December 2010
44 posts
WatchKanye and Amber animation. I made it with Brushes on my iPad. So fun.
November 2010
46 posts
Um...
From the Zeus Jones, Storybird and Cheerios collaboration.
From rapper NEAKO. Apparently he’s the next big thing, too.
MPLS.TV: MPLS.TV seeks Illustrators,... →
mplstv:
Ahoy!
We are starting a blog. We want it to be your #1 place to waste time when you should be working and generally being a good citizen. But sometimes words just aren’t enough. We need things for people’s eyes to look at. We want original photography, illustrations, comics and those…
What do millennials read? MinnPost is asking YOU
nope, just tweeting, boozing and … ok i don’t stream “burn notice.” i don’t want any tickets to anything, but i just bought this:
amazon reviewers said it’s painfully hipstery, so i’ll probably like it.
minnpost:
Assure us you’re doing more than tweeting, boozing, and streaming episodes of “Burn Notice” in your spare time. Tell MinnPost which books...
America's Hottest Brands →
This also serves as a good summary of 2010. Go Think Geek!
Unlucky 7: My biggest musical disappointments of...
2010 was a shitty year for music. Everyone was hungover from 2009, when Animal Collective caused mainstream music to reach its weirdest heights yet. Suddenly it was OK to play “Leaf House” at The Buckle and indie music crashed. “How do we create an inclusive new kind of music too weird for lamestreamers? Do we call Yoko Ono? Or do we shy away from weird and reinvent techno music...
The spark is gone, America
Here’s a question for you: Do you feel depressed when confronting this limp sandwich at Arby’s, after being promised this?
You may say, “Yes. Yes I do.” But then I have to offer you a counter question. Do you want to see that limp-ass burger on TV? Do you want to see it in magazines?
I’m encountering a real conundrum here, one that I think has precipitated in...
Dutch Baby
Big Pancake Makes 2 large pancakes, 4-6 servings each
4 eggs 1 cup milk 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon sugar 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter Lemon wedges Powdered sugar Berries Maple syrup
Preheat oven to 425. Whisk eggs, milk, flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Let stand for 30 minutes at room temperature. Divide butter between two 9 or 10 cast iron skillets. Place in...
JASON ZABEL: REFLECTIONS :: BECKY LANG'S WORLD OF... →
This makes me smile. He also wrote an insightful response to my Whopper Virgin illustration.
jasonzabel:
Below is the first of what may be a series of reflections on my friend Becky Lang’s art.
The common cannibal may look upon Becky Lang’s 2010 masterwork “Mary-Kate Eating Ashley” as a comment on the deliciousness of human flesh, or as an ironic endorsement of hunger and its effects...
Thanksgiving and Family Ties; or, Annually Eating...
Check out the new essay on Twin Cities Runoff today. I did the illustration.
The story is by Soleil Ho, a writer for Heavy Table, and it’s a good read.
Excerpt:
Would it be too vulgar to compare a Thanksgiving to a thrift store fitting room? The garment in question, which looked so perfect on the rack, transforms in the room. You notice the tiny flaws: a sticky zipper, some slight...
Underwhelmed in 2010
This has been a disappointing year for music. Yet another record I was excited about failed to live up to expectations. Pitchfork is right yet again.
This album gets kind of funny on the track, “Dear Old Nicki,” when she sings to someone real legit from her past who ends up being herself.
Here’s my “Dear Old Becky”
You used to drink Coke/Now you drink diet
You...
COOL SHIT
dawn of the lisa anne frank
noghostshere:
maslow's hierarchy of needs
From our house blog. Photos by my roomie Sohail.
noghostshere:
imagery slash gifery from recent night attic shambles
MPLS.TV IS LOOKING FOR WRITERS
This could be you.
We are adding to our blog. Not just a Live Journal about how often a certain staff member listens to Daniel Bedingfield and cries. No, we want our blog to be the McSweeneys of Gawkers. The Esquire of Pitchforks. We want it to give a voice to Minneapolis – a smart, irreverent, original voice that documents the culture of our little, snowy city.
Why would you want to write for...
“MADISON — Prosecutors say a rural Wisconsin man blasted his TV with a shotgun...”
– Police: Wis. man shoots TV after Palin dance | wausaudailyherald.com | Wausau Daily Herald (via interweber)
Path is kind of lame.
My latest post for Zeus Jones:
I’m skeptical about Path. Not because people don’t want yet another site they can use to waste time and stalk one another. This allows them to do just that, with a design that looks a hell of a lot nicer than Twitter, and makes it easier to use photos too. No, I’m skeptical because it seems sort of … lame.
For example, the CEO, Dave Morin, didn’t exactly come...
BRAINZ
time to do some novel writing.
"Freedom" Talking Points
I was just trying to get through The New York Times’ review of Jonathan Franzen’s “Freedom” and it’s so laborious to read that I decided to write my own abridged lunch break review.
First off, why does the NYT version bother me? Sure it’s intelligent and yada yada, but I can’t stand reviews that spend most of their space summarizing the book in their...
National Novel Writing Month snippet:
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There was something I didn’t trust about the neighbors. They had a huge fence surrounded by even taller pine trees, and it was impossible to see what was happening in their yard. Even their windows were small and tinted. Plus, they had this 6-year-old daughter who I could tell...
Stuff that I have been doing
For halloween I was a treasure troll. The kids in this photo are the other writers for the Minnesota Daily’s A&E section and also my favorite people in the world, if you also count the people in the next two photos. Oh and my family. And Ted Danson. Seriously, working in an entertainment journalism section was also the easiest way to find people just like me.
My boyfriend was satan....
Novel Writin'
National Novel Writing Month started yesterday. I actually wrote about 3500 words. It helped that my roommate who moved out surprise canceled our internet and TV.
Sharing your writing is terrifying and it makes me self-conscious but part of me is like fuck it. So don’t judge me too harsh. Here’s an excerpt: (It’s set somewhere in the future)
Peter had two heads. He floated...
