maybe it's just me

Dear Reader(s)

Things are heavy right now. Please expect less than normal from me for a moment or two.
(Does 'less' mean nothing?)
Point taken. I mean 'next to nothing'.

Also, something to think about, perhaps: Is there some sort of weird (we)blog marketing thing going on with Napolean Dynamite or are people just crazy about that movie? I've gotten 21 comments on a brief mention of the movie from last July. I didn't think 21 people read this thing. Anyways, until later.

One Bad Name For Something

Mission Uncomplished

Three Bad Movie Names (My Apologies)

Indiana Jokes
The Seven Year Old Samurai
The Longest Yarrr! (about pirates I think)

Letting Things Pile Up Linkdump

M.I.A. wrote a "playlist" for the NYTimes a few weeks ago.

It's like drawing on your TrapperKeeper notebook in h.s. except you're old & you have a computer. Get your rock band fonts here.

Peter Bialobrzeski photographs megacites. This is a different guy than Michael Wolf.

Every video game.

Not only can you afford to buy a Leica M7 but you're unsatisfied with any of the color/material/feature combinations offered. You use Leica's configurator thingy & spend big dollars.

We Jam Econo. The Minutemen documentary is done. Let's all hope it makes the rounds to our own cities.

Legendary skate photographer, J. Grant Brittain.

Cool satellite photo of Christo & Jean-Claude's Gates project.

Christie's always seems to be having interesting auctions, albeit ones beyond our (my) financial reach. Check out Vintage Movie Posters & Origins of Cyberspace. There was a big sale of photos recently but I can't find the link.

Watch the video for Quasimoto's Rappcats.

Does anyone know about the book of photos that Lee Friedlander did for Cray Research? My friend Camilo said he's seen it but it's rare & looks like it sells for $350+.

I only vaguely remember hearing something about the American version of "The Office" but here it is starring Steve Carell from the Daily Show & Anchorman in the role that Ricky Gervais played.

The new trailer for The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, starring Martin Freeman from the Office (UK) and Mos Def, looks pretty awesome.

ARTSTAR. Finally, a reality show about the art world.

AOL/Netscape has a huge archive of music videos.

The New Slang

I heard a kid at the pizza shop say "You know I'm psychic, bitch! I'm Rick James!" I dunno.

I'm not convinced about Devendra Banhart just yet but Michel Gondry is a geniussss. Watch the video for A Ribbon. While you're there check out the one for M.I.A.'s Galang. Hottt!

Flaccid "Super Storm" Linkdump

Jeff Harris photographs himself or has people photograph him everyday, often famous people like Douglas Coupland or Alex Lifeson (the other guy in Rush besides Geddy & Neil).

Laurenz Berges studied with the Bechers in the 90s & works mainly with abandoned places. Not exactly the most original idea but well done anyway. More images here.

I like Robert Davies' misty landscapes. They remind me of some of Hiroshi Sugimoto's seascapes.

Do not be mislead by the U2 book on the first page. Schirmer/Mosel has published a lot of great books including the lion's share of the Becher's work (MIT Press has printed them domestically too) plus many of their students (Struth etc) & several Stephen Shore books. I discovered an interesting-looking book of polaroids by filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky there.

Ex-physicist designs 4 gigapixel camera. He uses 9"x18" plates & scans them with some insane Leica scanner that's normally used for geoscientific imaging & NASA satellite photos. A roll of the Kodak film costs $1200.

Also from Wired News, somebody made a movie about Craigslist.

Everything JD Salinger ever published, collected & otherwise. Copy, paste & read. Thank you very much someone.

Photos from a Star Wars convention with captions.

Steve Albini recorded the newest High On Fire record.

The Village Voice's 2004 Pazz & Jop critic survey is out. Let the second round of catching up with last year's music begin.

A tiny digital projector for $700 bucks. The future is here.

Linkdump Addenda

I forgot a couple of things:

Bart Michials makes serene landscapes at places where battles happened.

Also of immense use, the Internet Archive. Check out the Moving Images section for much worthwhile time-suckage.

Midweek Linkdump

Have you ever gotten several readings for a class & started with the hardest, most dense one that calls for multiple re-readings, only to discover that one of the other handouts explains what the insane one is trying to say? This is happening to me as we speak. Damn you & your Critique of Aesthetics. Here are some things:

Wikipedia stands tall among the many resources that I can't believe I haven't availed myself of until now.

Some fine photographs by William Lamson. Also check out his flatfile at Pierogi. If you really have some time on your hands, look through the others there.

I'm not sure why I never bothered to check & see if Edward Burtynsky had a website. He does and there's a lot of work to look at.

I don't necessarily like Jill Greenberg's pictures but I appreciate the fact that somebody makes them. Does that sound really shitty?

A nice lady that I was friends with in the halcyon days of the mid-90s has a website with some of her painting work on it. She also has a show up at Aron Packer in Chicago.

Take a look at the "Vintage Vandals" display at The Wurst Gallery. Thriftstore paintings re-thought by arty types.

Make your own graph paper.

You'll wish you'd held onto your Lance Mountain Modern Primitives deck circa '88.