Saturday Jukebox
And if movies aren't your thing, here's some fun with audio. A couple of weeks ago we posted the news that Trent Reznor had posted a Garagband file of “The Hand That Feeds” to allow fans to create their...
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And if movies aren't your thing, here's some fun with audio. A couple of weeks ago we posted the news that Trent Reznor had posted a Garagband file of “The Hand That Feeds” to allow fans to create their...
Read PostThis week, we're featuring tortured artists, melancholic paraplegics, empowered rape victims, public exhibitionists and conspiracy obsessives. So pretty much a typical night on the Fox Network. From the Apple Japan site, an intriguing looking trailer - Kokkurisan Undo, a...
Read PostHello, Hello...I'm at a place called YesButNo Via AdFreak, now you too can turn yourself into an iPod print ad. I know...the skillz boggle the mind, yes?...
Read PostIt's been just a month since we moved to the new server, and everything seems to be working just dandy. Along with a few upgrades that we hope have been visible, the new hosting provider also ramped out our...
Read PostMore high comedy from the Department of Homeland Security, from About.com via Brian Murphy. Great captions to the new, totally incomprehensible DHS icons....
Read PostWhat would turn YesButNoButYes into a household name? It could be something as small as 10,000,000 ads on the Yahoo! network. Adrants pointed me to the Think Big Contest from Yahoo! Search Marketing. And Richard Branson. "In 500 words...
Read PostThe latest Batman trailer...and Vader pitches an idea. We will now return video clips to their normal Saturday night time slot....
Read PostHere's an unusual and creative method of fundraising. This guy promises that if he receives $50k by December 1st, he'll cut off his thumb. ...
Read PostIt seems that the predictions from 60s TV show The Prisoner may not have been so extreme because Wired is reporting on a new security bot in the shape of a ball that can be rolled or thrown into...
Read PostPaul Shirley is a National Merit Scholar who holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Iowa State. And, in true fish-out-of-water fashion, he's a forward for the Phoenix Suns. OK, Shirley didn't break the color barrier; there are a...
Read PostOver the last three months we've brought you news of various crazy ebay auctions, from X-Wing Fighters to Haunted Roses, cellphone blockers, Israeli Poets and cornflakes. Not to mention Voicevertising and it's spinoffs. Well, now there's a one stop...
Read PostCatch The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy tonight at the Ziegfeld. Take the 2 train to the Brooklyn Museum for the well-reviewed Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibit. Pre Buster Poindexter band, The New York Dolls are back in town. Get tickets...
Read PostI've been waiting for someone to put this online...Mike Tyson's Punchout. Or maybe you'd just like to take out Starr Jones. Drive yourself a little crazy with a ping pong ball. Then you can check just how crazy you...
Read PostSimply the best news I've read in a long time.... HBO to broadcast Ricky Gervais' new series, Extras ...
Read PostThis is not exactly a world exclusive, but pretty darn near. Adam Hughes, one of the most popular comic artists working today, is to premiere his first movie online over the summer in installments. From what he's told me...
Read PostAnyone remember Mr. Quin's self-portrait in his own congealed blood from the Brooklyn Museum Sensation show. According to this article, it's just been sold By Charles Saatchi, for about 1.5 million pounds more than he paid for it. With...
Read PostHow'd I miss these babies? Bacon Strip Bandages....
Read PostI'm beginning to think that the production company working on the "Fallen Idol" expose didn't have to dig too deep to find dirt on the American Idol finalists. All they really had to do was just read The Smoking...
Read PostMany of you have seen the image of Donny Deutsch, and heard the whole story about the art director who e-mailed the pic and got fired for it. If you haven't, check out the AdfFreak story here, or the...
Read PostCouldn't wait til next Tuesday. Too much good stuff out there. 5)Float glassware, by Molo Design. They're also responsible for the paper softwall that's gotten so much press. 4)Paint by Numbers Wallpaper, by 2Jane. Been around for a while,...
Read PostLast night I attended a performance of “An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion” by magician David Copperfield at the NJ Performing Arts Center. Is it going to damage any street credibility I have left to say how much this...
Read PostI like cool flash animation AND I've been wanting to learn Italian. And if you enter, be sure to wear your new JP2 kicks....
