February 6th, 2009 | researchmaterial
Via some pack of creepy cultists:
The comments crack me up:
I’m so excited. As a former masturbator I plan to get every color. I want everyone to know power of Jesus is stronger than the devil’s urge to purge.
WARREN ELLIS
jwz - 30 Jul 10
Jean Snow - 30 Jul 10
I mentioned last week that I’d be a guest this week on game developer Grasshopper Manufacture’s podcast (Flower, Sun, & Podcast), and the episode (5) is now up and you can download it here (it should be on iTunes too). Check it out if you want to hear me ramble (and ramble) about mostly game-related topics.
Pictured, the Grasshopper conference room — complete with ping-pong table — where we recorded the episode. Big thanks to Grasshopper producer Esteban Salazar for inviting me on the show.
Kieron Gillen - 30 Jul 10
Catching up a little with stuff that happened when I’m away. I’ll talk Generation Hope later, but here’s the two comics I’ve got out this week.
My Thor In Hell and Hel arc continues. Here’s the five-page-preview. Enormous metal seriousness. My dual influences remain I, Claudius and the cover of 1980s Metal albums. Assorted random reviews: IGN. A Comic Book Blog. Weekly Comic Book Review.
The concluding party of my two part character-study/fight-comic. Preview here. And no reviews which I can find, but pleased to see that at least some people thought it was funny. Few things make me worry more than writing comedy.
Oh - here’s Seb’s review of the first one, which will give you a taste for it.
Coilhouse - 30 Jul 10
So… any Mad Men fans in the ‘haus? No spoilers in the comments, please, because I’m not sure if Mer and Zo have had a chance to catch last Sunday’s Season 4 premiere. But without giving away any plot points, I just want to ask: what was up with Don Draper pulling a Dov Charney with his horrible Jantzen pitch? Our colleague Copyranter eats this kind of American Apparel shit for breakfast. The Portland-based swimwear company was portrayed as a stodgy, conservative business to whom Draper declares angrily, “you’re too scared of the skin your two-piece was designed to show off.” I guess he (and/or the show’s writers) never saw Jantzen’s Vargas-inspired campaign, which ran in LIFE in 1947 (below). Dear readers, I proudly tag this post “Stroke Material” and present you with my stash of vintage Jantzen advertisements from the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s. Sun-kissed beauties with Bettie Page smiles and space-age swimsuits – as well as a few clever parodies – after the jump.
Read the rest of Vintage Jantzen: The Pin-Up Powerhouse
Post tags: Advertising, Fashion, Stroke Material, Ye Olde
Kung Fu Monkey - 29 Jul 10
Coilhouse - 29 Jul 10
Photo by Ben Corrigan.
Ryan Francesconi‘s wonderful music has been lilting around the edges of my life since 1995 when I briefly worked together with him and Dan Cantrell in the Toids, an experimental folk group that riffed off various Eastern European idioms in tandem with Francesconi and Cantrell’s eclectic compositional styles. Back then, Francesconi was one seriously intimidating guitar/tambura/bouzouki shredder! He reveled in playing faster, smarter, better than anybody. He’s a shredder still, and no one can approximate his style… but over the years, wisdom seems to have smoothed over some of the sharper, more Malmsteinish edges of his virtuosity. Lately, the music he makes has deepened into an expression of something far more present, and pure.
Nowhere is this more apparent than on a quietly stunning record Francesconi released earlier this year, called Parables. A series of songs for solo acoustic guitar, it reflects his interest in American bluegrass, Bulgarian folk, jazz improvisation and Baroque lute music. Recorded live (no overdubs!), the music is graceful and green with nods of kinship to everyone from Nick Drake to Herman Hesse to the forests of the Pacific Northwest– which is where Francesconi lives when he’s not trotting the globe.
Speaking of– if you’re a fan of Joanna Newsom, the name Ryan Francesconi is probably already familiar to you, since he’s been one of her key players for several years, leading her live touring performers in the Ys Street Band and arranging/playing on just about every song on her new triple album, Have One On Me. They’re kicking off their summer West Coast tour of the States tonight in San Diego, California. Newsom had this to say about Parables:
“Ryan Francesconi is one of the most awe-inspiring musicians I’ve known. On “Parables,” he distills his many realms of artistry [...] into a beautifully minimalist, poetic, intricate, emotionally realized study of themes, variations, organic counterpoint, and such devastating forays into fractal-metric out-lands that it is nearly impossible to believe he’s picking those strings with just one hand. This is solo music that sounds like an ensemble, an ecstatic and measured reconciliation of West African / Balkan / Baroque / bluegrass influences, which ultimately resembles nothing I know.”
Pick up Parables on vinyl over at Drag City (they’re currently sold out of the CD), or in Mp3 format from CD Baby or iTunes.
Post tags: Events, Faboo, Music, Personal Style
Coilhouse - 29 Jul 10
Nick Cave’s participation in the remake of the new Crow has been confirmed, and I’m finally starting to get excited. The Crow, a film based on James O’Barr’s eponymous comic book series, was a sort of holy grail to me and my darque little crew back in the early nineties. Unapologetically dramatic, The Crow had everything an angsty kid could want: love, destruction, hot bloke in makeup, great villains, pretty girls. There was one year when I watched the film at least five times.
