Regurgitating bits and pieces of random web encounters with gadgets, movies, music, events, books, artists and all things with a "WTH"? or a "ooo"… factor to them
Junaid Chundrigar has been drawing ever since he was a kid. He grew up in Amsterdam and last year he graduated from the Utrecht School of Arts where he studied animation. His graduation short, “Sheeped Away“- about a farmer, UFO’s and sheep blew up and received over 200K views in the first couple of weeks. Not bad for your first foray into the viral universe.
Now he has created a funny animation short that shows us what happens when Marvel’s Mightiest heroes and villians don’t have a perfect, cinematic, story book day. I would be willing to bet that with all the hype that is going on with The Avengers, this one will quickly surpass his previous effort with no problem. Check it out and let us know what YOUR favorite part it. I’m really feeling the Sam Jackson clip.
4AD is an independent British record label that has been gracing us with incredible music since 1979. Band like The Cocteau Twins, Modern English, This Mortal Coil, The Pixies and MY personal favorites, Dead Can Dance and The National. have all worked with this label and their track record is impressive to say the least. Now they have a new artist called Twin Shadow whose music is very reminiscent of the 80′s signature new wave/ synth sound. Twin Shadow will be releasing his second album on July 9th entitled ‘Confess‘. Here we have included a 4 song session he did for 4AD and it is addictive. I keep watching and listening and each time it gets better and better. Give it a look and let us know what YOU think below. (Big thanks go out to Shane for turning us on to this amazing new artist.)
Skaters know that you go through boards probably faster than you go through a loaf of bread. In the past you would simply throw them away, disposable transportation that once broken, served no purpose. Well the folks over at Art of Board have come up with an ingenious way to upcycle those broken, scarred and discarded decks. They say it all in their header, ” Broken skateboards, sustainable design.”
Art of Board tiles are hand cut from 100% recycled skate decks and sold by the square foot. Every scratch, scrape and gouge is kept in tact – making them truly original. Each tile has its own story. They’re alive with texture, shape and color. Together, they bring that story to life in every space they inhabit – creating a vibrant visual experience in the home, retail or commercial environment. To request a tile sample, get pricing or purchase, please call 717-965-2120 or email rich@artofboard.com
Apparently people are running out of places to ride their bikes in China. Designed by NL Architects, the bike pavilion located in Hainan, a province in Southern China is a bike stadium devoted to pedaling. The proposal is part of a big resort for developer VANKEN, and NL Architects have just received the green light from the client. The Bike pavilion will also offer bike rentals as well as a cafe.
Due to the tropical climate it is essential to have this form of an elliptical imprint structure which provides a shade to the perimeter seating. The well-designed upward arch of the eaves brings to mind the form of the traditional and functional pagoda. How long before someone goes over the railing? That fence better be plenty high? I’ve seen how people ride their bikes, always cutting folks off and stopping short for NO apparent reason.
Oliver Queen creates the persona of Arrow — a vigilante — to right the wrongs of his family, fight the ills of society, and restore Starling City to its former glory.
After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City, his devoted mother Moira, much-beloved sister Thea, and best friend Tommy welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. While Oliver hides the truth about the man he’s become, he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as the boy he was. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his former girlfriend, Laurel Lance.
As Oliver reconnects with those closest to him, he secretly creates the persona of Arrow. By day, Oliver plays the role of a wealthy, carefree and careless philanderer he used to be – flanked by his devoted chauffeur/bodyguard, John Diggle – while carefully concealing the secret identity he turns to under cover of darkness. However, Laurel’s father, Detective Quentin Lance, is determined to arrest the vigilante operating in his city. Meanwhile, Oliver’s own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on – and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.
The series stars Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen, Colin Donnell as Tommy, Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance, David Ramsey as John Diggle, Willa Holland as Thea Queen, with Susanna Thompson as Moira Queen and Paul Blackthorne as Detective Quentin Lance.
Arrow premieres Wednesdays at 9 PM after Supernatural this fall on The CW.
CBS is about to reinvent the mythos of Sherlock Holmes and his trusty sidekick Watson in this Falls new series ‘Elementary’. The show stars Johnny Lee Miller as the iconic Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as the equally memorable Watson. The story takes place stateside where Holmes is rehabbing in New York City. Holmes is an eccentric, brilliant, outcast detective with unparallelled powers of deduction who helps cops solve crimes via an unconventional relationship with law enforcement. Liu is a former surgeon who has been hired by Holmes’s father to be his ‘sober companion’ for our legendary hero. Together the two will embark on mysteries that no one else can solve and along the way, learn more about each other then they even knew about themselves.
