More Caps
Chris, who wrote to me about his own bottlecap mosaic in progress after I posted the writeup on mine, has finished his.
”Hey man, it’s more or less done, still looking to put a protective coating on
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Archive for July, 2004
”…also when you made me a copy the New Pornographers cd, you wrote ‘New Porn’ on it… and I just realized people must think I’m a perv when I leave that laying around here [work].”
I’ve updated the Acme Novelty Archive pretty heavily in the last couple of days. New design, new search capability, and new database-driven content. Nearly everything that’s been submitted since I started the site is now in there, the…
For people who are obsessed with music and the process by which it is recorded, filesharing is the greatest thing ever, as it offers easy access to session tapes. Session tapes, for the uninitiated, are generally recordings of a band…
A few years ago, I read ‘Double Fold‘ by Nicholson Baker – an enraging look at libraries destroying back issue newspapers and replacing them with often defective microfiche. In the book, Baker discusses both the alarming…
Kempas Edible Oils. Mmmm… edible oils!
A bizarre German site featuring a giant downloadable zip file containing photos. The photos appear to be from some sort of camp / gathering / party circa 1978. This…
Log Hat
This hat is great for confusing people. It has an illustration of a log on the front, and the word ‘LOG’ on the back. It was part of the ‘Ren and Stimpy‘ merchandising juggernaut.
A Beatle, a Monkee, and Harry Nilsson.
My friend Zach Curd recently unearthed this bit of trivia on one of his frequent excursions into internetland – Beatles drummer Ringo Starr…
Kim Stahr, the person whose copy of Shellac’s ‘The Futurist’ LP recently sold on EBay for $810 emailed me the other day. You can read about the reasons this was percieved as significant in my previous post. Kim…
The best magazine cover ever:
Gamorrean Guard + Beach Ball = Awesome.
Seriously, how has no one yet made one of those spraypaint stencils out of DARTH VADER HOLDING A MASSIVE BOOMBOX?! I’ve…
I moved to Ann Arbor. Also: I’m playing three shows this week, and the rest of my time will probably be spent ’settling’ and ’sleeping,’ so… come to the shows and check back here next week. Details:
WEDNESDAY! July 7th!…
I’m in the process of moving this week, hence the silence. In the meantime, please enjoy this recording of Canadian harmony group The Sands of Time The Tokens and Steve Sawyer paying tribute to the Beach Boys (by lyrically name-checking…