Stumptown was super great and I am super fried. I’ll be writing up a piece on the festival this week for the Daily Crosshatch, as well as, I’m sure, some extra blogging here. But for now, I leave you with this little gem. Not too awkward, right? Sorry, Comic-Con.
I heard this Craig Morgan song for the first time a couple weeks ago in the car; I guess it’s a sensation. I played it for my roommate and she said it reminded her of this MGMT video. So, well, here you go — mashed for your pleasure. YouTube killed it immediately but maybe it will live on at Vimeo.
I’ve been up to a lot in the last month or so, but none of it is currently up to blog snuff, so please accept this Tom Brosseau video in the meanwhile…
First, an apology: turns out I’m about as good with this Website as I am with my personal life. I’m currently in the midst of moving, but when I’m finished I’ll have loads of new stuff up here that doesn’t require me understanding anything about Cascading Code (i.e. new comics and paintings).
For now, though: a recent Google search that resulted in some time spent on this very blog reminded me of the terrifying prescience of Nathan Barley. Twitter doesn’t acknowledge NB as the inspiration behind their name, and maybe I’m giving a little too much credit here taste-wise, but it seems obvious to me. Then again, teens don’t tweet so perhaps it’s just some fun with the synchronicity of the collective unconscious. Either way, if you’re not familiar, let me bring you up to speed.
I suggest clicking through to the similar videos, especially if you think Vice Magazine is fucking absurd, and also if you enjoy tiny hats. Well fucking Jackson.
Previously: thinking is rubbish and rubbish isn’t cool
Anyone want to help me shoot a depressing documentary on foreclosure, the housing crisis and the collapse of the nouveau riche debt-ridden American dream this coming spring/summer? Some camera/sound help would be nice. C’mon, kids, road trip!!
I don’t know why everyone is so into the Mighty Boosh when they could be watching Time Trumpet.
Horrifying commercial #4,296.
The Animation Show #4 is coming! (It’ll hit the Bay Area this Friday, at the Lumiere in San Francisco, and the Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley).
I remember seeing the very first Animation Show debut in Campbell Hall (in 2003? that era is a bit hazy). Don H. and the other UCSB alums who did his voiceovers gave a great intro and took questions afterwards. (I still have my Animation Show T-shirt from that year’s Comic-Con!)
It was happier times, I guess — ’cause now Don Hertzfeldt isn’t associated with the show he co-founded, like, at all. From his Bitter Films blog, in March:
last week i decided it was time for me to part ways with the animation show. it’s been five years and three tours and some good memories. they have a new tour rolling through theaters this summer and i don’t know what will be in it but i encourage you to go check it out
The show is now entirely curated by Mike Judge. And, uh, you know how I feel about that dude.
Mostly I’m just annoyed that I’ll have to pay two (2!!) admission fees to see both AS#4 and Hertzfeldt’s upcoming i am so proud of you, the follow-up to AS#3’s everything will be ok. Disappointing all around.
I guess I’m not the only one annoyed by Adrian Grenier. It seems Hollywood is mounting a multi-pronged anti-green campaign at this very moment…
“Lionsgate has acquired worldwide rights to ‘Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty,’ a spec script by first-time screenwriter Adam Sachs,” who writes for the Harvard Lampoon. The film follows “a lonely reporter and an outspoken teen” through their awkward friendship, at the end of which the teen becomes a hero by standing up to the SHAC “terrorists” to save an animal testing lab. (Because, yes, don’t worry, Sachs specifically assures us they’ll be depicted as “terrorists.” What are they teaching the kids up at Harvard these days?)
Next up is another comedy featuring some of my favorite “terrorists”: Mike Judge’s new animated series for ABC, “The Goodes,” about a family of vegans who mean well but fall into a lot of the usual guilt-laden traps. Of course the frustrating thing is that vegans are a perfect target for great, slightly nuanced comedy (Judge, of course, being known for his nuance…). To be fair, I don’t think he means to villainize veganism with the show — just trivialize it.
But any publicity is good publicity…? Veganism is going mainstream!! Never thought I’d say it, but, um, thanks, Oprah.