WUW- SIXTH SENSE WEARABLE TECH

Incredible stuff and relatively cheap! Incredibly bad music though...



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BEAR NAKED

Some South American bears in a German zoo have developed a condition which made their fur fall off and they've developed some rashes etc. I think they look awesome! Check out those claws!!! "More" info here!

STRANGER DANGER PSA

I wish I saw this a month ago :(

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TUCKER & DALE vs. EVIL

ZOMBIE KID FOUND

CARDBOARD ANIMATION

REBOOT: PREPARE FOR LET-DOWN

THE CUP OF TEARS

Pretty slick and crazy samurai sci-fi flick!

The Cup of Tears film trailer. Dir. Gary Shore from Gary Shore on Vimeo.

It's an Irish movie made in Slovenia and here's the synopsis:
"Follows a scorned geisha who creates a magical cup made of tears that causes any man who drinks from it to fall into a permanent sleep. One night the cup is stolen, setting off a chain of events that threatens civil war amongst the clans. Taro, a gifted samurai, sets out to find the cup and one who can break the spell."

SKINNY'S OCTOBER WINGS

Here's a little animated clip my buddy Jordy Starling and his friend made for Hallowe'en .

HALLOWE'EN COSTUME AD

Thanks George!

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HIRED!

ALI: GREATEST ENTERTAINER

Click above image for a great video!

Little Boy Heroically Shoots, Mutilates Burglar

MUHAMMAD ALI!

The other night my black cat puked on my lap. I wondered if it was bad luck. Turns out it was good luck because I just saw Muhammad Ali!! I was getting into work a tad late and I heard cheers coming from the Lululemon headquarters (which is just next door). I then heard someone on a microphone asking questions like "What was Muhammad Ali's birth name?" and "Who did he fight in The Rumble In The Jungle?" Knowing that The Greatest is in town I thought, "What are the chances he's here?" So I popped up to Lululemon and saw a little stage with boxing gloves sitting under a chair and a small crowd had gathered behind a velvet rope. I then knew that he'd be coming! After waiting about half-an-hour, he arrived! How fucking incredibly awesome is that?! I was literally 10 feet away from The King! Sorry about the low-quality of these iPhone photos. WHY COULDN'T I HAVE MY NIKON!?

Muhammad Ali is seated on the stage.

PAC-MAN CHART

Thanks Melt!

SNUFF BOX - EMPTY ROOM

Thanks Colin!

CRISS ANGEL -- DICKHEAD

Update: Scott F., (whose brother is a magician) just wrote: "This'll cheer ya! My brother went to see "Believe" and said that it was unbelievably bad. People booed and they had to set up a separate room for folks who wanted their money back. Apparently Angel felt that being a douchebag to the audience wasn't just funny, it was his right."

I don't know what Criss Angel's like in real person, but I can't stand his Mind Freak show. Sometime's I'm captivated and held hostage to the show because it's like a train-wreck. The bullshit camera edits and actors all going "What?!?! Where'd he go?! How'd he do that?!" makes me just vomit all over myself. I usually rewind the trick back to show my 8-year old how the trick was done and most of his stuff is just camera trickery. I'm sure he can do card-tricks and rope-tricks and typical street-magician shit, but digitally removing cables and playing with the camera isn't magic. Take this bullshit for example. This is BRILLIANT!



Look at where the white scratches in the pavement are when he crawls out of the sewer. Then when he goes back to roll it up, you can see them lower in frame which means the camera's just cropped the man-hole out of the shot and someone off-camera placed the poster down. He should have just gone back into the sewer where he came from and belongs.

On a recent episode I saw him doing some magic in front of his Vegas show "Believe" and they had a poster for the show in the background. This poster in fact:

Is it me? Or has he just magically transformed himself into a boner? Here is an illustration I found that is quite magical.

THE KILLERS

Just look at these twats will ya?!

GRANDPA IN MY POCKET

Check out this British CBeebies series called "Grandpa In My Pocket!" It's about a boy whose grandpa has a magical cap that can shrink him and the boy then, yes, carries his grandfather in his pocket. That's the last place I'd put an old man! Be sure to roll over the show's logo in the upper-left corner for a special surprise!

