Friday Linkage

A pissed off caller is gonna kill Falconhoof

2010-06-08T03:48:00.000+01:00

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Old Spice | Blocker

2010-04-04T16:10:00.000+01:00

Her Morning Elegance / Oren Lavie

2010-04-04T16:08:00.001+01:00

Blown away

2009-12-07T15:55:00.001Z

Flight of the Concords

2009-12-07T15:54:00.001Z

LOL dancing

2009-11-30T22:54:00.000Z

London 1927

2009-11-13T11:25:00.002Z

Thanks to Richard Beresford

Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No

2009-11-13T00:19:00.001Z

by James Blagden

WMIG Mix 10

2009-11-13T00:04:00.000Z

Another mix from We make it good

If the Matrix was a Chaplin film...

2009-11-10T11:51:00.002Z

Horribley slow muder...by teaspoon

2009-10-29T13:10:00.000Z

Stylophone Beatbox

2009-10-18T18:03:00.000+01:00

Nikon Coolpix Projector Boys

2009-10-16T23:50:00.000+01:00

Virtual Autopsy

2009-10-07T21:22:00.000+01:00

The Virtual Autopsy Table from NorrköpingsVisualiseringscenter on Vimeo.

GEDDAN!

2009-10-06T21:45:00.000+01:00

Know Your Meme: Get Down (ゲッダン) from Rocketboom on Vimeo.

This one's a STINKER!

2009-09-04T11:48:00.000+01:00

Underwater exhibit

2009-09-01T23:22:00.002+01:00

WMIG: Vol10

2009-09-01T12:34:00.001+01:00

A new mix from the We Make it Good team: Volume 10: Morgan Geist. Get there, check it & download it!

Inside all of us is everything you've ever seen

2009-08-13T12:14:00.000+01:00

So I'm fast becoming a fan of Spike Jonze's blog, We Love You So. As I understand it, it's a collaborative effort by the people working on his film of Where The Wild Things Are (you know, classic Maurice Sendak etc). The film, incidentally, is out in October this year. I posted the trailer a while back - have reposted the new one at the bottom of this. Super super exciting - it's bound to be bonkers.

Anyhoo, as well as standard stuff on their blog, they do little micro-interviews with people who are involved or who are influencing the shape of things in their world. Spend some time on it. You'll like it.

This one is with Matt Furie (the original post is here):

Matt Furie has fathered a legion of beguiling beasts in his rainbow-hued drawings, expanding his own personal zoology each time he confronts the infinite emptiness of a blank page. Even while they approach the mind-boggling biodiversity of those interminable Pokémon, Furie’s characters manage to convey an emotional depth that approaches Jim Henson levels. Depicting moments of sensuality, rage, despair and intense lethargy, the artist approaches his work with a deadpan sense of humor that often comes wrapped in a burrito of delicious sincerity. Here are his thoughts on children’s literature.

Did you have any favorite picture books as a child?

Where’s Waldo series, The Far Side Galleries, Richard Scarry’s Best Storybook Ever, The first book I could ever remember reading was about a yellow bear-like animal that had colored spots. This animal felt bad because he didn’t fit in at the zoo. He could use his spots like frisbees and make them bigger, smaller, etc. It seemed like a Dr. Seuss book but different. I also remember really liking this book called This is Weird about some kids on a boat that end up on an abandoned and haunted island full of weird trapdoors and tunnels and old houses and paths and ladders.

What are your childhood recollections of Maurice Sendak’s work? Are you influenced by his visual language?

I liked the Wild Things book when I was little but it wasn’t until I started researching children’s books in college that I came to appreciate it. I like that book a lot but I’m a bit unfamiliar with his other stuff. I read the book The Art of Maurice Sendak and remember him saying that the monsters in the book were based on his relatives and his experience with them being too scary and all in his face at family dinners when he was a kid. I also remember him saying that a lot of his ideas involve eating/the fear of being eaten. As for his visual language, I thinks its a perfect balance of skill, childishness, flatness, and light.

Do you think you’ll ever make a children’s book of your own? What would it be about?

That would make my mom really happy. I’m not sure what it would be about but I know it would be a fantasy. It would start off in the real world of a kid (like Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, Neverending Story, Princess Bride, Where the Wild Things Are, Harry Potter, Labyrinth, and pretty much every good children’s fantasy plot). There would definitely be lots of wacky and magical creatures.

Were you prone to retreating into imaginary worlds, growing up? If so, please describe!

I used toys, video games, t.v., movies, and drawing to retreat into imaginary worlds. I remember being in the backseat of the car and looking out of the window and pretending that I was a creature running and hopping along the trees. I think every kid is prone to retreat into imaginary worlds.

