February 2, 2012 – 3:55 PM
So funny. From the Onion.
By Andreas Tagger
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Posted in Funny, Social Media
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Tagged cia, facebook, mark zuckerburg, myspace, police on facebook, social media, spies, spy, spying, the onion, twitter
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February 2, 2012 – 3:51 PM
Very nice, artistic animated gifs across a variety of categories at GIFmovie All created by Belgrade designer Valentin. Great site to waste some time.
By Andreas Tagger
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Posted in Animation, Cool Web Sites, Design, Electronic Music, Film, Funny, Stop motion, Surrealism
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Tagged animated gifs, belgrade, gif, gifs, graphics interchange format, how to make a animated gif, jpeg, jpg, photoshop, valentin
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January 31, 2012 – 6:39 PM
By Andreas Tagger
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Posted in 1980s, 1990s, Dancing, Disco, DJ, Electro, Electronic Music, Mix, Soul
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Tagged detroit, public tv, r.j. watkins, rob bass, sir mix a lot, soul train, the new dance show, tv 62
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January 31, 2012 – 6:21 PM
New documentary trailer on the legendary Bones Brigade. I remember seeing the Bones Brigade in the 80s and it was like the best thing ever – these guys were our idols. The film premieres this week at Sundance.
By Andreas Tagger
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Posted in 1980s, 1990s, Documentary, Film, Skateboarding
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Tagged bones brigade, dogtown, george powell, gurrero, lance mountain, mike mcgill, powell peralta, rodney mullen, tony hawk, z boys
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January 31, 2012 – 6:12 PM
Dragon’s Lair was a video arcade game from 1983 by Cinematronics which featured beautiful graphics by ex-Disney animator Don Bluth. Seeing this machine as a child was pretty much the most amazing, magical experience – the holy grail of the arcade. I wanted this machine in my house so, so badly and used to have dreams about playing it. The original machine used a laser disc player and a quick flash of on-screen light where you would move the joystick in that direction to guide the main character. Anyway, check this awesome video walkthrough for some flavor.
via Wiki.
The game was animated by veteran Disney animator Don Bluth and his studio. Development was done on a shoestring budget, cost US$1 million and took seven months to complete. Since the studio couldn’t afford to hire any models, the animators used photos from Playboy magazines for inspiration for the character Princess Daphne.[3]
The animators also used their own voices for all the characters instead of hiring voice actors in order to keep costs down, although it does feature one professional voice actor: Michael Rye as the narrator in the attract sequence (he is also the narrator for Space Ace and Dragon’s Lair II). The voice of Princess Daphne was portrayed by Vera Lanpher[4] who was head of the Clean-up Department at the time.[5]
By Andreas Tagger
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Posted in 1980s, Animation, Art, Interactive, Must Have, Video Games, Vintage
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Tagged 1983, advanced microcomputer systems, cinematronics, dirk, don bluth, dragons lair, drink me, ld-v1000, michael rye, ntsc, pal, pioneer, PR-7820, princess daphne, space ace
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January 30, 2012 – 7:06 PM
Beautiful execution of a series of photographs / logotypes entitled “Stop the Violence” created with human bones. Via FFFFound.
When Francois Robert unexpectedly acquired a human skeleton in the 1990s, he knew he had to do something wonderful with it. Several years later when the economy collapsed and he found himself with time on his hands, Robert finally settled on a project: powerful anti-war images spelled out in human bones.
By Andreas Tagger
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Posted in 1990s, Art, Art objects, Data Visualization, Environmental Art, Fonts, Photography, Politics, Soul, Typography
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Tagged anti-war images, bone art, francois robert, human body as art, human bone art, human skeleton, logo from bones, logos made from bones, skeleton, skeleton logo type
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January 30, 2012 – 6:55 PM
Track is silly good. Really enjoy this so much with the Giorgio Miroder style piano lick. Also on Flemming’s recent Immortal Flight of the 80s. This really, really makes me happy.
By Andreas Tagger
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Posted in 1980s, 1986, DJ, Electronic Music, Italo Disco, Synth
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Tagged flemming dalum, intergalactic fm, italo, italy, nemesy, you can you can
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January 30, 2012 – 6:48 PM
Fabulous Kickstarter project by Wiley Davis for a $50 follow focus rig. Pretty amazing looking CNC machining with powder coated components and a belt + pulley system. An equivalent at Zacuto costs upwards of $1,000. Check out the details and video on the KickStarter page: there are thirteen days left of funding, and the project has already earned a cool 82K. Nice work. 60 dollars gets your the follow focus rig in two color ways. What a F****’in steal. Also check this previous article on some other DIY camera gear we covered.
