An Early Disney CG Animation Test...from '83!

...while scoping the 'Tube for something about the the upcoming "WTWTA" movie, I stumbled on this gem!
A Disney CG test, from 1983!...featuring "Where The Wild Things Are" (the film rights to which they eventually lost...for not using it? DOH!)...aaannd... directed by John Lasseter!!!
Peep this awesome clip, which combines 2D animation ('real' animation, baybee! Kickin' it old school!) and "state-of-the-art"(at the time) CG animation.
Enjoy!
...and on the come up? 2D Renaissance: Join The Pencil Movement!

...this is how we do it back in the 'hood, son!...um, well...ok...maybe around "Darlo"...on the way to get a skinny latte...

Tuesdays: NWA Day. Wednesdays...Nick Drake. (R.I.P, Eazy and Nick)

HELLZ BELLZ/Lanie Alabanza Interview

-- Mafia of SneakerFreaker

Click HERE!

...my Beautiful's been rockin' "HELLZ" in Oz of late...mostly thanks to the good people at G1Social for the hook-ups! I must say she rocks a dope 'fit!...though at times feeling slightly inappropriate (I don't think so) as she sports the MinnieBazooka or F*ckOff tees in meetings or pushin' the Prez-Mobile...

ROCK ON!

"HOW TO..."

...make "Discworld" Wedding Cake





...just a tad strange, but much props to "a mother's love"...(but I wonder if her daughter actually asked for it...)

Click HERE, for the recipe, and a blow-by-blow how to!
(* I was hard up for somethin' to do on the weekend...but now...)

Supreme Fall '07...

NYC Skate Shop/Brand Supreme are dropping six new tees for the fall...at all Supreme Stores, and stockists...

I'm a bit "meh" about these tees...and about the brand in general lately...they're feelin' "stylistically-bourgeois"...a tad like "Bape-ish" (ouch! harsh...).

I'm kinda feelin' the "Mile's Davis" (hope it comes in black), and "Deny Everything" (purple and bright green? Sweet.), but the rest, not so much.

My fave lines?...Larry Clarks'. Terry Richardsons'. Summer of '04. Some of '05...and Spring of '06...

And the old "Box" tees!

...and I just wish their tees would 'wash' better...they kinda lose a bit of form after a few...(or is that just me?).

For a cool (almost 'loving'...) archive of most Supreme tees...hit up supremetee.com

Human Tetris...
...as the reviews for Transformers: The Game for the 360 are sounding less than promising, I think I might just kick it old school with Tetris... Now, got to find me some mates, stackhats, and some silver jumpsuits...and hilarity shall ensue!!!

Harland Miller's "Penguins"
@ White Cube

I've dug Miller's work for a couple of years now...there's just something about words on a painting, by an artist/writer...

Also, who doesn't like the F word on a painting...(and on clothing, print, etc...)...

More Info: White Cube

* for my mate, G'!...this guy can do the cover to your auto' one day..."I'll glass you well 'ard!"--The 'Geordie' Pattison Story

"80 Mbytes of Storage for Under 12K!" and other ad favorites through the years...
--ComputerWorld

As part of their 40th Anniversary Edition, Computerworld brings you ten of their favorite, most entertaining IT ads over the last four decades worth of back issues!!!

Here a few teasers...


Bargain!



...and what's a..."glob"?

"You can see the words on the screen!...
...with WordStar, you have a true screen image of what your printout will look like before you print it! With WordStar, you'll erase, insert, delete and move entire blocks of copy."

...um...okaaaay...I guess we've come a long way...Twelve G's for 80Mb?!? Ouch!

I LOVE THIS!!!

Catch more great ads, and the full article HERE.

Bling Water...what?

Bling H20 - "More Than a Pretty taste"

I know this is pretty old news, but I've always thought bottled water is a "fool's drink", (unless of course you happen to find yourself travelling in a third/developing country...then it's a must...Bali-Belly?, Manila-Quick-Stomach??? NO THANKS!)...

