Viva-radio

This radio website is pretty bugging spot on. I'm digging on "Somebody's Baby" by Jackson Browne. Just the right time on a Fri night for this song.

Have a listen to the Baby Fall mix on viva-radio too. I found it from a link on igetrvng.com, based here in Philly. The mix reminds me of Tejas and places not typical.

And now Pepper Box by The Peppers (still listening to viva-radio). Gotta say, computer dj is tight tonight. Much better than the predictive qualities of Last FM and pretty much like the best full aural rubdown you could hope for.

Shutting down now.

Get Closer

This is undoubtedly an all-time great album cover of the mid 1970s. 1976 to be specific.

Seals and Crofts are portrayed as mystics of subculture (er, didn't they call it counterculture?).

Seals is the mad prophet, Crofts an id-propelled cannonball.

But what really smacks here is the marketing position, the message. Just what every music buyer wants. Membership to the safe far edge of decency. A chance to wade in the deep end of a well-cholrinated swimming pool.  

It's effective. It penetrates. Fans of James Iovine take note. This is an Interscope precursor.

prefab home dreaming

Prefab homes are a category of new homes that come from a factory pre-assembled to some degree. They can come in flat packs, appearing like an Ikea home purchase. (and ikea is making a home community in the UK). They can be brought on trucks and hoisted down pre-assembled from a tall crane.

What all prefabs share is the spirit of DIY construction, including the ability to work and expand your new home as you like. Many are highly customizable, like legos, into configurations of multiple stories, cantilevered sections or l-shaped courtyards.

The Katrina Cottage is one such new prefab. Built for hurricane refugees, it is now available at Lowe's and has been configured in many styles and floorplans. This is a flatpack style of prefab, so there is a joining and aligning process early in the construction.

The Katrina cottage sports a quaint southern style of design that belies it's modern underpinnings. It's also a refreshing alternative to the modern direction of most prefabs. There is a whole collection of panelized construction homes, of which the Katrina is just one.