Drum Buddy
Swamptech pioneer Mr. Quintron has developed a website for his famous “Drum Buddy”—an analogue, oscillating synthesizer. I first saw that quirky machine at the Howling Wolf when Quintron opened for the Chicks on Speed. When Quintron plays that thing it’s like wow.
Quintron and his first lady Miss Pussycat run the Spellcaster Lodge in New Orleans. [...]
Richard Prince
Artist/very rich guy Richard Prince just sold a movie:
The American painter and photographer Richard Prince has just sold the rights to a film pitch. The story – which falls somewhere between Lord of the Flies and Lost – follows a group of people who are the last surviving humans on earth. According to Prince, who [...]
Big Dog: The Backlash
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Last week, DG, along with basically every blog in the world, posted about this creepy robot called Big Dog. Here’s the parody. Via Laughing Squid.
Black Hooooooolllllllllllllllle
Worth suing over?
Two men…think a giant particle accelerator that will begin smashing protons together outside Geneva this summer might produce a black hole or something else that will spell the end of the Earth — and maybe the universe.
Scientists say that is very unlikely — though they have done some checking just to make sure.
The [...]
Mars Parachute
Here’s the testing mechanism for parachutes designed to land rovers on Mars. It’s that Y chromosome that makes me love this stuff! Via Ffffound.
Olafur Eliasson
DG’s number one art-show priority for this Spring is the Eliasson retrospective at MoMA next month. So here’s a teaser: A spiral staircase installed in Munich. (Via someplace I forgot! Sorry). More works to whet your appetite:
Mexican Witches
There’s a Mexican town chockablock with witches and warlocks, which is drawing tourists (DG field trip?!):
On The News
This American Life is an institution—if you haven’t listened, get into those archives and go nuts. (Fave episodes “Kid Logic” and “You Are So Beautiful…To Me”. But “Our Favorites” is a good place to start.) Here’s a great story illustrated by Chris Ware for the Showtime version. Via The Strange Attractor.
Luxury Gas Masks
For you to wear with your bullet necklace while you sit on your Fully Loaded chair waiting for your Chanel guillotine.
Via Agenda.
The Britney Spears of the Animal Kingdom
Knut, the polar bear that drove people nuts a year ago when he was a cub, has become a “publicity-addled pyscho”: