Oh man, I saw this documentary about Headbagers Ball mentioned on Ektopia’s site, and lost a lot of time Saturday morning. After a few minutes, I got sucked in and ended up watching this show in its entirety. In middle school and high school, I was very much into heavy metal. And I watched a fair amount of the show…
Thinking and focusing a lot on contracts lately. And so I’m sharing this, since it’s one of the first things I think about, when considering a wager or gentleman’s agreement. Of course, my first actual thought goes back to Kingsfield’s contract law class, but Brewster’s Millions comes in a close second.
Perhaps it’s the wine I’ve been drinking, but in thinking of Ohio I’m thinking of my time in graduate school, my writer friends. I’m fondly remembering fun parties and fun celebrations. Given the tone of the song, I’m also thinking a lot about two people I wish were still around – David Citino and Ann Paeth.
Though not exactly “Koyaanisqatsi for a generation raised on late night television and B-movie VHS tapes,” Smash TV’s Skinemax definitely triggers a lot of memories from the 1980’s and early 1990’s.
Over at Twelvestone, my friend Ian created a thread where he converted his mixtape into a YouTube Playlist. It made me think again about mixtapes, and how the technology at the time made us more active, in both the curation and creation of these tapes. In 2009, I had the good fortune of appearing in my friend Jason’s anthology: Cassette…
I’m not usually one to share computer mods, but this one was too good to pass up. I was a big, big fan of Bloom County, and have fond memories of the Banana Junior 6000 (a parody of the Mac that came out in 1984). Turns out, some crazy awesome nerd built a working version of the machine, complete with…
The above photo is from a series taken by Tokyo Times, while visiting an abandoned building. Inside, he found the remnants of an old enka singer’s life, a time capsule of sorts. The images are moving in what they suggest – a life of music, and a time that’s since passed. I love these photos for much the same reason…
For folks who are visiting my site this week and aren’t regular visitors… I thought I’d provide a few links to some older posts you might find fun/interesting. If you’d like, I invite you to subscribe to the RSS feed. I’m hoping I can convince you there’s something here with returning for. So a few favorites: My wife Liz is…
The Triumph of the Crayolatariat is a pretty great breakdown of The Crayola Factory: A Hands-on Discovery Center in downtown Easton, Pennsylvania. The thing of it is – it’s not a factory. In fact, when we hear the phrase “crayon factory,” many of us think back to those awesomely 80’s videos of how crayons were made – originally aired on…
I don’t normally like stuff I find on sites like CollegeHumor or Cracked, but this particular video stood out. The back and forth banter between the four actors is lively and incredibly well paced, with as much funny stuff about the movie as one another. I really enjoyed this, and am hoping to see more of these. [via MetaFilter]
Young Me Now Me is a recent project by the very fun (and very funny) Ze Frank. The premise is a great one, and remarkably simple. Submit two photos of yourself: one of you at an earlier age; the other of you as you are today, ideally doing the same pose as the original. The whole project is genuinely delightful,…
Love-pictures is an online gallery “to celebrate found and taken photographs that are experienced as much by the heart as by the head.” Here’s a bit more about the photos from the site itself: The inaugural portfolio is selected from Scott’s archive of over 4500 found photographs, and is the product of almost 40 years of collecting. Thirty of Scott’s…
Today was one of those lazy days where you just sort of sit around on the couch. Because the Netflix DVD is in your PS3 (allowing you to stream a lot of Netflix movies), you’ve added a lot of stuff to your instant queue. Not because they’re necessarily good movies or must-sees. But you have those whole other queue now,…
Before there was the hyperlink, there was the Choose Your Own Adventure book. A throwback to the 1980’s, these books were for many of us an introduction to fantasy, science fiction, non-linear storytelling… and the computer games we know today. While most books began with backstory or setup, the reader would soon find themselves at a page where a decision…
On seeing the new Clash of the Titans remake trailer, a small part of me wondered why, oh why, is Hollywood tampering with my childhood? Remakes are nothing new (no pun intended), but a part of me resists the new interpretations, the retelling of a story that I loved just the way it was, when I first encountered it. Of…