Minutemen

Their prolific double album, "Double Nickels on the Dime" turns 25 this month. This record was my anthem in high school. I never saw them live; I did see "fIREHOSE", the band Mike Watt formed after D. Boon died, at the Southgate house in 1989. Here is a huge thread from BoingBoing:

LINK to Double Nickels on the Dime by the Minutemen turns 25


I also stumbled upon this user on youtube, who is uploading all SST stuff. SST was the label that Greg Ginn (Black Flag) founded, and my youth was spent listening to Hüsker Dü, Black Flag, and the Minutemen. I learned to play bass by figuring out the bass lines on these albums. Also, I am old.

LINK to Our Band could be Your Life

this is a little insane

BIRDY NAM NAM - THE PARACHUTE ENDING from Steve Scott on Vimeo.

New "Green" computer

The harder you work, the faster your animation will render.





















LINK to Skymallrev

Robots invade vintage postcards

this gave me a chuckle...

LINK to slideshow "Robots invade vintage postcards"

The world is changing around us

Due to all the global warming/pollution, there seems to be a shift in equalibrium between populations of vertebrates and non-invertebrates. Not convinced? Just look at Red Lobster's new entree: Jellyfish appetizer with a savory cyanobacteria sauce.

we're eating all the fish

more invertebrates

again with the jellyfish

mysterious algae blooms

global warming leads to dead zones leads to algae blooms

creepy swarm of bacteria-loving worms

Modest business proposal

did he just say "jello puddin pop, flippity flop, call me back muthafucka I'll slap yo ass..."?

rundown of notable Cincinnati stories...

artist with sharpie in Sears' electronic department

family buys punching bag with stinky surprise

dude loves sleeping in Port-O-Lets.

..."I keep it now!"

woman sits in front of TV for 2 1/2 years...except...

Michael Bay finally...

...made an art movie. One of the most hilarious film reviews I've read.

And every single performance is so ridiculous that it looks down on "over the top" as if from a great height. It's the part of your brain that thinks it would be awesome to see robots with giant dangling testicles, or hot chicks turning into robot tentacle monsters, or "ghetto" robots that talk in inept hip-hop slang and smash each other playfully, or funny Jewish men who talk about their "schmear" and randomly strip to their G-strings. Is that going too far?

LINK to Transformers movie review

Fisheye photos

This is a seriously cool effect...

LINK to article

Boris

...that is all.

Black Moth Super Rainbow

I'm way into them for the same reason I like Boards of Canada...kind of beautiful darkness to their sound. I saw them last night and took some video of their wacky visuals...



This is the video for "Sun Lips", which is bittersweet and maybe has subtle Buddhist undertones? (death is a part of life...discuss)




They also showed this clip, taken from a movie called "Street Trash", which has no redeemable properties whatsoever, and was part of my High-School-crap-horror-movie-education program. Seriously...watch at yer own risk.

Very, very bad demo songs

This guy runs an indie record label and has a backlog of terrible submissions by eager musicians. Click on the link below...

Mind-Melting Demo Disasters

More Zach Galifianakis

Were you not listening the first two times?

EVERY Zach Galifianakis clip from Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job.

spam

click on image for larger view

N.A.S.A. "A Volta"

Quay brothers meet Daft Punk meet Scarface. My jaw is still open...



The "making of" cleverly hides any hint at how they did it. Although, it may have been entirely CG.

Bendito Machine episode 3

Enigmatic, twisted, simple and compelling.

click the link below...the older episodes are available to watch too.

LINK to Bendito Machine

District 9

I've seen bits and pieces of a realistic sci-fi scenario involving alien refugees for years now. This clip is from 2006...


It seems there's finally a movie getting made.

Plug-In America

Plug-In America is my colleague's concept to raise awareness for electric vehicles, meet some great people, and create an awesome documentary. He needs money to accomplish his goals. Please donate whatever you can!

Downtown excursion