat ales. Still stuck.

All the while, this wonderfully ginormous painting by Natalie Jo Wright was staring down at me. 

Sadly, in my case anyway, nothing happened.

But today will be different. Any moment...

Ziggy and Chance and a wonderful kind of day

“Everyday when you’re walking down the street, everybody that you meet
Has an original point of view
And I say HEY! hey! what a wonderful kind of day!
Where you can learn to work and play
And get along with each other”

Francesco Vullo

If you occasionally like your art on the clever side, and yes, I occasionally like my art on the clever side, then the work of Francesco Vullo is worth a look.

The 22-year old Italian digital artist was featured recently in The Creators Project where he said: "My work is strongly influenced by events and contemporary culture and has many ironic nuances and messages of social criticism. I try to reveal irreverent visions of today’s world remixing classic paintings, objects or known personalities with ironic elements and show the negative side of social networks, politics, industry, and commerce."

Yup. I'd say that's exactly what he does. Here's a quick look at some of his work. His insta is definitely worth a follow. And his site is here.

Fired Up. Ready To Go.

This short but awesome animation, especially today, is bittersweet. But more sweet than bitter. (Yes, I realize I kind of quoted Big Head Todd & the Monsters there.)

Let's remember, always, the power of one voice in the room. 

Nahko + Medicine for the People

I've been bouncing around the country the past few weeks for work reasons. Starting to feel the miles. 

But then, when I needed it most, I stumbled into Nahko Bear playing solo, just him and his acoustic guitar. In the middle of a tradeshow of all places. Sometimes life looks out for you like that.

This song is called 7 Feathers. It's always been a favorite.

My favorite Christmas video ever. Ever!

Okay, I'm a week late. But this is a beauty. Very very funny and very well done.

Surveillance camera footage from Bring Limes HQ

Have a great holiday everybody!

Tanu stacks coins better than you and I stack coins

So there's this Japanese guy named Tanu that stacks coins like a super genius. He posts photos of his stackings to Twitter. That's about all I know. Because I don't know how to read Japanese. Because I'm not what you'd call "book smart." Or "smart smart."

I've enjoyed stacking a rock or two in my day. But this? This right here? Holy crap!

Here's a glimpse at how he does it. Not a tube of super glue in sight.

Well lookit this thing with the fork!

Here at Bring Limes HQ, the "content" tends to veer toward inspirational beachy whatnot.

But I'm pretty sure this picture-hanging fork trick stands to improve our lives more than all the world's rumrunners combined.

"There's a girl on a motorbike!"

Goddamn right there's a girl on a motorbike.

Kerri Cameron rides on The Wall of Death. (Unlike myself who rides on The Office Chair of Death.)

Riding on the Wall of Death is a badass thing to do.

Kerri Cameron is a badass.

That's all there is to say about that. 

I think we could all use a shower. A shower just like this one.

"If our miles have added up to
A giant pile of distance that we
Cannot reach past, climb, or conquer
Will you dig a
Tunnel to me?"

Sometimes life's like that...

Crap Surfer

I'm crap at quite a few things.

I'm crap at most things actually. For the record, I'm not crap if you need help lifting heavy things. I'm not crap if you're looking for overly precious alliteration. But outside of those two fairly narrow skill sets, I'm crap.

I'm a crap surfer too. But I'm not even a good crap surfer. Bill Bankes-Jones, on the other hand, is the world champion of crap surfing. This is his story.

Stickers on guitar cases

Yesterday Charlie Parr played a lunchtime gig in our office. If you're familiar with Charlie Parr, you know how cool that is because Charlie Parr is freaking fantastic.  I'm going write about Charlie another day when I have the time to do it right.

For now, I just wanted to share a handwritten sticker that he had on his guitar case. The line is from a 1941 Almanac Singers song called Talking Union. The Almanac Singers included Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie and goddamn that's a good line.

Skiers vs. Snowboarders circa 1985

Skiers and snowboarders. We all ended up getting along eventually. Even though quite a few skiers (of which I was one at the time) were pretty dickish to the snowboarders (of which I am one now).

Either way, though, this makes for some fun viewing. Also: mustache-guy is sporting some sweet Vuarnets.

And we can all play together...

Blame it on Stevie's wild heart

Justin Vernon mentioned this Stevie Nicks video in an interview I read recently. He sampled her vocal, straight from the video, for the latest Bon Iver album. He said it's his favorite YouTube video of all time, and I'll be damned if I'm not coming around to that same opinion.

It's Stevie casually singing Wild Heart while having her makeup done for a Rolling Stone cover shoot. I'm guessing the video was shot sometime in August 1981. 

She sings like a bird here. Gliding and effortless and free.