But at forty bucks a bottle?!?...f*ck off......oh, it's embedded with Swarovski crystals?...I said F*CK OFF!

NY Times iPhone Review...

...I still want/need one...
(well, two, 'Beautiful'!)

youTube.

oh, for f*cks sake.

...ok, I thought the whole deal was having to rock your older brother's hand-me-downs...NOT your fat momma's maternity sh*t!!!
The faux "Ghetto-Gown" must go. Now.

"yo, XXXXXL, son!...from the ladies'"Bid 'an Tall" !

F. Off. Tossers.

Fun with "Predictive Text"

...any of you with "Predictive-Text" on while SMS'ing on ya mobiles...ever notice that when you type in "Cock"...the next word as you scroll the options is "Anal"?

Hmm...interesting.
Um, yeah...thanks for the info Dave...I don't want to know what, or who you were texting when you figured this out...

*This post will definitely bugger-up (pun intended) my ads...

East Coast, West Coast...of my closet.

*Ok, I feel a little bit like "these twats"...posting 'bout my hook-ups...oh well..

Picked up these sweet tees by Sicmat(?) a few weeks back from Greyone x Social in the Phils...



The friction between these two tees is palpable!...(or maybe it's just me going slightly mental)... I put 'em on separate sides (coasts!...yeah, yeah.. I said it...) of the wardrobe! (actually, my "Hippo" suitcase...livin' out of that at the mo')

I haven't rocked 'em yet...not because I can't choose between 'em (Tupac)...but because 'white' shows off my (years worth of) "winter-weight"...
...um...yeah...that's real cool...(twat-ish)

31 Shoelacing Techniques...

Ian's Shoelace Site!!!
...for all your shoelacing needs (although I didn't see the "...up, around and through" song...).

Here are some of the classics...


"The Bushwalk" ...waitaminnit!... is that a dig at Aussies!?!


The "I've-Got-Way-Too-Much-Time-On-My-Hands-I-Should-Get-an-Effin'-Job"...or the "Cute-Girls-Only"


The "Oh-Sh*t-What-Now?"


The "Screw-It-Where's-Me-VansSlips-At?"...also a derivative of the above, "Oh-Sh*t..."

...and my personal fave:

The "F*ck-You-I-Ain't-Runnin'-For-No-Bus"

...words to live by.

--Bob Van Winkle ( he really did put the "fun" back in "Profundity")

I'm a firm believer in
"Love at First Sight"


...also in "true love", "fate", "destiny"...all that good stuff!

I have to be...or I'll lie awake at night ('coz I'm a caring f*cker, aaiight?!) worrying that sad gits like these two will die pathetic, lonely, virginal deaths...

ROBOT CHICKEN: Star Wars! (The FULL Episode!)

...aired on Adult Swim on the 17th... HEE-larious!
*ROBOT CHICKEN/Adult Swim via youTube

Lego (*not really) iPod Stereo!

"Homade" iStereo Dock

Picked this up last weekend...
(while scouring every toy store I could find for "Blues Clues" toys for Prez...particularly, Joe's Heart-Shaped notebook...alas! No luck...So if anyone out there knows where I can cop any BC merch., hit me up...PLEASE!)
...'coz it looked kinda cool...(amongst a whole slew of iPod speakers out at the moment), but not "too cool", y'know?
...but it sounds like CRAP!!! "Active Bass System" (??) my ARSE!!!
...still, it looks cool for a $20 paper-weight, I guess...

* Megablock Dora & Diego, and iPod Nano NOT Included...

"Marv...ENOUGH with the bacon already!!!"
No can do, sir!...Too much bacon is never enough.

Bacon Unwrapped!...

"Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon."

...is apparently one of the pioneers of bacon-love sites...and how!

Check out their "Bacon Whiskey" test results here...

