Carts of Darkness is a documentary by Murray Siple from the NFB in Canada that premiered in Sundance Festival this summer. Just imagine the Trailer Park Boys on steroids but in real life. These guys in Vancouver collect cans and bottles and cart down steep hills of North Vancouver. Perilous living in the streets is […]
There are close to 13 000 Micky Dee’s just in the United States. The map above illustrates the proximity of the nearest McDonald’s. It seems the eastern part holds a greater amount of real estate. McDonald’s operates over 31,000 restaurants worldwide, employing more than 1.5 million people and 47 million customers are served daily around […]
Mo Willems is a doodler king of amazing kid books. His latest book is pretty straightforward. His friendly style has a universal appeal for both parents and kids. Big Frog Can't Fit In will be a hit with the toddlers looking for eye candy in book form.
Knit graffiti is a passive answer to a dirty city held hostage to spray paint chaos. Imagine the confusion when a squirrel has to climb a knit clad tree of kaleidoscope colors. It’s enough to give him vertigo. This sort of new phenomena is a hobby that tries to beautify the urban landscape and bring […]
The Lost University is accepting new students this year. The new cross promotion with the Lost 5th season DVD release and the start of the 6th and final season has begun the buzz machine for the latest Lost hype. Unique publicity drives like this spike interest in the DVD sales and the legion of fans […]
If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Belgium, was based on a New Yorker cartoon. The quasi classic film about a bunch of American hacks traveling in Europe in the late 60’s of either washed up actors or some soon to be international stars such as a young Ian McShane. You can download this great soundtrack […]
There are those who pass through history and go unnoticed. Boilerplate the world’s first mechanical marvel is one of those creatures or should we say machines. How could history miss the chronicles of the globetrotting robot who met some of the greatest men in the late 19th and early 20th century. This fanciful creation is […]
Love can be a very complicated affair for those not comfortable in their skin. Canada’s Sook-Yin Lee’s little animated feature by Jon Izen examines a fishy tale of love. Many Canadians will remember Sook-Yin Lee from her MuchMusic fame. The CBC produced little animation True Love is part of DNTO (Definitely Not the Opera) radio […]
40 years ago there was only one metal band in the world and that would be Black Sabbath. Forward to the present there are now over 50,000 metal bands in the world. Dan Nelson’s little black book of silver font listing, All Known Metal Bands collected since 2007 grows each year. Heavy Metal has a […]
It's fascinating to note that the Gummi Bear has its origins in Germany, dating back to its creation in 1922. Referred to as "Gummibär," which translates to "rubber bear."
Berkley Breathed’s Bloom County reigned supreme in the 80’s as a new renaissance of comic strips hit the field with Bloom County,Gary Larson’s The Far Side, and Calvin and Hobbes. Bloom County pleased more the college crowd as did the Doonsbury readers from which both were courted by the same readership. Bloom County is more […]
If we were not just hording stuff into our houses, homes could be a lot smaller. Colombian designers Manuel Villa came up with the coolest wood shed design meant for living. The quarters compliments nature around the wood polyhedron abode. Setting aside movie drug stereotypes not too many people would think Columbia would excel in […]