The only previous-match-winner in today’s lineup, and a perennial favorite, Mr. Hansen is always good for a spot-on serve, and this one, in this narrator's estimation, tops his doozy from last season.
Jules Verne is truly the perfect metaphor here, Sadly, I just spent a week reading the wrong book, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Maybe Armin Vit will do me the favor of taking this underwater, so I can talk about how the title refers to distance not depth, and 20K Leagues is 12 times the radius of the earth. Mobilus in Mobili, Motherf**kers! Luckily I have Wikipedia, the poor man's brain. I see Fogg had a manservant, Passepartout, who sounds like a rehash of Arronax's Conseil. What's up with Verne and manservants? Was that a big thing back in 1800s France? David and Nathalie? CAN I GET A MANSERVANT UP IN HERE?
There's plenty for Vit (and future generations) to work with here, without it being too busy, and I find it all entirely agreeable. Good colors, good texture, good composition. One question: What's up with Duck Zero? Is that a Radiohead reference? I can name just about all of those typefaces off the top of my head. I bet that Thom Yorke character couldn't. Which reminds me, am I doing the soundtrack thing this time?
SOUNDTRACK
I'm doing the soundtrack thing this time. That could be a San Francisco skyline, but the colors and mountains are saying Iceland to me for some reason. Oh, man, can I find it? Let me look. Ahhh yeah, the annoying dude from the Sugarcubes with Mark E. Smith singing about cod. Yeah, Cod. (Warning: highly posterized, possibly nude art-boobs) To be honest, there's not enough Mark E. Smith in that mix, this is what looking for but the mp3 link is dead. So just skip up to about 3:00. I promise, that's the worst song I'll link to today.
Today's live "Layer by Layer" commentary is by Bryan Bedell of Coudal Partners.
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Oliver Reichenstein of Information Architects in Tokyo submits the final volley (Oops I just accidentally typed "vinyl folly!") Our humble document has clocked over 21,000 miles today, and almost that many layers. Thanks for joining us for this and all our preseason matches. Sign up for free Season Tickets to be the first to find out about our regular season!
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