It was a nice dream.
But I’m afraid not.
But, you know, tonight I did get to interview people standing in line for hours to pay $500 for the effing iPhone.
So, there’s that.
Entries from June 2007
June 30, 2007
Dreaming of the Future, circa 1953
June 28, 2007
Summer Solstice
Go check out the images captured by my buddy Chris Lowrance at this week’s Summer Solstice celebration at the Greensboro Arboretum.
June 26, 2007
Dali Painting: Nookie = Death
This is, apparently, a painting Salvadore Dali contributed to the anti-VD effort during WWII.
Simple enough message. Nookie = Death.
Nookie with two girls in sexy garters at once = Double horrific, surrealistic monster death.
June 24, 2007
I CAN’T GET BEHIND THAT!
Henry Rollins talking about collaborating with William Shatner on his album, Has Been, which was produced by Ben Folds.
You’ve really got to hear the track — and the whole album, really. It is, no kidding and without irony, a gem.
Here’s the track set to a video of…a [...]
June 23, 2007
Gawking at Lowrance
My friend Chris Lowrance, a creative assistant for Yes! Weekly, is a Gawker artist.
This means you’ll occasionally see Chris’ work at Gawker, the Manhattan media and gossip site that bills itself as being written “from the center of the universe.”
Chris’ stuff will be a good counterpoint to pithy stories about obscenely rich and privileged people [...]
June 23, 2007
Do it yourself
Homeless advocate Cara Michele Forrest posts at her blog, Chosen Fast:
On Thursday, June 21st, the Guilford County Commissioners voted to cut funding for a number of local non-profits. One of those non-profits is an emergency shelter for homeless families. The Commissioners voted to eliminate funding for The Pathways Center, a housing program of Greensboro Urban [...]
June 22, 2007
The lens loves LaRue
My favorite photo ever of my buddy Brian LaRue.
It seems somehow…familiar…
June 21, 2007
Portrait of the artist as a Maytag repairman
From N&R Life editor Mike Kernels:
Our own Tim Rickard will be doing his first and, in his words, “last” book signing tonight at 7, Barnes & Noble, Friendly Center. The book is “Close Encounters of the Worst Kind,” a compilation of Brewster Rockit strips. And normally, a signing would be reason to celebrate for most [...]
June 21, 2007
Important message from CBLDF
From a Comic Book Legal Defense Fund press release:
Gordon Lee Trial Date Set – CBLDF Needs Your Help!
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund urgently needs your help. This August,
the long-running case of Georgia v. Gordon Lee will finally go to trial, with
court costs expected to hit $20,000.
For nearly three years the Fund [...]
June 16, 2007
Yipee Kai Yai
Bald men I wouldn’t mind being compared to rather than Chris Daughtry #3,274: Bruce Willis.
My favorite of his movies may still be Hudson Hawk, but this guy is seriously rocking the shorn head. Think he looks better this way, myself.
The new Die Hard (which is, heretically, rated PG-13) is out this month. Yes, I’m going [...]
June 16, 2007
“The Bat Signal! Quick, everyone I know, help me into this effing suit…”
Dig Batman’s new suit:
There’s some info on it over at Entertainment Weekly’s site, including the fun fact that it is apparently composed of “200 individual pieces of rubber, fiberglass, and nylon and metallic mesh.”
I’m of the opinion that making the suit more complicated and less iconic is probably a bad idea, but I trust the [...]
June 16, 2007
Lil Bling
Vending machine at China’s Best on Lawndale Drive in Greensboro.
Sells plastic replicas of opulent jewelry for kids to match with their plastic cell phones and remote control Hummers.
June 16, 2007
The Sound of Feedback: Son of Daughtry
It’s happening again.
Today’s voicemail:
“Yes, hello Mr. Killian. My name is XXXX and I’m interested in purchasing a Daughtry t-shirt.
I live in the Raleigh area and I saw your name on an article posted on one of the websites. I read about there being Daughtry t-shirts. I want to get one of those Daughtry t-shirts, and [...]
June 16, 2007
Toys to make Tank Girl scream like a monkey
It seems artist Jamie Hewlett (of Tank Girl and Gorillaz fame) has designed a set of limited edition vibrators.
A friend sent this to me saying: “Do you know any women who want a $275 designer vibrator?”
To which I replied: “If I had a vagina I would ONLY use $275 designer vibrators.”
June 15, 2007
Listening now, buying it later
The new White Stripes album, Icky Thump, is being released June 19.
But if you just can’t wait to hear it, MTV is streaming the whole thing right now.
June 15, 2007
Verbatim press message from Rockingham Sheriff’s office
Sheriff Page will be at his office this morning at 10:30 to discuss with media recent activity with “Deadbeats”. Hope to see you here!
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Almost makes me wish I could make it.
Maybe Gerald will, and he can fill me in.
June 13, 2007
Don Herbert (AKA Mr. Wizard) dead at 89.
From the Los Angeles Times obituary:
Don Herbert, who explained the wonderful world of science to millions of young baby boomers on television in the 1950s and ’60s as “Mr. Wizard” and did the same for another generation of youngsters on the Nickelodeon cable TV channel in the 1980s, died Tuesday. He was 89.
Herbert died at [...]
June 12, 2007
2 Legit for war?
This is, I swear to God, the MC Hammer anti-war video.
Titled “Bring Our Brothers Home,” it features Hammer rapping among flag draped coffins, interspersed with actual Iraq war footage.
Hammer to President Bush:
“I support you sir/and we got no beef
I’m just a rapper/you Commander-in-Chief
But out of my heart/my mouth do speak/so everything [...]
June 12, 2007
Johnny Depp in Japan: do not look directly into the weird
In Japan, even the interview shows are weird.
In this one Johnny Depp is invited on to sit in a comfy chair while little girls entertain him with music and dancing. On television.
He’s a good sport, though it’s clearly the strangest TV experience he’s ever had.
He is extremely complimentary to the little kids, which is [...]
