Stimulus

how the Stimulus is being spent and on what

Reducing your water footprint

another great diagram from GOOD about reducing your water footprint if you're into this kinda thing.

And then there's this!

Birth Simulator oh, I'm bringing one of these to the next party

how to tell if a movie is going to suck

nice graph on how to tell a movie will suck - in case your BS detector is not as good as mine

Kill Your Shuffle

Decent list of albums that should be listened to top to bottom rather than on shuffle some good ones in here - Deltron 3030, Dr. Octogon, Nebraska, Quadrophenia and some obvious obligatory crap - In the Aeroplane over the Sea, the Wall.......

Zappos lets you watch shoe buying

neat app where you can watch people buy shoes I love shoes, so maybe this is of more interest to me than your average bear.

an illustration of the top ten US trade deficits

nothing beats drawing a picture

awesome Pepsi logo

awesome Pepsi logo

why have vinyl records become so popular again?

"The question is how could a format that was virtually dead suddenly become so enormously popular again, especially with young crowd, who was not even born at the prime of the format. This article will take a brief look at the history of the vinyl record in order to understand what factors made this possible."
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the Substance of Style

fantastic review of why Wes Anderson movies are the way they are and who and what styles, people, and illustrators have influenced him. Watch the video on the right side. I'm a little biased, being a huge Anderson fan - my favrotie movie of all time being Rushmore, but I like all of his films.

Fat Cars from Erwin Wurm

wow! these are awesome!

this is not a cat!

I repeat, this is not a cat!

Jillette weighs in on Obama's decision making

Obama tells us that we can spend our way out of debt. He tells us that even though the government had control over the banks and did nothing to stop the bad that's going on, if we give them more control over more other bank-like things, then they can make sure bad stuff doesn't happen ever again. He says we can get out of all those big wars President Bush caused by sending more troops into Afghanistan. And I don't know. I really don't know.

Nickelback gets hit with rocks!

Nickelback getting hit with rocks ha ha ha man, I despise this band.

Crayon Color Codes

Crayola crayons currently come in 120 colors including 23 reds, 20 greens, 19 blues, 16 purples, 14 oranges, 11 browns, 8 yellows, 2 grays, 2 coppers, 2 blacks, 1 white, 1 gold and 1 silver.

ELO vs. the Beasties

great mash here for a Monday morning

man I hate Fleetwood Mac but love the Peter Green days

The Green Manilishi with the two prong crown still is soooo rad, happy Saturdays!!!

GQ names 50 most stylish

all the usual suspects in here with a few contemporaries thrown in.....Cobain, Beck......good stuff

Barcelona 1908

movie shot in Barcelona in 1908 link lifted from the almighty Coudal

No Product

FTA:
What if, suddenly, the strongest product brand was No Product and the strongest consumer impulse was not buying? Last year there was ample evidence that the muscle consumers were flexing most was that of restraint. The inclination not to spend almost did in the entire U.S. auto industry. Worth your time for a read.

Funny Face Drinks

oh man, who else remembers these? we had these all the time as kids and my Mom even sent away for the sweatshirts with these logos. I had Captain Black Cherry

weddings?

a blog with tacky wedding stuff, couple of jems in here

Chris Ware tattoo

right on!

Shell dumps hydro, wind, and solar

Shell will no longer invest in renewable technologies such as wind, solar and hydro power because they are not economic, the Anglo-Dutch oil company said today. It plans to invest more in biofuels..... pretty interesting stuff. Despite Al Gore's propaganda I predict we will see more of this. Alternative energy is just not cost effective, and when it comes down to it Americans are not going to double their electrical bills to run on solar or some other fantasy.

Cover of MGMT "Kids"

done on iPhones and iTouches very well done ladies!

Hubble busts out a pic of four moons across Saturn

so rad

been to Sky Valley lately?

Kyuss still kicks ass!

Dwarf Punk

Snow White, Daft Punk mashed

Orc Statue?

looks like meat's back on the menu boys!

AudioWood

wow, custom turntables made from real slabs of wood these are so nice. Wow.

while we're talking about the Lips

I can't help but link to the War Pigs cover so dope

Flaming Lips cover Madonna

Borderline so rad

Nerd Boyfriend

cool threads from cool people

Nightline Vinyl

ABC's Nightline does the obligatory "They still make Vinyl Records" story - good-golly wow! even though it's Nightline's piss, I like seeing the old record pressing plant and indie record stores. Although I wish records were getting cheaper, as they increase in popularity the price keeps going up too. Scored some goodies this past weekend Denver's legendary Wax Trax Records. Hard to believe I've been going there for 24 years.....

