It’s no joke that those of us who work in ‘creative’ fields are seriously undervalued in society. Hey, you like that album! Don’t you think that took some work? I’m convinced that most Americans if asked what is the...
Read moreTintin in Cambodia
OK, maybe I was a bit more psyched that my 2 year old son to see his grandmother come back from Cambodia with a 2 dollar bootleg Tintin shirt, but he seems to dig it pretty well. Thankfully it wasn’t the well-travelled landmine awareness...
Read moreBrilliant Programming choice on BBC One Christmas Day
Christmas Day in the UK must be something special. There, like nowhere else, it seems to revolve around the day’s television programming. This year is truly something special, for along with the Queens address, Eastenders, Strictly Come...
Read moreThis is simply the best ad ever: I can’t stop thinking about bowling
I am so in awe of this. I just stare at it and marvel at it’s brilliance. The card I got with this classic promo on it is for Strike… down the road from me about 2 miles in Cupertino, but apparently it is part of the same bowling...
Read moreLet’s clear a few things up before we get started…
Sampling is Illegal. Mailing copies of things to yourself does not give them copyright protection. Squarepusher knows more than you do. OK? Once we are all caught up, then we can move on.
Read moreWar is Over!
You haven’t seen Bad Boys 2?
OK… here’s a sad story. I swore that I would not watch the Hot Fuzz DVD (saw the movie in the theater when it came out) until I had seen a substantial number of the movies that it references. Chief among these are, of course, Bad Boys...
Read moreWatch: Coldcut vs TV Sheriff “Revolution ’08”
Amazingly dense stuff. Thanks to old pal Scott Beibin at Lost Film Fest for leading me to this. I miss this kind of political video chop suey.
Read moreAlternative Distribution Methods
If you’ve ever self-published… from the old xerox and staple to things like Blurb and Lulu… then there’s a chance that you’ve done the classic method of non-standard distribution of your product: The old...
Read moreIt’s a Tartan Turkey Talent Show at Your Local Supermarket
It’s true, Nisbet Rose is in, at the height of this season’s “less is more” back to school craze among young women. Or maybe there was a sale on Halloween schoolgirl uniforms. Clearly something bubbled up out of the...
Read moreWorld admires Banksy doing New Orleans while the city is evacuated on Katrina 3rd anniversary; GOP scrambles to exploit situation at Convention
Much amazing Banksy art is up in New Orleans and gaining worldwide attention, just as a total evacuation of the city has been ordered to escape Huricane Gustav… flickr pool boingboing post banksy.co.uk And in the planning for RNC MPLS...
Read more“Comics is an industry built on exploitation.”
Tom Spurgeon lays down the law. Go read: “I Beg You To Be A Little More Observant” in today’s Comics Reporter.
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