San Diego Comic Con…Valhalla for geeks, nerds, artists, authors, tv, movies, art, and even us bloggers. What can make it better? It sits right on the bay, Tin Fish is across the street offering up the best fish tacos you will EVER eat and downtown San Diego doesn’t suck either. Well how about a real life Zombie riddled obstacle course to get your blood pumping? Such is the case this year when zombies take over Petco Park to commemorate the 100th issue of The Walking Dead graphic novel series.
Publisher Skybound and writer-creator Robert Kirkman are teaming for The Walking Dead Escape and this is what they had to say about the event. “Our fans have been reading about it, watching it and now they get to live it with The Walking Dead Escape. We are literally transforming Petco Park into the early days of society’s collapse and San Diego is just the first city to fall.”
The Walking Dead Escape is not a race but more like an exhibit set up with interactive displays with Walking Dead references around every corner. (I REALLY hope Michonne is in my group!)
There are three ways in which you can participate:
Survive the un-dead hordes and race through Petco Park to the finish line…
Become a stinking, rotting member of the undead horde and fight for fresh flesh…
Or you can puss out and watch all the action from the sidelines, free of the splatter, maggot infested halls of the walking dead as they feast upon the innocent always craving more…
The event is only 3 days long and begins on July 12th- 14th and tickets are $70. Click HERE to head over to their website to order your now and get ready to climb, crawl, slide and hide your way to the finish. As an added bonus, all survivors will receive a variant issue of Walking Dead #100!
On a side note, if you see a middle aged blogger running for his life and pushing women and children outta his way in an attempt to reach safety, I apologize in advance. Being chased is one of my phobias but this is going to be too good to pass up.
Terry O’Quinn (Lost and Hawaii 5-O) returns to the small screen as the elusive owner of The Drake, a building at 666 Park Avenue. The show is based on Gabriella Pierce’s series of books by the same name.
If you could make one wish, what would it be? And what would you do to get it? At 666 Park Avenue, all of your dreams and burning desires can come true: wealth, sex, love, power, even revenge. But just be careful what you wish for, because the price you pay…could be your soul.
Welcome to The Drake, the premiere apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Owned by the mysterious Gavin Doran (Terry O’Quinn) and his sexy wife Olivia (Vanessa Williams), The Drake is home to dozens of residents who are unaware they’re living in the dark embrace of supernatural forces. They think their dreams are all coming true, only to find they’ve been lured into making, what feels like, a deal with the Devil. When a young Mid-western couple – Jane Van Veen (Rachael Taylor) and Henry Martin (Dave Annable) – is hired to manage The Drake, they soon discover that evil, obsession, and manipulation has a home.
Allow yourself to be seduced by 666 PARK AVENUE, and unravel the mysteries of this new supernatural drama from Alloy Entertainment (Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars) and executive producers David Wilcox (Fringe, Life on Mars), Leslie Morgenstein (Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries) and Gina Girolamo (The Secret Circle, The Lying Game).
The Drake is Park Avenue’s most devilish address, where evil, obsession, and supernatural occurrences are all included in the rent. 666 Park Avenue will be part of ABC’s Sunday night lineup the fall airing at 10 PM.
JarreTechnologies® is a cutting-edge brand for technological Lifestyle, home-entertainment products, embodying contemporary style, simplicity and optimal performance. It’s range of high-end, affordable products is dedicated to restoring emotion in how we experience sound and vision in the comfort of our interiors. Jean Michel Jarre is renowned in his successful career for having broken new ground in music and concert performance: with Jarre Technologies®, a new page in experiencing and sharing home-entertainment is un-folding.
AeroPad One: 2 speakers 2 x 30 W RMS / 1 sub woofer 60 W RMS, 22.05″ x 12.20″, 17.6 lbs
The AeroPad One and AeroPad Two are their latest creations designed to stylishly display your iPad in a futuristic manner while delivering outstanding sound. Both systems come with a 30-pin port for iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad along with and auxiliary input for mini-jack 3.5 mm. They also have a USB port with WMA, AIFF, WAVE and MP3 decoder. They offer elegant finishes for the back and bottom of each unit in stainless steel with chromium finishing and a front that comes in bamboo wood, black and white.
