8.28.2008
it coulda killed me.
6.09.2008
The Perfect Summer.
I need to get away. Would anyone like to go to the ocean? Right now?
I'll provide the boombox, mix CDs, and sugary snacks if you provide the car.
OH AND IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GET THE MEMO: THIS IS THE OFFICIAL JAM OF SUMMER of 2008:
K, THX.
6.06.2008
I [heart] The Internets Roundup: 5.30.08 - 6.6.08
Wooo-ey!
Sweet urban clothing + well loved Nintendo characters. I wish I had thought of it first, really. Christmas presents for all my boys!
I know my previous post was a link to him, but start reading Michael Ian Black's blog already. He's kind of my favorite, ever.
RE: becoming a better person, altruism, resolutions, and all that other shit I've been talking about all the time lately.
Gobama! by Ben Brown. Oh, pixels.
I started a wordie account, which is pretty and fun.
I've always had a fondness for the more esoteric aspects of traditional animation.
NEW. TILLY. VIDEO.
Right on the heels of Jim Davis saying he finds Garfield Minus Garfield fascinating, this new one might be my favorite yet. I laughed out loud at four in the morning.
Hey look, it's the most horrifying terrible movie trailer of all time, ever!
Mary Gairskill reading Nabakov... Mmmmhmm!
ICE on MARS, y'all.
This is getting linked all over the place (congratulations!), but John's post about gender rules and the disadvantages of being a man prompted me to stay up wayyyyyy too late last night reading and thinking about the topic. There's a lot of talk in the comments field about the MetaFilter deletion, but the issue at the heart of the post is going to be runnin' around in my brain for awhile.
My recently discovered third favorite music video of all time is this Phosphorescent video (this is number one, in case you're new to me and I haven't forced it down your throat already, and this is number two. Yes, I like sad music. Nice to meet you, I'm Summer.) :
Sweet urban clothing + well loved Nintendo characters. I wish I had thought of it first, really. Christmas presents for all my boys!
I know my previous post was a link to him, but start reading Michael Ian Black's blog already. He's kind of my favorite, ever.
RE: becoming a better person, altruism, resolutions, and all that other shit I've been talking about all the time lately.
Gobama! by Ben Brown. Oh, pixels.
I started a wordie account, which is pretty and fun.
I've always had a fondness for the more esoteric aspects of traditional animation.
NEW. TILLY. VIDEO.
Right on the heels of Jim Davis saying he finds Garfield Minus Garfield fascinating, this new one might be my favorite yet. I laughed out loud at four in the morning.
Hey look, it's the most horrifying terrible movie trailer of all time, ever!
Mary Gairskill reading Nabakov... Mmmmhmm!
ICE on MARS, y'all.
This is getting linked all over the place (congratulations!), but John's post about gender rules and the disadvantages of being a man prompted me to stay up wayyyyyy too late last night reading and thinking about the topic. There's a lot of talk in the comments field about the MetaFilter deletion, but the issue at the heart of the post is going to be runnin' around in my brain for awhile.
My recently discovered third favorite music video of all time is this Phosphorescent video (this is number one, in case you're new to me and I haven't forced it down your throat already, and this is number two. Yes, I like sad music. Nice to meet you, I'm Summer.) :
Labels: internets, music, roundup, youtube
6.01.2008
heartbreaking and perfect.
5.25.2008
Sorry In Advance
I made this very short, very terrible animated short short as a 'present' for someone last year. I don't see why you shouldn't watch it now and scoff at my (lack of) skillz. To be fair, I completed the project in about two and a half days and drew the frames on 3 x 3 pieces of scrap paper with a black felt tip pen. At least you can't call me a perfectionist!
Oh, life.
Oh, life.
Labels: love, lovedones, youtube
5.24.2008
Oh, internet.
Oh man, one of my favorite things to do when I'm bored (is it sad to be writing about this during the prime part of a Saturday night?) is watch (usually adolescent) youtubers cover Okkervil River songs. It's simultaneously surreal, heart-warming, and terrifying. Y'know... learning to play & sing along with your favorite indie rock band is something that all of us probably did as teenagers, but it's not really something that I ever would have shared with, well, the entire world.
For the two people out there who care about this topic:
These kids, covering an old song called 'Auntie Alice,' are my absolute favorites. They are really, really, really genuinely good. I love the 'talent farm' banner in the back, the kid's pretty voice, the smattering of applause at the end that sounds like about a dozen old people, their clothes, and especially the fact that Auntie Alice is the song they picked. Cute! I love love love this without irony. The kid in the middle playing tambourine? Awesome.
This guy is who you would hire to do an impression of Sheff's voice on one of those CDs of pop songs covered by studio bands that they used to sell. But then you see what he looks like and it's totally a weird match. I would never see this guy somewhere and think that he was an Okkervil River fan. I guess that's my bad. Love.
Something about this whispered, Iron & Wine type version of Westfall kind of scares the shit out of me.
Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe as performed by a 16 year old Conor Oberst.
??????
BONUS! Okkervil River in Wales covering my second favorite ABBA song and splitting my heart open in the process:
For the two people out there who care about this topic:
These kids, covering an old song called 'Auntie Alice,' are my absolute favorites. They are really, really, really genuinely good. I love the 'talent farm' banner in the back, the kid's pretty voice, the smattering of applause at the end that sounds like about a dozen old people, their clothes, and especially the fact that Auntie Alice is the song they picked. Cute! I love love love this without irony. The kid in the middle playing tambourine? Awesome.
This guy is who you would hire to do an impression of Sheff's voice on one of those CDs of pop songs covered by studio bands that they used to sell. But then you see what he looks like and it's totally a weird match. I would never see this guy somewhere and think that he was an Okkervil River fan. I guess that's my bad. Love.
Something about this whispered, Iron & Wine type version of Westfall kind of scares the shit out of me.
Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe as performed by a 16 year old Conor Oberst.
??????
BONUS! Okkervil River in Wales covering my second favorite ABBA song and splitting my heart open in the process:
Labels: internets, music, okkervilriver, youtube
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