MichaelEckblad.com and Tumblr 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-8877105-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @michaeleckblad)http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz1pkvh4g31qzx920o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>ahh…   paris…</p> <p>merci, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Scher" target="_blank">paula scher</a>.</p>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/17266962061http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/17266962061Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:16:14 -0500paula schercartography<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyduycUopE1qzx920o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>January 25th Graffiti in Cairo, Egypt. Let freedom ring.</p>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/16498155077http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/16498155077Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:05:05 -0500Jan25Let Freedom RIng<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwx8exRQ8v1qbb5xmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>1956 Aston Martin DB2/4 (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ummhello.tumblr.com/post/15455201672/1956-aston-martin-db2-4" target="_blank">ummhello</a>)</p> <p>:::Gush:::</p>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/15571778663http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/15571778663Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:30:06 -0500Gush<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx1dlwiXHb1qzx920o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/15087789773http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/15087789773Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:32:05 -0500SunsetAtmosphereSpectrumOriginal Content<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw93xj6yLS1qad7mqo1_500.jpg"/><br/> "Parks and Recreation"<br/><br/> <img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw93xj6yLS1qad7mqo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Station Identification<br/><br/> <blockquote> <p>Hey, our project <a href="http://stationidentification.notioncollective.com/" target="_blank">Station Identification</a> was listed in the most recent issue of Forecast’s <a href="http://forecastpublicart.org/par.php" target="_blank"><em>Public Art Review</em> </a>(under “Recent Projects”). I’ll take that!</p> </blockquote> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.notioncollective.com/post/14263338847/hey-our-project-station-identification-was-listed" target="_blank">notioncollective</a>)</p>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/14676273971http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/14676273971Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:32:06 -0500notionpressnorthern spark<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwikex2CM51qz8uvvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>…and love that Citroën in the driveway!</p>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/14568956285http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/14568956285Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:31:05 -0500architecturelightCitroën<p>very sad. democracy and peace, very soon, I hope.</p>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/14328591472http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/14328591472Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:51:36 -0500Jan25<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwbcxthIFX1qad7mqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I work with some cool peeps, yo.</p>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/14327152001http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/14327152001Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:19:21 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4cdvK2hX1qzx920o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4cdvK2hX1qzx920o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>Viva la Résistance</em></p> <p>January 25th Graffiti in Cairo, Egypt</p>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/14150789373http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/14150789373Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:33:00 -0500Jan25<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luu8si9dT41qzx920o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Hired Guns<br/><br/> <img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luu8si9dT41qzx920o1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> Rented Muscle<br/><br/> <p><a href="http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/12956137288/rented-muscle-hired-guns" target="_blank">Rented Muscle / Hired Guns</a></p>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/12956137288http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/12956137288Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:13:00 -0500Guilty PleasureOriginal ContentDodge Challenger“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.”<br/><br/> - <em>Pablo Picasso (via <a href="http://ummhello.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">ummhello</a>)</em>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/12816619174http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/12816619174Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:07:11 -0500truff<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31158841" width="400" height="320" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_collective_nouns_for_birds" target="_blank">Murmuration</a>: A<span> chance encounter and shared moment with one of natures greatest and most fleeting phenomena </span>by <a href="http://vimeo.com/31158841" target="_blank">Sophie Windsor Clive</a>.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://tumblr.poptech.org/post/12331097321/murmuration-a-chance-encounter-and-shared-moment" target="_blank">poptech</a>)</p> <p>This is hauntingly gorgeous!</p>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/12373992441http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/12373992441Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:31:05 -0400Beauty<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltg03w4Qa91qz4j9eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tumblr.poptech.org/post/11756018259" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">poptech</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://emilyqualey.tumblr.com/post/11753760737" target="_blank">emilyqualey</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://blague.andyinabox.com/" target="_blank">Andy</a> updating the <a href="http://poptech.org/" target="_blank">PopTech website</a> from my phone (mine has 3G) at Shepherd’s Pie. </p> </blockquote> <p>Even the PopTech staff has to eat. </p></blockquote> <p>No rest for the weary, huh Andy? Love that smirk!</p>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/11756523246http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/11756523246Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:07:50 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lta4644Fkw1qzx920o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/11656236853http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/11656236853Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:32:06 -0400New York CityOriginal Content<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/11622096634/tumblr_lta2ckdzvQ1qzx920&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/612%2BU7EoLIL._SS500_.jpg" width="200" height="200"/></p> <p>Maurice Ravel has recently consumed all vacancy in my musical obsession. I’m surprised to find myself in an expressionist’s mindset. How could that be? Perhaps it’s my quiet mornings spent overlooking the park these past few weeks. Or my unearned, lifelong nostalgia for all things French.</p> <p>This one track in particular–<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeux_d'eau_(Ravel)" target="_blank">Jeux D’eau</a>–it’s gorgeous. It translates to something like ‘playing water’. I <strike>could</strike> listen to it on repeat and never bore. His other solo piano works enthrall me similarly, but none more than this. At least for the moment.</p> <p>Enjoy this piece as recorded by the great Lebanese pianist Abdel Rahman el Bacha. If you like it, I suggest his album of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ravel-Complete-Piano-Solo-Works/dp/B0048W937W" target="_blank">Ravel’s Complete Piano Solo Works</a>.</p>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/11622096634http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/11622096634Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:15:00 -0400Maurice RavelPlaying Water<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsz29fFFlv1qzx920o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/11437904705http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/11437904705Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:51:21 -0400scratch that nature itch<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsz1zwIbu61qzx920o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Even the Appalachian Trail passes through Bear Mountain! Talk about cred.</p>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/11437900910http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/11437900910Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:51:12 -0400scratch that nature itchbear mountainappalachian trail<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsz1ob6al91qzx920o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/11401556440http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/11401556440Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:39:27 -0400scratch that nature itch<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsz0zsAcbm1qzx920o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/11398345814http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/11398345814Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:38:05 -0400scratch that nature itch<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsz0x78fG71qzx920o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/11366825221http://blog.michaeleckblad.com/post/11366825221Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:23:32 -0400scratch that nature itch