damage records: abort, retry or fail? (from 1997)
Look what the cat dragged in some fourteen years ago. This is one of the oldschool ParaRadio promos I received for the show (and I just started my university major, that was some long time ago, I'm afraid) that grew to be the beginning of a six-year long career in streaming and broadcast radio. Found this while looking through my CDs, something I don't do very often, but I found some treasures (will have a post later on about those), including this, smeared with a long egotistic streak of a grin. Unfortunately, Damage Records didn't really survive. Now would be the time for a retry. Just saying.
the all-black apparel wishlist
Taking their design from the scaled body of the pangolin, or spiny anteater, and made from reused inner tubes, their segmented design makes for a pleasing shape, providing their wearer with a versatile carapace for storage. I especially like the smaller backpack which, when worn, looks like a pill bug desperately clinging to its owner’s back. (PANGOLIN MOEBIUSWEAR via coilhouse)
It's the kind of watch that Nigel Tufnel would doubtless describe as none-more-black. $595 from Watchismo -- part of their larger Tsovet collection. (TSOVET AT76 ALL BLACK via boingboing)
alex roman: everything above else
Animator Alex Roman's beautiful work has been discussed here in the past. He also made a great "making of" video of his acclaimed The Third and The Seventh. Late last year, he posted this lovely montage of unbelievably believable CGI, created for kitchen countertop company Silestone. Be sure to watch it in HD for maximum amazement. (via boingboing)
living light: the artificial light tree from seoul
In addition to looking like the plant life of some far off alien planet, the Living Light permanent installation also acts as an air quality detector that glows and blinks in response to environmental changes. Locals can also send text messages to the structure, which then sends data back to the person and displays visual light activity dictated by how many people simultaneously communicate with the structure. (at bldgblog, via dvice)
the medical dystopia of katarzyna konieczka
Above is a new image of her previously-featured Elephant Man-inspired ensemble, shot by Maciej Boryna. After the jump, two dreamlike masks, photographed by Marcin Twardowski. (via coilhouse)
mondo damage report: a 2011 januári szám tartalmából
Már a standokon a Japán/popkultúrában evező Mondo Magazin tíz oldalnyi Damage Reporttal (változtattunk, nyolc oldalt egyben, két oldalt pedig elszórva kaptok minden hónapban - ebben a hónapban a Summer Wars és az Armitage III cikkekben találhattok meg). Kapjátok a pagedumpokat: miért szeretjük annyira (és miért szeretik mások) az indie játékfejlesztés legújabb üdvöskéjét, a bioökozombitúlélőlego Minecraftot, hol tart most éppen a Neurománc forgatása, miért lesz jelentős év 2011 a manga/animékből forgatott live-action adaptációk miatt, szót ejtünk az év legizgalmasabb új játékairól, kitérünk a Wikileaksre és természetesen kapjátok a kétoldalas zeneajánlót (a klasszikus Pretty Hate Machine újrakiadásától a Tympanik új és ingyenes elektro-zaj-glitch válogatásáig). Vegyétek, örüljetek.
do-it-yourself 8x8x8 LED cube
Designed by a student from Norway, the LED Cube's visual display is administered by a set of hacked together microcontrollers that give the viewer the illusion of 3D movement within the confines of the cube. (via dvice)
goblin war machine, dedicated to all the ibs students
This goes out to all students in my class, because your Practical Cultural Studies exam starts right about now and you all feel like an angry goblin war machine just waiting to be unleashed to the fields of ROCK. Good luck and godspeed! On the other hand, this is a great game, "you are in control of a giant instrument of destruction, out to wreck havoc on every village and establishment that it passes through on the route to conquering the entire kingdom", wonderfully reconstructing the whole [city virus] meme Morrison talks about. But anyways. Madmaxize yourselves up. (via indiegames)
melted manga doll sculptures
Three is an artist collective from Japan. Their works are made with melted manga dolls. Hirst and Murakami mashup? Irresistible… (via whokilledbambi, link sent by Miss @toyclouds)
3D movies - without 3D glasses
IMAX 3D happens when an array ov microamper explosions go Trojan on your temples, also perfect for masturbating away into electricity/nothingness.
how to make your own face-shifting rorschach mask
Thermochromic paint is temperature sensitive, so when applied to a cloth mask it would react to, say, someone breathing through it. That's how YouTube user guinness0507 achieved the same effect as all that Hollywood movie magic, and for paint that supposedly cost him around $70 (which would be enough to make 50 masks, apparently) (via dvice)
gareth pugh pitti immagine 2011, the ruth hogben experience
With a collection inspired by religious iconography and Florentine opulence, Gareth Pugh made his Italian fashion debut at Pitti Immagine #79, showcasing his clothes via a unique fashion film, created with Ruth Hogben. (via vividfluxury, pic via dazeddigital)
the damage report 011: részlet egy háborús naplóból
Ha ezt olvasod, akkor mindketten megnyugodhatunk: a hetek óta tartó Első Információs Világháború (mások szerint a Harmadik Világháború) nem volt több interdiszciplináris kokettálásnál, a széljegyzetben nyilván mindenkinek hét generációig visszamenőleg a kurvaanyját, de a nap végére minden összeáll: a történelemből, úgy tűnik, pont sikerült annyit megértenie az emberi fajnak, hogy egy igazi, nemzetek közti háború senkinek sem hiányzik. (Itt a laptallózó szabadkőműves kiikszeli a nevemet a potenciális jelöltek közül, mi így szeretünk, 2011!)
A cikk a Mondo magazin januári számában jelenik meg, ezzel jelzem, hogy kaptok majd onnan átvett anyagokat, másfelől pedig idő előtt közlöm ezt, hogy jobban passzoljon az elmúlt hetek történéseihez, vegyétek, hirdessétek.
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futuristic ballerina: bionic and beautiful
Sexy Battery Powered Bionic Ballerina Outfit. This "Bionic Ballerina" outfit by Zhantra Entertainment, a company that provides performers for nightclubs and special events in Miami features battery powered LED lights and 17 individual lasers. (zhantra.com, via dvice, also check the official facebook page)
♫ light asylum - dark allies
This is the raw, real stuff right here, hearkening back to ultra-early Ministry, dance hall Cabaret Voltaire, or any of 4AD’s most toothsome output from back in the day. Think Ian Curtis at his most tuneful, Grace Jones at her most carnivorous, or Clan of Xymox with roid rage… (via @coilhouse)
Exactly. This is the best new stuff I've heard so far this year (Phurpa was last year, remember?) - even though I'm currently running in a jungle full of Sleep Chamber, Igorrr, Battle of Mice, Tzolk'in and The Irrepressibles -, so much like the night when your mascara's running, you're crying, clutching desperately into a doorbell that will never answer and the cigarette never meets a lighter in your Schwartzschild radius and you desperately clasp the stranger that gives you the light as you're hiding from the rain and you forget the name like anything in the past year when your heart wasn't working and it's never really working at all and then you're fucking raw, biting the pillow as it bleeds back and you're scraping yourself in the toilet, hiding below the sink, scrubbing a heatmap of desire off your skin until you're sore from the outside as much as the inside and the emptiness has a name and Nietzsche's might just have been a heartstruck boy as he wrote all that stuff about the abyss but it's a new day and the doorbell's never answering. It's that kind of music. Bon fucking appetit. (Genius music by the way, Shannon Funchess is a goddess.) (facebook, myspace, official site)
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Idő: január 15 szombat, 21:00 - vasárnap, 0:00
Helyszín: Roham Pince, VIII. Vas u. 16.
Tud róluk bárki bármit? Ha már TBali úgy ajánlja ki őket, hogy a minimálzene papnői, az azért már mond valamit (miért nem a főpapnői, ha már?), still, need some samples. (via romanticbiodark)
UPDATE 1: Itt a Facebook event (thx, razor!)
last man standing: killbook of a bounty hunter
Image comes from the wonderful hardcover artbook Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter that I came across in Trillian, the best comics store in Budapest. You can kill a man with that book, the format/weight index makes it equivalent with a claymore and the artwork is equally serious - fast forward 600 years into the future and your death looks like heartwarming eyecandy pellets of rock. The artwork and the story is all the mind/hardwork of Daniel Luvisi - and he's in for serious treat, the LMS book was outsold in 2 hours at Comic Con and his story is now getting the Paramount treatment (as reported by IO9). If you want more background work on how LMS was born, tune in to his DevArt portfolio as well.
unbuddhism: the week in objects 02 (surround yourself with inspiration)
I hesitated / before building the second katamari of footsteps / the personality construct. A tilt-shift shot staged somewhere not an office nor a home anymore. Unbuddhism, from Monday till Wednesday, objects best presentable now, disappearing into gnosis later. A complete set of Grant Morrison's "The Invisibles", result of a suggestion of unexplainable origin and previously untopped intensity. Another star of eight above my home when I'm not looking. Seven of those, in fact, one for each paperback. A "January issue of Wired UK with Beau Garrett", a proof of how Britain makarenkoed the US into cheerful rivalry about the future. And you always end up choosing the edition that has Warren Ellis in it. It doesn't, now. It might also be the last UK issue I ended up grabbing off the shelves. A 0.974 kg rin gong, something Miss Toyclouds called an eternal singing chamberpot, a ritual instrument whose original frequencies I'm still Fourier-deciphering. Unorthodox ways of meddling with precious brainmeat. Again. A black skull mala of onyx, polished bone, lava, Swarovski crystals and carved bone skulls that I've received from Mette Mitchell of 109Jewellery as a new-year's-present after I've just found their business of ROCK in a moment of awe. Skulls, reminding me not only of mortality, compassion and maya but also, kindness and open-heartedness. I am really touched. Skulls that have a story behind their grin, waiting to be unlocked during the trial of the demon hours. This year, full of surprises. The fine rain horizontal brought to you by Rasputina, laughing, in the mechanism.
qr ski jacket
Via @Brightsite, a ski jacket with a black & white QR code pattern on the outer shell fabric. Scanning the code with a smartphone links to and opens the Brunotti website. (via mocoloco, sent by @dawe_)
the addams family steampunk hand of rock
If you are interested in purchasing this piece please contact the Wootini Gallery. He is part of the Addams Family show running there for the next few weeks. (spookypop.com, link sent by @dawe_)
qlimax 2010 dvd: the documentary (and teasers of hardstyle, tits and tinnitus)
Qlimax 2010 Blu-ray / DVD preview
On the 27th of november 2010, Qlimax took place in GelreDome Arnhem.
Qlimax 2010 Live, the Blu-ray + DVD + CD digipack is available at the Q-dance.com store. If you want to support Q-dance in creating registrations like this, please buy your copy. Only on Q-dance.nl / .com a limited edition Qlimax necklace is included for free. (The Qlimax 2010 DVD is still on pre-sale, becoming available on the 1st of February, 2011, youtube playlist for all the trailers)
voxatron (preview)
Voxatron is an arena shooter made out of voxels. It's coming later this year for PC, Mac and perhaps other platforms. There's a built-in sound and music synthesizer. You can pick up wall pieces, allowing you to construct barriers and hide from scary monsters. (via indiegames)