the littlest browncoat

PCL LinkDump posted about this fun, tripped out Man from U.N.C.L.E. fan fiction staged with dolls.

Evidently, the good folks at Tonner Doll Company have whole worlds of character dolls. Including characters from Firefly.

Yes, Mal (browncoat sold separately), Inara (sold out), Zoë and the man they call Jayne.

No sign of/word about Wash, Book, Kaylee, Simon or River Tam. And as these are figure dolls, probably no chance of there being a scale model of Serenity.

the greatest films never made

This page of movie posters from an alternate universe has been making the rounds on the strength of this poster alone.

But I say go there and see how hard it is to pick a favorite. This. So. Rocks.

Okay, okay, my faves (admittedly based on obscure name checking and/or none-too-subtle dislocations):

Andrei Tarkovsky's Micronauts, featuring James Brolin, Tom Selleck and the music of Wendy Carlos.

Ghostbusters, 1960s style, with Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, a demon possessed Bette Davis and the music of Henry Mancini.

The Star Wars with Malcolm McDowell, Jacqueline Bisset, Cheech and Chong (as the Droids), music by Bernard Herrmann, direction by Alejandro Jodorowsky, screenplay by Norman Mailer.

Evelyn Glennie rocks the Lake District

Article about cool new stone xylophone.

MP3 of it playing.

Video all about it:

in memory of Bruno S.

courtesy discowitch

NYT obit seen linked on Singer-Saints.

none other than

As seen on Pathway To Unknown Worlds.

Ghosts of the future convene in this ectoplasmic assemblage of pixels & sound.

Cathode irradiation of weeks spent curled by the icy warmth of the set waiting for this show to finally come on.

And here it comes bearing the vestments of Jerry Lee and Tristan Tzara. Ready, set, go.

crossing green

courtesy amlingisrad

Allison Weiss, truck driving singer person & company reenact the Battle of Boys 'gainst the Girls.

Here's hoping they win.

another patient of the Ward

courtesy 39Online

I may remember this balmy bit of metafiction. It seems familiar. Or may've just read something like it in MAD.

But it's thanks to the good folks at Pleasant Valley Shopping who just posted this and other Montgomery Ward goodness.

blink once for yes

courtesy spikepriggen

Whether you're a fan of Neil, this song or the leggy womens herein, this will break your brain six ways from Sunday.

And to entirely overdo things so as to avoid a third Scopitone post in about as many weeks, two more for the road. Offered without context . . .

coded for mass consumption by hermits

For the film enthusiast, a still pic of that goldurn Godard.

For the person with truly nothing to do and nothing to hear/read & generally puzzle over, this.

Modesty!

courtesy spikepriggen

I love this theme song and this cover/video treatment thereof. 'Nuff said.

'Cept the above was found whilst in search of a scene from Modesty Blaise where a street organ is playing the theme song (as street organs would in movies gone by).

And that came to mind becsuse of this hi-fi Barrel Organ.

my sentiments, if not my words

"I have enough doubts of my own--tell me something you BELIEVE in!"
--Brother Dave Gardner

proper medication

courtesy RhettandLink

I'm saving some of these great ads to watch after my periodontal appointment. But that's no reason for the rest of you to hold back.

Many thanks to the post-Fabulonian cabal who power The Hair Hall of Fame for sharing this Salt Lake Community College Cosmetology ad. After you've tipped your stylist, you can catch the making-of video here for add'l context/laughter.

And now another word or two or three from our sponsors . . .

For those who watch Glee and/or think of Alyson Hannigan one time at band camp:




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Bucks First:

suit yourself

Funky Junk Trunk prepares us for space.

Tenebrous does right by art.

And at Synthtopia for all fans of sitars, tablas & optigans . . .

Enjoy the 4th!

block party

As one might read on son of the forest, artist John Borowicz is having a show, Sprawling Conglomerates, at Adam Baumgold Gallery.

It's his first solo in NYC and runs through August 4th.

out of their damn minds

The folks at PCL LinkDump post two videos that'll work some mighty voodoo: one of sonic DIY buzziness and another of one Bill (Wm. Burroughs) shooting another (Wm. Shakespeare).

An old compat musician/writer Michael W. Dean seeks not the Trail of the Lonesome Pine, but that of the Libertarian Punk out Wyoming way. And one day finds guns, bison and steam (if not in that order).

And he who has brought forth the planet that was FABULON, Chateau Thombeau and Wunderkammer sires within the without. Not crazy, per se. But adhering to the mind of no mind with the beautiful images and such.

Oh, wait--from A Basement of Curiosities, a man, his LP and a story . . .

Dennis Hopper could work the shadows

courtesy NinjerAttack

Like no other.

Thanks for that & rest in peace.

BBC obit.

If Charlie Parker Was a Gunfighter . . .

PCL LinkDump.

dammit, that's *Sir* Gary Coleman . . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_coleman

If the Simpsons count for anything, he is.

Rest in peace, Sir Gary.

she sings

courtesy elephantmarch

Don't be thrown by the sample image. This is a bee-you-tee-full story 'bout a singin' gyre-aff (um, giraffe).

food fun & frenzy

courtesy thutranthutran

The ever lovin', ever loopy Food Party as kindly reviewed & generally contextualized on the ever groovin' Love Train for the Tenebrous Empire.

Bon appetit, mes amis.

all your bookstore belong to us

courtesy FineMoustaches

Long live Brontësaurus!