Tom Colletti's Blog.

Some nice photos I found.

2012-01-15T16:23:00.000-05:00

Music Formats Through The Years.

2011-10-06T15:22:00.002-04:00

Disparity by Christopher Boffoli

2011-10-06T12:39:00.002-04:00

Pure Joy

2011-10-06T12:37:00.001-04:00

Sick.

2011-08-14T14:54:00.000-04:00

Espresso Solo is a conceptual project made from a concrete case and metal working parts.

Sweeeet Door.

2011-08-11T12:44:00.000-04:00

The front door of architect Armin Blasbichler's home in Italy.

Bad Ass!

2011-07-27T23:35:00.002-04:00

45 GIF.

2011-07-27T23:33:00.001-04:00

Cool.

2011-07-15T03:09:00.003-04:00

Cutaway Leaf Art by Lorenzo Duran.

2011-07-15T02:57:00.002-04:00

"Damn it feels good to be a gangsta."

2011-07-14T01:11:00.002-04:00

Hypnotize.

2011-07-14T00:25:00.002-04:00

iPhone Lens Mount.

2011-07-13T23:52:00.003-04:00

This case-adapter combo lets you mount your Canon EOS or Nikon SLR lenses to your iPhone 4 giving your phone powerful depth of field and manual focus. Pretty Cool, but kind of pricey, $240 just for the mount.

Get it little man, GET it!

2011-07-13T23:45:00.001-04:00

Amazing Chicago Sunsets Video.

2011-07-13T23:42:00.002-04:00

Can't Touch This.

2011-07-05T01:02:00.001-04:00

Malthus, a Meal a Day

2011-07-04T18:55:00.000-04:00

Malthus is an appliance for the kitchen of the future that grows food right next to where you cook it. Malthus consists of a fish tank that holds 400 litres which can support more then 2kg of fish like tilapia, salmon, grey fish or carp. The water is pumped through three cultivated grow beds which filter the water for the fish."

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Oui!!!!

2011-07-02T16:24:00.002-04:00

Bad Ass.

2011-07-02T16:21:00.001-04:00

Big Poppa Sweatshirt.

2011-07-02T14:58:00.003-04:00

Photography Cheat Sheet.

2011-07-02T14:54:00.000-04:00

All Day Music.

2011-07-02T13:07:00.002-04:00

Whoa.

2011-07-02T13:05:00.002-04:00

KILLLLLLER Drums.

2011-06-25T16:38:00.001-04:00

Pretty Purdie - Modern Jive (45rpm)

2011-06-25T16:31:00.005-04:00

Sean Connery Owns Steve Jobs

2011-06-25T14:37:00.002-04:00

Norman Rockwell.

2011-06-23T08:30:00.000-04:00

Jonathan Borofsky - Walking To The Sky (Germany)

2011-06-23T01:36:00.003-04:00

R.I.P. Ryan Dunn

2011-06-22T14:17:00.003-04:00

Morning Loft Panorama.

2011-06-21T14:59:00.000-04:00

Sweet Mickey Record Player.

2011-06-21T01:11:00.001-04:00

Bad Ass.

2011-06-21T01:10:00.002-04:00

Songwriters Hall of Fame.

2011-06-17T23:59:00.001-04:00

Joons x Coney

2011-06-17T23:58:00.000-04:00

Kimbarazzi.

2011-06-17T23:56:00.000-04:00

Nathan's.

2011-06-17T23:50:00.002-04:00

Chick.

2011-06-17T23:49:00.000-04:00

Zombie Finger.

2011-06-17T22:42:00.000-04:00

Disney Multi-Plane Camera (1957)

2011-06-17T20:18:00.003-04:00

Night Train

2011-06-17T01:32:00.003-04:00

Label-baby Junior.

2011-06-15T10:35:00.001-04:00

Coffee.

2011-06-13T17:36:00.002-04:00

Some Vacation Pics.

2011-06-02T10:07:00.000-04:00

Pretty Purdie x NYTimes.

2011-06-02T09:54:00.002-04:00

Nasty Kit.

2011-06-02T00:17:00.000-04:00

2011-06-02T00:11:00.002-04:00

The Hat Killer.

2011-06-01T23:38:00.002-04:00

Baby Panda.

2011-06-01T23:21:00.000-04:00

Gil Scott-Heron, Rest in Peace

2011-05-29T10:24:00.003-04:00

I remember when I first heard Gil Scott-Heron's voice. I was listening to Kanye West's "Late Registration" album. One of the songs had sampled Gil's "Home is Where The Hatred Is", and I was astonished by his melismatic baritone. Kanye West had also lowered the pitch on the portion he sampled; this took Gil's vocal and added a certain spooky factor that I thought was really cool. Not to mention that I love the way pitched-down highhat grooves sound, and those were present in the sample as well.

After doing some research, I found out where this sample came from. I looked into other works of Gil's and I was simply amazed by the many different awesome characteristics his music had.

For one... His band! They went by the name "The Midnight Band", in other words, the first minute of a new day. The musicians that Gil had on his projects were top notch. Ron Carter in particular is one of the best bass players ever in my opinion. If you need proof, listen to the addicting baseline on "Is that Jazz". (Below)

Now, let's get into the vocal beast that is Gil Scott-Heron himself. Take a deep baritone, add a pack of Marlboro Reds and incredible lyric wizardry. The way Gil would sing was truly unique. He would take a syllable, and run whole scales down from it. This type of singing is called Melismatic. This is what gives him his vocal character. His pitch wasn't always spot on, but sometimes the old dirty wurly sounds better than the brand new clean one.

The man's lyrics were simply incredible. He would take moments of everyday life and transform them into a palette fit for Bob Ross. One of my favorite songs is "A Lovely Day". Here's just a small excerpt of the lyrics:

"It's on a clear spring morning, there's not a cloud in the sky. And it's got me out here walking and waving to the ladies as they stroll by."

