An online transcription, and reading, of Under Milk Wood (via haddock). Related, audio books from the public domain via LibriVox, Literal Systems and The Spoken Alexandria Project. There's even the occasional Lovecraft story (via The Best Media in Life is Free) / from free media to free housing, Squatter, the 'advisory service to squatters', with a downloadable history of squatting.

Emily Cockayne's Hubbub: Filth, Noise and Stench in England sounds interesting. Reviews: Independent, Guardian, PhiloBiblos / Anselm Kieffer's Monumenta 2007 / a collection of foreign editions of On The Road / Louis Kahn's Dhaka Parliament, a photo essay and book by Raymond Meier / Russian dolls for the digital age by Art Lebedev (someone who has truly embraced the power of the internet to spread ideas and conceptual products, embracing the idea of vapourware as publicity).

The correlation between bonus money and house prices laid bare: 'Last autumn agents at Savills predicted that £5 billion of the £8 billion of bonus money would be ploughed into London property.' / re-live the yearning and excitement of days gone by with catalog scans from the past (via me-fi). Alternatively, create a fictional 1950s childhood for your own offspring with tasteful toys by Hase Weiss / making guitars look pre-distressed.

The art of Tom Sachs, he of Prada Deathcamp infamy. Good links / architecturephoto.net, imagery from around the world / a Size for size replica of the Forbidden City / the best of Craigslist / Rosemarie Fiore's ceramic Death Scenes, via strange harvest / the Tama Electric car, due for a revival, we feel / cars and clips at Belsoseg, a Hungarian weblog / more cars in Hungary, Totalcar, old and new / Notcot, things and more / ARCH'IT files, architecture in Italy. posted by things at 23:48 / 0 comments