The shields wrong but it’s the thought that counts. 
My Lee “Scratch” Perry Black Ark Playlist
I’m a bit of a fan of Reggae and Dub producer Lee “Scratch” Perry so I’ve made an Rdio playlist stuffed with tracks recorded at his Black Ark Studios in the 70s. That’s the Studio that Perry burnt down one day after what was likely a drug and anxiety fueled breakdown. Anyway, the playlist is over 12 hours of music with some pretty amazing stuff in there. Check it out (there’s no particular order here so just shuffle) and maybe you’ll wind up a fan too. Enjoy!
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The Pinball Museum Hall of Fame
I’m in Las Vegas for the first time this week but these are the only slot machines I’m really looking forward to trying out:
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Star Wars Storyboard Artist David Russell on Jack Kirby
When asked where his inspiration comes from Russell cites Jack Kirby.
I would have to say Jack Kirby. I picked up my first Jack Kirby comic around 11 or 12 and it was something about his keen visual narrative that set off an explosion in my mind. I later had the chance to meet him and he became a great friend and mentor. I’ve applied his narrative techniques in all of my films. I believe to this day that comics are one of America’s most powerful art forms.
Via The Movie Blog.
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Nielsen is wrong on mobile
I read this post and am now blogging about it … on my phone.
Stripping out content from a mobile website is like a book author stripping out chapters from a paperback just because it’s smaller. We use our phones for everything now; there’s no such thing as “this is mobile content, and this is not.”
Read Nielsen is wrong on mobile.
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Comics Creator cuts up Fantastic Four #2, makes something new
It’s a Burroughs-esque effort at creating a new piece of art by cutting up an existing one and re-purposing it.
My first reaction on seeing this was, “Wait. What? Seriously?” but I love comics destroyer/creator David Hines’ comment on it.
Don’t forget that a comic book is not an original work of art. It is a printed copy, created to be disposable. However, by using a comic book as material for a new creation – in this case a new cut-up narrative – it does become an original work of art, unique and arguably more ‘valuable’.
I have no problem with collectors choosing to keep their comics in nice condition as long as they still read them. For me, the really pointless ‘desecration’ of comics is to seal them forever in blocks of plastic.
You can buy your own copy and do the same thing if you have five or six hundred dollars lying around that you’re not using.
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My blog commenting rule of thumb
Is this comment I’m about to leave about me? And just about me? And not adding to or building up the conversation? If yes, I probably should just delete it and move on.
