January 30, 2008
Monotonik: Muhr - 'A Lonely Gust Of Wind' [mtk197] (Latest on my net.label, understated Canadian ambience.)
Village Voice: Pazz&Jop 2007 music critics ratings (Very useful for scoping out music to stream on Rhapsody.)
Metafilter: 'Video Chronology of The History of British TV Comedy' (This is invaluable - via Jon.)
January 29, 2008
Martini Design's New Year's video (Spoofs Microsoft's attitude to Silverlight with some grinnability.)
James Kochalka: 'Fancy Froglin's Sexy Forest' sample (Adorably and NSFW/just wrong, really.)
Far Out Toys - official website. ('Come Experience the only MAID CAFE in San Jose!' Wow, odd.)
January 28, 2008
Rummage Through The Crevices: 'Pussy On The Mat: Michel Gondry Digs A Bit Of Ivor Cutler Out Of His Nose' (Michael Gondry's video picks - original link is down but linked videos work.)
Times Online: 'I Was Morrissey's Roadie' (Most entertaining - via Stereogum.)
TV Shows On DVD: Shout Factory taking over Mystery Science Theater DVD releases ('The multiyear deal gives Shout! Factory exclusive physical and electronic distribution rights to all "Mystery Science Theater 3000" branded properties.')
January 27, 2008
WFMU: 'Panda guts' ('After a long day at work, who doesn't want to come home to a mail-order box with a see-through panda?')
GameSetWatch: 'Indie Spotlight: Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden' ('Riffing off the old Charles Barkley console game and using the DIY-styled RPG Maker software to spoof the RPG genre, the game is so ironic, it hurts. But it also works!')
Chronicle Books: 'A Paper Crush' ('We are united in our affection for the perfect notebooks: our Moleskines.')
January 23, 2008
Pink Tentacle: 'Fantastic Japanscapes' ('The Japanese landscape makes a stunning subject for high dynamic range (HDR) photography.')
YouTube: 'Bill Gates' Last Days - CES 2008 (HQ/Sound Fixed)' (In case you missed. Awesome.)
Pink Tentacle: 'Portable subway strap shows you’re no groper' ('The primary purpose of this male-targeted commuter strap is not to provide support when the train lurches, but to show other passengers — particularly female passengers — that your hands are occupied, thus reducing your chances of being falsely accused of groping.')
January 22, 2008
Shots Ring Out: 'Top 79 Music Videos of 2007' (Yes, another list - this one's fairly saucy, though.)
Library Of Congress Blog: 'My Friend Flickr: A Match Made in Photo Heaven' (The biggest problem with assets like this up to now is that they do not get well-circulated into public circles. This is a massive step in the right direction.)
The Beat: 'Lonely, bored octopus turns to Mr. Potato Head for companionship' (As a commenter notes: 'If someone stuffed *my* Mr. Potatohead with crab, I’d be very attached to it, too.')
January 21, 2008
Pitchfork: '"Aqua Teen" Co-Creator Talks Neko, Homme, T-Pain' ('T-Pain was an even easier catch, being a pretty hardcore "Aqua Teen" fan already. "Apparently he's got, like, bling-- is that word still in vogue, bling?-- he's got these two Mooninite medallions made out of diamonds and rubies and stuff. [It] was like, 'That costs more than an episode.'')
Music Thing: 'The Fucking Fucker: Metasonix's insane $5,000 guitar amp' (Interesting discussion in the comments on whether the naming is bad or good marketing.)
WFMU: 'The Mouse That Roared' ('A friend told me that she saw a short film a few years ago about a man in Austria who built his own unique house, and then declared it an independent nation.')
January 20, 2008
Muppet Newsflash: 'More Details on Henson's Unstable Fables' ('Three Pigs & A Baby' "...will showcase the vocal talents of Brad Garrett, Steve Zahn, and John Cryer as the three pigs along with Jesse McCartney as the young wolf cub brought into their family.")
Evan Dorkin: 'William Gaines On "To Tell The Truth" via Classic Television Showbiz' (Mad Magazine publisher is... cool!)
GameSetWatch: 'Aperture Science Rocks: The Top 12 'Still Alive' Cover Versions' (Some of these are a leeetle bit mindblowing.)
January 17, 2008
Partysan interviews the Addictive TV guys (I find their Moonshine-distributed Mixmasters/Transambient DVDs to be awesome things to work/chill along to.)
January 16, 2008
Rinse FM blog - podcasts galore (From the excellent online dubstep/grime streaming radio station.)
Philip Sherburne: Ranking, Relatively: 2007 Albums (More interesting techno/electronic choices.)
Vanity Fair: 'Keys to the Kingdom' (Discussing the new Indiana Jones movie - via Linkbunnies.)
January 15, 2008
Chronicle Books Blog: Rosey Grier’s Needlepoint for Men (He makes it look good!)
Jackson Publick's LJ: Awesome Season 3 Venture Bros cast shot (All kinds of odd people turning up this time?)
Rossignol: Chris Cunningham feat. STARWARS (Wow, extremely cool. He should release more music videos/movies.)
January 14, 2008
TokyoMango: Ceramic Home Pizza Oven ('The finished product looks—and apparently tastes—almost like real Italian pizza fresh out of the brick oven. It's about $90.')
Akihabara Channel: 'Mega Tomato!!' (Large Japanese burger adverts vs. reality.)
Obtusity's Top 25 music videos of 2007 (Some different picks from Pitchfork, worth persuing - via PaperThinWalls.)
January 13, 2008
Filter Mag: Adam Horovitz's top European breakfast buffets of 2007 (Useful, in the, uhh, abstract.)
iLX: The Wire : 2007 Rewind 50 Records Of The Year (More useful electronic picks from last year - via DJ Martian.)
Textura.org: Top 10s and 20s of 2007 (Some good downtempo/alternative electronic picks, here - useful for listening on Rhapsody, etc, for what they have.)
January 01, 2008
Monotonik: Pliant - 'Musical Endeavor' [mtk196] ('Monotonik rounds out 2007 with a bit of a gem - a free digital release of the super-rare Pliant mini-CD 'Musical Endeavor', the quirky video-game inspired electronica blast originally released on New York-based label Systorm Technologies back in 2000.' Latest on my CC-licensed netlabel.)