Uptown Psychedelia

David Lynch on Louie

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Deadpool & Doop

A couple comics-related images that struck my fancy. First, a little Deadpool/Shining fan-fiction mashup:

And next, a page from the new "Wolverine and the X-Men" (which I've been reading and enjoying lately), drawn by Mike Allred (which makes me extra excited to get this one), featuring Doop:

Both from today's Comics Alliance.

the terror of knowing

Aziz Ansari infomercial written and directed by Eric Wareheim

amazing episode of the chris gethard show

Get Free

one of my favorite songs of 2012 got a shiny new video.

Samsara

Addis

Reggie Watts on Innovation

Wild Grass

Her Fantasy

when i'm in a car

you should probably sit down before watching this one

life of pi trailer

Radiate Through Me

Tony Fleecs '1 a Day' Art Book Coming Soon

Hey Deutero - Thought you might be interested to hear that the Tony Fleecs '1 a day' art book/saga will be available soon. Click the link to read more and add your email to the mailing list to be notified when available for order. Clique

Beautiful Son

Riviera

Laura Veirs & Lilly & The Prick

Lilly Wood & The Prick - This is a love song... by CInq7

words of wisdom

just say yes

Rest on Water

Not About Love

Make sure to stick with this for at least a few seconds, regardless of your feelings about Fiona Apple.

Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out

two stones

Real Fire

Booty Pop

Check out this kid's flow. And his outie.

moi?

hello...is it me you're looking for?

Father You See Queen

Minneapolis band.. video for their song "We give and give and give and you take and take and take and take"

Grimes, 'Oblivion' - SuperGood=This

i've watched this a bunch

now ends the beginning

La Cible

How to Pronounce Words

This youtube channel has some pretty instructive videos, for the pronunciation-impaired.

my name is garfield, ya

DTF DADT

Padang Food Tigers

Gayle

more

just got back from chicago

Collection: Bobby Conn

The always wonderful Network Awesome recently shared this Bobby Conn collection with the world. It's worth checking out. It's worth believing in.

The First Avenger

Anyone out there seen The Avengers yet? I haven't, but hopefully this weekend sometime.

Space Ducks

Comics Alliance has a post about Daniel Johnston's comic "Space Ducks: An Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness #1". Looks pretty awesome.

Get Free

a2 / Stare

sean young's behind the scenes making of 'dune'

nyuk nyuk nyuk

György Ligeti's Lux Aeterna

3 Second Rule

This lady is going places.

Pitching 101: Rivera

 This is informative & very awesome.

A Day With Nick Zammuto

Record Collection

Ben, have you checked out those records from Zespy yet? I'm still liking the Dead Rider one.

endless bathtime

more

The Great Easter Lag Hunt

Happy Easter, fellas.

I told her Das Racist

I found out on relatively short notice that these fools are playing at the Triple Rock this week. I picked up a ticket. It's this Thursday night, and I have to teach for 3 and a half hours right before it, so I'll probably be exhausted. But I'm curious to see what they're like live. The Triple Rock is a small venue, too.

A Day In Tokyo

wanna listen to some college-era music nostalgia

Tom Scharpling and Friend's 'Low Times' Podcast is pretty cool. I loved the two-part podcast with Lou Barlow (and at the end of ep.2 there is also an interview with Dean Wareham of Galaxie 500 and Luna)
check it:
Part 1
Part 2

Also digging the 'Washed Up Emo Podcast'. My fav episodes are the ones with some dudes from The Promise Ring, a dude from Christie Front Drive, and a bro from 'Crank Records' (I tOTAlly loved that one 'Boys Life' record BITD) But even the episodes with people I don't know somehow scratch a nostalgia itch.
Check It:
Washed Up Emo Website

Slim Romney

dude's fakin i can tell

saw him on the internet k-hole today

Keep Your Heart, 3 Stacks

I know you ain't no pimp, but pimp remember what I taught you.

Oblivion

Magic: The Unraveling

Looks fun! :)

sickly city

trailer for the remake of 'Family Matters'

god only knows

Bissau

Nwa Pfundla

so long marianne

Wolves Karaokee

B-Easy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jeff Mangum Live

The A.V. Club asks, "Why don't you like this?" about the Milwaukee live show.