Read PostJust like everyone else, I'm pretty fascinated by the Google Maps satellite application. I've been checking out my neighborhood, my friends' neighborhoods, my relative's neighborhoods...I'm basically a stalker now, so never tell me where you live. Mostly, I've been...
Read PostStare at just the eyes of any Hello Kitty image. You see those empty, lifeless black dots? In battles, they have a name for that gaze...it's called shell shock. The really interesting, and also unsettling notion behind most Japanese...
Read PostAnyone catch the last few minutes of American Idol tonight? Paula Abdul had a Howard Dean-esque meltdown after creepy Constantine Maroulis was voted off. Babbling incoherently, sobbing, hugging his mom. I haven't seen this much emotion since the touching "Frankie...
Read PostEvil Richard mentioned Mark Ryden and James Jean in his comic review today (which I always love to read even if I don't agree with ;) Well, if you liked those, you'll probably like this. The gallery of Ray...
Read PostI don't know what reaction to have to this Star Wars tattoo collection. It's like taking "nerdy" to a whole 'nother level. http://lortaphanble.phpwebhosting.com/arkiv/swtats.html...
Read PostThis week's recommended comic is not actually a comic but an artbook, Process Recess: the art of James Jean. James Jean is arguably the best cover artist working in comics right now. I've gushed over his work here before...
Read PostAs the tattoo mistakenly placed on Norm Peterson's ass says, God Bless the U.S. Postal Service. For $17, you, too, can have 20 stamps in your image. Or your company's logo's image. Or Dr. J's. Just not Ted Kaczynski's....
Read PostThe Wonkette provides the laughs on this one....
Read PostRemember our disappointment at the puny half scale X-Wing Fighter that M&Ms put in Times Square? Well, thankfully ebay comes to our rescue with the auction of a full size X-Wing replica. And let's not forget the working Badonkadonk...
Read PostAnother great use of google that's kept me busy for the last hour, even though I'm just useless at it - the highly addictive “Guess-The-Google”. 20 images are served, and you have to guess the google keyword that retrieved...
Read PostNothing wrong with a newspaper layout editor having a little fun with how they juxtapose their articles. This whole hand-holding thing is going to dog him for some time to come I think. via Metafilter UPDATE: Meanwhile, maybe the President...
Read PostAs part two of my the future is now" post, today's top five is all about prototypes I've been reading about. Or... THE TOP FIVE OF TOMORROW 5) Why can't I wake up after the four-way with Heidi Klum...
Read PostThere's a great quote from "Deconstructing Harry" where Woody Allen is talking to the Devil (played by Billy Crystal) who admits that he spent some time as a Hollywood producer, but he quit because "you can't trust those people." This...
Read PostRubber Johnny is a short film directed by Chris Cunningham (best known for his Bjork video with the robots making out). It hasn't been released yet but there's a little teaser on this website and though there isn't much...
Read PostYou turn your iPod into a portable ad, AND you have to pay $3.00 to do it. Question...Does it make more sense to offer them for free to get your brand out there more, or is it not worth...
Read PostI've been waiting to post this image for a few weeks. This is the work of someone named Invader. He's apparently spent a lifetime obsessing over the classic 80's arcade game, so much so that he's installed these mosaics...
Read PostJellio's post about the abandoned Japanese amusement park reminded me of a site I first encountered a couple of years ago that documents a trip through the countryside around Chernobyl. It's a truly fascinating account, but it takes a...
Read PostCool, right? The Milan Furniture show was last week. I didn't post anything, mostly because there were a bunch of sites already writing about it (Here's one). But also, the ICFF is just a couple weeks away in our...
Read PostNo reason...I just think the images are very cool. Link...
Read PostFun with Photoshop. Worth 1000 held a contest to see who could find the most unexpected places for corporate logos. Some funny entries, like: GE sponsors Rudolph Getty Images logo on the Mona Lisa McDonald's treats St. Louis to...
Read PostAdidas launches $250 computerized running shoe. Reebok reports first quarter earnings up 11%. United States ties Malta for highest percentage of obese and overweight teens. Get the idea? Try it yourself...it's fun....
Read PostArianna Huffington, columnist and one-time gubernatorial candidate, has decided to blatantly rip-off the YesButNoButYes model and start a group, celebrity blog that will cover a range of topics and will be called Huffington Post. In addition to copying the...
