This is the archive of tumbledry happenings that occurred on 17 March, 2010.

Katy sent along this really seriously great rendition Gershwin’s “Summertime” by Billy Stewart. As tends to be the case with these things… the video doesn’t add a whole heck of a lot to the music. So queue up the music on this beautiful 60° Wednesday (while you are trying to do some work and avoid thinking about the outdoors) and enjoy the sweet stylings of Billy Stewart.

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Alexander Micek commenting on Achingly beautiful

Thanks for the suggestions, Mr. Nils. I’ll have to give those a go! Once I get my receiver fixed, I think a listening session would definitely be in order. It is important to me to give the songs the fidelity they deserve, and I can’t do that right now… :(

Anyhow, I’m currently listening to “Viðrar vel til loftárása” from Sigur Rós’s album Ágætis byrjun (“A Good Beginning”). Your suggestion on that band was really good… so I’m looking forward to checking out the others.

Coralie Bickford-Smith designs covers for Penguin Books. A few years ago, she did an amazing series for Penguin Classics.

I want to buy the collection, just because the covers look so great. I hope the typographic choices on the interior of the books are as good as the design of the covers.

A bit from Bickford-Smith in a 2008 interview about the book covers:

I wanted to create sumptuous books for people to enjoy, cherish and pass on.

I think she succeeded brilliantly; indeed, my first thought when I saw these was they have a timeless, heirloom feel.

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Words (phases) I really really hate for reasons not worth elaborating:

1. Staycation
2. Tummy time
3. Playdate

See also: shitty portmanteaux.

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