*Spoiler Alert* STOP READING RIGHT NOW... if you haven't finished reading "Deathly Hallows"
...'coz I'm not as mean as the "poms" at Harry Potter Enlightenment Program who bring you this Spoiler Tee, that would surely make the kiddies (and not a few adults) cry...heehee!...although yellow makes my arse look big...

Info: Gizmodo/ Harry Potter Enlightenment Program

Why Bambi II is Better Than Bambi

-- And Why Disney Shouldn't Kill The Straight-to-DVD Sequel

by Dan Kois

Slate.com

(*Click the link for the full article)

Dan Kois, you magnificent bastard! Much Marvlove to you!

Bambi and The Great Prince

...and to all Disney Oz peeps...I'm miss all the good times!!!

Wank.

A "Blogger" Bag?!?
...are you f*ckin kidding me? I mean it's an alright bag...but to call it the "Blogger" Bag is such a complete wank of a marketing ploy! Do bloggers really have specific needs that have to be met??? Maybe a secret compartment for your Blogger Membership card??? What a load of bollocks! It's just a friggin' lappy bag!
Timbuk2's "Blogger" Bag

I mean if you really have to cart a lotta sh*t around, I would suggest the:

UDG Producer Bag

...yeah, yeah...the name is also a bit of a toss...but it's served me well (you know some days you just wanna have everything with you...). Also great as a second carry-on on flights (I just give a little shrug at check-in, "what? It's my laptop bag."...yeah, a lappy as well as chock-full of books, Ho-ho's and Diet Coke)

But really, most days I can get by with just the lappy (+cords) and the Wacom...so it's:

Head Porter-Black Beauty Brief...(also converts to a back-pack!...though I've never done it...). Sleek, stylish...yet understated...like myself....what?!

* I'll cop the "Blogger" Bag...after I get myelf a "Haughty-Bitch European Manpurse"...

This Ain't Your Nan's Knitting...

Beutiful Art Made with Kintting
(no, that's not a typo...)

...via YumLum

Halo 3

Can't wait...EEK! (um, yeah...that was a "manly" geek-shriek, aaaight?)

Fo. Sho.

The Story of Schroedinger's Cat (an epic poem)
THE STRAIGHT DOPE

FEAR THE GAY CHICKEN


...yeah, I don't know what the f*ck this is all about either...it's creepy, and a bit mesmerising...

fearthegaychchicken.com
via Eskimo Kaka

...maybe it's got somethin' to do with the game "Gay Chicken"...


...here's some other gits playin'...( *Warning: Some expletives...oh well, kiddies do with too much spare time...funny though)

Someone's goin' to hell...

Bible Fight!

An in-browser Flash game from Adult Swim...Biblical icons (of your choosing) battle it out in immortal combat!!! Bring the PAIN!!!...or fish...

Also good: "5 Minutes To Kill (Yourself)"

Fresh Meat!

One of my fave shops for fly kicks and dope 'fits, Dave's Quality Meat has recently revamped their site...Check it out, or if you're in NYC, drop by (NoHo, 7 East 3rd St...near Bowery).

Dave Ortiz- DQM
(pic:Brad Paris-for NYMag...click!)

...and a couple of sweet DQM x New Era, coming soon!

...7 1/2...wink, wink..

Still a bit bummed out that Soundwave and Grimlock were left out of the Transformers Movie...so I went out and got 'em!...ahh, good times...
(kids, ask your folks what a cassette player is...)



...I'm a bit weirded out that Grimlock's head comes out his arse...


...and one of the best scenes in Tranformers...ever!

Ignacio Ferrera's "How To Cope With Death"
(featured in SpikeandMike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation a couple of years ago...)
...kinda "Triplets"-esque...I'm feelin' it!

youTube via Dr. Hong

...I reserve my man-right to be immature and find this friggin' funny!...and a tad...odd.

Poon (p~un) noun. Any of several trees of the genus Calophyllum, of southern Asia, having light hard wood used for masts and spars.