AeroPad Two: 4 speakers 4 x 30 W RMS / 1 sub woofer 80 W RMS, 33.86″ x 11.81″, 22 lbs
After five years of planning and one year of marketing Jarre Technologies recently gained presence in European Market Apple stores. With this latest product offering they capitalize on the massive success of the iPad they are poised to deliver stylish, technology that provides impeccable sound quality. I don’t have a crystal ball but I don’t think it will be long before they are a household name here in the States.
AeroPad Two: 4 speakers 4 x 30 W RMS / 1 sub woofer 80 W RMS, 33.86″ x 11.81″, 22 lbs
Each item comes with a two year warranty and they ship anywhere in the world for free. On a side note, these 2 units will not be available to ship until September but if you head over to their site you can pre-order yours today. (Blurppy is LOVING the bamboo version, what is YOUR favorite?)
Project Imagin8ion is the first photo contest in history where a director takes 8 random images and comes up with a short film. Ron Howard and Canon received almost 100K photos for this collaborative social experiment and narrowed it down to 8 pictures, each one representing a specific category for the 32 minute film. The movie is called ‘When You Find Me’ and was produced by Ron Howard and directed by his daughter/ actor Bryce Dallas. You can see the photos for each category followed by the short film. This experiment is interesting to me because it takes the creativity of 8 random people and molds it into one person’s singular vision via their own creativity. Let us know what you think after you watch the film.
CATEGORY: SETTING
‘The Final View’ by 30-year-old Walter Arnold, from Hendersonville, NC.
CATEGORY: CHARACTER
‘Dreams’ by 38-year-old Jen Berry, from Los Angeles, Calif.
CATEGORY: MOOD
‘City Lights’ by 21-year-old Mikey L’Heureux, from Tarzana, Calif.
CATEGORY: TIME
‘Running From Wind’ by 24-year-old Brooke Shaden, from Canoga Park, Calif.
CATEGORY: GOAL
‘My Word’ by 20-year-old Alan Michael Martelly, from Peachtree City, Ga.
CATEGORY: RELATIONSHIP
‘Too Much’ by 26-year-old Lexia Frank, from Wesley Chapel, Fla.
CATEGORY: OBSTACLE
‘Yea, though I Walk’ by 40-year-old Chris Wehner, from Broken Arrow, Okla.
CATEGORY: UNKNOWN
‘Where one day ends, one day begins” by 44-year-old Kelly Shipp, from Conway, Ark.
It is only fair that I mention up front that The Cult’s 1985 album ‘Love‘ is one of my all time favorite albums from start to finish. I am also a big fan of ‘Electric’ and ‘Sonic Temple’ and I was dismayed when the band broke up in 1995. I was optimistic when I heard they were heading back into the studio after a five year absence and I breath a sigh of relief today after listening to their ninth studio album, ‘Choice of Weapon’.
Written by lead singer Ian Astbury and lead guitarist Billy Duffy, they recorded the album over a 6 month period in New York, Los Angeles and the band’s Witch Mountain studio. The album was produced by long time Cult collaborator Bob Rock and co-produced by Chris Goss (Queens of the Stone Age, U.N.K.L.E., Masters of Reality). Atsbury says of the experience, “We have had the opportunity to work with two of the most influential and talented producers in the world today. They pushed up beyond our comfort zone and helped us craft ‘Choice of Weapon‘”. Duffy had this to say; “We went deeper…we worked a bit harder on this record. We have great fans and they deserve our best. I feel this is one of our best records, maybe the best.”
Astbury proves he still has one of the best voices in rock and roll and Duffy’s raw, signature guitar licks make this an album worth listening to. Drummer John Tempesta and bassist Chris Wyse balance the two veteran rockers quite well adding a solid backbone to each song.
Ian Astbury
Their first single and music video from the album is For The Animals, (see below). Astbury says this about the single, “‘For the Animals’ reflects the sentiment that we are a raw, visceral animal, independent and beholden to no one. We celebrate that aspect that is also rising in the culture. We go where nature takes us.”