By Andreas Tagger
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Posted in Cameras, Film, Gear, Must Have, Photography
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Tagged 50 dollar follow focus, cheap follow focus, cnc machining, diy follow focus, follow focus, italian, kessler crane, kickstarter, powder coat, wiley davis, zacuto
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January 30, 2012 – 6:24 PM
This is awesome. A group of guys (Doug Wilson, Brandon Goodwin and Jess Heugel) made a documentary about the photo lettering machine used in the 50s-70s, to be outdated by the advent of desktop publishing and computers. Site here.
Premieres in SF Tuesday, February 21, 2012 – 7:00 PM @ Typekit San Francisco: 2601 Mission Street (at 22nd St), Suite 900, SF, CA 94110. Doug Wilson (the director) will also be there for Q&A.
Linotype: The Film is a feature-length documentary centered around the Linotype type casting machine. Called the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by Thomas Edison, it revolutionized printing and society. The film tells the surprisingly emotional story of the people connected to the Linotype and how it impacted the world.
The Linotype (pronounced “line-o-type”) completely transformed the communication of information similarly to how the internet is now changing communication again. Although these machines were revolutionary, technology began to supersede the Linotype and they were scrapped and melted-down by the thousands. Today, very few machines are still in existence.
By Andreas Tagger
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Posted in 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Books, Design, Documentary, Film, Fonts, Low-fi, Technology, Typography
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Tagged brandon goodwin, design, doug wilson, edison, jess heugel, letterpress, lino, linotype, photo lettering, printing, typekit
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January 30, 2012 – 6:11 PM
Absolutely rocking mix by Mr. Flemming Dalum. Fantastic cover art work as well. Download off Soundcloud.
FLEMMING DALUM – Immortal Flight Of The 80’s
Date: 24th of December 2011
Length: 70 minutes
Size: 160.24 MB
Quality: 320kbps
Tracklist:
KID MACHINE – Night Freaks (Unreleased)
ELECTRIC SHOCK – This Is The Beat (Subway 1989)
KID MACHINE – Cold Planet (Unreleased)
VIDEO LISZT – Ektakröm Killer (Epic 1981)
CASIONOVA – Xenon Fantasy (Unreleased)
SAVAGE – Only You NEW REMIX (Klub80 2011)
TEKNOKRATS – Basement Ouverture (1989)
KID MACHINE – Return To Space (Unreleased)
VIDEO LISZT – The Tube (Epic 1981)
RADAR – Una Splendida Emicrania (WEA Italiana S.p.A. 1982)
VIDEO LISZT – Photoflex (Epic 1981)
CASIONOVA – 4M Operator (Unreleased)
PICNIC AT THE WHITEHOUSE – We Need Protection (CBS 1986)
FRED VENTURA – When I Let You Down K&C edit (Unreleased)
MARK TURNER & LORENS GOODMAN – Live Your Life (Getton Box 1983)
DE-DE-MO – Cause I Need You I Love You (Queen’s Club Disco 1984)
TOM HAGEN – Atomic (Thick 1984)
NEMESY – You Can You Can (Bootlegs 1985)
SAVINO – Lena’s Run CR edit (Unreleased)
SUZIE AND THE CUBANS – I Feel It (Popular 1987)
MARIO MORETTI – Safety Station (Upcoming Bordello A Parigi release)
ÜDYTÜ ÜTZELTRÜK AND HIS MALE HAREM – Kairo (CR 1983)
FIREFLY – Kiss Power (Mr. Disc Organization 1982)
DANIELA ALVERMAN – Who Does (Disco In 1982)
SALTA & DALUM – Theme From Immortal Flight (Unreleased)
BLACK MAGIC DISCO – Axel Def (Relux Rimini 2012)
D.CARRED – You’ll Be A Winner LECTRIC DUB (Bordello A Parigi 2011)
BONEY STYLE – Sará Bello MARCELLO edit (Disco In 1982)
INFINITY NIGHT – Sequenzer dream (Unreleased)
By Andreas Tagger
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Posted in 1980s, 1986, DJ, Electronic Music, Inspiration, Italo Disco, Mix, Music, Must Have, Synth
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Tagged cbs, flemming dalum, immortal flight of the 80s, intergalactic fm, italo, italo mix, italy, mix, mix tape, soundcloud
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January 29, 2012 – 11:34 AM
Beautiful series of photos showing somebody playing with the moon. By photographer Laruent Laveder.
