When you give stickers to children...

This is what happens!

via this awesome art exhibit

Retro-Future Ad Contest

This is part of an ongoing contest to design and create retro style ads for futuristic concepts/events/products based on works of fiction (TV, books, movies, what-have-you).

I'll post more when I find them!

Edit: Here's the site with all the rules so you can enter too!

Guitar Shovel is HARDCORE

The epic guitar playing/singing...can be seen starting at 3:00.

Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring...

Lobster phone!

Lobster Phone, Dali, 1936

Heat

It's been hot in Bellingham of late. I enjoyed this.

Animated Fit

Remember that news story circulating this week about the flight attendant from Jet Blue who quit in a blaze of glory (and expletives)?

Enjoy a Taiwanese reenactment via anime-esque CG hilarity.

Strange Angels

In Vitebsk, Russia millions of tiny butterflies flocked to a bridge one night and began to die.

rawr

For Emily

advice

Today

Interesting

Was thinking, for some reason, about prosthetic limbs today (and about their history). Some assorted images from my research:

And learn a bit about it yourself here.

Oh Boy

Born Free

M.I.A's new video for the single "Born Free" is just...I can't even describe it. It's complete and absolutely NSFW, for children, or for the squeamish. Suicide's song "Ghost Rider" is overwhelmingly sampled in the track, and its lyric "America America is killing its youth" seems to be a heavy influence on this video (or rather, short film, as it does much more than any music video I've seen recently). I'm not really sure what to make of it, or if I "like" it, but it definitely got me thinking.

M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.

and the Suicide song it samples:



and a kooky live video of the song:

Ghost Rider from SUICIDE on Vimeo.

Old Turkey

Japan Loves Lovecraft

Look, it's Nyarlathotep in his/her manga form...from the upcoming manga series based off of the famous Lovecraft story. Now...how to get my hands on this?

Happy Easter!

I almost forgot to commemorate Bunny Day on my blog! But Happy Easter to you all.

Lovely Little

From Mark Mothersbaugh.

Yikes