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE SOUNDTRACK

I've been looking forward to this movie for an incredible amount of time. I just got the soundtrack and from listening to it, I think that the film is going to be fantastic. Dave Eggers script, Spike Jonze direction, and now Karen O (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) music! Talk about a triple threat! Not to mention that she recruited Bradford Cox (Deer Hunter and his solo project Atlas Sound; two of my favourite bands) and Aaron Hemphill of The Liars!

I've now listened to the album 3 times tonight and it's great! There's a reason why it's by Karen O and "THE KIDS". There's a lot of kids singing backup to many of the songs. This is a kids movie after all, so it's very whimsical, peppy and light in many of the compositions but there's a rough, raw, folk-like quality to it. I'd actually say there are some tracks ("Animal") where it sounds like musicians gobbled a bunch of mushrooms, danced around a fire chanting into night. Almost like a wild rumpus! Karen O also has some heart-wrenching sad ballads scattered within like "Worried Shoes" which tells me there's going to be a lot of emotional heart and sadness in this movie. After listening to this album, I am really intrigued at how these songs will blend with the story and I think we're in for a special experience. I think kids will feel like they've finally been treated to a movie that talks at their level directly instead of talking down to them. I think kids will feel, for the first time in movie history, respected.

UPDATE: I forgot to mention that the overall sound of the soundtrack is kinda like "Yeah Yeah Yeahs" meet "Arcade Fire" meet "The Go! Team." Also, Nathan Thomas has sent me this link where the entire album is streamed.

THE GOLDEN SABER

A couple of weeks ago I was presented this award from my client, Mattel. It's called The Golden Saber Award and to be honest, it's really cool! I received it for the work I've been doing as Series Director on the new Cartoon Network series Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5.

The award consists of a "gold"-plated vehicle (The Saber) mounted on a black engraved plexiglass "Battlekey" which is a really great touch (a battlekey is an important object in each episode).

Thanks to everyone at Mattel who put this together! AWESOME!

WINDOWS 7 PARTY!!!! PAARRRRTTAAAYYY!

I don't know about you but I am soooo stoked to host one of these Windows 7 parties!! I have no idea what any of the activities are yet, but I am willing to bet they're a scream! Check this video out because these 4 animals really get my party-soul moving! THESE GUYS ARE A HOOT!



After watching this, I was even more excited because I have no idea what to expect!? This could just be one of the greatest parties I've not only hosted, but ever attended.


UPDATE: I'm a little pissed off actually because while watching this video for the 4rd or 5nd time, I noticed that the clock behind them skips about in time. The video is only 6 minutes but the clock on the microwave behind them seems to span over an hour through-out!? WTF!?! I honestly thought these 4 WACKY folks were improvising and telling me their experiences "on-the-fly", but it seems as though it may have been scripted, and maybe they did a few takes each time? If anyone has any inside scoop on this, it would really help me sleep at night. Are they really friends or just actors!? Either way, they really should start a sit-com together because they're really good together and I found myself in stitches!

THE DEEPENING: SYOA EPISODE

A whole lot a minutes ago, probably millions, the Duncan Brothers released this classic video, THE DEEPENING! Now, the creators of other fantasbo flicks like "OVERDRIFT" and "BURN/N.E.N.E.R." are back with another release of THE DEEPENING, but this time it's a "Select Your Own Adventure" episode where you get to be the captain of this movie. Yes, you get to be the captain. Not me, not them, not your friend, but you! Have yous ever wanted to feel like an big-shot Hollywoods guys or gal? Now's your chance with THE DEEPENING: SYOA!

MICROSOFT'S COURIER

This actually looks pretty cool!

SPIKE JONZE'S EXPLOSIVE SKATEBOARD VIDEO

Unkle - Heaven Remix from We Love You So on Vimeo.

I was just visiting Spike Jonze's website for Where The Wild Things Are and was looking at some of his earlier posts. He had this classic skate video of his up and I watched it again for the 5th. The first time I watched this I was pretty stunned. If you haven't seen it, you're in for a treat. If you have seen it, it's worth watching again.

MONKEY BEACH: THE MOVIE

The live-action script adaptation of the amazing book "Monkey Beach" that Andrew Duncan and myself have been writing is finally seeing the light at the end of a fairly-long tunnel.

