I was introduced to the works of Kerry Zentner through this Dion McGregor album art but am really loving the further portfolio exploration - namely these pieces in his Cosmic Serpents series. Would love to see these in a much larger scale!

Much much more to see on his blog. Dive in.

Many years ago, I mentioned the ultra-lucid dreamer Dion McGregor and the recordings that his roommate, Michael Barr, had compiled in the 60's. To the uninitiated, McGregor's soliloquy's during sleeptime seem absolutely unbelievable. And rightfully so! Never before and never since have I heard of someone capable of narrating, completely eloquently, fully realized stories while being entirely asleep.

Thanks to a recent Kickstarter campaign, Torpor Vigil Records has released a new compilations of his dream recordings entitled The Dream World Of Dion McGregor. I'm unable to find a proper sample of it online but you can get the general idea with the example below (from a previous release): You can read more about this strange character herehere.

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A little something for everyone this week. Seriously, everyone. Enjoy!

• OK Go - The Writing's On the Wall - the song really doesn't do much for me but they really pulled something special off with this video. Solid!
• Alex Trebek Laughs at Contestant - this is totally dickish but maybe also how every episode should be.
• Eating a Donut like a Lady - take note, this is THE proper way to eat a donut like a lady.
• Dance Moves - because it's been awhile since you watched a very awkward instructional dance video.
• Musicless Musicvideo / David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing In The Street - streaming tears of joy while watching this. absolutely losing it with enjoyment.
• 100 Ways to Attack the Groin - because I am a child.
• This Is Phil Fish - definitely falls outside the "kooky" realm of videos and probably will be skipped by most but it's an interesting mini-documentary to watch this weekend on the "controversial" Phil Fish. Thanks Erica!

Have a great weekend!

The animation work of Micael Reynaud is bonkers to say the very least. I'm quite partial to the slitscan pieces and time lapse work but there's really nothing even slightly disappointing in the entirety of his work. Check a quick best of gallery here.

Oh, and I'm totally burying the lede.

I'm perplexed and fascinated with GBA4iOS - a Gameboy emulator for iOS that exists outside the App store and doesn't require any jailbreaking. Somehow changing the date on your device allows these custom plist files to be installed. I'm not sure how that works (hence being perplexed) but I love that someone found a way to open up the full world of emulators and ROM's to iOS devices (hence the fascination).

So, just pair this up with sndtst and you're fully covered in the nostalgia department.

Let the 8-bit musical nostalgia overwhelm you by spending the remainder of your day at SNDTST - a repository for full game soundtracks from our youths (assuming you are slightly the same age as I am). I'm partial to Rygar personally but if you really want something upbeat, hit up Mega Man II.

If there's something missing, hit them up for a specific request.

reminder: enjoy this

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I am absolutely mesmerized by these animations from David Urbinati. His other work is equally engaging but I'm really transfixed by this pill of spinning space!

Really been enjoying the work of Nicolas Menard lately. If you haven't seen his short film Somewhere, take some time to see it soon. I'm really loving this trailer for Loop Ring Chop Drink, his latest work that is debuting at the Royal College of Art. Fingers crossed the full piece makes its way online.

The team at Campaign Monitor just launched Canvas - an absolutely beautiful looking WYSIWYG editor for building out an email. I love the healthy competition between Mailchimp, Emma, Campaign Monitor and others. They're definitely pushing out some really nice looking tools. Be sure to watch the intro video in full to get the full impact.

I do wonder if a novice user would feel intimidated by having so much control over everything but I have a feeling they made it dumbed down enough to work for just about everyone. Very curious to try this out!

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this is a brilliant idea. via @dbox

No matter how busy you are, take a chunk of your day and devote it to Pixel Trek, the 3D isometric exploration of the Enterprise. Yea, that's right, you steer Cmdr Data around and just generally explore the ship. To my knowledge there is no interaction beyond walking around but there's something nice about that. I'm still looking for the Bridge and know it'll be worth it when I get there.