Posted in Other Media on Apr 16th, 2006
Airport is a wonderful animated short. The trick is that it’s made entirely out of the types of pictographs you find in airports. Since infographics like those have to be stripped down to their essential qualities, it gives the short a very basic and boldly graphic look that is really nice.
Posted in General on Apr 12th, 2006
Mmmmmmm…. Steak: Argentina On Two Steaks A Day makes me want to pack my bags and my knife and fork jump on a plane. It’s true. I think I have to go to Argentina now. But first, maybe another trip to Samba, which is Brazilian rather than Argentinean, but still dang tasty and requires a [...]
Posted in Music on Apr 12th, 2006
Boy, somebody is stuck in an early 90s alt-chick loop. Yesterday, I got in the car. The radio came on, and they were playing “Cannonball” by the Breeders. I remember thinking to myself wow, I haven’t heard that in a while. Cool. Today, I got in the car. The radio came on and they were [...]
Posted in Books on Apr 9th, 2006
At first, I was kind of interested in this story in the Guardian about how men and women tend to identify wildly different books when asked to identify the work that was most life changing. When I saw the list though and saw books like Ulysses I have to wonder if people aren’t just picking [...]
Posted in Movies on Apr 2nd, 2006
Darkon is a documentary about a bunch of LARP players that looks absolutely epic in scope. LARP is cute and all when it’s confined to small little web movies with dorky kids, but these guys really seem to be into it. I’m not sure what to make of that. check the trailer here