Daft Punk to score Tron2

how hot is that?

Watchmen reviewed

Alan Moore, who has refused to have his name on the movie (ditto its Moore-based predecessors, "V for Vendetta" and "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen") and who has declined all reimbursement to protest the entertainment industry's fundamental lack of respect for intellectual property, counts as a bona fide visionary. I disliked "V for Vendetta" despite loving the original comics series. I imagine the same reaction if I were to see Watchmen. Maybe NetFlix?

Paul's Boutique remastered

when someone asks what the album of MY GENERATION was/is I have two answers, the first is the Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique from 1989, the second is the Stone Roses first record from 1988. For me and my circle of people these albums are the stuff of legend. I was 19 when Paul's Boutique came out and I bought it the day it came out on vinyl in New Orleans. It's too easy to rave about it today, but in the time it was released it was more than epic. I haven't heard the remaster yet, but I'm betting they loudened it up a bit. Anyway the links here are to the new site dedicated to the album. Enjoy.

American Hero Ben Davis - R.I.P.

legendary clothing maker, and my favorite maker of jeans passes away at the age of 94 His grandfather Jacob Davis is responsible for inventing "jeans" along with Levi Strauss - the co-patented the rivet on clothing.

ESPN interviews Aaron Draplin

One of my fave graphic designers gets interviewed over at ESPN

Camera on a Sushi Boat

this is such a great idea

ShamWow Overdub

ha! Ca-Ca Water!

old school cereal boxes

General Mills pulling out old designs of their cereal boxes

Action Comics #1

After being hidden away for years, a copy of the original "Superman and Friends" comic book will make a comeback -- at a price of about $400,000, a comic expert said Thursday.

Pixel art from Crayons

very nice, I'd like to see more

celeb tattoos

quite a few in here of your fave celeb bozo

Kid Cudi

I've been rocking this 123Klan mix for a bit now and love their mix of the Kid Cudi of Day N Nite, so here's the video of the original. So Rad.

Debbie Duz Donuts

I still have my t-shirt!!!

Art Deco Masterpiece

After over seventy years languishing in a box the R 7 has been restored to its former glory. Although the motorcycle, manufactured in 1934, was only ever a prototype and never went into production it is one of the most important, innovative and visually stunning motorcycles ever produced. Simply brilliant!

good read about the failed Tropicana redesign

count me as one who likes the original design, the new one looks to "hospitally" I know that's not a word, but the new design looks too lab like, too sterile.

Places people want to live

of course we know what number 1 is! but jeez, don't move here!

Guitar Hero mispelling

no way!

Cthulhu

I'm a big fan of H.P.Lovecraft's Cthulhu and this mask is awesome!!!!

Crisis of Credit

an excellent illustration of the financial mess we're in - link lifted from Coudal

Sweating Like a Farm Animal

Video Mash Up brilliance

Pepsi and Moutina Dew "Throwback"

they're gonna use real sugar!

Time names top 25 blogs

most of these you know, there are a couple oddballs

ever find yourself looking at 867-5309 covers?

this one is pretty dope

Rarest Record in Scotland

About 250 demo 45s of the record were pressed in 1965. However, Wilson, who wrote several of The Supremes’ songs, became a producer and all but a handful of the singles were destroyed. A third copy belongs to Tim Brown, a record dealer in Lancashire, but it is warped and coffee stained.

Daft Punk and the Charleston

this is exactly what I needed on a Friday morning!

From Inside

Wow, looks like the Dark Tower - Stand kinda stuff this one is on my list to watch. Check the trailer.

Joaquin Phoenix on Dave

I like his new "character"

Pics from Evan Hecox Andenken show last Friday

good times had by all - Evan kicked it out in the new Andenken space, check out the giant woodcut of the cars in Mexico City.....so badass. And the huge paintings of faces were very nice too. If you get the chance get down and see them in person, worth your trip down to 30th and Larimer. Epic.

Fantastic Industrial Photography from Japan

so very cool lots of steel buildings at night. Here in Denver we have an industrial part of town with some oil and gas refineries to the North known as Commerce City, but it's no where near as big as this. It's one of my favorite places to ride my Vespa.

more on the death of print

Newsweek is planning a redesign and some shifts in content to fashion an opinionated take on events, aimed at a much smaller, and wealthier, readership. FTA - "Thirteen months ago, Newsweek lowered its rate base, the circulation promised to advertisers, to 2.6 million from 3.1 million, and Mr. Ascheim said that would drop to 1.9 million in July, and to 1.5 million next January."

this illustrates exactly how the new Pepsi logo makes me feel

ha! ha! ha!

