Link-dump Friday

We're all about sharin' the love here at We Are Lumberjacks. Every now and again, we stumble upon things that are just too awesome to keep to ourselves. Also, it helps build traffic. So our motives aren't completely altruistic.

For the ears:
If I can accomplish one thing of mediocre significance through this blog, it would be to have you rocking out and loving The Avett Brothers as much as I do. I haven't felt this way about a band since I first heard Nickel Creek. And believe me, that was pretty weird.

I would commit more than one illegal act to see these guys in concert. If you aren't listening to The Avett Brothers, you aren't listening to music. And if you aren't listening to music, you are probably kind of lame. The Avett Brothers

For the mind:
I love listening to talking on the radio, especially NPR; an issue for which I have my dad to thank. They have the most amazing and attention-grabbing stories and programs, and tons of podcasts that you can download for free from their website. A good portion of these are clogging up my iPod because I just can't force myself to get rid of that lobotomy story from 2 years ago. But the one on my "most listened to" playlist is WNYC's Radiolab. Hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich artfully weave snippets of sounds, stories and science into an hour show that explores the depths of many topics we take for granted such as laughter (why do we laugh, how does it affect us), deception, the fine line between talking and singing, etc. My favorites so far are "War of the Worlds" and "Salle Des Depart" (a musician is comissioned by a city morgue to compose music for family members who are called to identify a body - the most haunting/sad/beautiful piece of music I have ever heard). It really is fascinating. Eat up, children! WNYC's Radiolab

For the Amish (and perhaps Ryan R.):
Low-tech PDAs. Pocketmods

For the soul (and the wallet):
Good Experience has a great, somewhat dated post about business with meaning. They could teach the RED Campaign a thing or two. Lasermonks

For the conscience:
Wasteful person that I am, this made me cringe and feel very, very guilty. I hope it does you. Chris Jordan