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Barbra Streisand Photograph by Steve Schapiro

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:42:27 -0400

Barbra Streisand

Photograph by Steve Schapiro

IMG_1290_Snapseed (by 國耀)

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:20:41 -0400

IMG_1290_Snapseed (by 國耀)

True shit A review by one of the folks sums it up...

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:00:09 -0400

True shit

A review by one of the folks sums it up perfectly:

“What worries me about Yahoo! buying Tumblr is how it would choose to incorporate the website into its email and homepage features. One of the reasons why Tumblr is so unique is because it’s a niche market. By adding more users who don’t fit into this niche, it would make it more difficult for communities to develop within Tumblr, and Tumblr would have to change to accommodate these new users. Tumblr as a website is not the kind that you can sign up for in a day and be on your way. It is a website crafted so that you can immediately post but must spend several weeks, sometimes even months, to build a community. With new users who would not be willing to spend time growing a community, Tumblr would have to be changed, which would alienate its current users. Those users have spent time and effort to make Tumblr what it is today, and they are the ones who spend time on the website daily. A user who is checking onto Tumblr because it’s attached to their homepage is not going to be as strong of a user nor as dedicated. By changing the website to suit this new user, you would lose the strong users while building an undedicated usership.

To any website that would think of buying Tumblr, they must understand that it is a website that cannot be changed to make it more user friendly to a casual blogger. I think that many Tumblr users would be less worried about a buy-out if they were promised that their communities and ways of using Tumblr would not be changed. No one is going to mind Yahoo! buying the website and gaining a few extra million dollars per year from the minimal advertising; what we will be upset with is if a company like Yahoo! then changes the website to increase casual users and decrease dedicated users. Yahoo! would gain nothing by losing this “cool” group of bloggers in an age group they so desperately want to reach, so they must cater to these individuals by leaving the website exactly as is.” - houseoftombombadil

As much as is does sound like a load of bullshit for someone to buy Tumblr, it’s a possibility. I Personally think it should stay independent and I hope David Karp keeps a hold of it like his own child. Or we make enough noise to where such major changes (if bought) will not happen. I would hate to see Tumblr turned into an advertising dump.

We’re not a ‘hip fad group’ to be marketed to. I hate the fact that’s all we look like to businesses in the end.

reblogging again for this ^

James Moore

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:40:24 -0400

James Moore

Ryoma Aoki

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:20:32 -0400

Ryoma Aoki

Brooklyn Photos by Richard A. Whitesell

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:17 -0400

Brooklyn

Photos by Richard A. Whitesell

Photo: Lee Miller 1950

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:20:24 -0400

Photo: Lee Miller 1950

The Cure’Three Imaginary Boys’from the album...

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:40:15 -0400

The Cure

’Three Imaginary Boys’

from the album ‘Three Imaginary Boys’

Written by Laurence Tolhurst · Robert Smith · Michael Dempsey

Produced by Chris Parry

©1979 Fiction Records

Siegfried Lauterwasser

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:20:45 -0400

Siegfried Lauterwasser

Gary Numan + Tubeway Army ‘We Are So Fragile’ from album...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:30:49 -0400

Gary Numan + Tubeway Army

‘We Are So Fragile’

from album ‘Replicas’

Composed · Produced by Gary Numan

Edward Van Sloan & Boris Karloff ~ Frankenstein ©1931

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:40:17 -0400

Thank God it’s Frida

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:20:24 -0400

Thank God it’s Frida

So much love. Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini with twin...

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:40:16 -0400

So much love. Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini with twin daughters Isabella and Isotta Ingrid, and son Robertino.

Isabella Rossellini and David Lynch by Helmut Newton (1985)

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:20:20 -0400

Isabella Rossellini and David Lynch by Helmut Newton (1985)

Adam And The Ants ‘Stand And Deliver’ from...

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:40:00 -0400

Adam And The Ants

‘Stand And Deliver’

from ‘Stand And Deliver’ 7” vinyl single

Written by Adam Ant · Marco Pirroni

Produced by Chris Hughes

Anarchy, Attitude and Outrage: When Punk was Young and...

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:20:38 -0400

Anarchy, Attitude and Outrage: When Punk was Young and Dangerous

Jordan and Adam and the Ants, Marquee, London, 1977

Photo by Ray Stevenson · Rex USA

Siouxsie And The Banshees ‘Nicotine Stain’ from...

Sun, 12 May 2013 15:40:33 -0400

Siouxsie And The Banshees

‘Nicotine Stain’

from album ‘The Scream’

Written by Steven Severin · Kenny Morris · John McKay · Siouxsie

Produced by Siouxsie And The Banshees · Steve Lillywhite

Anarchy, Attitude and Outrage: When Punk was Young and...

Sun, 12 May 2013 15:20:33 -0400

Anarchy, Attitude and Outrage: When Punk was Young and Dangerous

Siouxsie and Jordan at Eric’s Club, Liverpool, 1978

Photo by Ray Stevenson · Rex USA

The Clash ‘Hateful’ from album ‘London...

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:40:30 -0400

The Clash

‘Hateful’

from album ‘London Calling’

Written by Mick Jones · Joe Strummer

Produced by Guy Stevens

Joe Strummer, 1985. Photo by Josh Cheuse

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:20:36 -0400

Joe Strummer, 1985.

Photo by Josh Cheuse