January 25, 2012 – 6:51 PM
Henry Rollins riding for Independent trucks, an ad from a vintage Thrasher magazine my childhood friend Andrew sent me.
By Andreas Tagger
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Posted in 1980s, Advertising, Punk Rock, Skateboarding
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Tagged black flag, hank, henry rollins, I ride em', independent, ride em' if you got em', rollins, trucks, vintage indepedent ad, vintage thrasher, yeah
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January 25, 2012 – 6:11 PM
Sad but true, the Bay Area record label famous for bands like Operation Ivy, Rancid and Green Day is shutting its doors. There’s a nice radio interview with the founders Chris Appelgren and Larry Livermore on KQED’s morning show with Michael Krasny. I got such a kick out of Krasny talking about punk rock because he usually hosts shows about serious political issues. Anyway, check it out, it’s very inspiring hearing about the label’s DIY origins, triumphs and hardships. Radio show link here. Goodbye message here.
Operation Ivy – The Crowd [LIVE] @ 924 Gilman Street
By Andreas Tagger
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Posted in 1980s, 1990s, Ari's Posts, Bay Area, DJ, Inspiration, Music, Punk Rock, RIP, San Francisco, Uncategorized
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Tagged 1988, 924 gilman, berkeley, chris appelgren, diy, donnas, green day, larry livermore, lookout records, lookout!, michael krasny, operation ivy, punks not dead, rancid, tim armstrong
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January 23, 2012 – 7:52 PM
Crazy tale of a hacker who gets his computer stolen and then finds it on the internet two years later, getting revenge on the thief. via LiveLeak.
By Andreas Tagger
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Posted in Cell Phones, Commentary, Crime, Documentary, Funny, Hacking, Technology
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Tagged defcon 18, dns, dns records, facebook, godaddy, hack, hacker owns thief, ip, key logger, keychain, passwords, vpn, zoz
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January 22, 2012 – 6:16 PM
Mah special juice is gonna make me win!
Parenting 101 let’s go!
January 20, 2012 – 5:15 PM
Some really juicy prints available for $80 from artist Cris Cleen. Get them here. Love the “Talk to Me” design, I think this is a really fantastic piece.
By Andreas Tagger
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Posted in Art, Design, Prints, Tattoos
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Tagged beautiful tattoos, cris cleen, cris cleen movie, folk art, idle hand tattoo, saved tattoo, Tattoos, turn of century, victorian
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January 20, 2012 – 1:45 PM
Wow… Saw this on our realtor’s blog. Totally amazing footage of San Francisco with vibrant colors. A breathtaking 21 minutes of pure visual pleasure that harkens back to Hitchcock. So surprised this video only has 5,500 views…
By Andreas Tagger
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Posted in 1950s, Architecture, Ari's Posts, Bay Area, Documentary, Film, Inspiration, Low-fi, San Francisco, Vintage
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Tagged 1955 cinemascope, bell and howell, california, cinemascope, filmorama, filmorama lens, hitchcock, san francisco, tulio pellegrini, wide screen
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January 20, 2012 – 1:39 PM
Really nice use of alchemy. This is a parlor trick that’s been getting passed around the web. I will be trying it out tonight. They did a great job filming this.
By Andreas Tagger
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Posted in Alcohol, Ari's Posts, Documentary, Drama, Funny, Inspiration, Surrealism
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Tagged alchemy, bourbon, Casey Neistat, illusion, magic, parlor game, parlor trick, rye, trick, turning alcohol into water, water, whiskey, whisky water
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January 20, 2012 – 1:34 PM
Awesome 2012 reboot of street and bathroom scrawling by London’s Pictures on Walls gallery. You can waste a lot of time on this site properly entitled, “An idiot’s guide to art made by idiots.” Love it.
By Andreas Tagger
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Posted in Ari's Posts, Funny, Graffiti, Photography, Signage, Signs, Street Art
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Tagged banksy, espo, grafitti, idiot's guide to art, london, low brow art, paul insect, pictures of wall, pictures on walls, pow, steve powers
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January 19, 2012 – 6:39 PM
Great Flickr photo set by Steven Siegel, documenting New York before it was, well, what it is today (insert own opinion)… Via Kottke.
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