No Horn Blowing Except for Anger (link roundup)

No Horn Blowing Except for Anger. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. "Disney has shifted gears from a soft to a hard sell for 'Phineas and Ferb.'" Via.

2. Download Rudy Rucker's The Ware Tetralogy for free (pdf). Via.

3. Tucker Stone rips apart The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest. (My book group is reading The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo right now, but I refused. Why do so many people like spending their free time reading graphic depictions of sexual assault?)

*Previously: Perry the Platypus cake.

*Buy Phineas and Ferb toys at eBay.

Yellowman cycling jerseys (link roundup)

Two cycling jerseys from the new yellowman sport collection.

And a few more links:

1. A report that police are investigating whether Memphis Grizzlies player Zach Randolph as a major marijuana supplier in Indianapolis. Via.

2. Part of Cory Doctorow's Makers has come true - - build Space Mountain right on your desk.

3. Everything old is new again. The craze for young kids is apparently simple colorful silicone bracelets called Silly Bandz. (In my day we made our parents scour the city for plain black rubber "bracelets").

*Previously: Burger King soccer jersey for Getafe.

*Buy soccer jerseys at Amazon.

Official Steampunk Disney Goods

Introducing The Mechanical Kingdom - - steampunk Disney pins and journal designed by Mike Sullivan. The Mechanical Kingdom pin set will be released in April 2010 at Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort. Via.

*Previously: Disneysaurs.

*Buy Disneyland toys at eBay.

Disney goods at Beams (link roundup)

Mickey, Goofy, and Donald t-shirt on sale at Beams. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Speaking of Disney, What is Vinylmation Junior?

2. This is apparently who sent out those anthrax-laced letters after 9/11. Via.

3. What circumstances were required to allow the Industrial Revolution to occur?

4. The SyFy Channel will have a new cooking show called Marcel's Quantum Kitchen, starring Top Chef season 2 runner-up Marcel Vigneron. (I miss the days when they showed Buck Rogers marathons.) Via.

*Previously: Hardback edition of Penguin Books' Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories.

*Buy Hong Kong Disneyland toys at eBay.

Disneysaurs

Three t-shirt designs currently up for vote at Threadless. Click on the voting widgets if you'd like a chance to buy them:


Disney characters as dinosaurs by David Creighton-Pester





Fail Whale by Tepuy:





Silence of the Lamb by Andreas Mohacsy


*Previously: NBC Fail Whale.

*Buy Disneyland toys at eBay.

Mickey Mouse by Mori Chack

Mickey Mouse t-shirt by Mori Chack, possibly on sale at Tokyo Disneyland?

*Previously: Gloomy Bear gauntlets.

*Buy Gloomy Bear toys at eBay.

Disney villianess fighting game (link roundup)

Disney villainess fighting game select screen by Kate. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Ice cream's doom desktop wallpaper.

2. Homemade Wii proton pack.

3. Illustration by Patricio Oliver for ToysREvil.

*Previously: Ghostbusters posters by Brandon Schaefer.

*Buy Ghostbusters toys at eBay.

New Star Tours toys hint at the updated ride?

I didn't see them when I looked but Rebelscum says these new Star Tours figures were posted at eBay. (UPDATE: Looks like they're just figures based on the instructional video you watch before you board.)

*Previously: Freaky Disneyland Paris ad.

*Buy Disneyland toys at eBay.

Hand-painted Disney Basses

Disney Art for Music:

Disney Youth Programs at the Walt Disney World Resort, in conjunction with the GRAMMY Foundation® and Conn-Selmer, Inc., the leading manufacturer and distributor of band and orchestral instruments, will donate five unique hand-painted string basses for auction this year. The instruments were designed and painted by the world renowned Walt Disney Animation Studio artists who have created fully animated feature films since 1937.

These one-of-a-kind masterpieces were created to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Disney Magic Music Days, and will be shown for the first time on December 17, 2009 at The Midwest Clinic, an international band and orchestra conference in Chicago. The instruments will debut officially on February 4, 2010 at the GRAMMY Museum® in Los Angeles, CA. The instruments will then be displayed separately at music and art museums across the U.S.

Following the tour, the string basses will be auctioned by Julien's Auctions, the premier auction house in high-end celebrity estates and entertainment auctions, with proceeds benefiting the music education programs of the GRAMMY Foundation, which works year-round to bring national attention to the value and impact of music and arts education. The Foundation will assist in the auction and will distribute funds to various school music programs around the U.S.

Disney Magic Music Days has brought more than 30,000 student musical groups from all over the world to perform at Disney theme parks.

The Genie is by Brian Kesinger, Rapunzel by Claire Keane, Cheshire Cat by Douglas Rogers, The Princess and the Frog by Lorelay Bove, and Dumbo by Michael Surrey.