Hmm...not so funny now....wait!... "light hard wood"?...HAHAHA

...a test shot of Rorschach that I'm geekin'-out on!

...from Zach Snyder's (300) movie adaptation of the seminal graphic novel Watchmen -by writer Allan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons...(demi-gods!)

Rorschach - Art by Dave Gibbons

* Thanks MDY

"Human Tetris"...Part 2!



* ...Tollo & J.A....laugh it up guys!

...still on the rice tip...

Rice Paddy Art
...aah, two of my favorite things...

Farmers/"Rice Artisans" in a small town called Inakadate, have been creating "these masterpieces since 1993...

*This year's have been inspired by two of Hokusai's woodblock prints from:

36 Views of Mount Fuji

*click the links for more fantastic pics (and info, I'm sure...but I don't speak Japanese...)

"Hello Kitty" Rice Cooker


Sweet! I was on the market for a new rice-cooker...what?! I'm still Asian at heart, aaiight?!?

...but I draw the line at "Rice Dispensers"...I'm not that Asian...

Martha Stewart: Geek?
...Iwonder if she has a "doiley" iPod Case...

Check out her "Wired" Interview.



...and "How To Bake a Wii Cake"
...(* hmm...said out loud, that doesn't sound so appetising...)


info: wired.com

ROBOT CHICKEN: Harry Potter!



...and if you missed it, here's ROBOT CHICKEN: Star Wars

W...T...F?

Click the link...(or make one yourself!)
Actually, it's silly, but it's for a good cause.

www.yournameontoast.com

...scoping some info on the upcoming "Halo" feature, and here's a Nike ad from a couple of years ago from director Neil Blomkamp.
Sweet!

...a little teaser... (*insert "geek-shriek&giggle" here)

via MTV News

...counting down to...

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (Book7)

...just a quick reminder to all "Potter-ites"...the final(?) installment of the series will be released tomorrow, the 21st!!! (although I've already seen some reviews on the net!)

Border's, 9:01 am, *Beautiful!...I'll be hitting up Ink& Stone at 7 am (if I can be bothered to wake up) while I'm over here...

*can you can grab the "adult-cover" ?...and I'll cop the "kids"...

And there's the Deluxe Edition,

...and for the lazy peeps...the audio book! (the ones Stephen Fry narrated were better though)

Lego Aircarft Carrier!

...I was stuck for somethin' to do this weekend (besides pickin' up "Harry Potter"...). Problem solved! I'm making me one of these babies!!! (this bloody thing floats?!? Cool.)

...and I'm gonna hit up LegoDigitalDesigner !!!

pics via Gizmodo

Bored. Tired. Sitting here wondering if I can have my coffee intraveinously...so I googled it...SUCCESS!!!
"Intraveinous Coffee Delivery System"

(* I'm choosing to ignore the disclaimer...)

...waaaitaminit...

Snapped this pic couple of weeks ago ( I forget where...I think it's this outdoor mall called Eastwood City...) and I thought "oh yeah, I can think of a funny-ish caption for that...". So I uploaded it...then I noticed this "Tack&Gear" (for lack of a better term)...

Caption? Unnecessary.

Halo 3 Sneak Peek!
McFarlane's going off again!!!...here's the "Warthog" in progress...can't wait!!!
(*though I did tell myself that I'm cutting back on the toys...um, I mean "Collectibles"...DOH!)



...for more pics of in-progress sculpts of the "Brute Chieftain" and " Jackal Sniper", click HERE.


A prototype pic of the man! SWEET!

More info:
Spawn.com
Bungie.net

Oh well, back to my book...


Breaking News: All Online Data Lost After Internet Crash

...the long awaited Sneaker Freaker 10 is dropping soon at a stockist near you...(I'm hitting up Footage for my copy!)

"You Smell Like A Chocolate Shower!"
*Warning: "...only to be viewed by legally and emotionally mature adults."


Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple
--MTV Logo's newest animated series...I've posted the trailer before, but here's a chunkier taste...