(*"M" maple bacon, "A" apllewood smoked bacon...and Jack! )

And for the ladies...Mo's Bacon Bar! ...from Vorge's Chocolate.

info: baconunwrapped.com

Slippery Keyboard...

I'm eating a toasted-cheese sanga' while trying to hit up youTube, and I get...
youPube.com
...I wonder who owns this domain?...and (my biggest worry) what sorta content he/she's gonna put on it!?!

...my half-eaten sandwich? Binned.

"What. F*cking. IAN GUY!?!?"



Wanker.


LiveLeak via Piete!

Evil Dictatorship 101

Lesson #18: Election Ballot Layout Design

...subtle muthf*cker.

more info here.

The Hundreds x Reason

...I'm really feelin' this new tee, almost as much as their theHundreds x Usugrow collab...
"Guys carrying ten years worth of 'winter-weight' wear black...like me!"

Also in the line-up are collabs with Fuct and Shalom...check 'em out here.

...by now I'm sure you've seen the "Photosynth/Seadragon Demo" (a couple of posts back)...
Well, this ones almost as big a technological advancement...

AT-AT?...Shat-At!

Star Wars (3,4, 5...the only ones for me!) was on the box on the weekend...and I caught the Hoth scenes in "Empire"...and now I (and I'm sure I'm not the only one...) really, really, really....want an AT-AT Walker. I'll even settle for a personal one, kinda like a Segway...but with legs!

C'mon!...I already feel gipped as it is! This isn't the future I was promised...where's my flying cars?...my cities with moving walkways??...my jetpack???In this day and age? Surely there's a way to give people their very own AT-ATs...please?...laser cannons optional...

Here's some AT-AT goodness...

SF PaperCraft Gallery via Hypediss

"Nazi AT-AT"

Bill McMullen's "AD-AT"...Adidas Shelltoes x AT-AT

AT-AT Stroller

...a "Bugaboo" at more than a grand? ( if you include all the optional add-ons you think you need , but really don't)...Stuff that!!!...I'm makin' me one of these!

And check out 'dad's' Boba Fett wristie! A cool baby with a nerdy dad?..or vice versa?...or both?

...bloody COOL!!!!

Photosynth Demo - Blaise Aguera y Arcas

from: TED.Com

Manny Fab!

My boy from waaay back, Manny Fabregas, is one of SF's burgeoning artists...

One of my new faves in the game, and definitely on the verge of blowin up big-time!!!

Born in Guam, raised in the Phils., moved to L.A., and now residing in the Bay Area with his lovely wife, Astrid, (and coincidentally, are about to celebrate their 1st anniversary...Congrats dude/dudette!).

MuchMarvlove!

"Tank Diver"

"Pink Interstate"...also one of my fave titles...('coz I'm shallow aaiight?!)

"Rita in '74"

Feel Manny at mannyfabregas.com

I Hate 'Shrapnel'...

...and if you're like us, every recepticle in the house that is deep enough, is brimming with 'coinage'...
...but I guess it's an inevitable part of consumerism...

But this thing might make keeping track of it pretty simple!

*Noel!...hook me up, yo!

The Life-Bank-One-Yen-Counter

via Plastic Bamboo

iPod Bling!

SOLID TITANIUM FACTRON Re-NANO CASE by KWAMI STUDIOS

At $800+ , obscenely expensive and super-shiny...I want one!

via Gizmodo



...or if you wanna rock the "green" (read: Hippy!) tip...
The iWood (heehee) , from Miniot





"Wood is Personal"... (heehee!...what?) created from a single piece of wood of your choice (mohogany, maple, pear, etc.), and personalised monogram the outside and two lines of text inside!

Also available: iWood Heritage...yup! Pick an exclusive (expensive) woodtype, even the ancient, pre-historic (?) Kauiri...

Wankers.

