June 2005

On the Web

• Punk Rock Purity: Video of legendary graphic designer Art Chantry talking about his work for Sub Pop Records. Read plenty more of the story here.
• Le Building: A French animated short with a refreshingly simple concept and breathtaking execution. Also, don’t miss the making-of video!
• Nike Campaign “Borrows” Album Art: This is fucking ridiculous. I hope Dischord manages to put a stop to it.
• The Hills Are Alive: My first post for Noteworthy tackles… See more →

it’s my condition
that forces me to abscond
with your hosiery

As the spread of web standards reaches exponential levels, there has been much reflection on just how far the web has come, and how much our individual perceptions of it have changed since we were first introduced to it. To look at the first web site I ever made compared with the work I’m doing now makes me wonder if there isn’t something to the notion of “progress” after all. Here is the story of… See more →

in grandpa’s backyard
we could see lineaments
of his victims’ bones

Trent Reznor lies down
woebegone at the mere thought
of selling millions

Juilliard’s top grad
was surprisingly callow:
“What’s a ‘casting couch’?”

she dislikes my shoes
her commination consists
of sweatshop photos

though quite voluble
Charles Manson is not the best
commencement speaker

We have a pretty rad AirTunes setup in the Pixelworthy office, and we all take turns sending selections from our MP3 libraries to the speakers hooked up to it. Amidst the variety of tastes on display, some of us have taken to choosing a theme for the music we play on a given day. If yours is a musical office like ours, you might want to give it a try. Here are a few theme… See more →

ineluctably
he would wake at 5 AM
covered in winged ants

Aerosmith’s neighbor
was one irascible guy
and soon they were dead

brewery blowup
an exigent incident
requiring pretzels

In my formative years, my family would take an annual one-week vacation to Sea Isle City, NJ. This is, of course, not an uncommon summer custom for families near a coastline. Most people call it “going to the beach,” but when referring to any New Jersey shore point, such a trip must be called “going down the shore.”

“Are you going down the shore this weekend?”

“Oh, yes indeed, I am going down the shore.”

“All… See more →

an altercation
in front of Planned Parenthood
defused by tickles

the cheerful naif
provided his home address
to Elder Warren

though unpopular
among antiquarians
garbage men prevail

the best emo band
beyond all peradventure
is The Pinky Swear

a vain ice cream man
responsive to blandishments
crystal meth discount

“Lawrence Welk” reruns
inspire ingenuous awe
at the nursing home

durance was required
to keep Beloved fans out
of Oprah’s dumpster

pudding disaster
a glutinous mess amidst
quivering entrails

he died in daylight
yet his ghost is seen betimes
wearing pajamas

he had great patience
but he could not countenance
Jerry Bruckheimer

Late in 2001, when CDNOW finally succumbed to the dot com crash and unemployment was imminent, I realized that a personal web site would be a necessity if I was to find another job. Self-promotion can be a tricky thing for any designer, especially a borderline-OCD perfectionist like myself. Personal deadlines tend to be meaningless if I feel my work is not up to snuff, and I am, without question, my own worst critic and… See more →

the thrifty mothers
agglomerated quickly
as diapers rained down

that gentleman’s head
tumid from a spider bite
blocked my view of C.H.U.D.

a lost Lucifer
a fettered cartographer
an infernal map