Adam Kuban: Kublog

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Month: May, 2010

Video: Diane Birch, “What Is Love?” on Wurlitzer electric piano

A) Haddaway, the original “What Is Love?” artist, actually has a pretty fascinating bio. B) Diane Birch, who’s covering the song above, also has an interesting bio.

Links from Wednesday, April 7, 2010 to Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The Girl Who Ate Everything: Back from Honolulu"My ol' Canon 20D died. Out of nowhere, the shutter went berserk, which doesn't seem to be an uncommon problem, although one that costs a few hundred dollars to repair. While I was looking to buy a less expensive camera, I ended up getting a new Canon 7D [...]

JetBlue’s somewhat stealth engine-based marketing

I’m writing this from the cabin of a JetBlue plane somewhere over the Atlantic. I just looked out the window and saw the engine read “www.jetblue.com.” Now why would they advertise their URL to people already on board, I thought. But, aha! … It’s there for all the people who like to take photos out [...]

OMD, Gen X, and Frank Frazetta

A few things tied together with a very thin thread … First, I read A. O. Scott’s “Gen X Has a Midlife Crisis” in the New York Times this morning. Online initially and then, yes, switching over to my iPhone when I had to leave the house for work. (Scott says, “I see you rolling [...]

The NYT’s gratuitously detailed accounts of the recent Times Square scares

In reporting on the unfolding events in Times Square right now, the New York Times‘s City Room blog lapses into almost Onionesque territory when it mentions a vendor who reported a suspicious duffel bag earlier this morning: Mr. Elbaz, an immigrant from Egypt who lives in Jackson Heights, Queens, said he was relieved. It was [...]

Danny Meyer’s Sandwiched at the Whitney Museum Biennial

On Saturday I went to the 2010 Whitney Biennial with my friend Justin and his ol’ lady. I’ll tell you, I was actually more excited about the food options at the museum than the exhibit. I mean, 2008′s biennial sucked a big ol’ donkey’s ass and I vowed not to ever go to another. Well, [...]

Self-propelled mower hack; tie it to a stake

[via Reddit]