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Kylie Minogue - “Sweet Music” - BODY LANGUAGE
Happy birthday, Matthew! (I’d have uploaded Bloc Party’s “Helicopter,” for obvious reasons, but I don’t have it on this computer.)
(Plays: 17)
08/05/2009
07/30/2009
A still from last night’s inaugural round of Cards Against Humanity, the hilariously filthy Apples To Apples rip-off that is clearly our new favorite game.
04/21/2009
Please help support Matthew and his Fluxblog by buying one of his limited-edition FluxTees (via catbird).
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I bought the insanely charming “Comic” version by John Cei Douglas.
04/01/2009
01/23/2009
Let it rock.
- Cate: You were in my dream last night.
- Chris: Oh? What'd I do?
- Cate: I was trying to hook up with Lil Wayne, but we couldn't find an empty room. You were using the room for band practice.
- Chris: hahahahahahaha! Amazing
- Cate: You cock-blocked me
- Chris: I would never do that to you
- Cate: I was like "really chris? REALLLY?"
- Chris: If you had a celebrity on the hook I would end band practice early for you
- Cate: thank you
- Chris: Though I would expect you to give Lil Wayne a copy of my demo in return
10/13/2008
“ In his picture book debut, Jones provides an emotional and fantasy counterpoint to the quiet intensity of Ziefert’s (Who Said Moo?) reportorial text. Jones takes full advantage of the book’s horizontal format, varying his perspectives and infusing his pictures with a sense of bustle and plenty of detail (note the snow chef carving blocks of ice). He confers individuality upon the members of the snow people community—quite an accomplishment considering that all his characters have facial features fashioned from coal and carrots, and three-snowball bodies. Jones also adds a soupçon of delicious eeriness: the chill in the air, the normally immobile characters’ shared sense of purpose, the allure of communal ritual—all these things become palpable. „
Children’s Book Reviews - 10/13/2008 - Publishers Weekly
So yes, please do have a laugh at the most overwritten children’s book review of all time. But the real message here is: my friend Mark’s first-ever published book already pulled a starred review in Publisher’s Weekly! Nice job, Jonesy. I’m stupid proud of you.
09/11/2008
» Encore: Ask Michael Stipe! « Pop Songs 07-08
Michael Stipe has volunteered to answer questions about specific R.E.M. songs and lyrics on Pop Songs! If you have a question for Michael, the information is in the post!
I am ridiculously excited about this, and flattered beyond all belief.
This is INCREDIBLY AWESOME. I am working on my questions now.
07/01/2008
» Secret Acres: Not So Secret Any More - 6/30/2008 2:46:00 PM - Publishers Weekly
PW Comics Week profiles my friend Leon’s new comics company.
05/29/2008
More things you should buy.
For those of you following this blog who enjoy The Comic Books:
I strongly suggest you try out my former co-worker Sean Ford’s series Only Skin. Sean is a remarkably talented guy, and Only Skin is very, very different from the sort of plotless, rambling, autobio crap that has always made me hesistant to embrace most indie comics. There’s nothing solipsistic about it: it’s a real old-fashioned story, with a spectacular sense of tone, a twisted sense of humor, and some truly chilling scenes. It’s tough to describe — Twin Peaks is probably too obvious a touchstone, but you’re getting somewhere with that. It’s kind of like an American Strangehaven with a lot more space to breathe.
Anyway. The first three issues are all available from the online store at Secret Acres, the new comics company started by my other former co-worker and close friend Leon Avelino; their first two book-length projects will be available at the MoCCA Art Fest next weekend, and I can’t recommend enough that you buy them and support what looks to be a truly great new publisher.
It’s great knowing talented people, and you should get to know them too.
04/10/2008
Created by my friend Chris Beckett. The first person to translate the text wins a candy bar.
02/12/2008
» Matthew's "Premature Evaluation" review of R.E.M.'s new album, ACCELERATE
He’s dead-on about the album. I won’t say how I know that, but he nailed it.
