Posted by jon
This strip by Jason Shiga proved too unconventional for the editors of the Asian Week, who, Jason speculates, probably would have preferred an “Asian Boondocks or Cathy.” Well, I thought it was cool.
Link to: Fleep
Posted by jon
Cyriak is a freelance animator from the U.K. This particular video is a short called Robogran. However, I first discovered Cyriak though his “animation mixes”—little bits of leftover animation collected off of his hard drive and set to music. Here’s a mix from 2007 and one from 2009.
Posted by dave
Joaquin Baldwin’s dark, mesmerizing story of doll heroics won the top rating at the 2008 Aniboom Awards, along with hundreds of other awards. And rightfully so.
Go here for a hi-res/quicktime version.
Posted by dave
New Black is everything I always wanted Le Tigre to be. That is, they’re Bikini Kill with organs, distortion, and weird sounds. And a male singer sometimes. And a little bit faster.
Look, they’re nothing like Bikini Kill, but Le Tigre sucks.
New Black - Nothing Scares Us
Find more tracks at myspace and purevolume.
Posted by dave
Oh, it’s out there. Not on iTunes and not on Amazon.com, but it’s out there.
I didn’t believe it at first. The internet made it abundantly clear to me that Introducing… is all we get. There’s no DG Wikipedia page and their official website is a mindfuck with a mailing list. They broke up in 1995, right?
Yes. They got together, they barely toured, they recorded one album in one take, and they quit. Sure, that’s what every bio I’ve ever read says, but Smooch Records has a self-titled Denver Gentlemen record for sale.
Apparently, in 2005, without a single ad or announcement, the Gentlemen reformed and recorded another album. Jeffrey-Paul Norlander, DG frontman, either loves mystery or hates recognition.
If it weren’t for Smooch Records, you’d probably have to rob homes in Denver to find this record. They’ve got the skinny on the Denver Gentlemen, though, and there seems to be a third album in the works. Maybe this time they’ll tell someone about it.
Here’s a track from the album:
Denver Gentlemen - Fixin’ to Die
Hear more tracks at their myspace page and Tinyways, or buy the album here.
Posted by dave
Ken Wong’s drawings feel more like sculptures to me. I mean, my brain knows it’s 2D, but my eyes say, "Wait…"
Link to: Art by Ken Wong
Posted by dave
We’ve always liked director Toben Seymour . He makes puppets dance, he writes with light, he clones himself… He’s a good guy, that Toben.
In this video for Alphabeat, aerial shots of people spell the lyrics. Sometimes they have umbrellas, sometimes they throw paper… I like it. If you need to, mute the audio.
link to: "What is Happening" on DailyMotion | YouTube
Posted by jon
A very strange and dryly funny film by Chris Dotson.
Posted by ted
Proving once again why you should never, ever speak in front of a textureless monochrome background. (via Ezra Klein)