What The World Eats

...a few pics from an interesting photo essay from Time, featuring "What's on family dinner tables in fifteen different homes around the globe?" Photographs by Peter Menzel from the book "Hungry Planet"

Mongolia: The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar

Food expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 togrogs or $40.02

Family recipe: Mutton dumplings

--$40 bucks?...nice!

Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork

--$5 buck!?! Even better!...see Beautiful, I told'ya vegies are bad for your teeth!

Click here to see the full spread!

info: Time via Hypediss

oh, and here's what's on mine...

...and bottles of Diet Coke, Mango Weiss Bars, Hot&Spicy Spam, bacon, eggs, rice, and Lucky Lights...

...aah, bless...

"...'coz the rain don't lie...and the rain don't care..."

Indeed.

"Sneakers?...Muthaf*cker, I wrote it!"



I picked up another copy of Bobbito Garcia's "Where'd You Get Those? - New York City's Sneaker Culture: 1960-1987" ...first released in '03, has become the unofficial bible of (real) sneaker fiends.
Bobbito and crew wax-nostalgic about "the most seminal and coveted joints" from '60 to '87 (the Golden Years!). A comprehensive and informative study of shoe culture, as well as an anthropological journey through the era (Hip-hop and B-Boys, Street Ball, Graf, etc.).
It's one of the few books, that if I see it in a bookshop, I just feel like pickin' it up...this ones a TP, and is for a mate of mine, to school 'im a bit in the game...(and try to get 'im out of his Sperry top-siders)

Marvlove "Best Caption" Challenge #1

"F*ck me, I'm buggered!!!...I gotta make me some friends..."

--Marv's Entry.

at 5th Ave & 57th St. NYC.....i think...

*Warning: the following post contains some profanity, as well as 'Bape-ist' language.....granted this was after I pulled out a FS tee out of the wash, and the f*ckin print was flaking off!!!...after one friggin' wash!!!...(and before you haters rag on me: a genuine Bape tee, "gentle cycle"). I'm over it.

What the f*ck is this bullsh*t?!?

...slap a cool, iconic logo on a crappy pullover and sell it to some sheep for $450??? That's just great!..the line just got shat on! We nerds have always thought comics (and apparell- GraphittiDesigns , etc.) are cool!...and screw the stigma we had to deal with!

Oh effin' Nigo says it's cool now? It must be cool!.....F. Off! you biters!!! My 3 1/2 year old son has similar, much cooler lookin', jumpers than this crap (and his has capes!)...and it didn't cost the GNP of a small nation...

...oh wait...you get a free toy?...well, that makes it all ok then...

Bape is f*ckin' killing streetwear.

...rant, over.

info: Complex

'Hormel' Parade?

On Aging Parents

Mary Lim
--by Carolyn Bates

One of the best producers I've ever had the pleasure of workin' with, and a good friend, Carolyn Bates writes this lovely piece...a touching personal story, on a topic that's unfortunately prevalent...
Check it out on Steve Moore's online 'zine, flipanimation.net

anLAthing...

Vinatage Photos by Gregg "Batman" Davis
--images via aNYthing GLOB!

...interesting look-back...( and I love that sign, outside a steakhouse, in the last pic!)

For some B/G on the whole scene back then, click here ...and have a peep at Gangsta King

iPhone?...Yup. Call me a sucker...

out on the 29th...horrible ad, though...

...for a slightly better ad, click here.
...and for more info/specs on the iPhone, click here...and here...

...also New from Apple; the iRack

oh Geordie...how I miss him...

Aiight dude!...here's a post for ya (now stop whingin')!
Geordie Translator!... (never be mistakenly glassed again)

Our Spot - "End of Season" SALE

If you're in Sydney...3 days only, starting today!...hurry up!
info: Our Spot

"City-Shrinking" by Ben Thomas

...photos of miniature cities constructed based on photos of cities...what?...my head hurts.

Pretty cool... (even though he's from Melbourne)...also peep his other work at i use two forks

Scorcese's SESAME STREETS *NC-17



youTube via Hypediss

For my Fellow "Tee'cionados"

Excellent!!!...I'll save hours after doin' my laundry!!!

youTube via Publik Hair

...More Evolved...