Read PostAnyone here watch Monster House on the Discovery Channel? It used to be my Monday night ritual along with Monster Garage and American Chopper. Well, looks like Emily and Tyler of Canoga Park aren't diggin' the fire breathing tiki...
Read PostIn my continuing effort to save people $10 whenever I can. Here's my reviews of two new flicks: The Amityville Horror * (out of 4) While I can't claim to be an authority on the facts of the real life...
Read PostThis might be a cliched wedding gag, but it was new and funny to me. The start of a Best-Man speech in Washington, DC, this weekend: "I was pretty nervous about speaking in front of so many people, so I...
Read PostAn oldie but goodie, with a few recent updates I believe. Tokyoplastic, with possibly the finest flash navigation design ever created. ...
Read PostWell, maybe not, but this is kind of interesting. Some of you will know that we recently implemented a Search Zeitgeist, which shows which words people who have ended up here via google are looking for. I keep noticing...
Read PostMy five year old son and I have spent the last week playing through Lego Star Wars on the XBox, which I can HIGHLY recommend, even if you don't have a five year old to cover your flank in...
Read PostPosted tonight, the third in our infrequent series of audioblogs. This one seems to prove that truth is always at least as funny as fiction. Click the link on our home page to play, or visit the Audioblog section....
Read PostYBNBY was recently informed of this site which has the most comprehensive list I've seen of all the landmarks you can find with Google Satellite Maps. Everything from nuclear power plants to the Neverland Ranch. The coolest part are all...
Read PostHere are two letters from recent issues of People: "I have been reading People for years, and the Oscars issue was by far the best. I love the dresses, parties, hair and makeup and the bling. Thanks for letting us...
Read PostMaybe he should consider a different line of work. Story. (I know...cheap shot.)...
Read PostFOUR WORD FILM REVIEWS ...
Read PostAll this week, Bill Amend's fantastic Foxtrot has riffed on Google Satellite maps. The first one is here. ...
Read PostA mixed bag this week - no real theme except they're all worth a look :) Roger Ebert, eat your heart out. Having seen great Batman, Robin & World's Finest fan films, it now looks like there's a Catwoman...
Read PostI'm bored, waiting for my wife to get off work. So, here's the second old "Daily Heads"-inspired writing sample. A short story that I'll spend the rest of my life trying to turn into an ad for root beer or...
Read PostThe next championship is the be held from March 23rd to March 28th 2006 The World Ice Golf Championship all started in Uummannaq, Greenland and the championship has been held there since 1997 when the iceconditions has peritted it....
Read PostWe're getting closer and closer to the Jetsons. I post the following two articles as proof. In the next few months, an artificial brain called Cyc will make its online debut. Cyc features a human trait no other AI...
Read PostLike the onion but not quite....
Read PostClick here, then scroll down to "America: F**k Yeah!" for the remix version. Click here for the original. This post is brought to you by Brian Murphy....
Read PostIt's always interesting, and also slightly unsettling to learn about pop culture phenomena that I had previously been oblivious to. (I just found out about the Star Wars Kid a couple weeks ago) On that topic, I saw a...
Read PostTo the four readers we have...I was serious last week about posting other cities. Now, that we have Manhattan and Charlotte editions, let's see if we can get some more cities. Want to have a weekly column? Want to be...
Read PostE-Mail, Texts Harm Intelligence More Than Cannabis, Study Shows 2005-04-22 06:08 (New York) By Kathrine Jebsen Moore April 22 (Bloomberg) -- Constant e-mailing and text messaging reduces mental ability by 10 IQ points, a more severe effect than smoking cannabis,...
Read PostIf I'm gonna rip them off, I should at least say who they are. And to start...Chamboultout, only because it shows how the world is becoming smaller via the the same blog posts. Even if they are in French....
Read PostStrap your vegan feedbag on and celebrate Earth Day today, but watch out because Mother Nature is going to wash away some of that damn pollen with some severe thunderstorms tonight. Don't sleep late tomorrow, U2 tickets will go...
Read PostOk, here's some inspired lunacy from the "If Darth Vader had a Blog" file... http://darthside.blogspot.com/...