Tito Puente on Sesame Street

so rad, a great Friday clip

more people ditching cable TV

and just watching TV on the web duh. Although it's nice to see this gaining momentum.

Lux Interior R.I.P.

"The Cramps don't pummel and you won't pogo. They ooze; you'll throb." R.I.P.

World's Most Dangerous Roads

some of these I'd love to take my scooter on!

Presidential Signatures

I love signatures

melon ball!

carved watermelons......so rad

pre 1914 motorbike rally

pics from a pre 1914 rally link stolen from Coudal!

Getting Up While I'm Going Down

MillerCoors has become the latest brewer to bow to pressure from authorities after voluntarily agreeing to reformulate its caffeinated beer products amidst wider national crackdowns on stimulant beverages. SPARKS is dead. R.I.P.

Buy Glen E. Friedman's books here

Fuck Your Heroes is here, the Idealist is also worth looking at, really great stuff.

Xeni from BoingBoing interviews Glen E. Friedman

so good, Friedman probably my fave photographer of all time gets interviewed. Don't miss the end where he talks about the cover he shot of the Circle Jerks classic "Golden Shower of Hits". And if you don't own his book "Fuck You Heroes" you should pick it up.

Jackson Pollack

on the Google doodle homepage today nice one!

Michelle Mae

I love the Make Up and I'm rocking some right now, I sure don't get enough of these guys ever. And Michelle on bass is just so rad. Hugs and Kisses Michelle!

Obama inherits White House record collection

On January 13th, 1981, the LPs — each in a sleeve with a presidential seal — were presented to Jimmy Carter at a White House ceremony. But the collection — placed in a hallway near the third-floor listening room, complete with a sound system — didn't remain upstairs long. When Ronald Reagan took office that year, the LPs were moved to the basement. Depending on the source, the reason was Nancy Reagan's distaste for shelves of vinyl, or the edgy choices themselves. A spokesman for Obama said it was too early to comment on whether the president would revive the library.

Abandoned Theater

fantastic photos inside an abandoned Chicago Theater via Coudal.

the Good Life

I saw a good flick last night, called "the Good Life" it's about loner who works at a gas station and a movie theater and it's got Harry Dean Stanton and Zooey Deschanel and Donal Logue. Good, weird, depressing, happy, good stuff.

6 month exposure

some pretty neat shots in here from cameras taking 6 month exposure photographs

need some new fonts?

I grabbed a couple in here

$55,000.00 Vespa

rod model from 1947? holy cow man, a work of art.

Atmosphere on Weds morn

what I'm listening to while working right now..... so good.

NASA Next Gen Moon Rover

alllllright

Graphic of BUSH legacy

well, one interpretation anyway

LEMMY

can't wait to see this one Motorhead!

Consumerism: Shepard Fairey and Saks Fifth Ave. Unite

Shepard Fairey and Saks Fifth Ave. Unite

American Vagabonds

picture series of homeless 'kids'

Smithsonian Street Art

FTA: Today, the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian announced that it has added an original piece Shepard did for the DNC in Denver last fall to it’s collection. This is the first official portrait of the president-elect acquired by the NPG. It will go on display, when else, January 20th.

Heavy Metal Band Name chart

ha!

play some drums??

yeah I can the drums

some great signage in here

light 'em up!

RIP Ron Asheston

legendary Stooges guitar player found dead damn.

abandoned soundstage for the WIRE

probably my favorite TV show ever this guy got in the sound stage and took pics. Nice.

REMI

the greatest soccer video prankster, this brings a smile to my face every time

top 12 virals for 2008

top 12

Pinball Database

search for your fave pin and you know mine......

lost record collection

Great article in the Stranger, and man I feel you brother. FTA:"If anything, my obsession with record collecting has only intensified following this catastrophe. It's as if I need to be physically immersed not only in the sounds, but also in the vessels from which they emanate. I crave the totems that announce to my visitors (and the world) that my taste is impeccable. Sorry, but your thousands of MP3s on your hard drive can't compete with an entire room jammed floor to ceiling with wax."

Paranoid Piano

I need to learn this so I can bust it out at the next debutaunte ball I'm at