The novel is incredible and rich and it's been an honour to have the opportunity to adapt it. I don't believe author Eden Robinson has had an opportunity to read it yet, but I do hope she enjoys it and that we've done her awesome book justice. She herself tried to take a stab at writing the screenplay but gave up because she didn't know how to do it. To be honest, it wasn't easy choosing what stays and what goes as there's so much beautiful material crammed in its mere 388 pages that a 12-part mini-series could be made.

The script has just been pitched to a number of studios and it seems that there's a bit of a buzz! One biggish announcement that Andrew and I just heard was that the casting directors from Twilight and its sequel read the script and have attached themselves to it! There's a little website set up too that just went on-line.

INDYCAR PROMO

There is nothing, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING wrong with this promo by BUCK!

AUGMENTED REALITY ZOMBIE GAME

Thanks George!

WORLD'S BIGGEST SNAKE

Not sure if it's really the "world's biggest" but it certainly is mind-blowingly HUUUGE!

FLOOD MAPS

Here's a handy site which helps you know what areas will find themselves submerged underwater during floods and tsunamis and what-have you!

MYSTERY ILLUSTRATION

Hey Halfsquatchers, I was cleaning up the desktop and found this quick illustration I did a while back and was wondering if any of you visitors had any guesses as to what's happening in it. 50 points will be awarded to whoever has the best guess.

EVERY 4th THING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT

I can't wait to watch this!!

TAR BOY

GHANA MOVIE POSTERS

This is the reason why I need to travel the world. To take pictures of these awesome hand-made, one-of-a-kind movie posters. There's got to be a place where a fella like me can purchase these and sell them to you for millions of dollars.

The movie itself, due to the fashion, hair-do's,
music and direction is even more terrifying
than the poster art.

The "heart-shaped 'O'" in T2 subtly reminds

me that there's romance in this movie.

James' face is spot-on as it looks exactly like Roger Moore.
Though it's been a while since I've seen this flick, I don't
remember the fish playing an integral part of the flick.

When I think of frightening dogs, I think of poodles,
golden retrievers, black labs and cockerspaniels. People who
own these types of canines are living with time-bombs with fangs.

This movie is about a preacher who lost his bible
while traveling as a missionary. Seeing as it's god's
work, he decides that it's okay to take a Gideon's bible
from the side-table of his hotel room. Unfortunately,
the bible turns out to be cursed by a witch-doctor and
the missionary turns into a snaked-mouthed skeleton
who needs brains in order to live. Why a skeleton needs
to live is a mystery, but hey, that's what the movie's about.

HITLER RANTS ON DISNEY/MARVEL DEAL

HIGH SPEED ROBOTIC HAND

I'm actually considering chopping off my hand and shoving this onto the nub.

THE GRINCH SPOTTED

Here's The Grinch. He was spotted a few weeks ago by some friends and myself while having lunch on Commercial Drive. Yesterday, he passed us by again and this time I took a picture of him to prove that the Grinch is real. It's hard to see from this iPhone pic, but he has a little swoop-whip hairdo, bushy-whipped eyebrows and the exact stomach paunch (which needs to be seen from profile for best results). BEHOLD! THE GRINCH!!!

THE NUMBER TO HEAVEN

The same feller who made "Hobo With A Shotgun" brings us this short vid. I love the boat name...

1-2-3 SUCCEED PRINT ONLINE

1-2-3 SUCCEED MOBILE

1-2-3 SUCCEED INTERNATIONALLY

BIGFOOT PRINTS IN THE SAND

Thanks John Dryden! Original post here.

SASQWATCH

Just look how ridiculous this watch is (in a good way)! Head over to Sasqwatch to get yours (or not). There's actually a near-fairly interesting blog posting about the origin of this watch and the 22-years it took the creator to get it made.

Not a big fan of either the White Stripes or Weird Al Yankovich but I do like Charles Nelson Riley and it's great to finally see him blow shit up with his eyes.

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1-2-3 SUCCEED!

VIDEO PROJECTION INSTALLATION ON BUILDING FACADE

Check out this cool video projection by Urban Screen.

555 KUBIK | facade projection | from urbanscreen on Vimeo.

MOST AWESOMEST FESTIVAL EVER

If anyone wants to join me, let me know and we can share a tent!