Read PostYour Daily Art is a blog that gives you a little mini-art lesson every day....
Read PostFirst of all, Happy Earth Day. Take part in some of the fun today and tomorrow at the Earth Day Fair on Vanderbilt Avenue outside Grand Central. The Tribeca Film Fest is in full swing, and tonight the Tribeca...
Read PostBrandon Routh, soon to be the new Superman, has been revealed in costume for the first time. Looks pretty good too. I like that they're going with the Golden Age/Fleischer cartoon style Supes. See a hi-res photo here....
Read PostI tell you, that "Create your own south park character" site is dangerous. Dangerous, I tell you. But I can't take credit for this, it's the work of my friend Adam. He, naturally, will be there on opening day with...
Read PostThe nice thing about downloading this Star Wars fanflick is that you can skip through the sub-high-school acting and watch the incredible space and landscape sequences. I mean, honestly, what CAN'T you do with a MAC nowadays... http://www.panicstruckpro.com/revelations/revelations.html...
Read PostOriginally recorded by Satchmo way back in April 1932 in a Chicago studio, recently rediscovered and now available online - the very first recorded version of Oops I Did It Again!, (covered in more modern times by Britney Spears)....
Read PostA burnt rubber doll was mistaken for a badly injured alien and taken to a hospital in Brazil. It happened after people in Aracruz found a burnt 'body' on the ground after seeing a fireball fall from the sky....
Read PostDo not adjust your sets. You are looking at Jellio...via My Mondrian....
Read PostNew York, N.Y. (PRWEB) April 10, 2005 –- Up to 100 sports and movie fans will play golf with black celebrities and white celebrities at The Terrell Buckley Celebrity Golf Weekend in Jamaica April 16. [entire story] This story was...
Read PostNJ folks like myself always feel left out by the New York & Charlotte guides, so here's my version. OK, it's more like a mid-week guide. And, since this happened yesterday, not much of a guide at all. But...
Read PostVia Gawker....
Read PostFor those of you who don't want Episode III spoilers, look away. Look away! Some interesting pics here. Looks like pre-viz storyboard images, but... http://www.millenniumfalcon.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=3638 And then there's this: http://www.iesb.net/star%20wars/starwars31104a.htm As for the reported plot details. If half the nutty...
Read PostLadies and gentlemen...Gary the retard....
Read PostGreat editorial in yesterday's Boston Globe. "Three MIT graduate students invented a computer program that can spit out randomly selected words to create grammatically correct research reports that make absolutely no sense. Now they have had one of those...
Read PostJust came from my new favorite place to shop. Stealitback.com is the eBay of confiscated police auction stuff. I'm in the market for a bike, and there are dozens listed at like $10 or $20, so I figure if...
Read PostCreate your own South Park character!...
Read PostCross over 200 artists with an over-the-shoulder satchel bag, and you get...Sketchel, the customized satchel show...
Read PostLicorice piglets. Appearing soon at a Jellio office near you. Via CoolHunting....
Read PostI don't really give much of a crap about who the new Pope is but the Sun's headline cracked me up. I agree with gawker.com's take. He doesn't wear white that well. Kind of washes him out. You'd think...
Read Post2 years ago, Fiona Apple recorded an album called Extraordinary Machine that Epic Records has refused to put it out, deeming it not commercial enough. The songs are out there though in mp3 format on bit Torrent and a...
Read PostToday, an exhibit of the preliminary sketches for the High Line park project opens at MOMA. (check out the slide show) Looks like their taking the minimalist approach, as their design philosophy is summed up as... Keep it simple...
Read PostRead about it here....
Read PostAl Swearengen is still king, but no one can deliver a beatin' quite like Charlie Utter! Question...What was in the box that Al was talking to? A) the head of Gwyneth Paltrow B) a chocolate babka C) the last...
Read PostI feel a little like I'm encroaching on Jellio's territory by posting about furniture. But while I can't claim to be an erudite “man about town”, I fully acknowledge my geekier tendencies. Which is why I put these Tetris...
Read PostThis week's recommended comic is The Long Haul by Antony Johnston and Eduardo Barreto. The Long Haul is an original black and white graphic novel that can probably best be described as Deadwood meets Oceans 11. It's a classic...
