Psychedelic Levis Jeans Ad from Early 1970s

The only thing harder to believe than the fact that American tv once showed commercials this weird is the fact that American tv allowed an ad to air that is based explicitly on the idea of evolution!

Trash Aesthetic

UPDATED
I have added some new photographs Matthew has recently posted on his facebook page.

My old college friend, Matt, is currently in Barrow, Alaska teaching circus camp (he is a professional clown). Not only is Barrow the northern-most town in the United Sates, it is also home to some of the best public folk art I've had the pleasure of seeing. The following pictures are of dumpsters from Barrow painted with decorative images and public service admonitions for what I assume is the primarily Iñupiaq population.

The prog comes on little cat feet

Much to the embarrassment and consternation of my punk rock wife, I have been on a prog rock kick the last few years. There's just something so appealing to me about it. It's the combination of pretension, sincerity, cluelessness, amazing musical chops, incredible arrangements, and a general "kitchen sink" mentality that does it for me. The lack of self-conscious irony is refreshing. Plus I love epics. I love big sloppy stories. Prog Rock appeals to my inherent lack of subtlety.

Anyway, Bill Bailey (he of the great British comedy series starring Simon Pegg Spaced), recently hosted a top ten countdown show that names the greatest prog rock bands of all time. There is some great stuff here. Plus, some of Bill Bailey's comments are priceless.

Let's Burn One

Sound artist Brian Joseph Davis created this collection of banned albums that have been burned then played.

Here's a link to his site where you can find many other works and experiments by him.

You Won't Believe This!

I know I'm a little late on posting this. I've been busy procrastinating. I did want to comment, however, on the joy I felt when our President tipped his hat to us "non-believers" during his inaugural speech. I certainly don't feel like a put down minority or anything like that, but it's nice to have you leader acknowledge your presence.

Here's an op ed piece on the NY Times political blog about it.

Who's a good girl?

Here's a link to an early performance of one of Tammy Wynette's first big hits, "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" from 1967.

Wait for the chorus and the incredibly awkward yet endearing appearance of the backup singer.

10 out of 11 Doctors...

Yet another Doc Who post.

I just posted this over at Denton Rock City in response to a question regarding how I felt about the choice of Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

There's definitely some Peter Davidson + David Tennant action going on. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7808697.stm">Here's an interview .

You know I had reservations about both choices for the last two Doctors and they were unfounded. I think this guy looks the part, I just wonder why they cast a similar type right after Tennant. I heard rumors that they were gonna cast the bad guy from Serenity, and think that that would have been a good idea. The pattern has always been to cast opposite from the last Doctor.

1 - grumpy old man
2 - hobo/clown
3 - dashing man of action
4 - eccentric hippy type w/bouts of melancholy
5 - sensitive young man
6 - slightly sinister and deranged
7 - clownish manipulator
8 - Byronesque Romatic
9 - no-nonsense working-class street type
10 - cool school teacher-dandy
11 - ? not sure how they're gonna play him yet


I think this guy could be good, but maybe after another guy's run who could really distance the series from the strong presence of David Tennant. Anyway, with Stephen Moffett at the helm, I have faith that the next series will be solid and my reservations will be proven wrong.


I think way too much about this stuff.