Solid Sound

Solid Sound – Promo Clip from Smartley-Dunn on Vimeo.

Wilco is throwing a festival. It’s called Solid Sound. They are playing it. Their side projects are playing it. They are curating it. It is taking place at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA August 13 – 15. What more could a Wilco fan ask for? Check out the promo for the festival above.

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Pixels

New York is being destroyed by classic pixel art video game characters. Run for your lives!

Computer Realities

This is a great piece of techie nostalgia. It’s a TV piece about the computers that created the graphics from TRON. It aired in 1982 and features Members Only jackets and a computer that seems to be as powerful as WOPR from WarGames. That’s “War Operation Plan Response” for those of you not familiar with that cinema classic.

Below is an amazingly ridiculous trailer for the original TRON.

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I’m posting this for no other reason that this is simply my favorite song at this exact moment. That could change very quickly.

Toy Fair 2010

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Check out UGO’s coverage of Toy Fair 2010. Dig the Dwarven King.

The Lost Supper

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Newly released image of the cast of LOST depicting the last supper.

Nexus One

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Google finally reveals the Nexus One smartphone. Have a look: YouTube

Defend Yourself

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Great poster for defending yourself against all make of baddies.

Created by Oily Moss for A Life Well Wasted podcast.

Tim Burton Goes to the MOMA

The MOMA will be running a retrospective of Burton’s career from November 22, 2009–April 26, 2010. Works from his wide-ranging roles as a director, producer, writer, concept artist for live-action and animated films, fiction writer, photographer and illustrator will be included. Basically they’ll be featuring a ton of weird shit.

DJ Clark Kent’s AF1s

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For all the Air Force 1 heads out there. DJ Clark Kent breaks down his top 50 AF1s of all time for Complex.

Check the list here: Complex