I’ve only ever heard a couple of covers of Hard ‘n Phirm songs but this one may be my fave.
via @JesseFromCanada
These photos were taken this past weekend while I was doing stand-up at the Punch Line in San Francisco (btw, thanks to everyone who came out–the shows were friggin fun!). They are all the product of Hipstamatic, a super kick-ass vintage camera app for the iPhone. Nerds have been swooning over this for the last couple of months, and now I see why. It allows you to swap lenses, flashes and films to create Mad Men era-looking images. It’s $1.99, and with in-app purchasing of extra lenses and whatnot, you’ll spend about $8 total, which is still aces in my book.
LET ME BE CLEAR: I don’t claim to be a photographer. I’m just a dude who travels a lot and takes craploads of pictures. This app made that more fun. Things like flash burn, saturation and worn edging were all products of different lens, flash & film configurations. In some cases I took the same pic with different settings just to test the range of image processing. Also, I did my best to keep anything too contemporary out of the shots to make them look authentically old.
And no, they are not paying me to say these things. I don’t even know who “they” are. I’m glad we resolved this. Wanna grab a pizza?
SIDENOTE! The original Hipstamatic was a toy camera created in 1982 by two graphic designing brothers in the Twin Cities who were tragically killed before they were able to mass produce it. Only 157 were made. Read more about that here or visit the surviving brother’s tribute blog, The Great Hipstamatic 100.
SIDESIDENOTE! The song in the slideshow is called “Stratus and Cumulus” and is from a late 50s album of science songs produced by Hy Zaret and Lou Singer. One of their other songs, “Why Does the Sun Shine?” was covered by They Might Be Giants for its eponymous 1993 EP.
My pal and killer (see House of 1000 Corpses) Rob Zombie has infused a little kitschy darkness into CSI: Miami, which is normally the tale of a shock of red hair riding around on David Caruso’s body while Barbizon models pick things up with tweezers and look closely at them.
Rob gave the show a gritty makeover and added the kick-ass actors Malcolm MacDowell, William Forsythe & Michael Madsen for good measure. To be honest, I don’t normally watch CSI: Miami, but I will DEFINITELY watch this ep Monday night.
Well done, Professor Zombie!
Cinematic morning in San Francisco…
Took a walk to the Ferry Building to explore the Farmers’ Market. Fired up the ol’ iPhone/iPod with Neko Case’s Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, an excellent album for a contemplative outdoor stroll. I pulled together a rich tapestry of gratitude as I enjoyed brisk slightly-cloudy weather, hot chocolate made from actual melted chocolate and kimchi egg toast, which was such a surprising explosion of flavors with each bite that it could only be described as “tiny flavor dragons setting my mouth alight with a broad spectrum of deliciousness.” Yep. It can ONLY be described that way.
Looking forward to doing two more stand-up shows tonight at the Punch Line.
If you live, or plan on traveling to, Los Angeles on April 5th, please come see a live recording of The Nerdist with special guest Adam Savage of Mythbusters! He’s gonna perform something! And then talk to us! And maybe we’ll guilt him into taking a question or two from the audience!
TRY not to love that.
Details:
April 5th, 8:30p
Largo
366 N. La Cienega Blvd.
$20
w/ Meself, Jonah Ray, Matt Mira and Adam Savage
Call 310.855.0350 for tix
Yeah, I’m pretty much nerding out over Doctor Who. I’m two eps into Season 3 and I’m angry that it took me this long to discover my new favorite show but thrilled that I get to have the experience. I mean, a show that, in one episode, goes back to meet Shakespeare, references the time travel laws of Back to the Future and then casts “Expelliarmus” at an alien witch??!!! Come the f*ck on! GET OUT OF MY HEAD, THE DOCTOR!
exTERRRminATE.
The director in this vid is my phenomenally hilarious pal, Brett Gelman. This video is not only NSFW, it’s not safe for home, car, basement, or anywhere really. It is weatherproofed in filth.
And that is why you should watch it.
Anyone who knows me knows I love ol’ George House, especially when he’s leaning on a crutch to Huang Huang.
I’m not 100% sure where this ran but I have my suspicions (I’m looking at YOU, China). Of course, bad translation is always hilarious. ALWAYS. But in reality, I don’t even have the ability to draw a Chinese character, much less assemble a bunch of them to form poor sentences. All Asian letters just looks like pieces of Wheat Chex to me, so I gotta lotta nerve harshin’ on their English skillz.
Though, to be fair, I don’t get paid to translate things for large companies, like the lunatic who had the won tons to accept Yuan for this hatchet job.
via BuzzFeed