Read PostTook the gallery walk over the weekend. Good stuff out there right now, and most shows are open for a few more weeks. Here are just a few... Eric Fischl at Mary Boone...He certainly does love to paint people...
Read PostWhen I first saw this restaurant at the site of the old Bond clothing store I thought "Look, someone ate at Carmine's and liked it so much they opened the same restaurant a couple blocks away". Every review I've...
Read PostCrate and Barrel acrylic nesting tables, and the Jellio acrylic candy table. Yes I know one is a set of three and the other has a layer of squirt guns. And yes, I know an acrylic side table is...
Read PostAll those PC users out there who are having OS envy over the new Mac Tiger system due soon (and, man, do those desktop widgets look cool), do not despair.... Here's an entire website aimed at simulating the Mac...
Read PostFrom BoingBoing: “Factoid: The entire US$50Million stage lighting system for [U2's] Vertigo Tour is controlled via a Playstation [2] video game controller].” I guess after this story, nothing is impossible. ...
Read PostPeople have been having fun with the new Google satellite maps. One blog has been going sightseeing via Google and has begun compiling some of the unusual views that the satellite images bring to some familar buildings and natural...
Read PostCopy and paste http://www.nazipope.com into your address bar....
Read PostMy big idea today was to buy popebenedict16.com and have it redirect to YesButNoButYes. Of course, somebody beat me to it. Read more about Popesquatting. Bid on popebenedict16.com. And if you're thinking you'll wait out this papacy, then cash in...
Read PostThis morning Jellio alluded to K.C. Armstrong's mysterious disappearance from the Howard Stern Show. Here's speculation from the IMDB message boards, from the always reliable jim90291: "i heard a rumor KC was fired over the goldenpalace.com fiasco. he claimed to...
Read PostIt's free ice cream day!...
Read PostGift guide...based on responsibility quotient. For the plant lover...Gel Planetariums For the nature lover...the Squngee For the cat lover...Kitty Hammock For the dog lover...Haus Dog Crate And for the new parent...Potty Mouth baby shirts, via CoolHunting....
Read PostNot that they need any help from me, but I just stumbled across this site... a series of fun little animations, by Pepsi One. Cool graphics....
Read PostNew Pope! (My sources say it's Bob Kerrey.)...
Read PostLast night I heard about yet another new reality show starring "B List" celebrities. It's called I Married A Princess and it stars Catherine Oxenberg (princess) and Caspar Van Dien (former starship trooper). This got me to thinking...soon, every...
Read PostIs it just me, or is Rosie O'Donnell writing her blog in some kind of weird literary style that falls between haiku and iambic pentameter? ...
Read PostYep, I admit it, this is a cheap a slutty way of getting people to come here from Google. But hey we need the traffic. So while I can't claim this to be a FULL list of commands for...
Read PostHere's something I've been playing with for a few weeks. It's still not completely ready for launch, but I'd thought I'd share it with you all to get comments. There are two parts to this. The first is a...
Read PostThe latest offering from deal-with-the-devil agency Crispin Porter is Need For Feed, a game that lets you feed your co-workers (literally, by uploading their pix) whack-a-mole style. Via Transbuddha....
Read PostSo here's something where my own personal interests and my work life collided in a rare (too rare) fashion. A few months ago I was visiting one of my favorite blogs, Transbuddha, and was completely engrossed by a short...
Read PostJust reported on the Newsday site. Too bad. On the surface, I liked it alot, as I'm tired of having a mayor whose main agenda is trying to shove the Olympics down our throats. And while we're on the...
Read PostLast night's season finale of Arrested Development may have been the series finale as well. So to all of you who haven't been watching, thanks for fucking it up for the rest of us. Meanwhile, According to Jim is still...
Read PostAdobe to aquire Macromedia. Bandweek article...
Read PostI felt it my duty to share a link to the internet site of Ted Jesus Chris God. Of special note is photo gallery 21, and the long story of how the perfect Cindy was stolen from him by...
Read PostCourtesy of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (who?), welcome to Tom Delay's House of Scandal. At least I'm consistent....
Read PostEarlier in the week, I happened to click on a link that took me to a site with old Estonian TV commercials. This one is particluar is pretty bizarre. Since then, for some reason I haven't been able to...