*Previously: "Something about us" performed on a theremin.

*Buy Disney snowglobes at eBay.

Monstrous Mickey Mouse

Creepy little Mickeys by Michael Hussar on sale here. Via.



Monstrous Mickey Mouse by Manuhell.

*Previously: Mickey Mouse is awfully creepy without shoes on.

*Buy Oswald the Lucky Rabbit toys at eBay.

Disney to remake The Scarlet Letter

Sam Nielson drew Hester Prynn, Ophelia from Hamlet, and Jocasta from Oedipus Rex as Disney Princesses.

*Previously: Disney projects pure and not so pure.

*Buy Disney snowglobes at eBay.

Avatar and Snow White given a twist by Ape Lad

Avatar meets the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats, and Snow White meets Betty Boop, both by Ape Lad. See also his take on Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

*Previously: Snow White cosplay.

*Buy Snow White toys at eBay.

Maleficent’s Castle (link roundup)

Maleficent's Castle ("Forbidden Fortress"), sculpted by Larry Nikolai and available April 2010. See also: The Pegasus Family ("Mythic Menagerie") from Fantasia.

And a few more links:

1. Interesting TED talk: While living and working as a marine biologist in Maldives, Charles Anderson noticed sudden explosions of dragonflies at certain times of year. He explains how he carefully tracked the path of a plain, little dragonfly called the globe skimmer, only to discover that it had the longest migratory journey of any insect in the world.

2. And here's another good TED talk: Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian tells the story of Mister Splashy Pants.

3. Zombie in love.

*Previously: Maleficent transforming into a dragon sculpture.

*Buy Maleficent collectibles at eBay.

Cave of Wonders sculpture

The Cave of Wonders from Aladdin sculpture by Jacqueline Perreault Gonzales, spotted amongst these Disney sculptures. There were a few on sale at eBay when I checked.

*Previously: Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony as Princess Jasmine and Aladdin.

*Buy Disneyland toys at eBay.

Typewriter Monster (link roundup)

One of several typewriter monsters by Escuela de Creativos Brother advertising ... a writing contest maybe?

And a few more links:

1. Really excellent writing explaining the genius of Kubrick's editing in The Shining. Via.

2. Changes in religious rituals that have been ordered to combat the spread of swine flu.

3. NBC traded the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit for Al Michaels (the sports broadcaster). Via.

*Previously: Vintage Windows-Enabled Typewriter.

*Buy Oswald the Lucky Rabbit toys at eBay.

Epic Mickey desktop wallpaper (link roundup)

Destructoid posted lots of concept art from the new Epic Mickey game. I took the liberty of creating a widescreen desktop wallpaper using Oswald and the creepy zombie/robo Donald. Also, Kotaku posted an interview with Warren Spector about the game.

And a few more links:

1. Longtime Los Angeles Times columnists Steve Lopez describes visiting a doctor to get a medical marijuana prescription. The doctor was a gynecologist. He prescribed the marijuana for Lopez's reported back pain. (He's also at least the third LA Times columnist to write about obtaining medical marijuana.)

2. Vercorin, Switzerland features an optical illusion created by Felice Varini, called "Cercle et suite d'éclats." When you view the town from the right spot, a bunch of circles appear. Via these sites.

3. The U.S. Military has a technology for catching bombplanters called Vader ("Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radar").

*Previously: Vintage Oswald the Lucky Rabbit toy.

*Buy Oswald the Lucky Rabbit toys at eBay.

Steampunk vending machine (link roundup)

Daniel Davis posted photos of his completed Steam Crow Vend-O-Mat walking vending machine costume. You can see closeups here.

And a few more links:

1. "The three people running for homecoming queen at CSU-Pueblo are a gay male student, a 60-year-old woman and a female sophomore who looks like a more traditional candidate." (Photo link.) Via.

2. Art from Disney's Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.

3. For bloggers (like me) who rely on Technorati to tell them who has linked them, Technorati does plan on bringing that information back "soon."

*Previously: Ex-Homecoming Queen Accused Of Beating Sister With Prosthetic Leg.

*Buy Headless Horseman toys at eBay.

Mickey Mouse/Venom mashup costume (link roundup)

Mickey Mouse/Venom mashup spotted in this list of costume ideas.

And a few more links:

1. Gawker and Gizmodo are looking for writers.

2. First line in a blog post: "I've pretty much had a sinus infection since mid-December, and its cumulative effect has been to bring me closer to the sense of losing my mental health than anything I've ever experienced in my life."

3. Rihanna's hair looks like ram's horns.

*Previously: Mickey Mouse as Jack Skellington toy.

*Buy Venom toys at eBay.