We’ve put the annual Suburban Sprawl Music Holiday Comp up for download over at suburbansprawlmusic.com. This is the fourth year we’ve put the comp together, and all four year’s worth of MP3′s are available for free download. Some highlights …
Archive for 2005
12.20.05
Mannheim Steamroller has sold more albums than Frank Sinatra or the Beach Boys.
An insane article about their ridiculous Xmas music domination. On Trans-Siberian Orchestra: “Have you ever had a fly land on your arm?”
12.20.05
Eliminating the only reason to buy a PSP thus far.
12.16.05
Family Tree of Disney’s Ducks.
Fans of Duck Tales and / or Carl Barks, take note!
12.16.05
Plenty has been written online about ‘socially conscious’ clothing company American Apparel, their risque advertising, and their sexual harrassment-happy CEO of late (link, link, link, link). I’ve been ‘not a fan’ of their ads …
12.12.05
An oral history of The Promise Ring:
“It was miserable…every time everyone…was throwing stuff at us, we’d play that ‘Stop Playing Guitar’ song, like super slow, and they would just get so mad. It was pretty funny.”
I haven’t sunk to the level of posting an IM conversation for quite awhile, so I figure I’m about due.
Zach: “performances from breathing underwater, broken sunday, autumn and wasp, pillar of autumn, forever in a day, between broken ends,
…
12.8.05
12.8.05
Ted Rall takes a shot at Chris Ware
in the form of a published strip.
12.8.05
Summation of the Ted Rall / Chris Ware ‘feud.’
Not nearly as vicious as the Dave Sim / Jeff Smith feud. NERD.
11.29.05
: non-existent arcade game, subject of urban legend alleging mind control. (Thanks, Zach)
11.15.05
Chris Thile is a genius.
11.12.05
10.27.05
Amazing eBay auction for a 10 room record and memorabilia store.
I would honestly love to sort through all that crap.
10.27.05
10.26.05
MP3: Chris Ware and Charles Burns on Open Source Radio
The host has Ware ‘read’ a strip, after which, he aplogizes. So Great.
Among really nerdy dudes who obsess over things like the beginnings of Chris Ware’s career, the primary representation of his early work has long been ‘Floyd Farland: Citizen of the Future,’ an out-of-print collection of College-era strips featuring …
10.17.05
MP3 of the legendary Beach Boys ‘Help Me Rhonda’ session — crashed by a drunken Murray Wilson. Bonus: Peter Bagge’s animated ‘Murray Wilson Show.’
While shopping at Target the other day, I was pretty excited to discover that they are selling Murakami-esque ‘eyeball’ throw pillows as halloween decorations. Since I fervently peruse Target’s halloween section every year (The design is always so …
10.3.05
A custom record player that plays 3″ versions of White Stripes singles. $150, available at shows.
10.3.05
Nice long interview with Paul Collins.
He mentions an abandoned sequel to ‘Banvard’s Folly!’ Unabandon it!
The Cardhouse robot recently pointed out this article, which discusses the cover art for Kate Bush’s forthcoming album “Aerial,” correctly asserting that it is “right up my alley.” The central image of rocks reflected in water is also clearly …
9.30.05
Downloadable audio interview with Daniel Goldmark, author of ‘Tunes for Toons.’
Much Carl Stalling discussion ensues.
Remember last November when I proposed a superbowl commercial treatment? Somebody has made essentially the exact commercial I was envisioning. Michael spotted it here — anyone have any idea where it originated?…
At the beginning of 2005, I resolved to spend much of my free time figuring out how to run a tiny indie label by actually doing it. In the past eight months or so, I’ve learned:
- …the nuts and bolts …
9.29.05
Paul Collins on little-known books by well-known authors,
including Martin Amis’ Space Invaders strategy guide.
9.29.05
Van Morrison’s Contractual Obligation Album
- I’ve been looking for the rest of this on soulseek forever!
9.28.05
I would love to post a link to the amazing New Yorker article I just finished, but it’s not online.
So here’s a link to someone else complaining about the article’s e-absence.
A few years ago I got way into arcade game restoration. Let me tell you, it really wooed the ladies. One of the most interesting aspects of that diversion into nerdery was the insight into the commercial end of the …
9.20.05
The New York Times Magazine audio interview with Chris Ware
regarding his Sunday strips.