SHOTGUN SHARPSHOOTER

I'm not a big gun enthusiast but this guy certainly knows his way around a shotgun. I only wish I knew what kind of shotgun he's using!

THE BEATLES WERE TERRIFYING...

I love Fred Willard so much.

The Beatles Were Terrifying w/Fred Willard from Fred Willard

MOON

Just saw Duncan Jones' debut flick Moon and I loved every minute of it. Sam Rockwell deserves an Oscar for this and Clint Mansell's soundtrack is perfect. It would have been so easy for Duncan Jones to call up his dad, David Bowie and say "Hey pop, you want to write the soundtrack?" and although I'm a pretty big Bowie fan, I'm glad he went with Clint Mansell. With such a minimal, "simple" and quiet film, the soundtrack sticks out and accompanies the cinematic mood perfectly.
It's a great psychological, mystery sci-fi that's an homage to 2001 but is clearly a different movie. In fact (and I know I'll take some flack for this), 2001 stinks, nay, STINKS compared to Moon.

CANDIRU: THE TOOTHPICK FISH

SEWER MONSTER

According to a North Carolina Public Utilities Group, they're confirming that the disaster you're about to watch is real. They have no idea what it is, but it's real. I'll tell you what it is: real gross.



Here's an article from various groups claiming to know what it is and others refuting it.

JESUS AND TIME MACHINES WORK IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS

As you probably know, I'm a bit of a time traveler. I like to pop around here and there and check stuff out. In 2033, after years of not using my time machine, I finally decide to give the machine an old dust-off and give it one more kick around time. I will decide to head back to Labour Day 2004 and visit a small church gathering and do a "Johnny Darrell Explosion" for kicks. Before departure, I (will) psi-mail(ed) a friend to be at a certain church with a video camera, hoping that it will work out. It did. Check it out!

TRAIN VS. TORNADO

PHOENIX '1901' VIDEO

1:1 SCALE GUNDAM

The 1:1 scale, 18-meter-tall Gundam statue is finally complete and was revealed mid-June in Tokyo.

BETWEEN TWO FERNS

Another great episode!

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis from Between Two Ferns

GIANT LIZARD BONUS!

Your pal Beadle got so inspired by the recent posts that he decided to finish up one of the ones we were working on before we started to get sued! AWESOME JOB BEADLE!

SAFETY FIRST: EAVES OF DESTRUCTION

GIANT LIZARD

Sadly, here is the last of them. We had about 6 more concepts but not enough time and too many legal threats.

GIANT LIZARD

GIANT LIZARD COMIC

GIANT LIZARD COMICS

When your pal Beadle and I were working together at Nerd Corps Entertainment, we started making some comics. I'd come up with the idea and he'd bring it to life. Due to some heavy legal threats from various entities, we had to close shop.

FERRARI GUY

WHOA! Check it out because there is nothin' wrong with this!!! If you're ever in the Chicago area, make sure you book an appointment with the Ferrari Guy! He's only $300/hour and the bonus is, if you book a 5-hour block with him you get an hour on the house!! That's a $1500 package for only $1200! Be sure to go to his pricing page on the website as it also lists some of his other incredible services. I'm not sure, but according to his site, he's "The most photographed man in the country! Next to the President!" YES, BUT WHICH ONE!?! The photos are available but I need to know which President he's yammerin' on and on about! I would love to know if he plays in a rock 'n roll band.

KUM HAIR CONDITIONER

A workmate pal of mine, let's just call him Mick Fettishly, found this amazing hair product at a Dollar Giant recently. It's a leave-in conditioner called "Kum" and its tag-line is "Love It & Leave It." I really do get a kick out of the artistic relief design as well.

Here's a closer view of the bottle and while photographing, some of the product happened to seep out. Thanks Mick!!

PONTYPOOL: GOOD OR BAD?

I'm not a big Bruce McDonald fan whatsoever. I think he's an overrated film-school quality director (but he's so cutting edge and punk! A "maverick", if you will!) but this latest movie of his does pique my interest (though the "Shut up or Die" tag-line reeks of typical McDonald stupidity though, so perhaps it is the same as the rest of his junk). There seems to be some lavish praise on it so again, I'm interested, but then again, there was massive praise for Roadkill when it came out and it is close to being one of the worst films ever made. I am willing to bet that this is going to be typical McDonald bullshit: contrived, boring, laughable, film-school-movie-with-a-budget. But I could be wrong. The one thing he finally did get right was a good D.O.P. It does look nice. What a waste of a post huh? Oh here's the link...