Read Post"So this is the Bachelor's life." --Phil, just before taking part in a coked-up threesome at 8:30 in the morning with his buddy Eddie and a teenage runaway given to them as a "care package" by their friend Artie....
Read PostThis week, as promised, we're highlighting animation. Prowlies at the River was the winner in the animation category at the recent SF Flashforward. Also from Flashforward, and highly recommended is The Bird, The Mouse & The Sausage Vintage animation...
Read PostEver since we launched the site, Jellio has been nagging me to add a proper "next" button at the bottom of the page, to allow you to read through the postings 7 at a time. So Jellio, note below, and...
Read PostAnd now we pause for a moment of unabashed sentimentality, so all non-parents should probably just move along. This is my youngest son, Ben, caught in a typical moment. The reason I wanted to show it is that I...
Read PostSome dude pinpointed where Area 51 is by using Google's new Satellite Maps feature. You can't quite see inside the hangers to view the recovered alien spacecraft and you can't quite see the autopsy being done behind closed doors on...
Read PostFrom Boing Boing: On nin.com, Trent Reznor is offering a complete mix of a song from the forthcoming Nine Inch Nails album as a Garageband 2.0 file. The CD/vinyl is due out on May 3. In th accompanying README...
Read PostMom's Cancer is a moving comic strip account of cartoonist Brian Fies' mother's cancer. Originally online, he took it down awhile ago with good reason, as he'd found a publisher. However, to support his nomination for an Eisner Award...
Read PostAnyone read the article about Walmart trying to combine shopping and dating. This appears to be the online version of that experiment...Yub.com....
Read PostJellio seems to forget that the world wide web does not revolve around NYC. Here's what's happening this weekend in Charlotte, NC: Get a closeup look at Chuck Close: Process and Collaboration which opens Saturday at the Mint Museum....
Read PostThe Bad News Bears...this looks good....
Read PostSee the darkest comedy to hit Broadway in years...Pillowman. Catch the barbeque resurgence wave at R.U.B. Check out the Murakami curated show Littleboy at Japan Society View 300 photographs of prison inmates at the Chelsea New Museum in Correction....
Read PostFloating logos...enough said. Via Coolhunting....
Read Post1. It's Friday!!!!! 2. The Virtual Bartender site has been updated and now features TWO young ladies. Yummy. Please feel free to use the comments section to list commands you know that get a response. As you can see...
Read PostESPN is reporting that Yankee third-baseman Alex Rodriguez saved an eight-year-old boy who was inches away from being hit by a truck in Boston yesterday. Nice work. But still, saved eight-year-old boys don't help produce runs (.125 with runners-in-scoring...
Read PostQuick update on the Wendy's finger-laced chili. Chili Fingertip Probably Not From Leopard Attack (NBCSanDiego.com) "Police in California...are skeptical. They point (ha ha) to the fact that the amount of the finger lost in the leopard attack is much...
Read PostAlex Ross is probably the finest painter of comics covers working in the field. His recent book, Mythology is fascinating insight into his art, and his website is full of great examples. I'm lucky enough to own an original...
Read PostIn case anyone is interested, you've restored my faith in humanity - the images of the prolapsed anuses was only the 10th most popular link of the day. ...
Read PostI have no idea if everyone already knows this, but I missed it completely until today. Man oh man, Ricky's back!!!! The BBC has revealed some details from Ricky Gervais' “Extras,” which will see him return to UK TV...
Read PostA couple of sites have caught my eye in the last week or so that all fall into the category “never mind the content, look at that navigation” Elevatormoods is the kind of site where you wish the actual...
Read PostAn iPod DJ Mixer. Not that I ever DJ or mix, or even have two iPods. But I'd still like one. ...
Read PostIn glorious Quicktime VR. ...
Read PostSave the whales? Boring. Save the Wisconsin Cats. Done it. Save......
Read PostI made $970,000 last year. How much you make? You see pal, that's who I am, and you're nothing. Nice guy, I don't give a shit. Good father, fuck you. Go home and play with your kids. You wanna...
Read PostI've just returned from an evening in NY at the Schubert Theater where my wife and I saw this season's hot ticket, Monty Python's Spamalot. For anyone out there who currently has tickets, I'd really recommend you stop reading...
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