A 1.21 gigowatts-powered tumblelog brought to you by Kevin Bongart since 1985. I put here the cool stuff I find on the Internet and want to keep as souvenir, post great songs and sometimes I write. You can ask me anything. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-1752561-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @wedontneedroads)http://wedontneedroads.net/<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://wedontneedroads.net/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/458405436/tumblr_kzippdwPkB1qzze81&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Belleruche - Minor Swing (1937 / 2007)</p>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/458405436http://wedontneedroads.net/post/458405436Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:20:01 +0100audioBellerucheMinor SwingDjango Reinhardtcoverjazzhip hop<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzipedOwbC1qzze81o1_500.jpg"/><br/> Back To Harmonie<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzipedOwbC1qzze81o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Think Harmonie<br/><br/> <img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzipedOwbC1qzze81o3_500.jpg"/><br/> Choose Harmonie<br/><br/> <p>The message <a href="http://harmoniz.tumblr.com/">she</a> left in my flat was pretty clear, and now it’s <em>our</em> flat.</p>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/458398427http://wedontneedroads.net/post/458398427Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:13:25 +0100fuckyeahhappinessiloveher<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://wedontneedroads.net/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/456456799/tumblr_kzh62i1BMA1qzze81&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - This Land Is Your Land (1940 / 2005)</p> <p>Heard this song twice the same week: first in the end credits of <em>How To Make It In America</em>, then in the opening credits of <em>Up In The Air</em>.</p>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/456456799http://wedontneedroads.net/post/456456799Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:18:18 +0100audioSharon JonesThe Dap KingsThis Land Is Your Landfunksoul<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzfo1df7Zs1qzze81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Brooklyn.</p>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/455602721http://wedontneedroads.net/post/455602721Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:39:54 +0100<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://wedontneedroads.net/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/454621577/tumblr_kzfod3Dxn21qzze81&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>The Souljazz Orchestra - Insurrection (2007)</p>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/454621577http://wedontneedroads.net/post/454621577Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:58:15 +0100audioThe Souljazz OrchestraInsurrectionsouljazzafrobeatfunk<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzfnzxaDvd1qzze81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/454610461http://wedontneedroads.net/post/454610461Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:50:21 +0100<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzebw7EAV61qzag1vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>/via <a href="http://harmoniz.tumblr.com/post/453033390/buzz-de-luxe-slow-art">harmoniz</a></p>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/454556742http://wedontneedroads.net/post/454556742Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:13:06 +0100slowlife<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://wedontneedroads.net/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/450796755/tumblr_kzchejo6gP1qzze81&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>The Cranberries - (They Long To Be) Close To You (1963 / 1994)</p> <p>First written by Burt Bacharach for Richard Chamberlain, then re-recorded with Dionne Warwick, this song was made popular by the Carpenters to be covered by Diana Ross, Isaac Hayes, Franck Sinatra…</p>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/450796755http://wedontneedroads.net/post/450796755Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:35:06 +0100audioThe CranberriesClose To YoucoverBurt Bacharach<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz535nrXia1qzze81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tampere, Finland, 4 A.M.</p>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/441964104http://wedontneedroads.net/post/441964104Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:44:00 +0100<p>I’ll be in New York City between Saturday, March 20th and Sunday, March 21th.</p> <p>How to spend this short week-end?</p>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/441032722http://wedontneedroads.net/post/441032722Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:25:57 +0100New York<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://wedontneedroads.net/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/438664102/tumblr_kz25pywesQ1qzze81&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Rose McGowan - Two Against The World</p> <p>This song beautifully ends Robert Rodriguez’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Terror">Planet Terror</a>.</p>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/438664102http://wedontneedroads.net/post/438664102Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:46:46 +0100audioRose McGowanTwo Against The WorldRobert RodriguezPlanet Terror<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz259lfHWw1qzze81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/438653979http://wedontneedroads.net/post/438653979Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:36:56 +0100<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://wedontneedroads.net/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/429931067/tumblr_kyur1lxDqC1qzze81&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Alexi Murdoch - Shine (2006)</p> <p>This could totally be a Coldplay B-side.</p>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/429931067http://wedontneedroads.net/post/429931067Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:46:33 +0100Alexi MurdochShineColdplayaudio<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyst46kbG51qzze81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/429852526http://wedontneedroads.net/post/429852526Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:36:53 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyst05sVKg1qzze81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/427898212http://wedontneedroads.net/post/427898212Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:33:41 +0100<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://wedontneedroads.net/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/426588818/tumblr_kyrsv7YJRK1qzze81&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Ed Harcourt - Ghostwriter (2003)</p> <p>There’s something very Marilyn-Mansony about this song.</p>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/426588818http://wedontneedroads.net/post/426588818Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:33:07 +0100audioEd HarcourtGhostwriterMarilyn Manson<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qybUFnY7Y8w&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qybUFnY7Y8w&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w">OK Go - This Too Shall Pass</a></p>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/423859281http://wedontneedroads.net/post/423859281Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:51:45 +0100<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://wedontneedroads.net/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/421735272/tumblr_kynde2g8Dj1qzze81&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Arcade Fire - Intervention (2004)</p>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/421735272http://wedontneedroads.net/post/421735272Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:08:26 +0100audioArcade FireIntervention<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9078364&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9078364&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9078364&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.alexandretestu.com/post/417597495/a-moment-in-motion-nuit-blanche">atestu</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.rachelhulin.com/blog/2010/02/a-moment-in-motion-nuit-blanche.html">A Moment in Motion: Nuit Blanche.</a></p> </blockquote>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/420747372http://wedontneedroads.net/post/420747372Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:49:44 +0100“Minimalism in computing is not about how your computer looks. It’s about how you use it — ensuring it has everything you need and nothing you don’t.”<br/><br/> - <em>Chris Bowler in <a href="http://log.chrisbowler.com/post/407533991/computing-simplicity">Computing Simplicity?</a></em>http://wedontneedroads.net/post/409175038http://wedontneedroads.net/post/409175038Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:14:00 +0100minimalismsimplicityui