BEST PAC MAN RE-DESIGN EVER

This shirt was for sale on Threadless but it's sold out. REISSUE PLEASE!

When I was a kid, my father made me a Pacman costume for Hallowe'en once. It was pretty awesome and the candy-giving neighbours had to throw the loot into the Pacman mouth where my pillow-case was attached. I have no idea why my father didn't take a picture of it.

There's a story to go along with it. My buddy and I were walking up the road (Me: Pacman, he: a woman--terrible costume, I mean come on! You can be ANYTHING!!) and there was this row of old townhouses and most had their lights out but there was one apt. with a candle on one of the decks and a couple of guys sitting there so I just assumed they had candy to dole out. So I go up the steps (not easy in the Pacman costume--nor my buddy's stupid high-heels) and approach the dudes who happen to be drinking some beer (stubby bottles), smoking and one of the guys was eating a banana (the town I grew up in was a very small hick-town so these guys were major stoner-hicks). I said, "Trick Or Treat" and they kinda looked at each other for a moment and the one guy then pulled out a knife and thrusted it into my friend's face. That's actually not true. The one guy looks over at his friend and says something and they kinda look stymied for a moment, so one of the guys shrugs his shoulders, pulls out a pocket knife, cuts a slice of his banana and tosses it into my Pacman mouth. There was an awkward silence as it slowly dawns on me that these guys weren't "officially open for business." I remember saying thank-you and then turning away embarrassed and deflated. Being inside this costume, I had no periferial vision so I can only assume he gave my buddy the same thing--in this case, it really more a trick than a treat. The hicks were laughing as Pacman and his girlfriend made their way clumsily down their stairs and I felt terrible. I realize now that these hicks were probably high as an eagle listening to Hawkwind with headphones on (the eagle; not the hicks--they were probably listening to Molly Hatchet or Steve Miller on an 8-track player).

When I got home that night to dump all my loot out onto my floor, the pillow-case had a mushy smeared wad of banana paste on it as did some of the candy. What a drag.

DEAD PIRATES "WOOD"

Here's a pretty awesome video by McBess & Simon (produced at the Mill).

LEO AWARDS PHOTO

This photo taken at the Leo Awards last month is hilarious! It looks like Colin Lorimer (storyboard supervisor, in the middle) has just roasted the fuck out of me. Steve Ball (series director, on the left) is saying "In your face, Darrell!" and then I look like I'm so pissed off at Steve that I'm saying "I'll smash this trophy in your fuckin' face, if you don't shut up!" None of us can recall what Steve was saying. Probably something like, "Awwww yeahhhh! The award presenter (seen in back) wants to sleep with you! You da man, Darrell, YOU DA MAN!"

BING!

Bing is Microsoft's attempt to be the next major search engine; taking on Google. I've only looked at it for about 3 minutes, but thought I'd share it with y'all. At first glance, their map system is a lot nicer to look at.

Here's an excerpt from their site:

"...the way the world searches is changing. You want more than just information. You want knowledge that leads to action. The truth is you’ve evolved. It’s time search caught up. So we had an idea. Start over. And we did. We took a new approach to go beyond search to build what we call a decision engine. With a powerful set of intuitive tools on top of a world class search service, Bing will help you make smarter, faster decisions. We included features that deliver the best results, presented in a more organized way to simplify key tasks and help you make important decisions faster..."

I dont' know how good it is or where it'll go, but "Bing" might become a common verb in the months to come. Why don't you trying binging it for yourself....BING!

HAN SOLO P.I.

see it side-by-side with the original...

SAFETY FIRST: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

A big shout out to my new cameraman, my son, Kai! I lost my old cameraman, Jessop "Turd-Hopper" Turdopski earlier this week during the shooting of "GOING POSTAL!" when an errant hunk of driftwood flew threw the air and struck him in the temple (unfortunately). A huge shout out to his family and my deepest condolences. He will be missed, I'm sure.