...and "Straight Jokes"!

...umm......okaaaay then...here comes...something.

Michael Moore Rips Wolfe a New One on CNN



...if you have a spare 15 minutes, have a squiz at this...interesting...(Oz: 66%?...I woulda thought it'd be higher than that with our friggin' taxes!...)

Blogging Is The New Black.

"To Blog or Not To Blog"



Mauritsefondse

PAINTER X



...oh my goodness...so many brushes...so little time!!!
Anyone into any type of digital painting should definitely cop this!...(I jumped from 7 to this and I'm blown away). Can't wait to give it a full burl on the weekend...after I read Harry Potter...
...and I mean you too "O"...then update yer friggin site!

PainterX Studio

"Spider-Pig"!


Oh Homer...you silly, wonderful man!!!
...it's out in a couple of weeks! YAY!!!...and I heard from 'a lil'birdie' that the production schedule was insane!

simpsonsmovie.com
*don't forget to send me your avatars!

Trippy "ZUNE" Ad...

Zune ad
Uploaded by sabo-tage

...Sweet animation on this ad.

I thought about copping the 'Zune (Microsoft)...mostly because every man and his dog has an iPod! I had a quick go at it at DJ's, and wasn't super impressed with it...oh well...I'll use the money for the iPhone...

*Why am I in love?...
There's a thousand, big and small reasons...
...but mostly because she's a beautiful contradiction.

"Cloverfield" Trailer?...from J.J. Abrams?

...the source of much internet musings...interesting...




...and "taking things a bit far?"... A perfect example of the effects of viral marketing, and letting the nerds of the world (yo, it's aaaight! I am one) do your marketing for you...this guy in particular is hilarious (and, I admit, at times informative)

"Coronary On a Plate"

I hit up UCC Coffee at the Podium last night for dinner, and to see for myself this "Cliffhanger Sandwich" I've heard about......well, it's basically a bacon & egg, and cheese sandwich (well, two of them combined), 'breaded' (with more cheese, I think), then deep-fried...

Yup, as you can see, it's a serious culinary feat... I had a Pavlovian Reaction when I saw this bloody thing!...with my arteries protesting (or was that my sphincter clenching), I finished half of it...

*...that's half a cantaloupe...



...and I had a 359pesos cup of coffee (which is about $5...so the price of a Starbucks Venti latte at home)...which tasted just like any other coffee I've had here...WTF? (I miss Sydney coffee! Any cafe in Darlo!!!)

A new series on Marvlove!!! (in honour of the Wolf!)

Nothing Says "Christmas" like...

Nancy & the T!

Oz's Re-Election Campaign Hits the "Tube"!

Ok, I am by no means a very politically minded person (but I do miss "The West Wing" --I now make do with "Studio 60"...Sorkin, you rock!), but I have mixed feelings about this. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall at the campaign meeting when they decided this move...

...aaah, Johnny Howard...a marginally better orator than the "Dubya", throws the first re-election punch online! Oh god...
...and here's Rove harrassing the man!

* did you know Rove used to be Wilko's runner (or so he says) back in some studio in Melb.?

Oh, and here's Lil' Johnny's MySpace!

Pink Prank Project

*I had something else completely different in my head...click above for more info/pics.

The Golden Compass Trailer

Fans of Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" Trilogy, here's a peek at the first installment...it looks hot! (although I've always known the first one to be "Northern Lights")

...armored polar bears?...YES!

To all my former peeps from "Disney Oz", check this out!

Yes indeed. (...and let me know if this is from your scene, haha)

Miss ya guys!

Wonder Woman Scissors (circa 1978)

Coleen Doran (of A Distant Soil) dug this baby up during one of her cleaning binges!
...hmm...a little bit pervy, but I'm feelin' 'em!
Almost makes me wanna do a spring clean to see what I'd find.....almost. (Del!...this ones for you!)

