(The prime minister later defeats the king in an epic chess game, freeing strong beer and its ilk from monarchic tyrany forever!)
Its all uphill from here
The internet says statistically, american men are least happy in their 20s. So chill the eff out, grill something. Its almost over.
if only I had a grill. or a place to put it.
(↝via Waxin’ & Milkin’)
it’s difficult to imagine how this could be any more in the modcult wheelhouse.
I needed to find something big to break the stranglehold 90s nostalgia has had on modcult for the last two weeks.
(↝via nyt)
Well, who can say honestly he doesn’t harbor a curiosity about the ethos and dynamics of the hippie? Ps– is that fleet foxes record good?
Carrie Brownstein sez (courtesy of NPR):
If “Baroque Shins” isn’t conjuring anything for you, how about: Fleet Foxes are estrogen-powered Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Itchy-Beard Left Banke, or Subaru-Outback-hand-me-down-from-Mom-and-Dad Bert Jansch. (Hmmm, maybe these brief descriptions would be more useful if I weren’t so fond of Fleet Foxes.)
Buy a Love Battery or Cat Butt record from Sub Pop instead.
We Should Probably Get David Duchovny to Post
His insight into magic, postmodernism, nerdery, and slackerdom (as mentioned in this Salon piece) would probably be a good fit for Modcult.
…a Princeton grad who was an English Ph.D. candidate at Yale (his unfinished dissertation was to have been on morality, magic and technology and “Gravity’s Rainbow”).
(↝via cheesedip)
Various Scenes Involving Pudding by Tom Gauld.
This one is conspicuously missing.
(↝via It’s Nice That)
Armor of God PJ's
“The Armor of God PJ’s were inspired by a mother reading Ephesians 6:10-18 every night to her daughter to give her a safe and secure feeling in the dark.”
Each set includes:
- Pajama top with breastplate of righteousness and belt of truth hem.
- Pajama pants with wings of peace to cover feet.
- Helmet of salvation.
- Shield of faith pillow.
- Sword of the Spirit (New Testament).
- Activity coloring book.
(↝via WeirdUniverse)
I sleep soaked in the knowledge of Timothy 5:23
Welcome to the Parallel Gooniverse
I realize we are all getting a bit sick of the bOINGbOING-esque repetition level of this topic, but I believe you’ll forgive me for bringing it up again by the end of this post. This morning on the train, there was this typical bedhead guy, and he’s wearing a effing Goo tshirt. As I’m thinking about how weird this is, I notice the shirt looks way too new to be an OG Goo tshirt, at least not one that was ever worn. So I’m thinking, is like Urban Outfitters reissuing classic 90s alt rock t’s (how good of an idea would that be btw?) So then the guy turns around. The back of the shirt says “MARC JACOBS 2008”. The Oracle at Mountain View reveals:
- Marc Jacobs had SY play a recent fashion show in NYC, maybe more than one?
- He put a Goo/Marc Jacobs T-Shirt on the back of each chair.
- He gave out some sort of gift box or bag with the Goo art on it. Thurston Moore was pissed he didn’t get one (what do you think was in it? Scharfen Berger chocolate bar and a Skulltones cassette?)
Who would have thought WFMU and Marc Jacobs would ever be so on the same wavelength?
Also, caution demands I remind you that he who makes a bride of the zeitgeist is soon widowed.
(↝via Hell Train)
This machine, purportedly the first vehicle to explore the “two wheels in a line, one leg on either side” design is known as a “Dandy Horse”. It would take about forty more years before someone would invent pedals, and another twenty before another gent worked out the idea of chain drive, the sprockets’ mechanical advantage allowing the abandonment of the penny farthing’s signature gigantic wheel. I wonder if these dandy horses were ever used for a game of dandy polo or a dandy fox hunt.
French Bicycle Aficionados/Dandy Horses fall tour 2008 coming soon to a small-to-medium-sized club near you.
They are actually playing the last free McCarren pool show.
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And given what neuroscience and anecdotal evidence have shown us, this state of constant intentional self-distraction could well be of profound detriment to individual and cultural well-being. When people do their work only in the “interstices of their mind-wandering,” with crumbs of attention rationed out among many competing tasks, their culture may gain in information, but it will surely weaken in wisdom.
It’s 1975 And This Man Is About To Show You The Future (Scenes From An IBM Slide Presentation)
(↝via FFFFound)
Small Screen Potatoes
Stephanie Zacharek’s X Files 2 review for Salon about sums up my feelings on the movie.
I was impressed at how understated it was, feeling much more like a familiar small screen affair than the explosion filled blockbuster attempt of Fight the Future. Obviously there’s a much smaller budget (and audience) for the X Files in 2008, but Carter and Spotnitz play it to their advantage, creating a dark, intimate world for their main characters to explore. I also appreciate that these characters haven’t been frozen on a shelf since the series finale– they have changed, and we aren’t privy to what has occurred in that gap. It becomes another mystery for the audience to unravel.
Unfortunately, I doubt this is the type of film that will be a box office (or critical) success. The multitude of in-jokes and weighty history might not detract from the plot for the uninitiated, but without them, Mulder and Scully’s motivations could appear impenetrable. The quiet, snowy dread (welcome back Vancouver) has nothing on the billion dollar visual spectacle of The Dark Night. Ultimately, The X Files 2 begs for an outlet that doesn’t have to compete for theater goers with FX-laden billion dollar blockbusters, or require watering down to capture a weekly television audience of new viewers. Perhaps Chris Carter should take a page from Joss Whedon’s book.
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