Scott Beale
Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.
La Contessa Has Been Destroyed in a Fire
I just found out the sad news that the amazing and beautiful “La Contessa”, Extra Action Marching Band’s 60’ Spanish galleon that sailed around Burning…
[adult swim] “Censored” Billboards
[adult swim] has a series of “Censored” billboards throughout Los Angeles. Driving along Santa Monica Blvd I came across this billboard featuring a glowing Ignignot,…
Ask A Ninja DVD Release Party
Ask A Ninja celebrated the release of their new DVD with a party tonight at Cinespace in Los Angeles. Ask A Ninja creators Kent Nichols…
Spike Jones on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
Hey Attaboy, I thought of you when I walked by this today. You almost expect the Spike Jones star to make a bunch of strange…
Washington Township Woodland Lights, Holiday Display in Dayton
We stopped by Washington Township Woodland Lights last night while doing the family thing in Dayton, OH. It’s full-on Americana Christmas in the Midwest. Here…
Dirk Dirksen 1937-2006
In the latest RE/Search newsletter V. Vale reports that sad news that legendary San Francisco punk rock promoter Dirk Dirksen passed away on November 19th.…
Laughing Squid Featured on eboy’s FooBar
The Berlin artist collective eboy creates fantastic pixelated illustrations on a variety of topics. Their latest masterpiece “FooBar” includes Laughing Squid along with dozens of…
Ninja Day and Ask A Ninja DVD
This Tuesday, December 5th is “Ninja Day”. Ninja events are being planned around the world. Plague your co-workers with ninja-ness and wear a ninja mask…
Layover at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport
Lori and I are currently stuck at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas for a 4 hours layover because of a delayed US Airways/America West…
Laughing Squid Stencils
These beautiful Laughing Squid stencils showed up on the sidewalks outside of Mighty just before the start of Laughing Squid: Decade 2. photo by Scott…