A Distant Soil via Neatorama

VOLT IN!
Voltron 20th Anniversary Masterpiece Edition

...I spent the weekend toy-shopping, on the hunt for any "Blues Clues" merchandise to bring back for the Prez-man...I must have gone to every toy store in Manila and I still came up empty handed! (he's not gonna be happy...how hard can it be to find a "Joe's Heart-Shaped Notebook"?!?).

Oh well, I needed a bit of 'retail therapy' anyway...and the weekend wasn't a complete write-off...I picked up this gem!...from this 'hole in the wall' toy shop, for a measly $40!!!

12" of 'Lion-y' goodness!!!...and a great way for me to wax nostalgic about my childhood...

...now, if only I can find that damn "Heart-Shaped Notebook"...

Fake Roadsta's to BURN!

...copped these at a mall(?) called Greenhills on Sat. morn...
One of the (many) reason's I've gone cold on the 'Ape...these look almost as good as the real thing!
I'm gonna put 'em on the barbie and see if they BURN as good as the real ones!!! (*insert maniacal laughter here)- I'll take some vid, and post it on the 'Tube. Keep an eye out!

They were charging 1500pesos (about $30), probably 'coz I mistakenly asked in English...so then I tried my hand at haggling...
Me: "Magkano!?!" (how much!?!- in a slightly raised voice)
(unbelievably tiny) Saleslady: aahmm...1300?
Me: "last price, CASH!" (I don't know what that is in Filipino)
U.T.S.L: aaaaaahhhmmm.......1250?
...then I do the obligatory: F*ck it!!! (and start the "turn and walk away")
U.T.S.L.: okey, okey, sir...750?
Me (pushin' my luck): 500.
U.T.S.L.: Okey sir.
Me (with two-handed 'raising the roof'): SUCCESS! (...yup, the roof -raisin' brought a few stares my way)

...I went a bit overboard with the negotiation for something I didn't really want, and is just going to the torch...oh well...small price to pay for 'art'.

Yup. Greenhills is a must visit if you find yourself in the Phils. It's like a cross between a (indoor) flea market and a mall. It's definitely fun...if not slightly creepy, (being bombarded with "dbd sir" from these weird dudes who seem to sidle up from nowwhere...as well as the occasional "Psst! (what is it with that?) Porno, sir!"...in a faux sotto voce...

All in all, a good place for a bargain (if you're not too fussed about quality), and it's "Knock-Off City" (for fashionistas on a budget)...but sneakerheads? This place will just give you the sh*ts! (not litterally)...but the raw pearls are sensational!

...really feelin' this dude's (or is it a woman?) 'fit!

FOOTAGE Redux

My fave peeps at Footage have recently revamped their site...(I'm feelin' "magenta-ish" today). Courtesy of "The Good Life"

Check 'em out!

...also in stock (hopefully still...Phil!...I'm a med. now mate!), "Hangin' With My Homies" Tee...definitely my pick so far from For The Homies...really feelin' the NBA Jam Big-Head Mode!

...and new stocks from homegrown Oz label AER.

10 Things I Hate About The Commandments

...as long as it doesn't have Heath F*cking Ledger...I'm good.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition?

Inversion Tunnel House
An art installation in Houston by Dan Havel and Dean Ruck.
A "wooden worm-hole"! I feel it!
more info/pics at: DesignVerb

Elizabeth? Elizabeth!?!...you rock!

I love newsfolk with bourgeouse sensibilities...

...this almost makes me want to get a Mac......almost.

Creature Icons 1.0
-- Fast Icon Studio

"Making of a Brick"

...you know what?...I did think they were scraped off the insides of magic trees by tiny Danish elves...(and I'm holding on to that! Mecahnical robots?...that's a bit far-fetched don'tya think?))

click the link.

artPOD.com

...a sick collection of video art (and it's free!), from the Danish ArtNode foundation. Watch it!Share it!

Cupcake Hitler

Makinita

Fallin' Off The Wagon...