The work of Jason Shiga first came to my attention in 2003, when he won an Eisner award for “Talent most deserving of wider recognition.” A few months later, I read a write-up on his then-current interactive comic book, ‘Hello …
The Short Version:
I wrote an application for OS X 10.3+ that rips the audio from DVD’s to your iTunes / iPod. I use it to listen to commentary tracks – it could concievably be used as a language-learning tool …
9.13.05
Nerd Central: UC Berkeley CS students can tell what you’re typing based on audio.
The comments predict spyware that moniters your Mic input. Imagine the hidden message possibilities for the music industry!
I’ve recently come across references to two video games that interacted with the player in a pretty unique way. I’ve never experienced either of these first hand, but I’m intrigued, and curious if other such examples exist.
The first example …
Scene: A few years ago, driving on I-96 towards Detroit.
Motorcycle comes screaming up behind me on the left. Swerves into my lane, cutting me off in ridiculously-close, Hollywood-novelty style. Is that enough? No, that is not enough. Said motorcyclist
…
9.7.05
9.7.05
Chris Ware to begin publishing Sunday strip in New York Times,
beginning Sept. 18.
A Link to Tristan Perich’s forthcoming ‘One Bit Music‘ project made the rounds of the nerdy music blogs last week. If you mouse over the image below, you can see my assumptions as to the basic breakdown of …
9.6.05
Dave and Darin’s Labor Day song.
A literal reading, featuring a verse sung from the POV of a fetus. Naturally.
9.4.05
How do the blind tell the difference between U.S. paper currency?
Folding techniques and portable bill readers, a la vending machines.
This isn’t a life-changing application or anything, but I was pretty thrilled to discover RetroPlayer – an OS X gramophone emulator. Launch the program and you get a top-down view of a gramophone, sans record. Drag any audio file into …
8.24.05
Coded clue to text adventure bot hidden in Google’s new Talk client.
Watch out, infocombot
Valentine Hellman checked in today with easily the best email I’ve received in a long time. Valentine, you see, OWNS a platinum record. He’s taken it upon himself to play it and determine what exactly the grooves of a default …
8.22.05
Great arcade ‘Coin Reject’ T-shirt.
I have a feeling I’d be getting poked in the chest too much if I wore this.
Ever since Readymade Magazine got my brain churning on the possibilities of DIY clocks, I’d been toying with the idea of having the minute and hour hands rotate entire transparent clock faces — to create some sort of evolving image. …
8.21.05
- crazy mosaic-esque images made from falling drops of water.
8.21.05
Literary historical investigation:
did Ralph Waldo Emerson decapitate his wife becaise he thought she was a vampire?
8.19.05
8.15.05
Woodrow Wilson ‘mosaic’ of soldiers
(A la half-time show)
Shortly after posting my round up of vinyl video implementations, the eBay market price for the carousels used to view Red Raven Animation records dropped significantly, and I was able to pick one up for far cheaper than they …
In the comments to a previous entry, someone pointed out that this week’s ‘This Modern World‘ strip contains a coded message. This past Friday, while killing time at a bar before a show, I accidentally opened the …
7.27.05
The sort of photo that makes my day.
It’s official: I like almost anything done on a large scale.
7.25.05
This one is of physicist Feynman. They ‘cheat’ by using sharpie.
George Hotelling pointed out in the comments to my post on the Coldplay coded cover that someone has written a javascript tool to encode the text of your choosing into colored Baudot (AKA the coldplay code).…
7.19.05
Partial listing of the Bonus Materials for Looney Tunes DVD box, volume 3.
I’m always more interested in the extras on these sets, and they’ve been getting better with each iteration.
7.15.05
Judd Apatow’s ‘Undeclared’ is coming to DVD next month.
I loved this show. My well-worn VHS backup can be retired. Lots of extras too!
I have a short review of Gakken’s Berliner Gramophone and Edison Cylinder kits in the ‘Toolbox’ section of the second issue of Make Magazine. If you aren’t familiar with Make Magazine, it’s basically a comprehensive quarterly manual of nerdery. …
7.11.05
A nice photo diary of the creation of ‘Barcade,’ from a raw space in Brooklyn.
One of the steps involves the creation of a ‘BottleCap board,’ but the final product is never shown.