Like Sendak’s Wild Things, the creatures in your work often defy biological classification. Is it a challenge to come up with such alien forms?

Nothing I could ever come up with could ever be stranger or more fascinating than what’s out there.

Here's the new trailer:

Fishy Goodness

2009-08-03T23:08:00.002+01:00

2009-08-03T23:08:00.001+01:00

Sour

2009-07-14T14:35:00.001+01:00

Kitteh vs Camreh

2009-06-30T14:06:00.000+01:00

Buzz Aldrin's Rocket Experience

2009-06-26T19:23:00.001+01:00

Buzz Aldrin's Rocket Experience from Buzz Aldrin

Now that's a prank show!

2009-06-12T14:09:00.001+01:00

Hammer Time

2009-06-12T14:08:00.002+01:00

STAR WARS VS MAGNUM VS DALLAS

2009-06-11T13:09:00.001+01:00

New Directors (Saatchi & Saatchi)

2009-06-05T11:53:00.000+01:00

I want it!

2009-05-28T00:33:00.000+01:00

Mac VS PC

2009-05-22T14:57:00.002+01:00

LEGO architecture

2009-05-22T10:57:00.000+01:00

Adam sent me a link to the Brickstructures website. They make architectural models out of Lego. Nothing special there, perhaps, but their ones are AWESOME, and they have a re-seller agreement with the Danish brick firm, so when it arrives it all looks wicked. I mean, look at the box!

In a similar vein, Dunechaser is still doing his amazing Lego characters and putting the pics up on Flickr. Here are two new ones:

Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday (is that Gregory Peck running beside her?)

(link)

and the inimitable Errol Flynn

(link)

Here's my original post.

Rubbish Fashion Police - you're under a vest!

2009-05-15T14:43:00.001+01:00

WMIG: Volume 08: Freeblood

2009-05-14T17:52:00.000+01:00

HOLY GHOST VS ANDY C & MC GQ

2009-05-14T15:46:00.000+01:00

Pretty masks from Japan...

2009-05-12T09:16:00.000+01:00

Illustrator Yoriko Yoshida has dreamed up dozens of colorful face mask designs that are sure to keep you looking cool and feeling safe as fears of swine flu spread across the globe.

The mask of Octopus beard

The mask of Rising sun

The mask of Skull

The mask of Wild boar

The mask of Mt. FUJI

The mask of Beauty

[Link: Yoriko Yoshida's surgical masks]

(from PinkTentacle)

Tommy Sparks

2009-04-28T15:27:00.000+01:00

Suntory

2009-04-28T14:22:00.001+01:00

2009-04-28T14:21:00.000+01:00

Spin

2009-04-28T14:20:00.000+01:00

Saudi Skate!!!

2009-04-06T10:36:00.000+01:00

BRUNO!! The Trailer

2009-04-03T14:27:00.000+01:00

Jessica and Hunter/Breakfast

2009-04-03T13:56:00.000+01:00

Thanks to MM!

Absolute Comedy...?

2009-04-03T12:04:00.001+01:00

In the MOOG for love

2009-04-03T11:54:00.000+01:00

the Lost Tribes of New York

2009-04-03T11:00:00.000+01:00

The Lost Tribes of New York City from Carolyn London on Vimeo.

Keira Knightley stars in Women’s Aid ad

2009-04-02T23:15:00.000+01:00

The Kit

2009-03-30T16:11:00.001+01:00

CatShitOne

2009-03-26T23:39:00.000Z

The Machine is Us/ing Us.

2009-03-26T23:23:00.000Z

Kirsten Lepore - Story from North America

2009-03-26T10:40:00.003Z

Story from North America from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

This is the full version of "Story from North America" (2007) by Garrett Davis and Kirsten Lepore.
Music written and performed by Garrett Davis
(garrettmdavis.googlepages.com)

Daft stuff

2009-03-24T22:57:00.000Z

Daft sound board to annoy your friends and colleagues.

CockShot™

2009-03-24T10:18:00.000Z

Honest Scammer

2009-03-23T11:28:00.003Z

Chuck Bolly Norris

2009-03-23T11:25:00.000Z

Bangkok's hidden train network...

2009-03-23T11:21:00.000Z

The Making of The Shining - by Vivian Kubrick

2009-03-20T14:33:00.001Z

Stanley Kubrick allowed his then-17-year-old daughter, Vivian, to make a documentary about the production of THE SHINING. It offers a rare insight into the shooting process of a Kubrick film.

A site devoted to crying kids - But why?

