There is no argument among Ecthomites that the classic weaponized jewlery of yore is gorgeous. Yet owing to its antiquated nature, bits and bobs of the destructive ilk can be both difficult to acquire and fragile (once the former issue is overcome).
Jewelers Digby and Iona seek to skirt this problematic issue with their Fall line featuring the above piece. While inoperable as a weapon of elegant destruction the ring is none the less a fearsome addition to any finger.
If digit-weaponization isn’t your thing Digby and Iona also have a moustache pendant available (among other quaintly curious adornments) for all your moustache emergencies.
I enjoyed Chuck Palahniuk’s first four novels immensely, especially Survivor which remains his high point thus far. However, his books since Choke have been, shall we say, awful. His last novel was so bad that I didn’t even bother to finish it even though I was past the one hundred page mark which is the point of no return for me, after which I force myself to finish the book no matter how painful it may be.
All of that said, I am cautiously optimistic — or impossibly dense, take your pick — about his next novel, entitled Snuff, about an aging porn actress named Cassie Wright, who is attempting to break the record for the world’s largest gangbang but winds up dying in the process (didn’t see that one coming did you, what with the book’s title and all). This is regardless of the fact that the review from Publisher’s Weekly, which is on the Amazon product page, unenthusiastically proclaims:
There are sharp moments when Palahniuk compassionately and candidly examines the flesh-on-film industry, but mostly this reads like a cross between the Spice Channel and Days of Our Lives.
Doubleday is betting that you won’t care or don’t read Publisher’s Weekly or Amazon before you reflexively hit the Pre-Order button and to help advertise it have given Cassie Wright her own myspace page, complete with this kitschy trailer for one of her films, The Wizard of Ass with the promise of two more coming soon. No doubt I will be picking it up, if only for the probability of repetitive, descriptive lists of sexual acts and porn etiquette.
No nudity but still may be unsafe for your workplace. Time to get a job that allows you to view Ectomo without fear of reprisal!
Before the epic meme of doing crazed things with Garfield strips put Fatal Farm in the upper echelons of internet stardom they had previously worked on a number of reworkings of classic televison intros; none of which were nearly as disturbing as their reworking of DuckTales in which Webbigail “Webby” Vanderquack meets a hottie on myspace. Unfortunately said hottie is, in reality, a Beagle Boy cruising for underage ducks to exploit for child pornography. A harrowing tale with a twist that will stay with you long after the clip has ended; most likely a queasy, empty feeling from having watched your beautiful childhood memories perverted and degraded. On a web-cam. In a basement dungeon.
Much as we enjoy shedding light on the many wondrousworks brought forth by today’s designers, be they of the walled interior or clothed exterior variety, the sad fact remains that many of the pieces posted are either conceptual or prohibitively pricey. Unfortunately most of us aren’t sewing machine maistros, and as such the aforementioned delights remain as pieces of a beautifully bedecked dream.
However, thanks to ERNTE Fashion Systems’ upcoming release of their E.S.P. line we dreamers can obtain a bit of our woolgathered wardrobe on the cheap. The official site launches on May 15th but you can peer into their wondercloset for a peek at their pre-release offerings.
Photographer Joshua Hoffine takes pictures of the things I love to hate, nightmares. There’s a wide array of horrors in his online portfolio but the image above is an easy favorite of mine. As with the photo’s unsuspecting victim I have long been plagued by horrible beasts that lurk in dark places and skitter from the edges of my vision, waiting for the very moment my guard has been let down to do their horrible work.
“She’s tough. She’s dangerous. She’s all woman. She’s Leroy’s mama; and as long as she’s alive the Surf Nazis Must Die!”
The trailer for this 80s-era Troma production doesn’t really explain who Leroy is but his mama is on a mission; a mission to take down members of the Surf Nazis whose leaders have historical, Nazi names like Adolf, Mengele, and Hook. I would be lying if I said that the most realistic post-apocalyptic scenario was one in which Nazis took over California’s beaches and waged war on gangs of Asian stereotypes and blond-haired preppies in DayGlo Jams, however, this trailer seems to paint a fairly believable picture of just such a future. I can’t help but feel that I should prepare in some way, perhaps by attaching blades to the edges of my long-board.
Don’t Panic has a short interview with Matthieu Bessudo, who we’ve previously featured on Ectomo. Especially interesting is what he says about future projects:
Well, it’s possible that I start working on my short movie in the next months and for that occasion I’m going to record a 10 track album, so that should be fun. And more concretely I’m doing some exhibitions; one in Germany with the people of Rotopol and one with the EDTN people of London.
A short animated movie replete with insane, surreal artwork? Yes please.
Teeth is being released in the UK on June 20th and in preparation it is being advertised with the use of, among other things, a website explaining the condition known as vagina dentata, complete with a short educational film about the malady that affects one in twelve million women worldwide.
Eliza put out a call for suggestions and the Ectomite Hive Mind responded with a bevy of bizarre links and nostalgic requests leaving us with a hodge-podge of old childhood favorites and surreal art-house films. Thanks to everyone who took the time to post and if you don’t see your contribution here, rest assured it will make an appearance in the very near future. Now, go Ectomomites! TO THE JUMP!
Well, you tell me. How could this line have gone under our radars, mine and Q’s? A googling reveals nothing but a Tribe page and links to these Flickr photos.
Dear airborne apes, tomorrow is Ross’ turn on the old cartoon crank, meaning we need some audience participation: recommendations for cartoons you love and/or lust after, with links if possible (but vague descriptions or titles are okay too). Post here and prevent repeats!
A clip from the 1930 film The Dogway Melody which was a twenty minute spoof of The Broadway Melody in which all the parts were played by dogs. In this scene an ebony, four-legged gentleman bestows a few glittering rocks on young Queenie. However, when she refuses to put out he’s left with only one choice: groping of the non-consensual variety. Lucky for Queenie though, there is a telepathic drunk in the next room ready to dash to her rescue.
John Darnielle had teamed up with Aesop Rock before on the track “Coffee” with fantastic results. This time Rock is remixing a Mountain Goats tune off their new album Heretic Pride with accompanying video by Sketch Theatre artist Nate Frizzell. One can only hope that very soon these two decide to do an entire album together.
In sheer defiance of the World Wide Web Consortium's will, Ectomo was designed using a non-web-standard font. Luckily, it is included in the excellent font pack released by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, which can be freely downloaded in Mac and PC formats here. Ectomo should still look fine without it, though.
