October 27, 2008
South Bay recommendation: DeAnza Planetarium's laser light show (Their laser Dark Side Of The Moon was lots of fun, and they have Beatles/The Wall shows coming up, too. Smallish on-campus planetarium, but super-state of the art star projector and relaxed, comfortable setting = awesome.)
October 25, 2008
YouTube: NEON NEON - I Told Her on Alderaan / Trick for Treat (Video for the second double A-side single from the album of the year - Boom Bip/Gruff from SFA's Delorean gorgeous '80s concept album. Damn.)
October 24, 2008
Pink Tentacle: Manhole-infested Tokyo back street ('Whatever the explanation, this quiet residential street in Tokyo’s Setagaya ward boasts perhaps the highest manhole density in town, with 85 of them scattered along a 200-meter stretch of pavement.')
Trends In Japan: Mugen Peri Peri opens boxes forever without papercuts (I bought the bubble wrap toy in Japan, heh.)
October 23, 2008
You Thought We Wouldn't Notice: 'Iphony' ('Inside there is no anything looking like iPhone inner stuff but only two batteries and a light bulb lighting an apple logo shadow when the power button is being pressed.')
The Pen Is Mightier Than The Spork: 'The writing song meme' (Keep reading, it segues into a wonderful explanation of what it takes to make it in the creative business.)
YouTube: Audio of "Weird Al" Yankovic - Whatever You Like (Of course, you have to know the T.I. original, but it's pretty spot on re: economy woes.)
October 22, 2008
Blackdown: Devotional Dubz (From Grievous Angel: 'an incredible blend of soul samples and early dubstep classics, r&b vocals and 2step garage rollers.')
The Big Picture: 'The Sun' (My, it's impressivo.)
GameSetWatch: 'In-Depth: On Fable II, Real Estate & Sex' (Really enjoyed this Chris Remo piece on Fable II, which is, behind everything, pretty odd.)
October 20, 2008
Movie recommendation: In Bruges (Really one of the best-written movies I've seen in a while - sure, it's the Irish gangster thing, but highly recommended.)
October 19, 2008
YouTube: 'President George addresses the audience at the UK Music Video Awards 2008 with the help of his new treasurer.' (Adam Buxton's special intro for a UK music video awards show - 50 Cent ftw.)
GameSetWatch: 'TGS: Sense Of Wonder Night Showcases Indie Innovation' (A neat indie game competition I judged while in Tokyo.)
Flickr: Tokyo/Tokyo Game Show, October 2008 (Another reason for FFWD links slowness, apologies. But Japanese cakes are awesome!)
October 18, 2008
Swann Galleries' catalog for an amazing magic auction (Lots of beautiful posters, other magic ephemera. (Fixed link!))
Gamasutra: Opinion: Why LittleBigPlanet Is Web 2.0 For Games, Fulfilled (Something I wrote about the rather marvelous LBP on PlayStation 3.)
October 17, 2008
The Incredible Hulk: Final Round | RiffTrax (Oo, pre-synched Rifftrack to a Hulu.com video, just what I've been waiting for.)
October 08, 2008
Archive.org: Ilkae - Lighter Industry EP [mtk206] (New @ Monotonik, my net.label, kinda chiptune-y bleep idm of the good kind.)
Just Press Play: 'Dexter Gets His Own Newsstand' (Love this marketing-centric fake mag inserts in the style of the mag they're in - genius.)
October 07, 2008
B3ta: 'Turner didn't paint AT-ATs but if he did...' (B3ta is pretty darn smart.)
reality blurred + Anthrax suspect threatened to kill Kathryn Price ('The Mole’s original mole, Kathryn Price, was threatened by the man who the FBI and Justice Department say is responsible for killing people with mailed anthrax in 2001.' Odd.)
October 06, 2008
The Word: John Lydon's Country Life Butter Commercial (Boggle.)
Pink Tentacle: 'Photos: Robots at CEATEC 2008' (I like robots.)
GSW: 'GameSetLinks: On Blizzcon, Mirror's Edge, Scrabulous' (Am writing some longer link commentary from time to time on GSW, recently - you're reading it, right?)
October 05, 2008
XLR8R: The Orb's 'Full Orbient' podcast (Yum.)
October 02, 2008
System 7 - 'Hinotori' video clip (Love it that Steve Hillage is still going after all this time, doing awesome electronic weirdness - nice video.)
October 01, 2008
The Word: 'When Hardeep Met Les (Some people are claiming this is Alan Partridge-like - I see what they mean.)
Maghound - a magazine membership site (Interesting idea, switch subscription titles on the fly - mainly mentioning because its logo is a dachshund, YAY.)
Kaiju Shakedown: 'Haxan in Hong Kong' (One of the Blair Watch guys goes for a Hong Kong-set, intriguing sounding flick.)