Text in the City and a Sleeping Husky
December 28th, 2007

Text in the City and a Sleeping Husky
Sleeping Husky by Jet Fisher Above you see another attempt of mine to master the art of digital painting. It seems like it is just as frustrating as regular painting. Yeah, I can erase but the Corel program I use freezes and hiccups sometimes and I can’t always get the fine brush strokes that I want. It makes me want to paint in real time just because I can.
Anyhoo, the New Yorker has a pretty good article about the death of books. click below.

Saul Williams Brings The Noise
December 27th, 2007

Saul Williams Brings The Noise

3 figures by Jet Fisher
RapRok is a style of music not to be confused with RokRap. RokRap includes all of the work of that Biscuit band, much of Korn’s output, and any other group of YWS’s (Young White Suburbanites) who listened to a little too much MC Hammer in their formative years. The genre generally includes a lot of shouting and the odd nod to rhythm. It doesn’t help that much of the lyrics written by these bands have about as much weight as Aaron Carter’s paen to Candy. Don’t get me wrong, here at The OverDrone we have been known to sing along to some of the stuff ourselves but we reserve our dollars and sense for the truly stellar examples of the medium.
Speaking of which, Saul Williams latest, produced by NIN’s Trent Reznor, redefines what is good RapRok. Not since Public Enemy and Anthrax came together has there been such a fusion of crunchy guitars, spoken lyrics and moshable moments. Reznor’s production brings out the low pain in Williams words and the bass crunch just makes your ass shake.
At the low, low price of $5 or nothing this album is better than most major label releases this year.

The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!

Santa on the Wacom
December 26th, 2007

Santa on the Wacom

This is the first go round here at The OverDrone using the Wacom Bamboo tablet and Corel Paint 3. Just a scribble really but it didn’t take long. Expect more and better as the new year dawns. Thanks Santa and my In-Laws and a merry Christmas to all!

JUMPER
December 22nd, 2007

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I read this book years ago and now it is being made into a movie. Surprisingly, the new adaptation that Gould wrote specifically for the movie is pretty good. The trailer looks awesome.

Steven Gould: JUMPER

Brewing Discord
December 20th, 2007

Brewing Discord

Recently The OverDrone tuned into Craft in America on PBS. Richard Notkin was featured in a section on Ceramics. Notkin makes the argument that what is considered craft can also speak to issues . The piece in the picture above is actually a teapot.
I had seen Notkin’s work in stills before but seeing them turning in space on the screen brought a new understanding of his work to me. Many of his teapots appear to be unglazed but on further examination are polished or burnished to create different finishes.
Craft in America Episode II
Richard Notkin

Le Demoiselle en 3D
December 19th, 2007

Le Demoiselle en 3D

Julian Friedler offers up this take on Picasso’s masterpiece in this, the hundredth year of it’s existence. Click here to see more.

Le Demoiselle en 3D

Kinder und UberKinder
December 18th, 2007

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Nerds With Kids makes an excellent point about The Incredibles in this post pasted from a message board. Here at The OverDrone I wrestled with the same issues on viewing the movie with my then six year old daughter.
Nerds With Kids

Chip-Chewa-Chip-Chip, Wiki, Wiki, Wiki Ch’ka Woo (to be said out loud)
December 18th, 2007

Chip-Chewa-Chip-Chip, Wiki, Wiki, Wiki Ch’ka Woo (to be said out loud)

Oh, man, look at the woofers on that chair. I bet sitting on that seriously lowers your sperm count. Here it is folks, before the 808, before Grandmaster Flash, there was the musical chair. I only wish they had a reclining model. Nowadays mixers stand at their consoles and twiddle their thumbs, but it was a gentler age back then, why, Funky Drummer hadn’t even been conceived yet.

MoLi presents Forgotten Chairs

Santa you Fat Bastard
December 16th, 2007

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Another short post today as I have been playing catch up these last few days. Apologies to anyone who noticed the interruption of services. I’m not even going to post a picture today so you will just have to click on the link to see what I’m slavering over.
Oh, man this thing looks so sweet, if Santa brings me one I am going to draw all over the internet. I’ve been relatively good this year but the bastard has let me down before. Yeah, I’m talking to you Santa. Remember when I wanted Castle Grayskull and you brought me that cardboard Police Helicopter instead, well now is the time to make it up to me, I’ve got cookies, please Santa. Please?
Intuos3 Tablet

The Art of Theft
December 15th, 2007

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Another game by that bloke wot does the Zero Punctuation. This one is slicker, more stylish and just as free as the last ones.
Despite the lo-res The Art of Theft is an excellent game. You play as Trilby, a recurring character in his work and you get to sneak around and earn upgrades so that you can sneak around even more.

The Art of Theft

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