Awhile back I wrote a post on albums with coded messages hidden in their liner notes (here). One of these was an Ozzy Osbourne LP (‘Speak of the Devil’) which I was unable to find reference to deciphering …
I picked up ‘Britpop!‘ by John Harris for a couple bucks at one of those book liquidation-type places, and have been pleasantly surprised by how awesome it is. Well written, thoroughly researched, and comprehensive! In addition to couching …
When I went through the initial information-gathering that ended up producing the sadly neglected Acme Novelty Archive site, I contacted the student newspaper at the University of Texas to see if they had archives of back issues available for perusal. …
I have about 30 emails which date back to February rotting in my inbox, under the pretense that I’m somehow going to find the time to ‘properly’ research and present the information contained therein. Since it’s becoming increasingly obvious that …
I pulled up to a stoplight behind the pick-up truck pictured below yesterday, and was just DUMBFOUNDED by the text on the back, so I took a photo with my cell-phone. Let’s dissect it, shall we? We shall.
“I rather …
Not really update worthy, but I read that the Charles Schulz Museum is producing T-shirts based on Seth‘s artwork for Fantagraphics’ ‘Complete Peanuts‘ Series. The only image of these shirts is buried in a 50-page .pdf on …
6.30.05
The Essential Ghoul’s Record Shelf
- An MP3 blog that describes itself as “A song-by-song tour through pop music’s unexpected fascination with the ghastly and supernatural.”
Oh man, I just saw Batman Begins at our local Imax Theatre. I don’t know if it’s because I was Batman-obsessed in my youth and haven’t been satisfied by the last 2.5 Batman movies (3.5 if you count Catwoman), or …
6.29.05
Detroitfunk’s footage of the old Studebaker plant and surrounding area burning last week.
The cheering crowd is a little disheartening.
6.29.05
Thousands of old 45s in one lot on eBay.
6.28.05
Post-its have become the ‘hot’ mosaic medium lately.
6.24.05
- more Rubik’s cubes as mosaics
6.24.05
- An independant LEGO magazine, full issue free to download
6.16.05
Roger Joseph Manning Jr’s absolutely obscene credits listing
“Hi, I played on everything, ever.”
I just saw Neko Case at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit. In the middle of the set, she mentioned that she had heard that Houdini had died in the theatre. I’ve heard the same story a number of times …
6.15.05
Author of the Anarchist Cookbook on his changed views
and inability to dissociate his name from the work due to copyright nuance.
6.15.05
I finally finished all 100 puzzles in Polarium for the DS. Now what?
Polarium-puzzles.com offers dozens of user-submitted puzzles
6.13.05
Bjork and Matthew Barney team up on 2+ hour feature.
Site features playable samples from the soundtrack. And people called Bjork weird BEFORE.
6.13.05
Brick Magazine auctions manuscript pages, other ephemera from contemporary authors.
Including a draft of Jonathan Letham’s excellent ‘Beards.’
6.11.05
Ben Mildenhall’s Nintendo-themed Lego mosaics.
Two great tastes, etc.
Several months ago, I gathered a bunch of examples of coded messages hidden in liner notes. Presuming that such passing involvement qualified me to identify examples of such, I was positive that the hideous coverart for Coldplay’s latest album contained …
6.8.05
A parody by the Organic Trade Association. Well done.
6.8.05
Dane Cook’s Tom Cruise impression on Jimmy Kimmel
- Highlight: he bites Nelly’s arm. (via K-Sto)
6.2.05
Awesome Monster Attack T-shirt.
Too bad it’s printed on white. Their other designs are all pretty good, too.
5.26.05
5.25.05
Nintendo’s wireless DS demos from E3 make it online.
Meteos rules.
5.23.05
I love me some Paul Collins.
5.17.05
FINALLY. The Adventures of Pete & Pete on DVD.
(Thanks, Joe!)
5.16.05
$269.00, Limit 5 per person.
The artwork of Marcel Dzama (which I was first exposed to via McSweeney’s) has seemingly been everywhere lately – most prominently on the cover of Beck’s latest album, ‘Guero.’ There was a good metafilter thread on his current visibility …
Based on the obsessive-compulsive nature of my previous postings on all aspects of vinyl technology, several people have recommended that I check out Vinyl Video, an artistic venture by a collective of European artists, who encode black and …
From this week’s New Yorker:
JOE HELLER
True story, Word of Honor: Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer now dead, and I were at a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island. I said, “Joe, how does
…
5.13.05
Results of Make magazine’s first ‘Make-shift’ contest.
Essentially a Macguyver competition.
5.6.05
Someone at Northeastern State University in my home state of Oklahoma left the following comment on the HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL tulip entry below. I deleted it, because it has absolutely nothing to do with tulips, but I wanted to preserve this …
4.30.05
Video of New Order ‘covering’ “Love WIll Tear Us Apart” on Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Not sure how I feel about that.
