Media
798 audio, visual, and audiovisual posts
Made improvements to Tinnitus Tracker’s dynamic color schemes (blog post coming soon) and added much-needed texture. tinnitus.robweychert.com
Colleen Green
There were definitely more men in their 50s at this show than I expected to see!
I went partly because I enjoy Colleen’s records and partly as something of a recon mission: As I’m focusing more on making music again, singing and playing power chords live over canned backing tracks is an approachable performance goal, and I wanted to see how well a pro could make it work. Colleen’s biggest strength is her songwriting, and… See more →
Back on the horse. My thanks to Ronnie James Dio for powering me through the last half mile.
Broke my glasses just before having headshots taken. Did the shoot without glasses, drew them on later with SVG, and randomized the colors.
The Sadies
Scenes from a sidewalk.
Look at this gorgeous 3D paper lettering from Alia Bright! (via @Colossal) aliabright.com
Today’s small victory.
The great @vpieters walks us through the design process behind her beautiful new site. veerle.duoh.com/design/how-the…
Now taking suggestions for the perfect song to soundtrack the inspirational montage of moments that led to this day.
Everyone please continue making colorful geometric confections and I will continue admiring them. thisiscolossal.com/2019/02/new-pi…
RIP Albert Finney. We’re exactly as big as he let us be, and no bigger, and don’t forget it, ever.
I’m so into @CarniDC’s “Visualizing the History of Fugazi.” I wish every band could be this well documented. carniklirs.com/project/fugazi
please stop
This image fills me with awe and dread. 200-million-year-old creatures from a real-life H.R. Giger world. nytimes.com/2018/12/07/sci…
Someone make an app that lets you congratulate new parents by superimposing their faces onto Scott Stapp in the “With Arms Wide Open” video.
Whatever I did to make Google think I ought to have repeated exposure to this ad, I’m sorry.
Mother Feather
The Comet Is Coming
It was really nice to catch up with these dorks today. /cc @hoyboy @jasonsantamaria
I never noticed before that Jack Nance is the dad in Suicidal Tendencies’ classic “Institutionalized” video! youtu.be/aYItTxqTc38
I voted. Then I did laundry.
Fucked Up
- A giant mechanical minotaur and giant mechanical spider wandering around Toulouse, France, by @lamachinefr. thisiscolossal.com/2018/11/46-foo…
- A Visual History of Computing 1945–1979, by @Docubyte (via @kottke) docubyte.com/works/guide-to…
- Gorgeous, abstract impasto portraits by Joseph Lee (via @Colossal). josephleeart.com
Just when you thought there was no room for innovation in Norman doors
Can anyone explain the business model of repeatedly begging inconsequential bloggers via email to link to your thing?
Daughters
Gwar
RIP @cindyli. I hadn’t seen her in years, but she was a welcome fixture at many events I remember very fondly. Peace to her family. 💔
Nine Inch Nails
Turnover in the Trump administration relative to the previous three administrations. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
My new favorite Tumblr is full of colorful animations of vintage electronics. electronicitems.tumblr.com
Pissed Jeans
Low
Low
I love love love this peek at some of the visual inspiration for @ustwogames’s stunning Monument Valley games. milanote.com/the-work/the-s…
Shellac
If you’re at an internet conference and your hotel room number is 404, do you make a sound?
Andrew W.K.
Wayne “The Train” Hancock
mmm sweet white drizzle
Acid Witch
PopGun 10th Anniversary Party
“Head, torso, balls, legs. No matter how you dunk a body in water the balls can’t be the last in.” thecut.com/2018/08/are-ba…
My Bloody Valentine
omg
Sleep
At the Sleep show. It smells like Otto’s jacket.
Something tells me my typesetting is about to get a lot more flexible. @timbrown @abookapart abookapart.com/products/flexi…