Founding Cult members Astbury and Duffy will be the featured guests on the nationally-syndicated radio show ROCKLINE with host Bob Coburn on Wednesday, May 23 at 8:30PM PT/11:30PM ET. Astbury and Duffy will talk about the new album that will be out Tuesday, May 22, debut songs from the new release, and take listeners’ calls. Fans are invited to speak with the duo by calling 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). For a station near you and for information regarding how to access the ROCKLINE broadcast online, go to www.RocklineRadio.com. The Cult begin a 21-date US tour to support the album and will be supported by Against Me! and The Icarus Line. Dates are as follows:
MAY
25 San Diego, CA – Humphreys By the Bay
26 Las Vegas, NV – M Resort
27 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
30 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
JUNE
1 Chicago, IL – Congress Theatre
2 Windsor, ON – Great Canadian Beaverfest, Riverfront Festival Plaza
3 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE – Indoor Stage
5 Boston, MA – House of Blues
7 Buffalo, NY – Erie Canal Harbor Central Wharf
8 New York, NY – Terminal 5
9 Hampton Beach, NH – Ballroom
10 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
12 Washington, D.C. – The Fillmore
13 Norfolk, VA – The Norva
15 Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
16 Orlando, FL – House of Blues
17 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
19 Houston, TX – House of Blues
20 Dallas, TX – House of Blues
22 Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
23 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, CA
Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy Form the Perfect Love Triangle in this Action Packed Comedy Available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download May 22
They are the CIA’s best, trained for any situation…except one. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment plays the ultimate spy game as two best friends fight for the right of one woman’s hand in THIS MEANS WAR, coming to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download May 22. Starring Academy Award® winner Reese Witherspoon* (Walk the Line), Chris Pine (Star Trek) and Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises, Inception), the laugh-out-loud comedy gets even better on Blu-ray with three alternate endings that answer the question – what if she chose the other guy?
The world’s most secretive and deadliest CIA operatives, FDR Foster ( Chris Pine) and Tuck (Tom Hardy), are skilled, inseparable partners and best friends until they fall for the same woman (Reese Witherspoon). Having once helped bring down entire enemy nations, they are now employing their incomparable skills and an endless array of high-tech gadgetry against their greatest nemesis – each other.
Directed by visionary filmmaker McG (Charlie’s Angels), THIS MEANS WAR features a funny and talented supporting cast including Chelsea Handler (“Are You There, Chelsea?”), Angela Bassett (Notorious) and Abigail Spencer (Cowboys & Aliens). The Blu-ray is loaded with special features including three alternate endings, an uncensored gag reel, outrageous bachelorette party, action-packed deleted scenes and commentaries by McG and more! The Blu-ray and DVD will be available for an average retail price of $25.00 and $20.00, respectively.
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Production is now underway on Summit Entertainment’sThe Tomb. Directed by Mikael Håfström, the action-thriller is being filmed on location in the New Orleans area.
Written by Miles Chapman for the screen, with a rewrite by Jason Keller, The Tomb follows Ray Breslin (Stallone), the world’s foremost authority on structural security. He’s analyzed nearly every high security prison. After being framed by persons unknown, all of Breslin’s ingenuity and expertise are about to be put to work in the most challenging test he’s ever faced: escaping from a high-tech prison facility that’s design is based on his own protocols.
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Emil Rottmayer,a complex inmate with multiple shades of gray. He’s the guy who fights to keep the prisoners from losing their humanity in their darkest hour as they struggle together to stay alive.
Jim Caviezel plays Hobbes, the warden of the Tomb. This is the type of prison facility that deals with inmates that no government wants on its books. The lead guard of the maximum-security facility, Drake, is played by English actor and retired footballer Vinnie Jones.
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson plays Hush, Ray Breslin’s right-hand man and high-technology expert. Buttoned-down with street lurking just below the surface, Hush is aptly named because when he speaks, it is just above a whisper…but it’s a whisper with attitude and edge that can turn from soft to drop dead serious in the blink of an eye.
Vincent D’Onofrio plays Lester Clark, Breslin’s business partner and CEO of B&C Security, their independent security company hired by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to test the integrity of their maximum-security facilities nationwide. Amy Ryan plays Abigail Ross, jack-of-all trades and one of Beslin’s closest confidants at B&C Security. Sam Neil is cast as Dr. Emil Kaikev, the prison doctor embedded within the Tomb, who is sympathetic to Breslin’s plight. Schwarzenegger and Stallone will next be seen on screen together in The Expendables 2, which is currently in post-production and will be released this summer by Lionsgate. Schwarzenegger recently wrapped filming The Last Stand, also for Lionsgate, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and directed by Jee-woon Kim.
