David Correll Studio, Brooklyn, NY

The Wire Is my favorite magazine in the whole world. It is the most amazing resource for experimental, avant-garde, and generally obscure and obsessively creative music. I read it religiously.

For the past four years, it has been designed by the incredibly talented UK duo Non-Format. The format has been a sans-serif, Swiss-inspired base layout, accented by some of the most stunning experimental typography for all major features in the magazine — and cover layouts that are nothing short of spectacular.

I was sad to read this morning that the next issue will be their last as art directors. Their design for The Wire has not only made the magazine an even better read, but it has been a source of inspiration for me. It has been a long time since I’ve seen experimental typography this good, and backed up with structure and standard typography so well. The design is clean, simple and strong, and reflects the content well.

If you’re not familiar with their work for The Wire, stop by their site. They have a lot of images from the magazine on the site, along with the rest of their work.

Well, after almost two years and many many versions, I am proud to launch version 3 of davidcorrell.net. I want to offer a huge thanks to all who have helped me improve my coding skills over these past two years, most notably Clint of Clint Fisher Art and Aenon Fire Design who has given me tons of help. This site wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you, man. Thank you.

Thanks also to those who have asked about my playlist, and bugged me to get it active again. It means a lot to know that people actually read it and care about what this certified music geek is listening to. I’ve added commenting to it, so feel free to tell me exactly what you think of my tastes! And for the RSS enabled among you, it is also now syndicated.

So take a look around and let me know what you think!

Working out the last few kinks in the site. I’m planning a soft launch this weekend, so if you’re reading this welcome to the site. The full launch will hopefully be Tuesday, March 15. See ya then!

Listening to:
- The Arcade Fire: Funeral [Merge] (four months straight)
- Junior Boys: Last Exit [Domino]
- Blonde Redhead: Misery is a Butterfly [4AD]
- Calexico: Feast of Wire [Quarterstick]
- LCD Soundsystem: LDC Soundsystem [DFA]
- Kyuss: Blues for the Red Sun [Dali]

Dusting off:
- My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult: Confessions of a Knife [WaxTrax]
- The Cure: Seventeen Seconds [Electra]
- Ice T: O.G: Original Ganster [Sire]
- The Future Sound of London: Lifeforms and ISDN [Astralwerks]

Not-So Guilty Pleasures:
- Def Leppard: Pyromania [Mercury]
- Lynyrd Skynyrd: Gold & Platinum [MCA]