No More Phillies, So Now What?
Phillyist Playlist: The Get Up Kids at the Trocadero & TLA
Asshole of the Week
Yo, Philly in the News
Photoist
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment.
- There's nothing at the URL as of this writing, but PR people tell us that some time early this week, code.google.com/radiohead will host a clip of a video for "House Of Cards" created using two crazy technologies called Geometric Informatics and Velodyne Lidar. Not used in creating the video were cameras of any kind. Those crazy Radiohead peoples.
- Great moments in comics, recreated using peeps!
- A piece of fan art imagines what it would look like if Batman's tumbler was an Autobot.
- Heh heh. A number of cast members from Oliver Stone's W were arrested at a Louisiana bar (called the Stray Cat, no less) when they got rowdy and then wouldn't leave at closing time. Among them was Josh Brolin, who plays Bush.
- Christopher Lee says he definitely won't be appearing in any movie of The Hobbit because Saruman isn't in the book! (He's a bit of purist.) He would be okay with appearing in the proposed second film, which deals with the Council of Wizards—except for the fact that he doesn't want to go to New Zealand again. Hopefully he and the producers can work something out, because we'd dearly love to see Lee as Saruman in another film.
- The LA Times got Warner Bros. studio chief Alan Horn to spill the beans on what the story is with Where the Wild Things Are. They gave Spike Jonze more cash and more time to finish the film, and are hoping "to find a common ground that represents Spike's vision but still offers a film that really delivers for a broad-based audience." Horn says it's a challenge, but they remained confident they'll end up with a good film. Hmm... we'll see about that.
- Your latest Halo rumors and info: Wal-Mart's intranet has a listing for Halo "Blue," and rumor has it the next Halo, whatever color it is, will be a darker, grittier, more tactical game, and won't have Master Chief in it.
- The New York Times says Rock Band 2 will feature a track from Guns N' Roses' long-awaited album Chinese Democracy.
- Engadget and Joystiq will have live, joint coverage of the major keynotes at E3, and Wired will be on top of it all, as well.
- Former Blizzard North employee and Diablo II developer Michael Huang had some interesting criticisms of some of the design decisions made on Diablo III.
- Totoro Forest Project is an international charity effort to preserve Sayama Forest, the forest where director Hayao Miyazaki got the inspiration for the character of Totoro. You can find a gallery of art created by internationally acclaimed artists in support of the project over at the project's official website. (Via)
- Sci Fi Wire reports from the set of Watchmen with some interesting details about the set.
- AMC is planning a series called Carter Beats the Devil, based on the novel about a magician who becomes implicated in the death of President Warren G. Harding. We're not familiar with the novel, but we're always up for a period story about a magician.
- They've had an unusually high number of UFO sightings in Britain this summer. Apparently this, too, could be due to global warming. (Via)
- Our very favorite H.P. Lovecraft-inspired punk band, The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, is having its first ever music video contest! Your video could end up on the DVD that will be included with the band's next CD release. You could also win the Tentacule d’Or award, which includes $200 in Thickets merchandise of your choice. So what are you waiting for? Click through for the details on how to submit.
- Speaking of music-related contests, check out the results of CDandLP.com's recent sleeveface contest. If you don't know what sleeveface is, you'll find out soon enough. (Via)
- British paper Mail on Sunday says they may have discovered the true identity of guerrilla graffiti artist Banksy.
- Rose McGowan as Red Sonja? Really?! Well, we're willing to try it. We bet she'd look great in that outfit, at least.
Image Credit: Flickr user roxeteer
add to stumble upon
add to reddit
tweet this
post to facebook
Post a comment (Comment Policy)