check this shit out, yo!

so i was checking out dailyserving and they had an article about isaac layman, who is ONE COOL DUDE.
similarly to lyndon’s post about the shadow dude, isaac layman does some sweet shiz with fake reflections. when i looked at his website, i also discovered he does some of the coolest photograms ever (i especially like the lawnmower) and some sweet photography, installations and prints.
this is especially cool, and you can find some of his work here.

-sally

this makes me laugh so hard every time i watch it.

-sally

Wow, I thought one pair of Joy Division shoes was interesting, but Nike have prototypes for another. They are perhaps nicer aesthetically, but the whole Nike thing wreaks even harder than the previous pair of corporate appropriation of something quite special. Somehow I can’t imagine Ian Curtis would have desired to have his name printed on sneakers in sweatshops in China.*

  UNRELEASED JOY DIVISION TRAINERS
 

*Yeah I’m aware nike cleaned up its standards for workers and stuffs but it’s fair to presume they’re still c*nts.

-lyndon

I’m not sure whether to be enthralled and rapturous by this discovery, or mildly disgusted by yet another example of cashing in on Joy Division (think Wombats and their heinously disrespectful bopper tune). As several people expressed in comments: Is nothing sacred? Perhaps a little of both sentiments are warranted, but indeed, I would be most happy to wear a JD t-shirt, so I don’t know why shoes ought to be any different. Except perhaps that they’re courtesy of New Balance, who I’m sorry to so make fundamentally ugly shoes, and these could be a lot sexier if the basic design was a little more attractive.

More Pictures HERE

(Kudos to the designer for including the classic Factory Records “FACT 10″ on the upper heel. Nice touch).

-lyndon

two videos, both via jeremy at norobots (lookee to the left for a link)
one funny, one absolutely messed up. but great at the same time.
today i went from watching a video of a pelican to videos of piranhas (they is wiggidy whack), then flesh eating infections, which was fun. procrastination is a problem for me.
ANYWAY, THE VIDEOS:

-sally

so i heard about this shenanigan this morning (yes i know i am a bit behind okay!), and have not stopped talking about it all day.
in case you needed another reason to think john lydon is a douche, THIS happens:
the story is, kele okereke (as in, bloc party frontman) approached lydon (as in, johnny rotten) at the summercase festival (as in, barcelona), apparently to say something along the lines of “have you ever considered reforming public image ltd?”. lydon gets a bit aggressive, racial slurs are thrown at okereke and he (okereke) gets a bit of a beating from lydon’s “people” or whatever. ricky wilson (as in, kaiser chiefs) goes to okereke’s aid and lydon starts taunting him (what is he, a nine year old? RICKY R U GAY 4 KELE R U OMG), and dudes from foals (as in, yannis philippakis, the guitarist and the bassist) try to intervene. philippakis ends up getting knocked unconscious and THEN cuffed (huh?) by security, guitarist jimmy smith was thrown through a barrier and bassist walter gervers was given a black eye. what the fuck, johnny rotten!? i know you think you are way anarchy and all like “fuck da poooo-lice” but let me tell you, it is not rad to start attacking some cool dudes. you are old, and it is really quite pathetic. what’s also pathetic is you DENYING THE WHOLE THING. yeah, that’s right, lydon denied the whole thing, but it’s okay, because okereke has filed a police report. and, numerous dudes (as in, tour managers from various bands and all that) have come forward and said okereke’s version is WAY TRUE.

anyhow, you can find a far more eloquent report of events here on tiny mix tapes, and there are a few links there to more articles about it.

oh shit, i should probably add an “allegedly” in there. but fuck it, hopefully lydon and his security will beat the shit out of me and call me a heeb or a christ killer or something, maybe he’ll even tell me that work brings freedom!

man i am a little riled up about this, i better stop!

-sally

It’s true: I have a shameless infatuation with the Scandinavian regions, and it doesn’t help that Sweden keeps on producing a) brilliant clothes, b) brilliant music, c) brilliant furniture within a quasi-socialist modus operandi and d) all of the above.

I went to the new Ikea the other day and basically exploded with joy. No hyperbole here. The best bit is the food: at the cafeteria you can get essentially a 3 course SWEDISH meal with a really tasty coffee (which can be refilled indefinitely), or, if you are so inclined, a delicious Swedish Lingonberry Soft Drink (delicious). The food is not only insanely cheap and plentiful, but, unlike its fast food counterparts, Ikea’s food is ridiculously nice, AND mostly fairtrade and organic. Insane! The food market near the exit means you can take it all home, and cook your very own “Elk Shaped Pasta” or enjoy some “Swedish Cloudberry Jam” along with a virtually inexhaustible array of other amazing foods. It’s so delightfully whimsical and unusual to my White-Bread-Australian senses. They also sell furniture apparently.

Indeed, I couldn’t fail to mention, secondly, the Swedish company that produced my most prized possession(s) – the gram 406gs. 

 

 
The link is here… GRAM DESIGN … and they’re buyable from Subway DC (but if you get a pair I’ll kill you, if only to steal them).

Multitudinous swedish labels could be here listed but I shan’t do it lest I explode with glee.

Thirdly, Sally was lame enough to not have sound, so this is partly for her sake, but anyone else may draw equal benefit.

FAMILJEN

It’s nothing groundbreaking, but it’s very nicely done.
Check out “Det snurrar i min skalle.” It also has a bloody great video clip.

These cats are also swedish. A tad hard to place, but I enjoy their sounds:

  SUBURBAN KIDS WITH BIBLICAL NAMES

Sweden also birthed ABBA – and most countries can’t even hold together a half decent political framework. Sweden truly is the gift that keeps on giving.

-lyndon

It could be anything – a poem by Keats, a speech by MLK, heck even a post written on this masterful blog of incomparable eloquence. What’s one way to ensure its meaning is wholly and irretreivably lost amidst a wave of pure aesthetic disgust? Switch the font to (hushed tone) Comic Sans. The dreaded typeface of your primary school canteen menu. The insufferable styling of your Year 9 Algebra homework: oh look, it’s in comic sans – surely this increases its level of fun! Actually no, it just increases your hatred for the world exponentially. In fact one could formulate a rule for comic sans, which might look like:

X(Comic Sans) = Hatred(World)^3

However that probably makes no sense (this is why I dropped maths). Irrespective of my substandard mathematical skills, the fact remains that Comic Sans is an unforgivable blemish on the face of the font world. A group of visionaries are trying to do something about this most pressing issue.

They can be found HERE>>> …..BAN COMIC SANS!

Thanks for your ongoing support in the war on horrible typeset.

-lyndon

i have stumbled across a great many things in the past day or so, but none that surpassed THIS: CAKE WRECK

seriously, this is a blog devoted to badly decorated cakes. that is all there is there. it is quite possibly the best thing i have ever seen in my entire life. the best part is, they’re ALL professionally made, all of them were PAID for, with REAL MONEY. aaaaaaaaaaaaaah good lord internet, what will you throw at us next?

plus, i thought this was particularly appropriate…

-sally

Shadow bike!

-lyndon