A few weeks ago, I got to work with Cartoon Network to design a page and some ads for their August 1 TV event, ‘Animas!’ It was great talking with the team over there, and getting to use some of the character art and logo work they’d done. (It was also great to get to pull out my loudest colors and craziest fonts).
My favorite ad from the bunch is currently appearing on their homepage every few times you visit:
Allow me to explain why this is interesting:
All of these behaviors are the coded-in actions your character (based on race and gender) will do when you type /dance. (Note to self: Reserve copyright for film name “Slashdance”). What’s amazing is how many players have been seeing these dances over and over and over for months and months, and never picked up how perfectly they copied their inspirations (although the Blood Elf/Napoleon one was suspicious-looking).
WHEEEE.
If you’ve been here long, you’ve probably noted my obsession with Justice, the French duo that puts out track after track of gritty, Black Sabbath-meets-Rapture-meets-’Thriller’ electronica.
After a few years working on amazing standalone remixes for Simian (remember “We! Are! Your friends!”?) and Franz Ferdinand (the unstoppable ‘The Fallen’ edit), they’ve released their own album, simply titled †.
The first single, ‘D.A.N.C.E.’ lead a new path away from the headbanging ‘Waters Of Nazareth,’ and came with one of the best videos I’ve seen this year:
With all this fanfare, it only seemed appropriate to put up a few Justice tracks, downloadable here:
Right-click me (mac-users, CTRL-click).
The songs:
- † Medley, a quick overview of the whole new album. Some grit, some shine, and a little Uffie.
- D.A.N.C.E., with singin’ kids and stingin’ synths.
- Me Against The Music (Remix), an aggressive take on a legendarily annoying song. “Chik-i-tah” indeed, Britney.
- Phantom Pt. 2, a good blend of the thin and fat sounds Justice employs in their new work.
- She Wants To Move (Justice Remix), a rumbling take on N*E*R*D’s absurdly fun dance track. (Note, if you like this, check out the even better DFA mix of the song)
- The Fallen (Justice Edit), a complete mangling of Franz Ferdinand’s lead single from You Could Have It So Much Better. I think I’ve listened to this song at least 100 times.
A special note: If you want to learn more about trashy/fun partytronica like Sebastian, Justice, Toxic Avengers, Chromeo, Simian Mobile Disco, etc…you should go read my new favorite music blog, Disco Delicious, out of Australia. I basically spent all day listening to and deleting tracks from a samplin’ spree last night, and the only ones which remained were tracks found on DD. That spells QUALITY, sir.
The mission stencil story is an interactive, choose-your-own-adventure story that takes place on the sidewalks of the Mission district in San Francisco. It is told in a new medium of storytelling that uses spraypainted stencils connected to each other by arrows. The streetscape is used as sort of an illustration to accompany each piece of text.
Via BoingBoing.
Of course, all this reminds me of the old hit-and-miss, frequently inappropriate Something Awful thread of remixed Choose Your Own Adventure covers. My favorite is at the bottom of this page.
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