4.29.05
North Carolina Museum of Art’s gigantic ‘Picture This’
- viewed via google’s satellite imagery.
4.29.05
Now THIS is a doubleneck guitar.
Most people are probably posting this for ironic purposes, but this guy has devised a way to effectively use both necks. A+
4.28.05
Life-size lego model of Han Solo in Carbonite.
Only thing nerdier than building life-size lego models: building life-size star wars lego models. Awesome.
4.28.05
Compilation of independantly developed Gameboy Advance Games: $12.00.
The results of Gbadev.org’s 2004 competition on a spiffy cartridge.
4.27.05
Ragtime Ephemeralist Website updated.
1st and 2nd issues to be reprinted! Hot cake-walk action!
4.26.05
MP3: ‘Art Is Not A Loaf of Bread.’
Effect: Museums of modern art flooded with loaves of bread submitted for exhibition by lazy postmodernists.
4.25.05
A one-act play starring several tulips.
April 23rd, 2005
April 24th, 2005
The Chosen:
UPDATE!
Up-to-the-minute coverage of Michigan-area snow-covered tulip photography available here (Thanks, Scott). …
Garage Sale find:
Four volumes from the “Moody Youth Library.” What a great name. They appear to be vaguely Hardy Boys-ian, (Titles include ‘Scotty and the Mysterious Message,’ ‘The Case of the Dancing Fire,’ etc.), though my brief googling has …
4.21.05
Gunstar Heroes Sequel coming to the GBA.
The original was my favorite genesis game ever. NERD.
4.17.05
Ypsilanti Water Tower named world’s most phallic building by Cabinet Magazine
This was the landmark I once used to locate my girlfriend’s house, which was one block away from the intersection it occupies. (Thanks, Leah!)
4.17.05
ask.mefi: How many hours do you REALLY work a week?
I just started a new job so I’m through the roof on this one.
4.17.05
Intentional phallic imagery in movie poster art.
“Kempa.com – all phallic, all the time.”
4.13.05
4.10.05
iPod fodder for nerds: Fanboy radio.
Comic-industry talk radio – free downloads of episodes 1-14, episodes 15-200 are 75 cents.
4.10.05
Making the rounds: Illustrated ‘Sesame Street’ Recollections.
Yip yip yip yip.
4.10.05
4.10.05
Flickr: Cardhouse is raising geese.
They are impossibly cute.
4.10.05
Ask.mefi: Quarter-life crisis.
Ah, RELEVANCE.
4.10.05
Ask.mefi: Adjusting to a new job.
Ah, RELEVANCE.
There was a really good article on the Guardian website this past week which summarizes my ‘disconnect’ from the sprawling worlds of most current ‘blockbuster’ video games. Part of the reason I’ve embraced the Gameboy Advance and the Nintendo DS …
4.6.05
- daily commentary on the graphic design of current movie posters. A current favorite.
4.4.05
Independent Italian developers to bring DS online April 11th?
I really hope this is for real.
4.4.05
Bring me the Head of Charlie Brown
- 33 MB Hand-Drawn Faux Peanuts Animation. Kind of dumb but worth it for the over-the-top violence.
4.4.05
Japanese reinterpretation of a show that reinterpreted japanese animation.
4.4.05
Detroit’s Forgotten Salt Mines
- Revealing further meaning to Tim Pak’s band name.
I recently received the following message regarding the “Robin Williams’ joke thievery” bit I put together last year.
”I am sixteen years old and have grown up watching Robin Williams. I look up to him. These “comments” on your site
…
3.28.05
3.25.05
A great oral history of Art Spiegelman’s RAW
, with obligatory Chris Ware quotations. (courtesy of Christopher Merritt)
3.22.05
on Albums released with more than one cover.
3.22.05
Geoff sent me a link to this Music Video / Mosaic, directed by a guy named Thomas Hughes. The site describes it as: “A video mosaic constructed from the puzzling elements of a girl named Mandy.” It’s worth watching …
Several years ago, my girlfriend Sarah bought me a notepad, which I promptly put into a pocket of my bag and forgot about. I unearthed it a few days ago, and noticed some of the ridiculous details for the first …
3.21.05
Replica ‘Saved By the Bell’ T-shirts.
“I’m so.. so.. SCARED.”
3.17.05
New book on the Composers who scored early Hollywood animation.
Looks like a good companion to ‘Cartoon Music.’