Ok. ok...I did say "no more sneaks"... (probably about the umpteenth time in my life)...but c'mon! Nike SB 'had me at Safari'...

...not really a fan of the Zoom Tre, but they're heaps comfy...and with the appropriation of Tinker Hatfield's 1987 Air Safari colourway (which is in my top five kicks)...I just might...might...fall off the wagon...

Nike Air Safari '87

...and part of the Nike SB "Safari Collection":

Pass on the fitted (big head) and the belt...but the wallet's kinda sick! (just in time 'coz mine feelin' like a 'Costanza')

Peep the Nike SB Fall 2007 Catalogue here.

Tre SB Safari pics via High Snobiety

Hours of Fun... (well, about a minute at least)

...with kids who really should be at home drinking lots of fluids.

Click the pic. (then the kids...)

...and if anyone can translate this for me, that would be tops!

"Halo - Arms Race"

Holy Sh*t!...geekin' out right now...

I Am Fad-Ready.

Yup!...I'm BORED....so I'm just about ready to jump into the next "Fad"!!! I feel we, as a society, have been a little 'gipped' lately with the quality of "fads"...

...y'know what I mean? Not: "tees over button-downs"..."too-skinny jeans"..."Faux-Goths/Emo's" (or as I like to call them "soft-goths" or "goths-with-commitment-phobia")..."Giga-pets"... These are fad-lite.

...and I also don't mean the 'smells like a fad' stuff but (fortunately, or unfortunately) are here to stay...like: mullets & mohawks( real and faux), the iPod, bottled water, blogging...

I want an honest-to-goodnes penetration of social consciousness kinda thing! You know what I'm sayin'? A social epidemic like: the Macarena...the Hula-Hoops...Bell-Bottoms...Victorian bustieres...Power Dressing/Underdressing...Stock Options...Billy-Ray Cyrus! The kind of thing everyone can embrace, beat to a slow death, then kick to the curb!!!

C'mon! I'm ready.

*...maybe this whole "World-Wide-Web" thing will take off...

Operation: Shut The F*ck Up (Nc-17)




...hope he gets the call-back for the sequel...
Hehe...Mr. Coffee...(not that there's anything wrong with that)

...oh Mr. Fantastic...such a sweet-talker....Waaaiitaminit!...I've been placated many a time with the same speech!

SEXtant...

...an exciting name!...for something so boring (yeah, yeah, I'm sure it's useful)...

It does look cool though...(but it looks like it'd hurt).

Cassens & Plath

Life is unfair.



...angry yesterday...but today is a whole different animal...
...this is one of my favorite songs of all time...but listening to it recently, it's taken on a whole new 'bitter-sweet' meaning for me...(more bitter than sweet...)

Mr. & Mrs. Presidents?

...someone please put this on a tee...

Protect Ya Neck
Yup. Monday morn...
...and not feelin' crash-hot...
So it's the Wu today...again and again.



...has it really been almost fifteen years since this dropped??...sh*t, I'm getting old...

Super Share-House

...little did Jimmy realise the problems that may arise...like the Saturday morning "Super-Grog-Bog".

Tetris...now in "Meat-space"

Tetris Tower 3D

...time to give my "Connect-Four" a little rest methinks!...(wonder what the aa bats are for though...)

Optimus Prime Lives!!! ( "The Adventures of Gold-Bug & Sh*t-Piece")
*Warning: NC-17-Some profanity...(albeit very funny)...or kids, just make sure your folks aren't around...

See? Who needs CG, hey?...all you need is a good story...and cussing, of course.



...and of course, these oldies, but goodies!!!
G.I. Joe Public Service Announcements...
(...just click the link for more...)

Your Very Own "Simpsons" Character!!!

"Me" (a little taller, less belly, and no facial-hardware)

"You Know You've Made It When ...You're a Simpsons Character..."

...well, not quite...but still fun!!!...
Now I'm doin' mates...heehee!...
Show Me yours!

Click HERE.