"And I ain't forgot for a moment, all the things I need to do. Cause when I see that old sun shining, it's makes me think that I can make it too."

"Yes and, all I, really wanna say is that the problems come and go, but he sunshine seems to stay, and hey. Just look around, I think we've found, a lovely day.

Gil spoke from his heart, he said what he wanted, just for him, and he made the simple things in life beautiful. He wasn't out to please anyone, he just made music that he felt was appropriate for what was going on in his life; a true artist.

I had the privilege to see Gil perform three times in the last 2 years. Once at Carnegie Hall as a special guest for Mos Def, once at Summerstage in Central Park, and the once in Harlem, Gil's neighborhood and stomping grounds. I am grateful that I got to see him so often before he passed.

I was deeply saddened when I heard the news of his sudden death last night. At only 62 years old, it's a real downer. The songs below are required listening:

Rest in Peace, Gil.

Soul Sacrifice.

2011-05-27T09:07:00.003-04:00

Uranium!

2011-05-27T09:04:00.002-04:00

Give it to her, Ricky.

2011-05-27T09:02:00.000-04:00

Terry got his nails done..

2011-05-10T02:51:00.003-04:00

Classy Ridin'.

2011-05-10T02:49:00.002-04:00

Newspaper Bin Color-show.

2011-05-10T01:23:00.002-04:00

Booyah!

2011-05-09T12:49:00.003-04:00

Awesome Sleeve!

2011-05-07T00:45:00.002-04:00

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Late Night Grub.

2011-05-07T00:39:00.005-04:00

On the seemingly-endless mission to find food in bushwick at 2am.. Pat, Chris and I were saved by a Checkers.

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New Videos.

2011-05-06T14:35:00.003-04:00

This is one of the reasons I love nyc. These guys were great! I really need to start carrying my tambourine with me everywhere I go..

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Some New Photos.

2011-05-06T14:16:00.004-04:00

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Rainbow Bass.

2011-05-05T21:53:00.002-04:00

Instant.

2011-04-30T01:15:00.000-04:00

Music Painting.

2011-04-29T14:34:00.000-04:00

We're Tiny.

2011-04-27T09:28:00.000-04:00

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Break it Down!

2011-04-20T15:00:00.002-04:00

Empire State Building.

2011-04-16T01:53:00.002-04:00

Le Le

2011-04-14T15:55:00.000-04:00

NYC Subway 1986

2011-04-14T15:13:00.000-04:00

For Jesus!

2011-04-14T01:28:00.003-04:00

The 70s

2011-04-14T00:25:00.002-04:00

Ninja Squirrel Takes it All.

2011-04-13T23:16:00.003-04:00

Thanks Duane.

Raw Sweat.

2011-04-12T15:11:00.001-04:00

Great Google Homepage Design.

2011-04-12T03:48:00.001-04:00

50th Anniversary of the 1st human space flight.

Game Boy Jams.

2011-04-12T03:42:00.003-04:00

Good Times with Pat and Matt.

2011-04-05T14:53:00.000-04:00

Classic Porter.

2011-04-05T14:52:00.000-04:00

"I can eats ziti?"

2011-04-05T14:51:00.000-04:00

Armin van Buuren Drowning the crowd in fog and strobes.

2011-04-02T13:35:00.005-04:00

I'm not that into the trance.. but this was CRAZY.

My Ultra footage of The Chemical Brothers

2011-04-02T13:20:00.005-04:00

Holy Shit. I've never had such an experience. This performance was so rediculous; the music was a given, but the footage they played to it was increible. Everything was synced and perfect. The audio in this video is pretty distorted, but not a big deal. The last clip was mindblowing. The camera flash and bulb was out of this world to see live! I thought the world was going to end from 4:50 to 5:20.

Ultra 2011.

2011-04-01T14:34:00.002-04:00

Miami.

2011-03-24T19:42:00.002-04:00

History of Wah.

2011-03-16T21:00:00.001-04:00

Holy Shit.

2011-03-11T19:18:00.001-05:00

Hipster Woof.

2011-03-11T00:02:00.000-05:00

Nike SB Dunk High “Statue of Liberty”

2011-03-10T17:54:00.002-05:00

Best Tweet Ever.

2011-03-10T16:21:00.002-05:00

Mean Design!

2011-03-09T08:44:00.000-05:00

Slutty Panasonic R-1088 Keyboard (1974)

2011-03-09T01:59:00.002-05:00

Good Times!

2011-03-04T01:25:00.000-05:00

Super-Fresh 1940s Edition

2011-02-26T09:53:00.000-05:00

Hipster Ariel.

2011-02-25T16:51:00.002-05:00

Gif Time!

2011-02-25T16:46:00.001-05:00

erf

2011-02-24T17:58:00.001-05:00

Heavy Winds in Brooklyn.

2011-02-24T17:57:00.002-05:00

Yoga Vida Performance

2011-02-22T01:56:00.001-05:00

My New Toy.

2011-02-21T19:47:00.003-05:00

10 out of 10

2011-02-21T11:42:00.008-05:00

This video killed it. Awesome song, great typography and design, nice cleavage; what else could you want? The colors at the end are really cool, probably my favorite part. I love the synesthesia vibe.

James Earl Jones x Justin Bieber

2011-02-17T14:02:00.002-05:00

Flying Lotus + Gold Panda x Tarkovsky

2011-02-17T13:39:00.001-05:00

Crazy Projector Work.

2011-02-17T01:33:00.003-05:00

Mr. Bean created a white room to project colors, patterns and textures of the furniture, wallpapers and carpet. All done with 2 projectors.
Music: Free the Robots - Jazzhole

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