2009-03-20T14:20:00.001Z

Karl by Mattel

2009-03-20T14:13:00.001Z

Karl Lagerfeld did not only dress the Barbie dolls for the recent 50th anniversary exhibition at colette in Paris, he now also got his own doll from Mattel. It’s a unique piece that Mattel made for the fashion designer. You can choose now if you want Karl in the form of a doll or of a teddy bear by Steiff. More here

Oops!

2009-03-20T13:51:00.000Z

SLAAAAYYYER!

2009-03-20T13:48:00.000Z

2009-03-20T13:27:00.001Z

more here >>>

Holy mutation Batman!

2009-03-20T10:47:00.000Z

Rap Flight

2009-03-18T20:59:00.001Z

Bud Mags

2009-03-18T20:37:00.001Z

COCO - The Film

2009-03-18T10:43:00.001Z

Robots in disguise

2009-03-18T09:35:00.001Z

Adobe Gripes

2009-03-17T14:20:00.001Z

Personally, I love adobe products but sometimes we all have our Adobe gripes

Not a photgraph

2009-03-17T14:12:00.000Z

It ain't no photograph!!!

NINJA CAT PART TWO!

2009-03-17T10:57:00.001Z

LOOK OUT THE NINJA CAT IS BACK!

Twouble with Twitters

2009-03-17T10:29:00.000Z

Models riot

2009-03-16T16:57:00.001Z

Yesterday in Manhattan, models riot, thinking "terrorist bomb", when a BMW overheats near buy and it's radiator smokes. Hopefuls now seeking to sue Tyra Banks for not "giving them their chance to be America's next top model!"

Sunset TV

2009-03-15T22:49:00.001Z

Episode 3 (Prime Time) from Sunset Television on Vimeo.

Gervais Sesame Street

2009-03-13T16:41:00.001Z

Don't pull it out like that!

2009-03-13T16:28:00.000Z

'01.53m'

MacDonalds trick

2009-03-13T15:43:00.001Z

Why a french guy would want to eat this crap is beyoned me...

Toughest Kid In World Of Warcraft, Part 1 & 2

2009-03-13T15:21:00.000Z

**Lots of nasty swearing**

DJ Krassy Body rock mix 4

2009-03-13T14:28:00.001Z

Click the pic and download!

Eliss - for iPhone and iPod touch

2009-03-13T14:26:00.000Z

Casio meets Postal Service soundtrack!

Kutiman-Thru-you - 04 - Babylon Band

2009-03-13T14:02:00.003Z

Travis Pastrana Backflip Tricycle.

2009-03-13T14:00:00.001Z

911 emergency

2009-03-13T13:58:00.001Z

Lewis Hamilton and the RC Office Grand Prix

2009-03-13T12:22:00.001Z

Robot Chicken: Baysplosions!!!

2009-03-12T14:15:00.000Z

Dance c'mon!

2009-03-10T10:17:00.002Z

Right then you 'orrible lot, it's about time you got to work on your dance moves. Happily, we've spotted some handy tips (in Finnish) on the best way to strut your stuff. Guys, get your white flares ready.
And ladies - pay particularly close attention to the female instructor's stance, face and general demeanour.

(it really kicks off at about 2:50)

Everything is amazing, nobody is happy...

2009-03-05T13:31:00.002Z

Angry Camels

2009-03-05T13:29:00.000Z

Dog's gone to the wall

2009-03-03T14:44:00.000Z

Mistabishi - Printer Jam

2009-03-03T14:19:00.000Z

thanks to LANCTON

DJ Krassy

2009-03-03T11:30:00.002Z

DJ Krassy Mix - electro shiznit.

WMIG: Volume 07: Crookers

2009-03-02T11:55:00.001Z

Audi Shark

2009-02-27T12:29:00.001Z

more here....

Phonofone II Black Edition

2009-02-27T11:02:00.000Z

Swarovski crystal and 24k gold plated bicycle

2009-02-26T23:37:00.001Z

Royksopp

2009-02-26T22:30:00.001Z

Happy Up Here from Röyksopp on Vimeo.

Partridge Football

2009-02-26T22:24:00.000Z

Safari 4

2009-02-26T19:40:00.000Z

Google Car

2009-02-19T15:29:00.001Z

Click pic for more on Google's electric car...

Eliot Lipp - Beat Bunker Mix

2009-02-19T14:12:00.000Z

Mix innit...

Skills to pay the bills

2009-02-19T11:44:00.000Z

Half Life the Film for $500

2009-02-19T10:04:00.000Z

The Purchase Brothers, 23 and 25-year-old brothers who live in Toronto, created this short film based, on Half-Life, for under $500.