BTW - I hope I didn't Jeff up any of your plans - I do believe this is post #1000. Is it worthy? PARTYTIMeZ

;) ;) B)

visions of frank

were you aware that there was a limited series of animations based on Woodring's 'Frank' comics? were you aware that you can watch sum more of them on this youtube channel here? did ya reckon i would get my mittens on a copy of 'Weathercraft' so quickly and enjoy it so thoroughly? well, i did and i did. and i also read me som 'Pim and Francie' (pictured below) and it's totally all that. anyway, i thought this was the 1,000th post? or maybe it'll be the next one. or the one after that too. yay!

Learning to Play Magic:The Gathering

The last time we spoke, I was getting interested in Magic: The Gathering -- since then I've gone all in.

Thinking about some of the reasons I like it:

1) It appeals to my OCD tendencies in a few ways,

a) My collecting gene
b) The stats (mainly on the cards -- using them to predict optimal strategies)
c) The time spent not playing the game but thinking about the game (deck building, deck tweaking, thinking about the synergies between cards, thinking about the strategies behind different decks / cards, etc)

2) The challenge of game play and the challenge of the learning curve

3) The Flavor of the world of Magic and the art of the cards (c'mon, how can you not love a Zombie called "Farbog Boneflinger")

I've been playing online exclusively through two different products:

1) MTG: Duels of the Planeswalkers -- This is the first product I bought. It's available for $9.95 for XBOX live, PS, and Steam for PC (my choice). This is a slick-shiny interfaced, arcade style version of Magic. I used this product to learn the basics of game play (playing against computer AI). I'm glad I started with this product to learn (for reasons I'll explain below), but ultimately, it's pretty limited in my opinion for one main reason; the lack of deck building. Although you do unlock some additional cards through game-play giving some ability for deck modification, you can't build a card collection and participate in ground-up deck creation with this game. It wasn't more than a week before I moved on to...

2) Magic:The Gathering Online (MTGO) -- This is where all the action is. For $9.99 you get an account and can download the client. You also get about 300 playable cards (common and uncommon) two "event tickets" (the currency of the game, each ticket is essentially the equivalent of $1), one booster pack, and some Planeswalker cards / decks.)
MTGO hosts all kinds of tournaments and casual game play formats. There is a marketplace where you can buy and sell individual cards. There is a store to buy more event tickets and boosters, and more. Coming from the Planeswalkers game, the interface seems really clunky and non-intuitive (especially when you play your first game), but it isn't long before you settle into it.
I've only played casual "constructed format" games thus far. I was pretty nervous playing the first time (especially since I didn't really understand the game play mechanics of the MTGO interface) and was promptly blown out. I didn't fare any better in game two. After getting killed the second time, I took a lot of care to really build a deck where the cards worked together synergistically. I went to the marketplace and started buying single cards (quite inexpensive online; you can get about 100 commons for 1 event ticket, 50 uncommons for 1 ticket, or a half-dozens rares). Long story short, my mono-black Zombie / Vampire deck went on to win 7 of the next 10 games.
Ultimately, I feel that I'll gravitate to the "Limited" format (ex: Booster Draft) once I gain a little more experience and knowledge. For now though, I'm having fun building and tweaking decks (without spending much money on the high-dollar cards).

Anyway, let me know if you guys feel like dropping ten bucks and geeking out with me (both of the products above let you play against your friends). I'll give you more details and will show you the basics. FUNz!

A Parasitic Being

We're pushing 1,000 posts, folks! I believe this little verse of inspiration is #997. Call your Pep-Pep! Make some popcorn!

octopus in your dreams

brain pulse music

Whisper Fate

brand new love

lou barlow reissues some of my favorite music ever.

Jim Woodring's 'Weathercraft'

I just read Jim Woodring's Weathercraft - one of those books that I actually see myself going back to revisit multiple times. In Woodring's words, "One of the themes in Weathercraft is that art is like drugs—it will show you places but it won’t get you there."

When I hear people say that a story or movie is something 'that I get something new from whenever I read it or see it again,' I suspect often that they are referring to the phenomenon of one being able to re-measure themselves against a particular baseline (given story or movie) as they themselves move (change?) through time (speaking maybe Heraclitian-ly). I suspect that Weathercraft will be a tailored and highly-calibrated yardstick for taking my measurements in the future.