Simpsons Movie via Vashtie of RIOTTT

GreyOne x New Era

I don't usually rock hats, 'coz I've got a deceptively large head circumference...a fact cruelly pointed out to me a few years back as I was at a hat shop lookin for something to wear to "Melbourne Cup Day" at work...this bitch of a modiste pointed out, sans any deftness, "you have quite a large head, don't you"...and proceeded to measure it to confirm her observation......and that's when I dropped her to the ground with a vicious neck-chop!!!... (I wish.)

Aaaanyway...I've let many a dope cap pass me by since then, but with this latest from GreyOne/New Era, I might just have to say "damn the pointing and staring!", and rock it...

Definitely a sweet design from the crew at GreyOne...all microsuede top and underbill...comes in two colorways...black/purple ( gold satin lining), and the Grey ( black satin lining)...

Matching tees will also be released.

(*yo J, I can squeeze into a 7 1/2!!! Hook me up!)

info: GreyOne

Reflection Eternal: Seth Rogen & RZA

...an excerpt of the interview from Complex. Pretty funy.

*just peeped "Knocked Up", Seth's new movie with Katherine Heigl...Hilarious!

A movie with Seth as the leading man, and Paul Rudd's the sidekick? It's a new day for us normal men!

Chuck Taylor x Ramones

Some of my mates are of the opinion that "Chucks"( All-Stars, Connies,...whatever you wanna call 'em) are played out...Sometimes, when I see the gaggle of sh*t designs and colors Converse comes out with (skulls-UGH!, plaid, double-plaid?, kajillion lace holes??? etc...), I tend to agree.

Gotta keep 'em tight, simple, and 'clean' (when I say clean, I mean dirty)! Just kick it old skool!

But these baybees are gold!...Finally, the Ramones get their (kicks) dues! Distressed canvas uppers, "Hey Ho Let's Go" patch, and "Pre-dirtied"!

...aaand...as part of (Product) Red Campaign, 10% of the price goes directly to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria.

Sold!

info: Complex

Marvel x Technics (?!?)

Who the hell thought up this collab?!...Some "Creative Execs"/ "Bean-Counters"/"Cool-hunter-for-hire", who thought " Dj's are cool, right?...and kids love comics...waaiiittaminit.....(*long pause)...I got it!!!"

Oh wait, they're Limited-Eds?...Who gives a rat's?

...at 25 pounds (*where's the 'pound' sign on my keyboard??), the least they could've done was get Hitch to do some new art.

Bond Int'l via High Snobiety

"Stop Lubing That Man!"
...one of my favorite lines in Transformers...(and my new creedo).



Michael Bay has sucked the realism out of yet another film...but in this case it's ok!
So...I've seen it...and I guess
...Gramma won't be eating no babies...

Ok, ok...I had fun, aaiiight?... granted that my expectations were probably as low as it could get...nevertheless...
And, also because I only paid $3.50-ish...'coz I'm at the Phils. at the mo' (had too shush a few people though..what's up with that??). If I paid the usual forty bucks for "Gold Class", it'd probably be a different story...

Shia Lebouf (what a name!) was pretty good as the "Not-Quite-Spike" lead...Megan Fox was 'eye-candy' ( nothing wrong with that)......and reppin' Oz, Rachel Taylor! (man, that accent really pops, dunnit'?).
And of course, John Turturro was gold!...as usual...

I wasn't too bummed about the designs straying from the G1's...wish Starscream was close though...But I'm glad Bumblebee was a Camaro. (a VDub can't save the world, c'mon!). And where was Soundwave??? Did I just miss him?
Optimus Prime?...he seemed a bit too goofy in some scenes...and what's with the lips?!?...he can't be dignified with lips!!!
...I'm actually looking forward to the sequels...and they better have Grimlock, the Constructicons, Unicron!!!...and the mini-cassettes (...dad...whats a "cassette"?) Grandslam and Raindance, who together form...waaiiitforriiit......"Slamdance".
Sweet.

Michael Bay is still a dick. (...but not for this movie).