Evolved Footwear


Aj4 Cement X Dunk Hi

...a sweet site...with an archive of rad customs! Usually I don't feel the whole custom vibe, (bar a few exceptions). But these guys on the money more often than not...

Magic Moving Images: Animated Optical Illusions --by Collin Ord

"Dogs and Tacos"

Steve: "Rick is a man, and I love him, and we are gay...homosexual...men."

Hee-larious!...Rick&Steve debuts on the 10th of July.

*Peep another preview Here.

hmmm...Bacon...

Firts off, let me say how much I luuuurve bacon...especially when it's tissue paper thin (like from DJ's )...and crispy fried!.. (so crispy that when you drop a strip, it breaks!)....with rice and eggs!!!...hmmm...all day, everyday!!!

...God bless the "Magical Animal"!!!

...and while tooling around for my previous post, I stumbled on: "Six Degrees Of Bacon"...a site (albeit a marketing exercise) dedicated to "The King of Meats"!!!...everything from Bacon-Music, Bacon-Recipes, Bacon-Poetry, Bacon-Pics, Bacon-Lies, a Bacon-Mobile, links to other Bacon-Blogs..........endless bacony goodness!!!!

...and of course, Diet Coke with Bacon.

Nothing quenches the thirst like the full flavor of salty fat...

*Check out this Myspacer, and Join The Movement!

Six Degrees Of...ROD STEIGER?!?


--Rod Steiger in "Run Of the Arrow"

It turns out that one of my favorite pub games, "Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon" , at which I'm fairly good at (at least before I've had too many Goose&T's...at which point I just make stuff up!), is a little bit inaccurate...It seems that Brett Tjaden, a computer scientist at the University of Virginia, not only calculated the "Bacon Number" of more than a quarter of a million actors...but also calculated the degrees of connectedness of every actor who's ever acted in Hollywood! (I guess someone had to...)
...and Bacon only ranked 669th!!!
And at the top af the heap? ROD STEIGER! (Steiger's "Bacon Number" is 2.679...as opposed to Bacon's 2.8312 )

Click the links for everything you wanted to know (and stuff you didn't) about the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, The Bacon number, and etcetebladiblah...
...and of course: The Oracle of Bacon!

* Pope John Paul II's "Bacon Number"?.... 3

** "Six Degrees of Rod Steiger" ( one or more players, and all you need is a good imagination): Substitute Rod Steiger in all of Kevin Bacon's films...and hit your mind's 'play' button!....waitaminute!!!...Steiger (circa' now) in "Wild Things"??.....eeew. Game over.

...also fun... "The Custom Sign Generator"

(thanks "holy guy")

Ok, that's it for online generators ( at least until I find more...).

Pigeon-Sh*te Dunks

Evolved Footwear takes a not-so-subtle dig at the hype-la surrounding sneakers these days, particularly the infamous New York Pigeon Dunk SB (Staple)...and the mini-riot that ensued on it's release at the reed space in '05...

...I'm sure it's not baggin' the kicks ('coz I'm feelin' them myself), but the way some people take things waaaaay too seriously...

images: Evolved Footwear via Hypediss; Solepedia

Hours of FUN!

...hours of fun on the "Church Sign Generator"

And there are others you can try!!! Click HERE.


*if there's anyone reading who doesn't remember cassettes....F. Off.

Spot The Rental...

...and after the wedding night?...a sweet ciggie...


pics: No_L of Penthouse Vagrant: the BLOG!

Indeed.

By Lee McCormack

...a good read for budding designers/wankers...full of practical advice on almost everything you need to know when starting out in the industry.

Also, I always like seeing the word "wanker" in print.

