Discussion: Can Music Ever Go Too Far?

Since we've got a few more readers [Hey guys! Glad you're here!], and because I'd really love to interact with you all a bit more, I wanted to start a little discussion about something I wonder:

When do you think music, artists, and lyrics go too far?

brown dress with white dots

Are there certain artists or songs you won't listen to? Why? Are there things that are simply too offensive? 

I'm not merely talking about the gratuitously explicit stuff

.

How do you feel about songs that talk about suicide or dwell on death? 

Songs that have misogynistic undertones? 

Songs that speak casually about drugs?

(even my future husband, Ray Lamontagne, mentions cocaine in one of his songs.)

Would there ever be an artist you wouldn't listen to simply based on his or her beliefs/actions, like when  people boycotted the Dixie Chicks after they openly criticized Bush? 

Or do you consider it all noise?

What are your thoughts? Do the meanings of songs or the actions of their artists ever prompt you to change the station?

No judgement here, just curious!

-bRob

Because I am Well-Versed in the Art of Being Beautiful

Guys. Guys. GUYS. Guess what? 

Today I am over here on Paperbacks + Postcards, giving away all of my best beauty secrets [...haha]. 

Paperbacks + Postcards is a wonderful former Blog of Note, and Amy is also British, which means I always get to read her posts with a British accent running through my head.

Please go read, if you haven't yet =)

If you're new here at Conversations, thanks for stopping by!

-bRob

TechniColor: Magic

Designer Elsa Lambinet via colossal

DIY modular chocolate squares! 

SWEET PLAY from Elsa Lambinet on Vimeo.

Tony Assness for Vogue Living Australia via a subtle revelry

decorating a table with salt mounds and slender candles

Lanalou Style via a subtle revelry

Eric Pfeiffer for the The Utility Collective via a cup of jo

desktop whale

sexy.action.planet via  asdfghjkllove

urbanears

headphones in every color at urbanears

Draw a Stickman

an amazing weekly addiction 

Architect Vincent Callebaut via my modern metropolis

a conceptual, sustainable skyscraper that absorbs carbon dioxide

Luci Everett via designworklife

lovely mixed media pieces by Luci Everett

J G L R via as lovely as a dream

Ben Warheit via the best medicine

kntting work: plainliving via a mad tea party with alis, styling: Akira Ishikawa, photo: Osamu Koizum

knit chairs



Flick Chicks: A guide to women in the movies 
by Mindy Kaling [writer for The Office]
my roommate asked me if  i was dying because i was laughing so hard as i read this article

 via a cup of jo

 minimalist children's story posters by Christian Jackson 

brown dress with white dots

 one claire day via sf girl by bay
a sweet space





via buzzfeed
a magnetic cello

This Glass To Him, The Good Spirit
Sebastiaan Bremer via escape into life

 Sebastiaan Bremer's work is sparkling.
 the pop art feel of the colors against a vintage photograph is magical

To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting.

- E.E. Cummings

Richard Clarkson via dornob

an adult cradle that rocks gently backwards as you fall asleep

Iris Apfel on HM HIPPIE

found via sf girl by bay's post "Girls Who Wear Glasses"

cupcakes and cashmere

"mermaid nail" tutorial

tktj design via lovely package

clever design for packaging honey

 via pleated - jeans,  source?

been there

Photographer Tim Walker via oh hello, friend

a campout in the library would have absolutely blown my brain grapes when i was a kid

imgur? via buzzfeed; source?

an alarm clock
we are so lucky to live in a world where this is a thing

I Need Nothing - a nearly useless odyssey from Cãoceito on Vimeo.
via colossal

a clever music video



When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they will not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched,
Nor will the flame burn you.
Isaiah 43:2

enjoy.

-bRob

PS - tomorrow will be a VERY exciting day for Conversations, so stop by!

This Seems Exciting

Is it, really?

If you search for the phrase "My Praguers understand me," a famous quote by Mozart, my blog is the second search result across the whole wide Interwebs.

That's exciting, right?

So I google myself...you've done it too, I know you have.

-bRob

Sunday[ish] Jams

Better late than never, ja?

My favorite road trip song:

Seger makes me want to get in my car and just drive west. 

well, Seger and the mounds of work looming before me. Not to be super dramatic or anything, but I'm probably going to die either of boredom or papercuts this semester.

happy post-Sunday & pre-Monday/

-bRob

ps - i did NOT make this video. just so we're all clear.