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…
Archive for February, 2005
2.24.05
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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…
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…
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…
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…
2.8.05
“Pyramid Songs.” Ho ho ho.
One of the great features of Flickr is that you can subscribe to be notified via RSS whenever someone posts a photo tagged with a search term of your choosing. One of the tags I subscribe to is…
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…
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…
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…