need to remember to revisit this on the regular

The second full-length from Evan P Donohue has been out for a few weeks and I've been soaking it in. I was a regular fan of his first release, Rhythm & Amplitude, because of its feel good nature and Elvis Costello inspired styles. I expected much the same from the followup.

Really enjoying the illustration style and portfolio offerings from Aaron Eiland. My only complaint? I wish I could zoom in on these pieces and view them in their full glory. That sticker set of various states is beautiful! Why so small? It's a pithy complaint because the work is so good. Be sure to check out his wide array of business cards and keep up with his latest (and loads of additional inspiration) on his blog,

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posted November 5, 2014 #

Bitter Southerner piece on the preservation of the past (vinyl)

I've written about street photographer Daniel Arnold previously but if you aren't paying attention you may have missed this collection of Halloween weekend photos he compiled for Vogue. It's a tiny slice of the activity around the city but I never tire of seeing fully costumed folk out in regular places.

I recently stumbled upon Kurt Cobain's Montage of Heck - a compilation mix that Cobain himself culled from his record collection and would give to friends. I'd never heard of such a thing and found this detailed description of the mix and it's fascinating. Here's the proper description:

"Montage Of Heck" is a collage that Kurt Cobain assembled with a 4-track cassette recorder around 1988. It features sounds from Kurt's extensive and bizarre record collection, manipulated recordings of the radio, elements of Nirvana demos, and sounds created or recorded by Cobain.

The tracklisting is as varied as you can image, from Frank Zappa to Queensryche to children's recordings to John Denver to William Shatner. It's all over the place and is a bit of a trying listen but it's a fascinating tidbit of musical history regardless. Go listen.

Seems like Google is really cranking out the quality new apps lately. The new Google Calendar looks pretty beautiful - particularly based off of this rather sweet landing page they made to promote it (even with the scrolljacking, I'm into it). The real kicker is that it seems to be for Android phones - a smart move on their part to start moving people more fiercely into their ecosystem. As a friend said to me last night "If you're a Google user, being on Android just makes sense." Seems like that's becoming more of a reality.

always liked Bedhead, time to get more intimately familiar

what IS next?

I'm sold by the pitch video but the entry price for getting a frame is too expensive for me, sadly

I'm sure this is old news to most but I've been diving into the portfolio of Ghostly Ferns and I'm pretty much smitten with everything I'm seeing. The work for Scouted alone is enough to drop a jaw. So if you're like me and you've managed to miss this, please spend some time with the work.

I recall The Many Faces of Alan Rickman but it's been awhile and these guys have really stepped up their game! This piece on The Many Faces of Sigourney Weaver is the perfect blend of simple two-tone illustrations, animated gifs, charts and amusing factoids. It's also complete verification that she is a total badass.

I have mentioned her work before but it dawned on me recently that Shelby Rodeffer's Instagram is updated a lot more than her official site - so if you wanna see a bunch of rad hand sign painting and hand lettering, head over there and click that Follow.

I dunno if you caught this review from Polygon that featured some pretty sweet, vector, animated illustrations but, if you had, you probably thought "awesome! How did they do that!?" But, unlike you, Connor Atherton did something about it. Namely, he created Walkway JS, an animation technique that takes path and line elements and draws them in. It's simple but it's got a nice elegance to it. Consider it adopted for some future, unknown, project.

It's Halloween! And it's on a Friday. That's a very special combo. Before you dive into this weeks videos, please be sure to check out my Halloween mix, it's a handy soundtrack for the rest of your day.

It's going to be hard to top last years playlist but I think you'll find some solid entertainment here:

• Ray Parker, Jr. - Ghostbusters - either I've never seen it or it's been so long that I've forgotten it but this music video is really good. So many perfect special effects.
• Thriller - a Bollywood version of the classic 'Thriller' music video? Yes please.
• Frederik Myer Gardens - dare you visit this terrifying garden?! This is stupid in all the perfect ways.
• Muppets - I'm looking through you (halloween) - Muppet Ghosts doing a Beatles cover for Halloween. There's a whole Vincent Price episode too if you have the time.
• Just Dance 2014 - Ghostbusters - what's that you say? That Ray Parker Jr video wasn't enough Ghostbusters for you? How about a bizarre PS3 game in which you can dance as slimer.. wearing a Michael Jackson glove.
• Halloween pranks in Roseanne - remember the Halloween episodes of Roseanne? Great stuff.
• I Am Become Death - Never forget this perfect terrifying mashup of Makeup and Vanity Set and our future overlords.
• Conan the Barbarian (halloween costume) - enthusiasm will get you a lot of places.
• Corgi Puppy - Pumpkin Playtime - a little break of pure cuteness. Again, enthusiasm gets you a lot of places.
• pumpkin sexydance - The original, the classic. Never forget. Watch it forever.
• Shaboi - Curse Rock - MORE Pumpkin Sexydance but now featuring Shaboi's perfectly timed "Curse Rock" courtesy of Paul.
• Boyd Bushman - His Last Interview - ok, this video is not spooky or scary in the slightest but the content is an interview with Boyd Bushman.. an ex-Lockheed Martin employee with top level security access that confirms the existence of aliens. How's that for conspiracy theory! That's spooky! And haunting!

Plenty more Halloween things floating around yewknee.com if you're in need of more. Don't miss this classic ASCII art repository for your new email signature.

Have a great Halloween!!

another quality spooky music. /ht @stevenbone

I would eat this

The TL;DR of this is that MAKE-OUT with VIOLENCE is now available for digital procurement, both in extended special edition form with a load of extras and just the movie if you're into it. To celebrate this occasion, you can use the discount code "WENDY" to get a few dollars knocked off.

The longer version is that I have a long history with this movie. It was produced and shot in a suburb outside of Nashville and many many years ago I was slipped a CD of the unfinished soundtrack and proceeded to play it ad nauseam. It is a wonderful collection of music that I still revisit quite often today.

The movie itself is a "Zombie Love Story" to put it in a nutshell and is quite good. They approach the story from an angle that I'd not seen before, unrequited teen love with the undead but not as a goofy comedy. It has plenty of funny moments but the movie doesn't treat the scenario as complete absurd. It has a wonderful pathos to it.

I'm gushing but everyone involved in this thing is wonderfully talented and it's a great movie. I highly recommend jumping on the discount offered above as it won't last long.

This Low Pros video for 100 Bottles is astounding. The aesthetic and animations are courtesy of Kidmograph - an artist that manages to blend retro-80's, glitch and videogames into the perfect blend. If I'd seen TRON Legacy and it looked like this, I would have been entirely content. The 80's aesthetic can be overdone but there's an intentional broken-ness to this that really aids it into a new realm.

via Chad.