Last night, during the first episode of America’s Got Talent, we were not only treated to two hours of Howard Stern but we got an exclusive extended trailer for Sony’s upcoming Marvel upcoming super hero flick, The Amazing Spider-Man.
The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Stone), and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents’ disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors (Ifans), his father’s former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors’ alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.
Back in March we wrote our first article about the upcoming DVD, Superman VS. The Elite and now we have the first official animated clip from the DC Comics Premiere Movie that is coming June 12, 2012 from Warner Home Video.
The all-new, PG-13 rated film is scripted by award-winning comics writer Joe Kelly and the story is adapted from his original 2001 DC Comics release, “What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way?” The single-issue comic, Action Comics#775, was lauded by Wizard Magazine as the “Greatest Superman Story of All Time,” and ranked the epic tale at No. 21 on its list of the “Top 100 Comics of the last 30 years.”
In Superman vs. The Elite, Superman’s effectiveness as a super hero comes into question when a new group of super powerful crusaders, known as “The Elite,” appear on the scene. As super heroes, the Elite know no bounds, and are more than willing to kill, even on a massive scale, to stop villainy — putting them on a collision course with the
ever-ethical, yet preferably non-lethal Man of Steel.
George Newbern (Father of the Bride) reprises his Justice League animated television role as Superman, and primetime television star Pauley Perrette (NCIS) provides the voice of Lois Lane. Downes steps in as Manchester Black, leader of The Elite. David Kaufman (Justice League: Doom) also reprises his Justice League TV series role as Jimmy Olsen.
The film is directed by Michael Chang (Batman: Brave and the Bold). Bruce Timm (Batman: Year One) is executive producer, and Alan Burnett (Green Lantern: Emerald Knights) is producer.
There are already so many good things to say about this new show and it hasn’t even started yet. Created by J.J. Abrams (Lost) and Eric Kripke (Supernatural), pilot episode, will be directed by Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Cowboys & Aliens) and staring Breaking Bad star Giancarlo Esposito, David Lyons (The Cape), and Billy Burke (Twilight).
This show looks to be what Terra Nova ASPIRED to be. A post-apocalyptic show that is full of action, mystery and is filled with tons of twists and turns. Here is the official synopsis followed by the trailer. “Our entire way of life depends on electricity. So what would happen if it just stopped working? No coffee ice cream, no Angry Birds, no BLURPPY! Well, one day, like a switch turned off, the world is suddenly thrust back into the dark ages. Planes fall from the sky, hospitals shut down, and communication is impossible. And without any modern technology, who can tell us why?
Now, 15 years later, life is back to what it once was long before the industrial revolution: families living in quiet cul-de-sacs, and when the sun goes down lanterns and candles are lit. Life is slower and sweeter. Or is it? On the fringes of small farming communities, danger lurks. And a young woman’s life is dramatically changed when a local militia arrives and kills her father, who mysteriously – and unbeknownst to her – had something to do with the blackout. This brutal encounter sets her and two unlikely companions off on a daring coming-of-age journey to find answers about the past in the hopes of reclaiming the future.”
My DVR will be locked and loaded on Mondays but let us know what you think.
Today, Ubisoft announced that the entire Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Alpha short film is now available and they are pulling out all the big guns on this one.
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Alpha is an impressive 25-minute prequel film to the video game Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and follows the Ghosts as they are dropped deep behind enemy lines in order to eliminate one of the world’s most sought-after war criminals. It doesn’t get any better than GOOD GUYS VS BAD GUYS and that is exactly what Ubisoft is bringing us.
Ghost Recon Alpha is deeply connected with the video game, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.
• Characters: The main four characters in the movie are the same four playable characters in the video game.
• Storyline: The movie takes place immediately before a key turning point in the video game’s storyline, a vicious attack against a major European city.
• Location: the location where the movie takes place will be one of the multiplayer maps available in the adversarial mode of the video game.
• Exclusive unlock: Pay close attention. A secret code is hidden in the movie, enabling access via Ghost Recon Network to an exclusive weapon unlock playable in Ghost Recon Future Soldier.
