Wednesday, June 29, 2005
The Band Du Jour
Not that it matters—Gorillaz is a virtual band. It doesn't quite exist. Its four members (2D, Murdoc Niccals, Russel Hobbs, and Noodle), designed and drawn by Hewlett, are fictional. The group inhabits Kong Studios, high on a mountain in Essex, northeast of London. There are no mountains in Essex. The band exists enough to make music, to produce videos, to remix, and to be remixed.
Albarn (music) and Hewlett (art) are the spirit behind Gorillaz. Their first outing, five years ago, remixed the whole idea of what a band could be. The iconography was grabbed from everywhere—sci-fi, anime, rock videos— while the music was a hip hop-based cut-and-paste of poppy melodies, old horror movie themes, and any sonic style available. The debut album, Gorillaz, sold an impressive 6 million copies worldwide, making it the most successful album ever by a virtual group.
Via metaphorge , Keeping it (Un)real
Like I keep saying, satire just can't keep up in today's world …
Reminds me of Sesame Street
Spell with flickr (via Vestal Design Blog).
Update on Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
I should have avoided hot-linking to the images, as several of them are now gone. But I salvaged what I could so hopefully, you'll get the idea.
Exploding cans
Yesterday, I brought a 32-can case of Coca-cola to the office and unfortunately, I left it in the trunk for an extended period of time.
![[Cans are not supposed to open this way]](/2005/06/29/p1010005.jpg "Cans are not supposed to open this way")
I had my hands full when I first got to the office, so I meant to go back and get the Coke from the trunk, only I got involved with stuff and didn't get around to it for a few hours (round to'its are hard to find).
Two of the cans had “exploded” like this. The rest were fine.