3.17.05
An insanely great PDF essay on the changing design of Candy Wrappers.
I’ve been ridiculed by friends for years because I photograph unique candy packaging. VINDICATED.
3.14.05
Mesmerizing.
3.10.05
Japanese Zumpano CD w/ rare B-sides on eBay.
It’s pretty cheap too.
In December 2004, I was forwarded the following article about a fellow bottlecap mosaicist. I’ve pasted the relevant bits of the now-unavailable-online article below. The fulltext of the article, which was published in North Carolina this past November, is preserved …
3.6.05
Anthology containing Chris Ware’s ‘Peanuts’ tribute strip and essay marked down to $3.
Originally $24.95. Tracking down this book was the impetus for my ridiculous listing of Ware’s work. (It turns out the minimum order is $30.)
3.2.05
Tim Burton is having a garage sale.
Someone needs to take pictures of this.
3.1.05
Great Research on the lost ‘Oswald the Rabbit’ cartoons of 1928-1929.
You know, for nerds.
3.1.05
French television channel ‘Arte TV‘ has been running a series of behind-the-scenes documentaries on various Comic Book creators throughout the month of January. One of these episodes focuses exclusively on Chris Ware. The website for the series has …
2.24.05
(Check out the MST3K Commenting system at the bottom!)
2.24.05
‘Graffitti’ Artist who OWNS the building he paints on faces jail time for partial recreation of Michealangelo’s Sistine Chapel Mural. Infuriating.
I got this email Yesterday. Totally great.
Hey I wanted to thank you for inspiring me. Your ridiculous mix CD packaging gave me an idea for a Valentine’s Day gift. - Clint
…
When I first read about the touchscreen and wireless capabilities of the Nintendo DS, the first thing that crossed my mind was how perfectly suited it would be for mimicking those touchscreen games that litter bartops across America. This probably …
2.21.05
Pro: Winona Ryder. Con: Keanu Reeves.
2.21.05
The only discussion I’ve yet seen dealing with last night’s NBA All-Star Half-Time show,
which included a performance by country stars Big & Rich, dressed in Civil War regalia and flanked by a dancing midget on crutches. Mindblowing.
A band called The 8 Bit Construction Set is getting a touch of internet publicity by claiming that their record is “the first ever use of the vinyl recording medium for software distribution.” Not so.…
2.18.05
: The horribly Ill-advised ‘modernization’ of the Warner Bros. cartoon oeuvre (Bugs, Daffy, etc)
In late 2002, I took several photos of Spoon at a show in Ohio. I did this using my girlfriend’s 35mm camera, which was loaded with black and white film. The following week, this film was loaded onto a reel …
2.16.05
Chris Ware contributes an uncharacteristic cover
for the 80th anniversary issue of the New Yorker.
I’ve lately gotten into the bad habit of drawing faces on each milk jug I come across, as seen below.
I was taking a picture of my latest effort in his natural environment (The fridge) when it occurred to me …
After reading this Ask Metafilter thread about life-altering experiences in childhood, I was reminded of the first book I was ever able to read on my own – or more specifically, the book I was perusing when the entire process …
2.13.05
2.12.05
Livejournal community that scans interesting bits of a random comic book every day (The images are embedded in the RSS feed, so you can avoid clicking)
This one requires more explaining than the others, as it ended up being a ‘failure’ in some respects. Having exhausted my supply of nerdy reading material on automated music machines in early 2004, I moved on to reading / learning …
Yet another in a long series of ridiculously packaged mix CD’s. Check out the three-tiered pop-up text! NERD.
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2.10.05
Video: Beck’s “Black Tambourine.”
Early internet nerds will appreciate the use of animated ASCII art.
Around December 2003, I discovered the Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments, and got it in my head that I should learn to make music boxes. What little information I was able to turn up on this archaic process proved …
2.8.05
“Pyramid Songs.” Ho ho ho.
I’ve been obsessed with those 3″ mini CDR’s ever since I realized you could buy them in bulk. Unfortunately, the sleeves that are available for CD’s of this size all have some sort of aesthetic imperfection that drives me completely …
2.6.05
I got an email a few days ago with the subject line “This is not spam.” Naturally, I assumed that it was spam. I let it sit in my inbox over the weekend, and in the midst of my weekly …
2.2.05
(Superfriendz, Flashing Lights) and his new project.
On the grassy part of a beach in Ann Arbor during the Summer of 2002, I suddenly grew to gargantuan size and began eating oblivious sunbathers.