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Alpha boasts an A-list line-up of top Hollywood talent. The film was directed by Academy Award winners Hervé de Crécy and François Alaux, who won an Oscar in 2010 for Logorama, and produced by Rhea Scott for Little Minx, a Ridley Scott & Associates company. Tim Sexton, 2010 Academy Award nominee for Children of Men, and Gregory Pruss wrote the gripping script. The film was shot by District 9 cinematographer Trent Opaloch; edited by Pietro Scalia, two time Academy Award winner for Black Hawk Down and JFK; with sound effects and sound effects editing by Per Hallberg, two time Academy Award winner for The Bourne Ultimatum and Braveheart as well as Michael Mann’s Heat; production design by Jan Roelfs (Gattaca, Alexander; and costume design by Sammy Sheldon (V for Vendetta, Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class, Black Hawk Down). Military Weapons Specialist Harry Humphries, consultant on such notable action films such as Transformers, Thor, Iron Man and Armageddon, ensured that the futuristic weaponry in the film was entirely realistic.
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will be available May 22, 2012 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. It will be available on PC on June 12, 2012.
We first wrote about Pete Fecteau’s art last November when saw his amazing mosaic of Dr. Martin Luther King that was made from 4242 Rubik’s Cubes. The response to his work was so overwhelming that he is once again up to his old bag of tricks and this time he will be focusing on the man who set the bar in science and physics.
The new 8,484-cube mosaic will be titled “Gray Matters” and will portray Albert Einstein, using Fecteau’s analogous color palette. The new mosaic will measure an astounding 37’ by 7’8”.
Fecteau’s first Rubik’s Cube mosaic “Dream Big” (shown above) was unveiled in 2010 and caused a major buzz in the art world, quickly garnering Pete with massive internet fame and more than 30 millions views.
“Gray Matters” is set to unveil at ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, Michigan in late September. Following ArtPrize the mosaic will tour the United States. “Gray Matters” is exactly twice as large as “Dream Big” and yet it only uses five of the six colors found on Rubik’s Cube: Blue, Red, Orange, Yellow, and White.
“It’s really exciting to be able to do another big mosaic. ‘Dream Big’ was such a surreal and humbling experience I couldn’t resist trying another one. This time I’ve been working with You Can Do The Rubik’s Cube and Seven Towns [which owns the Rubik’s Cube trademark] and it’s been a lot easier to plan. It gives me the chance to focus on the art and have more fun creating ‘Gray Matters.’” said Fecteau.
Currently, Fecteau is still in the development process and is looking for funding to complete the mosaic. He has created a Kickstarter project to help raise funds for the additional $30,000 that he needs to complete the mosaic. Donors to “Gray Matters” will receive rewards such as postcard sets, limited editions screen-printed posters or special drawing journals..
Blurppy is a HUGE fan of anything Bose and the SoundLink® Wireless Mobile speaker is no exception. Share the music on your mobile phone or other Bluetooth® device with sound quality unlike any other Bluetooth speaker this small. The SoundLink® speaker works wirelessly with your iPhone®, Android™, Blackberry, tablet or laptop—and goes wherever you do for music whenever the moment calls for it.
The rechargeable battery last up to 8 hours and will transform any normal beach day into a party on the sand. The ultra mobility of the unit lets you take the speaker anywhere; it’s small and lightweight enough (roughly 5″ x 9.5″ x 2″; less than 3 lbs) to carry in one hand or throw in a backpack or travel bag. That being said, don’t let its size fool you. Bose has packed in enough technology to make it sound like you would expect any Bose unit to sound…spectacular. The proprietary speaker technology delivers robust sound with convincing low notes from Bose passive radiators.
The speaker offers a generous 30-foot wireless range that enables you to keep your phone, tablet or other device with you and place the SoundLink® speaker wherever you want. They even offer a nice variety of sound covers to personalize your SoundLink®.
Click HERE to head over to the Bose website for more info or to purchase your own Soundlink wireless mobile speaker.
Junaid Chundrigar has been drawing ever since he was a kid. He grew up in Amsterdam and last year he graduated from the Utrecht School of Arts where he studied animation. His graduation short, “Sheeped Away“- about a farmer, UFO’s and sheep blew up and received over 200K views in the first couple of weeks. Not bad for your first foray into the viral universe.
Now he has created a funny animation short that shows us what happens when Marvel’s Mightiest heroes and villians don’t have a perfect, cinematic, story book day. I would be willing to bet that with all the hype that is going on with The Avengers, this one will quickly surpass his previous effort with no problem. Check it out and let us know what YOUR favorite part it. I’m really feeling the Sam Jackson clip.
