Well this would've been handy.

Footage from Andrew Bird's performance at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago on December 21, 2011. The performance was part of Sonic Aboretum, a collaborative installation with Ian Schenller on view at the MCA between December 6-31, 2011. 

This is gorgeous. Also, again, he played for the Squirrel Nut Zippers:

It’s a very funny thought that, if Bears were Bees,
They’d build their nests at the bottom of trees.
And that being so (if the Bees were Bears),
We shouldn’t have to climb up all these stairs.

This being human is a guest house.

Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,

some momentary awareness comes

As an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!

Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,

who violently sweep your house

empty of its furniture,

still treat each guest honorably.

He may be clearing you out

for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,

meet them at the door laughing,

and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,

because each has been sent

as a guide from beyond.

Teroforma makes your whiskey stones with tlc.

Comic artist Dave DeVries created The Monster Engine to answer the question: "What would a child’s drawing look like if it were painted realistically?"

The results are fantastic:

The 7-year body of work is collected in a book that you can buy here.

OH MY GOSH GIVE IT TO ME NOW.