By Jeff Lyons on Jun 13, 2008 in Art, Daily Distractions, Movies, Tech, Television | 5 Comments
But, wow! They sure did a real number on Dana Carvey here! She, I’m sorry, He has absolutely now facial features left. Click the above photo to enlarge, if you dare, to suck in his sweet, baby-bottom-smooth face and soccer mom on the go hair do.
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By Jeff Lyons on May 28, 2008 in Art, Daily Distractions, Music, Time Wasters, Videos | 4 Comments
Sigur Ros: Now with 100% More Nudity! Don’t worry parents, it’s the artsy/tribal kind of pubic- and nipple-baring nudity. Check out the new video: Gobbledigook and feel the love.
McCain Doesn’t Seem That Bad… Um, hold on a sec… Yes, yes he is that bad.
May I Have 630 Calories with my 120-Calorie Coffee Please? When [...]
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By Jeff Lyons on May 22, 2008 in Art, Daily Distractions, Television | 0 Comments
Here’s a quick list of things that distracted me from productivity today:
Top Chef Continues to Rule: Lisa, The Mean Self-Serving Hack, Lives To Cook Another Day {via Gawker}. Awesomely angry Dale gets the boot while flavor-free Lisa gets a stay of execution! How dare you, my sweet Padma! Despite this large misstep, the show [...]
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By Jeff Lyons on May 19, 2008 in Art, Time Wasters | 1 Comment
Our pal Michele Melcher pointed us to this oddly enjoyable website where people post photos of life’s simple failures. Enjoy a little schadenfreude watching the world FAIL around you.
Website: www.failblog.org
Enough about failure, let’s talk success. The aformentioned Michele Melcher has an upcoming illustration exhibition at the brand spankin’ new PRIMER Microstudio! on Friday, June 6th [...]
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By Jeff Lyons on May 19, 2008 in Art | 0 Comments
Our boy Todd has another spectacular show for art lovers and bibliophiles alike: Withdrawn. Straight from the mouth of Marrone:
“A few of the over 75 outdated, antiquated, library books that I’ve hand-embellished over the past two weeks. The works will be on display throughout the month of June at Milkboy Acoustic in Bryn Mawr, PA [...]
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By Jeff Lyons on May 7, 2008 in Art | 0 Comments
The two covers of the latest issue of The New Yorker should make you happy. (The first cover flaps over the second cover.)
Author and cartoonist, Daniel Clowes (Ghost World), made himself a spiffy retro robot and put it to good use. Allowing technology to be as exciting or mundane as its owner pleases the emerging [...]
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By Jeff Lyons on Apr 4, 2008 in Art, Music, Videos | 0 Comments
If I could have any pet, besides my insane dog, it would most definitely be a Bjork. They’re super cute, sing like angels, house-trained and you can dress them up in the silliest of outfits. Be careful though, I’m pretty sure you can’t feed them after midnight or evil things might happen.
Sadly, after some research [...]
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By Jeff Lyons on Apr 4, 2008 in Art, Podcast, Tech, Television | 0 Comments
Guest: Illustrator Michele Melcher. Topics: Motorcycles, Twittering = Stalking, What is an Illustrator? Mike Rowe, Ghost Hunters, Philly Roller Girls, The Bluto/Brutus Issue, Abandoned Amusement Parks, Iron Maiden. Playlist: The Boroughs, Ghosty, Fourth of July (Daytrotter Session), Writer and The Night Marchers.
Preview: “Reading through a person’s Twitter…it’s like a story that you know isn’t going [...]
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By Jeff Lyons on Mar 10, 2008 in Art, Daily Distractions, Music, Tech, Television, Videos | 0 Comments
Suitable for Framing: Missed out on grabbing the Shepard Fairey Obama Hope and Progress posters (or don’t want to spend $$$ on eBay for them)? Don’t fret, you can still help out the cause by printing out your own Obama posters.
Coolest Lost Theory? I’m on board with this reasonable and nifty [...]
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