*Warning: in context, is almost as offensive as "Slanty Fag".
So use correctly ( only in reference to the rippened ovaries of a banana tree), lest you offend anyone!
...or "Yellow Bends" ...(Swedish Joke bagging Norwegians' vocab)

40 cents!?...I remember last year back home, when it hit 10 bucks a kilo(because of this)!!!

image: scribalterror via neatorama

AMBIGRAMS...

...For Dummies

Ambigram.matic -- The Online Ambigram Generator!
...not perfect, but an ok way to flitter away a couple of minutes of a work-day...
--via K-srasra

* Also fun is:
The Japanese Translator!
(...but it only does names)

"CROSSING SWORDS"
...the "Wanker Gesture" goes awry... funny as!!!

*Do Not Click Play...
...if you're easily offended, or have no sense of humour...( or a little from column A...a little from column B...)




...I bet you clicked anyway, right?

...even Lebron-haters and non-b'ball fans will appreciate the talent and patience of Etch-a-Sketch artist George Vlosich (anal bastid'!)...



check him out at: gvetchedintime.com


*...this guy?...not so much...

...for all you 'heads out there...Eps. 1&2 of Flight Club TV, straight outta RioTTT...

*Reminder: that's 3 T's...or you'll get THIS.
...(which is intriguing nonetheless...)


FCTV Flight Club TV
Brought To You By: RIOTTTVISION

"Flight Club TV host Chris Vidal, brings us an exclusive look into the Flight Club NY store and runs down his top shoes of the week. Mr.Vidal is everyone's favorite "shoe-lebrity" and his insight into both current and past sneaker culture is unparalleled. If you have CSD (compulsive sneaker disorder) just like Chris, this show is for you."
-- Riottt.com

Episode One



Episode Two

...a not often published side of the lovely lady...

image: S.N. of "S.C.L."

Breakfast.

image: M+. of "S.C.L."

"On The Prowl"

...hehehe...funny.

Been on a little Transformers kick lately...probably because the movie's out in two weeks, and I'm feelin' a tad anxious...(Bay, you M*thaf*cker, DON"T SCREW IT UP!!!)

For more info, click this.

Adidas Top Ten Snakeskins...

I love the Top Ten...I love Snakeskin (Adidas always does a mean snakeskin!)...Yup! Definitely feelin' these babies!

...New at FOOTAGE.

MaximMarv!

...another narcissistic post (*insert "bitch-giggle" here.)

Lookee me!...in the latest ish of Maxim (Phils.).

During my last stint Manila, I had the pleasure of meeting Rosario Herrera -Fashion Stylist Extraordinaire, G1Social/TruYouth Co-owner, Owner/Creative Director of Style Lab,...and...etc., etc.... (I shoulda just put "Style Mogul").

Unfortunately, I look like I'm constipated (maybe I was) in the photo. I shoulda gave it the "Blue Steel"!...oh well...

Thanks Rosario!...one for the scrapbook.

BRICKWALL x Lego

(* not quite authorized by Lego...)

Brickwall Ring (2x2 & 2x1)
Yes! Something else to co-ordinate my kicks to...(only kidding...well, half-kidding...).
80 bucks...and comes with 4 attachable pieces!
...or put two Lego men on (if you're into that kinda thing), or maybe even a Lego pine tree...
Check 'em out at Giant Robot

Best Mailbox......EVER.

Death By Karaoke...

"Man shot dead for bad singing in karaoke bar"

Apparently, this is not a first... It seems Frank Sinatra's "My Way" has killed many an aspiring Phillipine Idol. *hit the headline for more info
...another reason I don't do the 'oke...

Trump Super Premium Vodka
was announced yesterday...
...sounds a tad like a Japanese ad... "Super-Terrific-Happy-Time Vodka"!!!

...and "quintuple-distilled"?...okaaay...T&T's (Trump and tonic)??...um, I think I'll stick to my "Goose, rocks, two limes."

Click here for the full press release...

...goes very well with:

Women In Art

...women in artworks in the last 500 years...