Before you is the culmination of all my post-apocalyptic, cyberpunk fashion dreams. Oh sure, my compatriots and I clothe ourselves in all manner of garb designed with futurelust in mind, but not a stitch of those epic high-collared wardrobes is really functional. We’re simply playing dystopian dress-up.
But with this piece by Tim Smit — made of neoprene, lined with kevlar, and seemingly designed with my ilk in mind — we’re really getting into the business of being the no-nonsense, disaffected futuretots we’ve always known ourselves to be.
While it’s not specifically stated that this is just a conceptual design I can’t imagine it’s anything but. Yet simply knowing it exists helps to soothe the hurt of being unable to rush out and buy my first piece of Apocalypse Couture.
Hit the jump for a few more shots of this exquisite design.
Some webcam footage of the defrosting process being conducted on the half ton colossal squid caught in Antarctic waters in February 2007, and currently housed in a New Zealand lab. The entire process will take up to two day to complete in order to not damage the specimen, as thawing it too fast would mean that the outside would being to rot before the internal organs had fully thawed. Researchers will only have a short time to examine the corpse before it is placed in a preservative, during which time they hope to, among other things, determine the squid’s sex; although the apparent lack of a six and a half foot penis leads them to speculate that it is female. It seems like a logical conclusion. They will also be live webcasts spanning the entire project. After the examination is concluded the squid will be put on display at Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand’s national museum in Wellington.
Xanopticon’s music is often strange and alienating, with a speed and complexity matching most IDM but it’s sentiment being closer to dark drum+bass. It has been described as “waves of breaks: almost calming ambient music built out of intense rhythm structures.” Due to this heaviness, he is often compared to Venetian Snares, who has an equal ability for manipulating small snippets of sound.
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This vibrant flyer represents the work of one of my most dutiful digital students, DJ Intoner, who was graciously allowed to remix this macro photograph of my very green eye for his noisy purposes: an electronic music recital.
Mention Ectoplasmosis at the door and get absolutely no discount. But find me in the seething morass, inquire about the rumpus, and I will sketch an Octobee just for you. This offer is unique! It boils with worth and charm, just like my rumpus!
British emcee Elemental busts a fresh flow on the subject of Ectomo’s preferred beverage: delicious, delicious tea. We at EctoCorp support this bold new direction for rap music and advocate the adoption of tea as the favored subject of choice for “sick rhymes” in lieu of the woefully oft’ preferred bitches, hos, and the pimping there of. Pith helmets, while optional, are highly recommended.
This ad campaign for Fit Light Yogurt, currently running in Brazil, features famously erotic scenes depicted with a woman who is overweight; in this case the dream scene from American Beauty. Others include the interrogation scene from Basic Instinct and the iconic image of Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch. The tag-line at the bottom reads: “Forget about it. Men’s preference will never change. Fit Light Yogurt.” It certainly lacks some degree of subtlety, doesn’t it?
Joseph Sigenthaler has spent the last 22 years creating strangely proportioned busts from all manner of materials including oil, resin, hair, acrylic, wax, and fabric. His work is regarded as grotesque by many but I find it strangely endearing. The odd other-worldlyness of each sculpture reflects my own unique strangeness, seemingly saying, “In this place, there are others like you.”
Babel Fish insists that the tag-line screams “With this in God hand!” while the description — somewhat unsurprisingly — references echoing and mechanical impact. What is known for sure is that this terrifying device is a vibrator meant to be strapped onto one’s hand, or penis as is shown on the product page, and then in theory, used to pleasure another human being. I’m really not sure who is shelling out the money for this or who in their right mind would let someone wielding one of these things anywhere near their genitals; either way it does little to assuage the fear that the device instills in me. Nothing about it says “consensual”, that much is certain.
Upon first meeting Fulton I was struck by the choice of facial hair, its sparseness said —at least to me — that this was a headstrong youth whose taste was of dubious quality. My first impression of the boy was one of revulsion, I admit. Later I would be shocked to discover the fame and high regard he had earned from the other rent boys and members of my particular circle. It was only upon seeing him again — devoid of that hirsute monstrosity — that I understood why.
Bernard, John. Oscar Wilde: Images From the Life Of Britain’s Most Famous Homosexual With Commentary Taken From His Many Correspondences London: Leatherman Press, 1929.
Our deepest apologies, dear readers, for having fallen down on the job as of late in regards to one of our most sacred traditions. Needless to say, we are filled with a great sense of shame and assure you it will not happen again. If, in the future, one of us is unable to fulfill their obligations our newly acquired team of Korean animators will leap into action, producing original cartoons for your enjoyment, although in all honesty I personally cannot guarantee this. You see, by “team of Korean animators” I actually mean a Korean family that Eliza met — and subsequently forced into her windowless van — while running errands at Home Depot. They have tried to reason with her, explaining that they are involved in other professions, the father is a salesman for a lighting manufacturer and his wife works as a bank teller. The children are, well, children.
Eliza would hear none of it however, either assuming that they were lying or under the impression that all people of Korean descent have an innate ability to animate. The rest of the staff has done their best to ignore the situation, knowing full well that once Miss Gauger has set her mind on something, one has little chance of ever changing her opinion. It is for this reason that we do nothing when she insists that her aforementioned van has the ability to travel through time or that Qais is, in her words, “a spy sent by space Turks to steal her chocolate secrets.” Regardless it has been uncomfortable, the tired and nervous familial unit has taken up residence in our break room where they were horrified to find only four items : coffee, tea, pipe tobacco, and squid chips. It would be worse when they found out that these items were our sole sources of sustenance. The children, unsurprisingly, did not take well to the tobacco. Perhaps we should send out for food.
Ah well, I’m sure they’ll be fine, besides it’s cartoon time! Click through, loyal Ectomites, and witness their triumphant return!
P.S. Also, remember that if you visit the YouTube page for a particular video you have the option to watch it in high quality. Especially well suited to the anime.
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.
