Maybe You Shouldn’t Buy That – A Blog About Expensive & Useless Items
Once we can find protection for it in the form of a case made entirely of Tyrannosaurus bone and the feathers of the Dodo bird,…
Robot Rock T-Shirt by Chop Shop
Robot Rock t-shirt by Chop Shop If robots ruled the world in 1979 instead of 2020… we believe they still would have been inclined to…
Tractor Used As Drums For Sweet Georgia Brown
Some see as an idling tractor, but to Olle Hemmingsson it’s a mobile two cylinder drum machine that happens to have an excessive amount of…
Boing Boing Video Interviews Throbbing Gristle
Xeni Jardin and Richard Metzger recently did a great Boing Boing Video interview with Throbbing Gristle after the Los Angeles show on their reunion tour.…
Reggie Watts, A One Man Music Machine
Reggie Watts is an astonishing performer, a talented musician and comedian who samples himself live and then performs along with his looping samples. I first…
Laughing Squid’s Super Secret Robot Party, A Fundraiser for RoboGames 2009
illustration by Doctor Popular This Saturday, May 9th Laughing Squid, Combots and the Robotics Society of America are hosting a Super Secret Robot Party in…
The New Yorker Cover by Dan Clowes
Alternative comics artist Dan Clowes created the cover for the current issue of The New Yorker. He is currently working on a new book where…
Onwards, A Wonderful Animated Short About Running by James Jarvis
“Onwards” is a wonderful animated short about running created by James Jarvis, an illustrator, avid runner and co-founder of Amos Toys. The film was inspired…
Adorable Music Video For Butterfingers by Bomb the Bass
Is there anything cuter than a minimoog brought to life through puppetry? Hyperbole aside, Perish Factory did a wonderful job in making these little guys…
Smarthistory, A Dynamically Enhanced Online Art History Textbook
Think of Smarthistory as less of a textbook and more as a way to eavesdrop on a conversation between some very knowledgeable folks that don’t…