Now, I haven’t actually seen it in over ten years, for fear that it won’t hold up. I’m told it doesn’t. Still, the concept of a shiny new remake of my childhood/adolescence favorite is an uncomfortable one. Nostalgia and Brandon Lee’s death on the set veil The Crow in shimmery, inviolate mystery, and, had it been anyone other than Nick The Stripper doing the re-write, I would have probably shunned it. As things stand though, I think there’s reason to get at least a little fired up, especially with new rumors of Cillian Murphy possibly signing on to play Eric – almost as weird as casting Brandon Lee! If only Stephen Norrington could be replaced… Yes, then I can almost picture it. Until we know more, let us remember The Crow that once was. I leave you with a question: who would you cast as the ideal Eric?
The Crow is available on YouTube in its entirety.
Post tags: Comics, Fairy Tales, Film, Stroke Material, Surreal, Uber
Coilhouse - 29 Jul 10
A patchwork biography of Igor Oleynikov: Growing up in Lubertsy, Russia ? a small town outside of Moscow ? his entrance into the art world was at the Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm in 1979. Since 1986 he has been illustrating children’s books and has done 25 to date.
Children’s book illustration is a lot like veterinary school ? the common misconception being that medical school has a much higher barrier of entry, and yet the opposite is true. Children’s book illustration is a notoriously difficult nut to crack.
Oleynikov’s work is testament to the talent involved in the field. His paintings are lush and yet his tones are muted just enough to give everything a dream-like quality. In addition, they possess that air of danger and foreboding so often found in literature for young readers. Really, I could look at these all day. See more after the jump and even more here, here, and here.
Read the rest of Igor Oleynikov
Ectoplasmosis - 29 Jul 10
When I found this last weekend, I watched it obsessively a number of times. It just seems right. Not exactly a vision of prophecy, but for a myth of collapse it will do?
Apocalypse -Cthulhu- Now by Cthulinos [Youtube]
Apocalypse Now intro – In case you’ve forgotten the visual pun [Youtube]
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No such thing as an EX-Masturbator. Just liars and those in waiting.
Where do I get a Chronic Masturbator t-shirt? All ready with the Top Gun voices now, “I feel the urge – the urge to purge!”
Those people are pussies. Thanks to the beauty of Christ’s love I no longer shit.
Because the photo is of a couple, my first thought was that they were telling the world they shag like priests at a boys’ school and didn’t need to masturbate anymore. I’d be jealous, but supportive of that message.
Poor, poor fools.
How many seconds do you estimate it will be between the time these shirts hit the street and we start seeing “EX-christian” and “EX-fundie” shirts. The “Ex-hypocrate” and “EX-slave” shirts will do double duty, though.
I’m getting a strong “Photoshopped” vibe from that picture, and now the website is down.
Why do i see the Ex-Slave shirt coming with optional whip?
What does it say on the back?
“… since I discovered SODOMY!”
“… but you would NOT believe the dreams I’ve been having!”
“… and yes, they feel like a pair of lead weights.”
“… I believe it’s healing over now.”
“… wait, fleshlights don’t count, right? How about fruit?”
“… but once the blisters on my palm heal, I’M BACK BABY!”
“… and I swear, one of us is going to kill the other one before the day is out.”
Also, can I get one that says “Masturbator, but working on it. Real hard.”
The human hand reaches the human genitals perfectly. Often on the same human. Whether you believe in God, evolution or genetic engineering, This Is Not An Accident.
Dude, I quite masturbating, like, 5 times a day. Where’s my t-shirt?
Deliver us from downloading tentacle porn every night, O Lord!
Joe J… I’m hoping it’s in the laudry, at that rate…
s/quite/quit/
Feh. Typos ruin humor.
Weird, I just saw these cultists in an idiotic anti-evolution video I saw yesterday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh3f5KfXXOo
@Rob:
I knew they looked familiar! I just watched like the first 20 seconds of that video yesterday too.
[...] via Warren Ellis: [...]
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Try commenting on that video with any kind of rational response. I have done so several times and none have been put on as a comment.
they have sex together to calm their urges
The world is crying out for an EX-EX-EX Masturbator t-shirt.
I think the back should say, “Thanks Match.com”
The doc says it’s going to take anywhere from four to six weeks for my carpel tunnels to heal.
[...] picked this off Warren Ellis’ [...]
You know, it’s tempting to rub one out while looking at their picture, just out of spite.
Its a toothpaste ad for spree killers.
What?
No Ex-Motherfucker or Ex-Animal Sodomite shirts? What about Ex-Terminator shirt?
If only there were an equivalent for married folks
“I am now a Fucker”
Now I want to make an “Ex-Virgin” shirt.
In child sizes.
For those going the marginally more realistic abstinence route, how about a “Jackin’ for Jesus” clothing line?
“Ex” is short for excessive.
Matthew 6:16-18 declares, “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”
So, who exactly ARE these shirts for?
The guy’s suffering from withdrawal… he’s all jittery, his hand has some motion blur
“to bring glory to the lord, I’m willing to do anything” and make a living off of it, fucking assholes.
Hell, they made an ex-homosexual shirt?!
isn’t it completely contradictory to call all sexual sin an act against god? While it’s “God’s gift to man”, but only after the man made church based religions approve of it during a soulless ceremony?
and now they’ll go to heaven having brought glory to god? goodness gracious by how many miles are they off it, Christianity killed norse culture and life. the womans worth was shoved from being the owner of the house, to being owned alongside the house.
now what I find interesting is that nobody is asking: what kind of fucking society is this where it supports both life and projects of these kinds of people? if we could somehow get all the bodyguards in the world to turn around and shoot the banker or politician they’re protecting we’d be better off. Deliver some sort of whiff of realization that’s it’s that fucking easy, just shoot the damned bankers.