Ryan Tomayko

Beastie Boys - The Bill Adler File —

Nobody ever believes me when I tell them the Beastie Boys toured with Madonna in 1984-85. Here’s a great set of super high-res press clippings to prove it:

Why isn’t everybody this cool?:

Bill Adler was the director of publicity for Def Jam in the 80s. He allowed me to photocopy his press file on the Beastie Boys from the time when they opened for Madonna.

This is presently the topic of great discussion in the GitHub campfire.

The Weirdest Clouds that You’ll Ever See —

Cloud computing at its best.

Iran's Disputed Election —

The Boston Globe with a 30-40 good-res photos from the Iran election riots. It’s really poppin' off over there.

Abandoned: Six Flags New Orleans —

They shut the park down before Katrina and just left everything. There’s still prizes and stuff hanging on the walls. Spooky indeed. (Via @timbray)

Detroit's Beautiful, Horrible Decline —

Amazingly painful to look at these. I hope motown can figure something out but I think it’s more likely that we’ll see other city’s (like Cleveland) follow in its footsteps. Decline sucks.