April 30, 2008
AICN: New Hancock extended trailer (Oo, drunk superheroes.)
Kaiju Shakedown: 'A Death Note for distribution' ('So everyone's on the same page about theatrical distribution for Asian films being dead in America, right?')
BBC: 'Dancer Bez is declared bankrupt' (Aw, poor Bez! Via Linkbunnies.)
April 29, 2008
AICN: 'BLAKE'S 7 Fly Again!!' (Yeah, Dr. Who, you have a lot to answer for!)
Pitchfork: 'RZA's World: Ice Picks, Chess, and System of a Down' (The Wu-Tang-er is still going strong, yay - interesting updates.)
Daily Mail: 'Graffiti artist Banksy pulls off most audacious stunt to date - despite being watched by CCTV' (Very cute - via Shots Ring Out.)
April 28, 2008
Twitch: 'Frank Miller’s Adaptation of THE SPIRIT Gets A Trailer' (Albeit incredibly tease-y, but hey.)
Matt Wescott: 'Pimp My Chips' (The Radiohead cover is ace.)
Monotonik: Aleksi Eeben - The Four Tales [mtk201] (Latest on my net.label - jazz-electronic Finnish demo-scene oddness, yay.)
April 26, 2008
Outpost Gallifrey: 'Radiophonic Workshop - 50 years' (Zooooooooooom.)
Music Thing: '25 Ways To Kill A Piano' (There's something satisfying and horrible about this, simultaneously.)
April 20, 2008
Flickr: Have been in Los Cabos, Mexico (Kinda a 'not my speed' quiet holiday, but it was fun anyhow!)
Tokyo Mango: 'The Annual Stupid Robot Contest' (We need more stupid robots.)
Forbes: 'The Brothers Behind Ultaime Fighting' (I've been watching a lot of UFC recently - it's pretty addictive.)
April 19, 2008
Salon.com: Re-Viewed: TV on DVD, "Knowing Me, Knowing You ... With Alan Partridge" (Absolutely wonderful stuff.)
April 17, 2008
Pink Tentacle: 'IKEA decks out Kobe train' (Stylishness.)
Metafilter: 'Elephant Polo and other strange things' (Really weird, don't go too far down the spiral.)
April 16, 2008
Improv Everywhere: 'Best Game Ever' (Beautiful pranking.)
NYT: 'In Princeton, an Offline Haven for Music Shoppers Thrives' (There's a place in San Luis Obispo like this that I really liked.)
Nerve/IFC: 'The 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches Of All Time' (Much linked, but well worth perusing.)
April 15, 2008
Open Rights Group: 'John Buckman: Magnatune' (This is kinda working, but if this is the best 'success' in this area, it's a bit depressing actually. Look at casual games as a much better example of digital distribution, I would argue. [Via BoingBoing.])
AICN: 'CLONE WARS theatrical trailer hits the nets' (Looking distinctly interesting.)
Shots Ring Out: 'Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart' (New music video, notsobad.)
April 14, 2008
WFMU Blog: 'Doris Duke, just your local wacky rich babe' (Random fun stuff.)
Reality Blurred: 'TiVo predicts Syesha Mercado will be voted off, as fast-forwarding is “predictive” of results' (Unfortunately she was not (though she was bottom 3), but that's a fascinating predictor.)
Cartoon Brew: 'Little Nemo test film' (Wow, when Brad Bird comments in your blog, you know you have a good one.)
April 13, 2008
Grok Robots: 'Segway’s New RMP' (Oo, crazy multi-direction thing!)
MySpace: 'The Orb at work in the studio. BBC 6 Music' (Video: 'Dr. Alex Paterson from The Orb did his 6 Mix and invited us to the legendary Ealing Studios in London to give us a sneaky peak at his new project; HFB - High Frequency Bandwidth.')
Underwire: Who Spin-Off Sarah Jane Adventures Hits Sci Fi (Kid/teen focused Doctor Who add-on, should still be v.fun.)
April 12, 2008
b3ta: Completely horrific Batman/'80s pop clone (Ouch, my head.)
AICN: 'Disney And Pixar Announced Their Whole Slate Through 2012! Philip K. Dick?! NEWT?! A Pixar Fairy Tale And Much Much More!' (Wow, lots of interesting animated movies coming up.)
[op3n]029 - SIMON CARLESS - h0l @ Monotonik's Oddly Retro 'Age Of Netlabel IDM' Mix (A Creative Commons-licensed mixtape of some Monotonik, some other stuff I did - electronic headphone goodness.)
April 10, 2008
Monotonik: Chromatic Flights - Heavy Stars Will Fall [mtk200] (Yep, 200th MP3 release on my CC-licensed electronic music netlabel, with some shoegaze-y, cosmic Floridian idm, yay.)
The Pen Is Mightier Than The Spork: 'The Torchwood writing process: Part 1' (Oo, Torchwood!)
April 09, 2008
Pitchfork: 'Morrissey Wins Apology From Word Mag in Libel Suit' (Hm, he's a dangerous man.)
Shots Ring Out: 'Kanye West - Homecoming feat. Chris Martin' (Not bad.)
Reality Blurred: 'Elliott Yamin’s mother died Monday; TMZ mocks her death' ('I mocked TMZ yesterday for their alleged journalism, but clearly should have just pointed out what unrepentant assholes they are.')
April 08, 2008
Kaiju Shakedown: 'Bollywood sci fi?!?' ('A trailer...for a Bollywood movie...set in the future...with robots!')
Rummage Through The Crevices: 'Chinese MC Hammer' (Viral video gold, indeed.)
solipsistic NATION No. 84: Planet Boelex, Live (My net.label Monotonik's Planet Boelex gets a net.radio special, neat.)
April 07, 2008
Baby Loves Hiphop - official website. ('Hall of fame hip-hop producer Prince Paul teams up with some of rap music’s most celebrated mcs to create a prehistoric, preschool musical masterpiece.')
Cafepress: 'LONDO /G'Kar 2008 Vinyl Yard Sign' (Hee hee.)
GameSetWatch: 'Opinion: Ceci N'est Pas Une Gamer' ('I can’t stand gamers... No, that’s not quite true. I can’t stand the concept of gamers.')
April 06, 2008
IndieGames.com Game Of The Month: Data Realms' Cortex Command (We're featuring Games Of The Month on IndieGames.com now to help showcase great indie and fund the site, yay.)
MySpace page for High Frequency Bandwidth (New musical project from Alex Paterson (The Orb) and Dom Beken (Transit Kings), with sample music.)
Yahoo!/Reuters: 'Jerry Seinfeld unharmed after rolling car' (Completely awesome Seinfeld quote: 'I want to make sure [kids] all know that driving without braking is not something I recommend, unless you have professional clown training or a comedy background, as I do.')
April 04, 2008
Battelle Media: 'What's This Fascination with Ad Networks? (Or, the Online Media Business Will Be About Brands First, Technology Second)' (Dead on, I think. Engagement is key.)
April 02, 2008
Kottke: 'Our collective recent history, online' (I love archives of things.)
Yankovic.org: Weird Al playing San Mateo Fair in August (Yay, Bay Area Yankovic alert.)
April 01, 2008
YouTube: Dr. Who Series 4 trailer (Sigh, all kinds of wonderful - starting in the UK about now.)
Q&A: Battelle talks blog roll-ups, Google, and Federated Media's future (This is a TREMENDOUSLY important interview about the future of media.)
Blackdown: 'On the rock' (Great Mavado song - sounds a bit Akon-ish even.)