Videogum nails what I’ve been saying all along … Entourage Season 6 in a Stupid, Boring, Lukewarm Nutshell.
Via Peach & Shag.
June 2009 Archives
In the same vein as 42 Below’s classic Flash ad from the olden days, Wellington City Council or someone have made a clip trying to entice Australians to visit New Zealand’s capital:
Captures Welly nicely! I like this line:
There’s a Bohemian style cafe or bar on every corner, literally buzzing with Bohemians, buzzing about Bohemia.
Oh man would this be a fun project. Two self-described Arrested Development superfans – Neil and Jeff – undertook to create a documentary about the show. It looks as though they’ve interviewed a lot of the key players, including Mitch Hurwitz and Ron Howard. From their description:
The overall goal of the documentary is to provide awareness and education of this brilliant, witty and original comedy. We are looking to interview viewers, cast, crew and any other industry figures that are fans or critics of the show.
You can watch the trailer, and there’s more information on their website.
Via kottke.org.
Fan of Boards of Canada? Check out Horizon Fire, from Paul Tebbott. (And! His posters are most excellent.)
Via ISO50 Blog
Ruben Bolling (of Tom the Dancing Bug fame) explains his theory on the origin of the word “totes”, a contraction of “totally”. He points toward Ed Helms (from such goodness as The Daily Show and The Office) as its progenitor.
To the best of my recollection, I’ve never encountered this word before, and am making a note of it just in case it hits the mainstream* – then I can totes claim to have been ahead of the curve for once.
* In my demographic, at least.
A well-researched, compelling argument that Liz Lemon is actually just Kermit the Frog (with genitals).
Via kottke.org.
So it has come to this. SBS’s “World News Australia”, the go-to channel for news hounds that prefer an international perspective, has been getting more commercial over the last few years. It used to be so serious that it was once parodied by a comedian with the phrase “we leave you now with pictures of people burning”. Tonight, however, they crossed into self-parody as we saw just how far they’ve slipped. The final item? A skateboarding dog. Replete with awful dog puns.
Alas, SBS World News Australia, we hardly knew ye.
Check out this glorious, epic, whimsical, trippy promotion video for the upcoming release of The Beatles: Rock Band.
Wonderful, no? According to Scott Hansen (upon whose blog I found this link), none other than illustration genius Jaime Hewlett (Gorillaz, Tank Girl) was one of the contributors.
Via ISO50 Blog.
