Nixon Policy Advisor Admits He Invented War On Drugs to Suppress 'Anti-War Left and Black People'

posted March 23, 2016 #

while is is totally believable, this is unbelievable

Marvel tvOS Preview

posted March 23, 2016 #

looks like a super handy tool for previewing designs on an actual tvOS

Black Cat

posted March 23, 2016 #

from "Let's Have an Adventure" Get it! Have Fun! https://polylovesyou.bandcamp.com/album/lets-have-an-adventure

Poly - Black Cat

posted March 23, 2016 #

The moment is almost upon us. Poly's new record, Let's Have an Adventure, will be available in full this weekend. To celebrate, here's another

If you haven't already, go pre-order the gorgeous vinyl. I can't explain how phenomenal the gold foil print looks with that Lauren Lowen illustration.

Hypothetical X-files Screencap Blog

posted March 23, 2016 #

TLDR: I started this tumblog after a dumb joke.

There's been a lot of X-Files chatter lately. FOX launched a new season, Kumail Nanjiani has a lengthy podcast about and there's no shortage of random purchasable art dedicated to it. However, I've never watched a bit of it until recently.

So, we decided to do the right thing and just start watching from the beginning. I completely understand the appeal now. It's not perfect but it's pretty damn good (so far). I'm about halfway through Season 2 and some of the shots in the show are bonkers. I couldn't help but make this joke about starting a screencap blog. And then I took things too far and started that blog. It's silly and will likely become highly neglected sometime in the future but it's a nice repository for the moment. Thanks to Falfa for the name. Now, go follow!

19 Ridiculously Cute Gifts For Neko Atsume Fans

posted March 23, 2016 #

i won't lie, I love a LOT of this

posted March 23, 2016 #

Day 1 of recording new LP rekud in studio on to tape https://t.co/6eHply0X2w

Lingo

posted March 23, 2016 #

The tagline "Stop Looking, Start Seeing" sounds like it could be the manifesto for a new religion or Konmari lifestyle but it's actually just a very well written summary of Noun Project's new app, Lingo. The software stores all your "visual language" in one spot, making it possible to search through your icons, photos, illustrations and other marketing materials in one centralized spot - and actually see the results.

My writeup won't sell it as well as their own pitch video, so I suggest you watch that to get sold on the idea. We're giving it a spin at work and I'm hoping it will make finding my iOS icons less of a pain!

posted March 22, 2016 #

Tote bags getting dark these days https://t.co/wWRWT5xA7p

All Them Witches - Brussels, Belgium 3/3/16

posted March 22, 2016 #

normally i'm not down with bootlegs but these sound great

Stay Inside, Streaming In Full

posted March 22, 2016 #

The release Stay Inside from Tower Defense is officially this Friday but, as a treat, you can now stream the entire EP directly from the band.

If you're in the Nashville area this weekend, come to The 5 Spot for their EP release show. The limited edition vinyl will be on hand and it's a beauty. If you can't make it, go order the record on Bandcamp, you won't regret it.

Dead Air: The Rise and Ruin of College Radio

posted March 22, 2016 #

Steve Haruch and Doug Lehmann are both very talented and interesting people in their own right. Steve is an accomplished writer and musician that's been championing whatever scene he's a part of for 20 years. Doug is an equally classy musician and photographer, also deep seat into the Nashville scene for a long time.

All that is to say, I can't think of a better duo to take on a documentary about the story of college radio. Their latest project - Dead Air: The Rise and Ruin of College Radio is just starting to poke it's head out on social media but they've been hard at work on the film for well over a year. I highly suggest following on Twitter and Instagram to get the latest insights on the production. I have very high hopes for the film and look forward to its release, whenever that may be.

Unity / Adam

posted March 22, 2016 #

If you haven't seen it yet, please steer your browser over to this teaser for the short film "Adam." It's the age old tale of a confused cyborg waking up in a dystopian future trying to find his way. But, more importantly, the entire piece was rendered in real-time with the Unity engine. The film itself looks interesting enough but it's that added impressive technology feat that really makes it worth paying attention to. For me, it's hard to imagine playing a game that looks that believably realistic, even better than a lot of movies SFX that I've seen recently.

shabberdoo

posted March 22, 2016 #

Browsing through the quiet photographs of Shaberdoo, aka Phoebe, aka It Wasn't Supposed To Be Like This, is a nice reminder of how powerful and alluring an image can be when it captures the utter lack of people. Many of her photo's capture wonderful typography and interesting buildings but, on the whole, there's a quiet solitude to most of the images that gives them a lonely appeal.

HTTP 451

posted March 22, 2016 #

New web error code used when a server is taken down for censorship. Also, a nod to Ray Bradbury.

THE UNBELIEVER (TRAILER)

posted March 21, 2016 #

A sneak peak into the new short narrative written and directed by Will Morgan Holland

Transnistria

posted March 21, 2016 #

The story of Transnistria reads like a history class thought exercise rather than a real life situation. What happens when a nation (Moldova) splits off from its mother country (The Soviet Union) but a large faction of people disagree with the new found independence and would prefer to maintain a level of Soviet loyalty? Enter Transnistria.

The small independent country, home to half a million people with its own currency and standing army, isn't officially recognized as a country at all, despite fighting for (and winning) its independence from Moldova in 1990. They simply exist autonomously but without recognition. Their whole identity skews very Soviet - Sickle and Hammer flags, Stalin and Putin equally revered, etc. - but they aren't part of Russia either.

Photographer Justin Barton has documented many of the residents of Transnistria in this photo series. It's quite interesting to see the environments where the portraits were shot as much as it is to see the people themselves. If this were the plot of a Twilight Zone episode, I wouldn't bat an eye.

The Little Library of Factory Sleeves

posted March 21, 2016 #

When you think of garnering inspiration from vinyl records you often think of the outer sleeve or maybe the actual labels on the records themselves but there's one more element that can often make a record feel very complete - the inner sleeve. Kavel Rafferty has been maintaining The Little Library of Factory Sleeves for a few years and it serves as a solid resource for inspiring color choices, type layouts and finding ways to have a big visual impact even though you're only working with a single color on brown parchment paper.

Noirlac

posted March 21, 2016 #

A few years ago I posted about the repository of pixel backgrounds from Noirlac. In the time between now and then, the reserves of images has grown by leaps and bounds. I'm still blown away by how much atmosphere and detail early videogame artists were able to pack in to such a limited palette but the battle still rages on: 8-bit or 16-bit? Clearly the limitations of 8-bit make for some fascinating scenes but the 16-bit undertakings often allow for a bit of animation, which is nice. Either way, pixel art like this can often ride that bizarre line of tension between the hyperreal and fantasy. Oh, and as a bonus you can also order any of the backgrounds as t-shirt prints now.

posted March 20, 2016 #

It's sad to think how much good could have been done in the world with all the money wasted on 2016 presidential campaign contributions.