recommendation from @subinev. Loving the one track available.

The cover art is a bit more hardcore than their previous release but the content remains the same - 80's inspired electronic music, best suited for driving at night with sunglasses on through a grid of hyperneon lights.

I must admit, the notion of taking animated gifs and printing them on lenticular cards is pretty brilliant. And it just so happens to be the cause that GIF Pop is pursuing. They've figured out the manufacturing process and even made some impressive samples from the likes of Mr. DIV and

Watch In Fright

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took me a few listens but I'm loving this.

Flaming Lips continue down their dark path

Marc James Roels

Every time I see a new anything from Deth P Sun I am enamored. I can't properly express my fascination with it but the world he's built is captivating. Hopefully one day I'll own a legit, original, painting but in the meantime I'm content to snag his latest zine, When Night Comes and cruise his Instagram offerings. They are downright perfect.. in my opinion.

This article on Hollywood Reboots is one helluva infographic. The aesthetic and info within are top notch. There are probably a few missing rebooted franchises (they cite TMNT as an oversight) but it's still a fun, albeit vaguely infuriating, read.

I rather enjoyed this article on How To Give Constructive Design Feedback Over Email, mostly because it's entirely based on the language you use. It's not about holding back concerns or easing up on what deficiencies you see within a particular design but very specifically how you voice those concerns. I will be the first to admit that I have a thin skin when it comes to these things so it's nice to see that it's a concern of others. Also, it's good to learn how to present feedback from my end as well.

full album stream.

I did not grow up with the Disney Channel and, thus, really wasn't exposed to much Mickey Mouse material. I never really understood the appeal because I'd never seen any of the cartoons (I was more of a Saturday Morning Warner Bros kinda kid).

All that being said, I'm approaching these 11 new shorts with a completely fresh mind palette. This metafilter post has all the pertinent details but, mostly, it's new Mickey Mouse material with a fresh style, a large nod to the 30's and 40's original cartoons and a little less reverence for the characters - i.e. Goofy as a zombie isn't exactly the watered down characterization I'd typically associate with Disney. The two I've watched so far have been awesomely entertaining.

HT Faesthetic.

Maybe this is old news to most of you but I'm just now encountering the concept of Li-Fi, a data transmission process that uses special LED bulbs to broadcast your ones and zeros. Here's a much more eloquent intro to the concept taken from this Quartz article.:

First, data are transmitted to an LED light bulb—it could be the one illuminating the room in which you’re sitting now. Then the lightbulb is flicked on and off very quickly, up to billions of times per second. That flicker is so fast that the human eye cannot perceive it. (For comparison, the average energy-saving compact fluorescent bulb already flickers between 10,000 and 40,000 times per second.) Then a receiver on a computer or mobile device—basically, a little camera that can see visible light—decodes that flickering into data. LED bulbs can be flicked on and off quickly enough to transmit data around ten times as fast the fastest Wi-Fi networks. (If they could be manipulated faster, the bandwidth would be even higher.)

Obviously there are limitations and hurdles to overcome (particularly line of sight) but having wireless data come from lightbulbs seems like a wise way to pursue the ubiquity of Internet.

Andy Rehfeldt

It won't be fully released until October 25th but Makeup and Vanity Set has posted a preview of the next EP, Manifold. It's a further exploration into the dark, foreboding sounds that seemed to really take off with Never Let Go. The EP serves as a soundtrack to the forthcoming Anthony Scott Burns short film of the same name. I imagine seeing the two together will make the music just that much more impactful. Added bonus, the (version) industries artwork is spellbinding.

Another week, another weekend. It's barely noon and I've lost all focus already. I think that means I'm going to have a great weekend and I'm rather looking forward to it. Here's your distraction playlist so you can join me.

• The Paper Kites: Young - absolutely brilliant music video. 350+ people and 4000+ photos throughout. Really engaging piece of work.
• Home Video Commentaries - two brothers making fun of themselves at an early age. Stick with it for a solid minute, the observation at almost exactly 1:00 is really when it picks up.
• Pig with Sunglasses - need I say more?
• Count Drizzle - every year, a new Count Drizzle song drops around Halloween. This isn't the latest but it will familiarize you with the general aesthetic. Don't miss last years more elaborate affair - Country Crunk. I'm looking forward to the 2013 offering..
• Snow Dog - I saw this on the Deep Into Youtube forums and couldn't look away. It's awful but that's exactly what keeps you glued in.

Have a great weekend! Listen to some Shaboi and find a way to relieve yourself of the Internet.

Wondermade is the delicious marshmallow creations of Nathan and Jenn Clark. You should know this already. They make tasty offerings and recently launched this promotional video for The Perfect S'more. It's adorable to see the whole family working together in this Wes Anderson-y style sendup to the delightful campfire treat. It is heartwarming, adorable, fun and highly rewatchable. Love these guys.

There's been a lot of hub-bub lately about the forthcoming movie, Dear Mr. Watterson... a love letter to one of the greatest creators of all time. The film doesn't make an effort to actually reach the creator of Calvin & Hobbes, opting instead to respect his desire for privacy and seclusion (which, honestly, I couldn't respect more). However, the folks at Mental Floss took a different approach and ended up with an exclusive interview - the first in many years. It is, unsurprisingly, full of insightful gems to his career. I love this quote about why he never went for a movie adaptation:

If you've ever compared a film to a novel it's based on, you know the novel gets bludgeoned. It's inevitable, because different media have different strengths and needs, and when you make a movie, the movie's needs get served. As a comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes works exactly the way I intended it to. There’s no upside for me in adapting it.

Happy to see Mr. Watterson getting a bit more of his due - as he really created something remarkable with Calvin & Hobbies, both in terms of the work itself and his ability to keep it sacred. A true rarity these days.

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It's been a few years since I mentioned the work of Brandon Schaefer and it seems in that period he's continued to create a phenomenal portfolio of movie posters. His latest, The Visitor for Drafthouse Films, is quite remarkable.