I just posted this to my flickr account and then searched the tags for …
2.1.05
- the makings of 1,000 Man..or Astroman? songs.
Lessons of the internet: If you’re looking for something, put up a webpage asking for it. Eventually someone who can help you will stumble across it and get in touch. That’s what happened with this particular song. I posted …
1.30.05
.pdf excerpt of forthcoming ‘Bizarro World’ hardcover.
Direct from DC Comics.
1.30.05
participating in DC Comics’ ‘Bizarro World’ Hardcover.
1.30.05
Clips from French documentary special on Art Spiegelman
, In English with French subtitles. (He does his layouts in Quark on OS 9)
1.30.05
Lots on ‘Mad’ artist Harvey Kurtzman’s Career.
1.30.05
Discussion of ‘The Kryptonite Kid’
- a 1979 novel composed of a disturbed teenager’s letters to Superman.
Amazon launched a new feature today that is impossibly cool: They’ve integrated their yellow pages and Mapquest with a database of images enabling users to visually scroll up and down the block. You can see an example of what I’m …
1.25.05
Audio: Actual Tasmanian Devil Noises.
Sounds like the Inuit throat singer on Bjork’s “Medulla.”
1.24.05
MP3 archive of a 1992 Subpop festival
featuring live sets (And unrecorded songs) from Sloan, Velocity Girl, Eric’s Trip, and tons more. [Thanks Jason!]
1.23.05
His ‘artist biography’ strips (which adopted characteristics of each particular artist’s work) in McSweeney’s #13 were great!
1.23.05
Detroitfunk on the closing of America’s oldest aquarium.
Kwame Kilpatrick strikes again.
1.21.05
‘Bone’ creator Jeff Smith auctioning original artwork for tsunami relief
- He never sells originals.
1.21.05
- Daily photolog
1.21.05
Trailer for Tim Burton’s new Stop-Motion epic: ‘The Corpse Bride.’
Due out this Halloween. Alert Hot Topic!
1.18.05
(The making of a grape / apple hybrid)
1.14.05
1.13.05
Previously unknown Beatles track unearthed?
“Mississippi River Born” supposedly has Paul on lead vox, John & George singing harmonies.
1.13.05
- Like ask.metafilter.com, but without the pleasant design
1.12.05
Marty Smith has a website?!
I’m what you would call a casual sports fan. One of my roommates, however, is always watching ESPN. I wandered into the living room on Sunday while “Sportscenter” was on and saw the BEST THING EVER.
First, some background. My …
Vincent Marquardt writes:
”When I was about 10 years old, someone gave me a bunch of 45′s, all lousy no-name performers; No wonder they were giving them away!”
”Anyhow, one of them was a female singer singing a song called
…
1.8.05
eBay auction for (almost) every Sub Pop Singles Club 7″ ever.
He’s missing the Luna 7″ from the 2nd run. The auction has photos of every single record. (Thanks Chris!)
1.7.05
Comedy Central has picked up “Stella” for 10 episodes
(3 ex-members of MTV’s ‘The State’)
1.7.05
Detroitfunk on the death of Harry Houdini in Detroit.
I had heard rumors the show was to take place in the Majestic complex, but it looks like it was the ‘Garrick Theatre.’
1.7.05
Quantegy (the last remaining manufacturer of analog tape used in analog studio recording and mastering) ambiguously announces plant closure for ‘restructuring.’ The age-old analog vs. digital argument ensues on Slashdot.
1.7.05
Audio: Synthesized speech from “The Impossible Mission” (C64).
Ah, memories. I never could understand the first few syllables, though.
You may have read about the recent discovery of a bit of animation on an ancient Iranian goblet, said to be the first recorded example of man-made animation. The article that’s been making the rounds (I first saw it on …
Indie Comic artist Johnny Ryan, known for his ‘Angry Youth‘ Comics and general poor-taste, has been skewering the elder statesmen of indie comics in his ‘Shouldn’t You be Working?’ strip. These strips are mostly not safe for …
1.3.05
1.3.05
featuring an inexplicable photo of an impossibly happy young man and his 1st gen. Gameboy.
So, I finally got around to seeing Spider-Man 2. It was pretty fun, even if it did seem to hit the same notes as Spider-man 1, in roughly the same order. One thing about it has been bugging the CRAP …
I added two videos to my Zumpano page: “I Dig You” and “Behind the Beehive.” They appear to have been encoded using some archaic codec, so quicktime chokes on the sound. Until I find the time to re-encode them, …