September 2021

Here’s all 425 tiles hanging out together in one image.

This issue creates a set of 425 tiles, any of which can seamlessly border any other on any side.

The third issue of Plus Equals, my algorithmic art zine, is out now! plusequals.art/03/

Somehow, in the 25 years since I (or anyone else) last saw Deadguy, we all got 25 years older.

Aaaaand we’re back!

This show was originally supposed to happen a year and a half ago, and it’s undoubtedly a different experience now than it would have been then. The last 19 months of COVID loomed large, sure, but for me personally, there was also the issue of my intervening relocation to Philadelphia. A night out in Brooklyn ain’t as convenient for me as it used to be, which, in a number of important ways,… See more →

If your milquetoast skateboard gang has a name as uninspired as “The Ramp Locals,” you’re really just begging for trouble.

I almost had to ask @ChamberMonster to remind me what temperature to preheat the oven to, but then I remembered it was the same as the cover charge at the dance club in The Terminator. 👍🏻

I just visited a marketing agency site and the homepage said ACCELERATING BRANDS THROUGH OMNICOMMERCE and I have never closed a browser tab so fast

It’s Friday and there are new records from @lowtheband and @AndrewWk, so if I don’t manage to have a good day, consider this my DNR.

Fired this up for the first time in ages (and I believe my first viewing of the Final Cut version) because I was in the mood for something stylish, maybe noir or prestige sci-fi. Blade Runner is all of those things, but style is the only one it does really well. It’s procedurally, romantically, and philosophically underwhelming (spare me your master’s thesis on the great depths of its inquiry into What It Means to Be… See more →

I’m in chronic funk territory again. Not the the good, George Clinton kind of funk, but the bad, “how can this many people be this reliably disappointing” kind of funk. The Delta variant has been in full bloom for weeks and ICU beds in some areas are reaching capacity again, making June’s steady drumbeat of reopening feel like a naive daydream. Masking indoors in public is back in vogue, not that it was gone for… See more →

Everyone responsible for this should be deeply ashamed. nytimes.com/2021/09/01/us/…

I used to think perfection was unattainable, but then I found this Cramps poster (X3 Posters, Bob Linney and Ken Meharg)