Could the design of these Cyndi Lauper stickers be more ’80s? Check out those wacky shapes! Check out those neon colors! These remind me of the style of another great ’80s product, the neon sunblock for under the eyes and on the nose that made everyone look like a psychedelic tribal beach warrior. It was …

Coming soon to a million commercials near you: a Basement Jaxx song from their forthcoming album.  I’m thinking Sprite or Dasani maybe?  Cynicsm aside, I do love me some Basement Jaxx.

I’m well on my way to reclaiming rainbows with Rainbow Glitter, so how about I share the Space-Mountain-future-is-here-now iPhone wallpapers I make with the world? I’m going for the retro-90′s pre-gradient web design vibe, check it out– Pixtual

Photo Credit The bass, vibraphone and drum trio Benko have realized a swell video for “The Eurohit” off its soon-to-be-released LP. The talented Erik Grostic, a well-read drinking buddy and sushi bar cohort from Austin, is on vocs and bass. Video on YouTube

My 4 year old nephew drew my picture and gave it to me.  I love it!  Apparently I have CRAZY SCRIBBLE MOUTH.  It kinda looks like a ghost from Pac-Man, am I right?  Imagine these things following you around the maze–

Monkey: Journey to the West is a Cirque de so gay-style opera designed by the brains behind Gorillaz and featuring a full 70+ piece Chinese orchestra along with the squiggly synths and bumpin’ beats you’d expect. The score was the most compelling part of the multisensory treat of a Monkey show I saw during Spoleto …

Photo from Datenform This rugged and crafty wooden phone rework from Berlin-based Ariel Schlesinger is lovely.

A pet peeve: the fact that rainbows are considered gay. I love rainbows in design, and rainbows in general–they’re the second most beautiful thing to me, next to space/the stars.  Rainbows are used sparingly nowadays in design because of the connotations they evoke. Anyways, I’ve decided to show my love for “old-fashioned” rainbows, with a …

Thanks to Bryce for pointing out this terrific video: “It’s beyond the environment.” (only thing after the jump is confirmation whether it’s real or fiction…)

Tubular. Mike Black is a Texan that moved to the coast for surfing, teaching, and film making. His Invasion from Planet C [Warning: Autoplay Sound, Official Website] is a self-financed “surf sci-fi” movie, likely the only of its kind. VBS has a three part documentary, hit the link for parts two and three.

“My name is Eugene Debs Hartke, and I was born in 1940. I was named at the behest of my maternal grandfather, Benjamin Wills, who was a Socialist and an Atheist, and nothing but a groundskeeper at Butler University, in Indianapolis, Indiana, in honor of Eu gene Debs of Terre Haute, Indiana. Debs was a …

Encyclopedia Pictura is hitting all the right notes again and again with its music videos.  They first came to my attention with the excellent Grizzly Bear ‘Knife’ video, and they’ve recently completed a 3-D Bjork video. Most striking to me is the 2007 video for Seventeen Evergreen’s ‘Haven’t Been Yourself‘ which combines viscous ferrofluids, high-resolution …

I’m turning 30 on 10/10 and am planning long in advance a big party to celebrate.  It’s going to be on Saturday, October 11th and I hope everyone can make it–even if you’re from out of town!  It’ll be in Charleston but I hope to visit Austin around the same time to have a party …

  Gregory Crewdson shoots phenomanal photographs.  He creates elaborate sets with spooky lighting and exquisitely detailed mise en scène of seemingly ordinairy suburban locations that are slightly off kilter.  His view on them makes the everyday seem alien. Ray Ogar introduced me to Crewdson’s work a few years ago, and mentioned that they feel very Spielberg …

Acrylic oil painting by the talented David Degrand from Forth Worth, who also painted the header for this site.  I got the painting below from him at the STAPLE! Independent Media Expo in Austin in 2007–he said the frame had belonged to his grandmother!–