Creepy Uke
Those of you who came to the NYC show at the Cutting Room were certainly as thrilled with Kristen’s ukulele contributions as I was (not to mention the solid backing vocal work of the ever-solid Paul and Storm). Proof of awesomeness provided by Scott – check out the Creepy Doll video.
My Monster
Len has finished my monster, and I expect it is in the mail to me even now. The word was “Octopus” and I am glad of it. Here is the image and here is the video of it being made. Feels like old times…thanks Len!
More About EMI
Well now I feel bad I didn’t say nicer things about EMI yesterday – Gizmodo says that according to an EMI spokesperson, “The iTunes premium price and AAC 256 kbps format are Apple’s Marketing decision.” I suppose that might mean that EMI would have been into offering full quality files without an increase in price, but Apple made them do it this way. Maybe. I still think it’s kind of an irritating way to do things – taking away the right to play your music on any device, and then charging you money to get it back – but maybe the blame doesn’t lie with EMI.
I used to work for EMI you know, back when I was first a grownup here in NYC. I’m still pretty sure I can blame them for how much that job sucked.
Monster By Mail
Len, the excellent illustrator behind Visual Thing a Week and the JoCo Coloring Book, has been doing a really great project called Monster By Mail. Send him a descriptive word and he will draw a monster based on it, send the original to you on a postcard, and post a video of him doing the drawing. The guy is expecting his 80th child or whatever, so he could certainly use your $$$, in exchange for which you will receive an awesome monster IN THE MAIL.
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