Some things I like about the story are it's unsettled and uncertain meaning; mythological meaning, perhaps, and it's elastic relationship to space-time. I like the faint nausea (motion sickness?) that I felt while reading this story -- literally. I like seeing realistic sources of fear shown in a (superficially) unrealistic universe.

The Comics Journal has a great interview with Woodring that touches on Weathercraft and his other works, but also broaches upon such topics as transmogrification, horror as a sacred thing, and the overtly Vedantic tone of Weathercraft.

PSYCHE!!!!!!!

where in the world is nikola pekovic

i love pek - and this is so weird

fancy restaurant

Gang Colours - Fancy Restaurant from brownswood on Vimeo.

adv time comic

in case you missed it (and are interested) the first issue of the adventure time comic came out last week. you could get the digital version of it if the stores don't have any left (i think i heard it sold out at the distributor level) or you don't want to wait for a reprint / the trade.

jim woodring's 'jesus and the bear'

i'm a buff baby that can dance like a man

Dance Away Your Monday Morning Blues

turtle boog

chromatics cover 'into the black'

you awake to find yourself in a dark room

game only works if ya watch on youtube. play it!

manningface

Now every NFL logo has it's own manningface.

my fave is the panthers

Jean-Ralphio Parker

See more at CollegeHumor

The Old89ers Podcast: FOURTEEN

- It's a special episode with Billy from "Billy and the Barn Owls" calling in from Bangladesh to speak to Brandon and Steve about:

- Writing Songs, Putting music into the world and watching it take on a life of its own

- Copywriting and Licencing Music

- Song Royalties

- More


Intro Music = Whiskery Pants by Posthumous Hits

Opening Track = It's a Bad Idea by Brandon Bueling

Closing Track = It's a Bad Idea by Billy and the Barn Owls

Check out more from Billy at http://thereisdanger.bandcamp.com/

Listen or Download, HERE

Mina Minou

Karate!

Here's how to karate! In rap form!

so close now i can already taste it

a bit like polyester (if you were wondering)

Big Baby Gandhi - “Hi It’s Me, Baby”

DOundload the Trck hre

Ship of Fools

This is my friend Matt Raum's entry for a Grateful Dead Covers Contest. Go to the youtube page for it and 'like' it to give him a boost for his contest!

seculo do progresso

Oops! It's the 13th Episode of the Old89ers Podcast.

GET IT HERE

LeBron Photobomber

transmission four: crooked hill

Missing Page

FYI, the old BBC sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf is on Netflix Instant. Love that show.

the many (crazy) faces of k-love

the basketball jones has this wonderful gallery of kevin love crazy face.

Tim and Eric's IAmA

i just became a redditor and was happy to discover that Tim and Eric are doing an IAmA on Jan. 27th 11am CST. Check it out!

heron heron heron

start watching at 0:35

shut up and play the hits

hyperthrust

...a few episodes later while our heroes are traveling thru marceline's memories they stumble upon the fateful moment

yeh, she does. are u stalking my youtube account? ;)

Drop the Beat, Finn

I really need to watch this show. Does Sophia still love this song?

Moonrise Kingdom

Your Political Stance Is Untenable

If you will not be turned, you will be destroyed!

she's so fine

Mighty Mighty

yes? yes?

ooh aah from ant1mat3rie on Vimeo.

I saw that "Hello" video a couple posts down on buzzfeed, then checked out the creator's other videos, saw this one and decided to post it, and then noticed that orphio recently posted the "Hello" video. Funny how life works sometimes, isn't it?

this is the best cover of harvest moon currently on YouTube that i could find without too much effort really

hi there

pipe down pope it's episode 12

try this.

don't be nervous kid

You Got That Right

darren

The Boys Are Back In Heaven

Derek Waters presents: Drunk History

network awesome is just so darn AWESOME!

Cremaster 2

via NETWORK AWESOME (i luv the commercials)

Harrison Ford Watches Indiana Jones For The First Time

"TO CLARIFY - THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A FAKE. IT WAS BROUGHT TO ME BY THE SAME VALID SOURCE AS THE ALIEN AUTOPSY & MICHAEL JACKSON GHOST VIDEOS"
---dogfoodfilms

fit's!

hope

tell congress to undo the NDAA, ban indefinite military detention of americans

headcage

new ep jan. 17th!

gnossienne no. 1

i love this picture of erik satie.

ital's theme