Link roundup

1. Fluxblog posted an eight-disc, 157 song mix - - a survey of some of the best and most notable music from 2010. (The mediafire links seemed to have much less annoying ads.)

2. Who could have foreseen that the ridiculous celebrity Twitter campaign would be an embarrassing failure?

3. Celebration, Florida, a town built by Disney in the '90s, just had its first murder.

*Buy Disney ornaments at eBay.

Link roundup

1. Here's a bunch of free music courtesy of Spin: 12-track Bad Religion tribute album; 15 tracks from the November issue.

2. Support Steamcrow by preordering the second collected volume of Monster Commute. There are various options ranging from ordering the pdf, to making Daniel Davis your slave for a day.

3. The Daft Punk/Tron Real Action Heroes are available for preorder at the BBTS. (Expensive.)

*Buy Tron Legacy posters at eBay.

Link roundup

1. Download for free Trent Reznor's score for The Social Network.

2. Kristin Leigh turned herself into a paper doll.

3. Most disastrous slideshow presentation ever.

*Buy NIN concert posters at eBay.

Link roundup

1. Dirpy turns youtube videos into mp3s. Via.

2. William Gibson:

RT @jrronimo: @GreatDismal Is it true that, after Neuromancer, you bought your first computer and were annoyed by it's fan noise? [Yes]

3. A middle school in Nettleton, Mississippi is apparently segregating student body positions by race.

*Preorder Zero History for 40% off at Amazon.

Amp and Drum (link roundup)

Anthropomorphic amp and drum by McBess, who has art on sale here.

And a few more links:

1. You can download six tracks from Trent Reznor's new group How To Destroy Angels.

2. From China Mieville's Iron Council:

He had always hated the sedateness of these gardens, but now that they were ruined he found them a comfort.

3. USA Today asks, "Why has Twitter become a black thing?" Via.

*Previously: Anthropomorphic CFL.

*Buy NIN concert posters at eBay.

Superior (link roundup)

Superior lettering via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Comment and win a Last Exit to Nowhere t-shirt.

2. Download a new mp3 by Trent Reznor - - it plays over the ending credits of director Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo: The Bullet Man. Via.

3. Hurley and Dharma Van paper toys.

*Previously: Desktop wallpaper featuring the original (and dramatically superior) designs for Charlie Brown and Snoopy.

*Buy NIN concert posters at eBay.

Giant plush uterus (link roundup)

Uterus pillow - - one of several vagina-themed items on sale in this Etsy shop. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Gizmodo needs freelance artists and infographics designers.

2. MP3s of James Mason reading Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell Tale Heart, Annabel Lee and Silence. Via.

3. Transformers poster.

*Previously: Warning, your uterus may be a choking hazard.

*Buy Edgar Allan Poe toys at eBay.

Cute creature cake (link roundup)

Cute cupcake creature and Darth Vader - - cakes by Bleeding Heart Bakery. See also: Assman cake. Via this cake roundup.

And a few more links:

1. Adam Pash at Lifehacker recommends this free antivirus software.

2. Comment and win five horror novels.

3. You can download MP3s of Aldous Huxley narrating Brave New World (side one, side two) (I haven't tested them). Via these sites.

*Previously: Scribblenauts cake and cupcakes.

*Buy rare editions of Brave New World at eBay.

Three-eyed monster paper toy (link roundup)

Download this papercraft three-eyed monster here.

And a few more links:

1. Just downloaded for free the Ghostly Swim album at Adult Swim. Thanks to Rosemary Travale for the tip.

2. It's fun to follow Trent Reznor on Twitter: "Now that I'm in love and gone all soft on you, can anyone recommend any romantic comedies? Got a weird urge."

3. Twitter icon by Rich Page.

4. Fark community honors Dom Deluise in it's own special way.

*Previously: Jack Benny - - creepy or romantic?

*Buy NIN posters at eBay.

Stylish surgical masks (link roundup)

One of several surgical masks by Yoriko Yoshida. Don't miss the "mask of Octopus beard." Via.

And a few more links:

1. J.J. Abrams just might adapt Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Via.

2. Sergeant Howard Sawyers "who trains correctional officers at the Walworth County Jail, is the world's cop doughnut eating champion for the third time." Via.

3. Download Coldplay's live album, recorded during their 2009 tour, this May 15. Via.

4. Photo of Rod Blagojevich standing in a fake forest with Heidi and Spencer from The Hills.

*Previously: Bird mask.

*Buy gas masks at eBay.

That's one poky little puppy

This is The Poky Little Puppy.



Per Wikipedia, it was written by Janette Sebring Lowrey, illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren, and first published in 1942 as one of the first 12 books in the Simon and Schuster series Little Golden Books.


And this is a totally awesome update by the artist Tin for the upcoming Gallery 1998 show focusing on children's books:



You can see more previews from the show, including a terrific Alice in Wonderland painting by Anne-Julie Aubry here.

Relatedly, you can download an mp3 of sinister reading of the Poky Little Puppy by Rob Beschizza here.



*Previously: Little Red Riding Hood stars in the poster for the Gallery 1998 show.

*Buy narwhals at eBay.

Japanese Tree House (link roundup)

Tea house set atop two trees by Terunobu Fujimori, and photographed by Edmund Sumner. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. How to add the undo function to gmail - - which essentially puts a five second delay on emails so you can change your mind. I wish you could make it as long as five minutes.

2. A car dealership in Vegas put handwritten notes on people's cars saying "please call me about your car." When people called, thinking whoever left the note had maybe dinged their car, they found out it was just a salesman trying to entice them into selling their car. Photo here.

3. Six-word reviews of 1,302 SXSW mp3s (and the download links).

4. The 2009 Hugo Awards nominations. Via.

*Previously: Teabag dress.

*Buy Ents at eBay.

New cover for the Bible (link roundup)

Cover for the Bible by Mark Leggett. Check out his Howard the Duck poster.

And a few more links:

1. How will we be able to tell when the robots take over? "[A] team at Google couldn’t decide between two blues, so they’re testing 41 shades between each blue to see which one performs better."

2. What the Balrog said to Gandalf.

3. Download exclusive unreleased tracks from Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails & Street Sweeper.

4. 10 ways to make your website suck.

*Previously: Teleportation in the Bible?

*Buy Bible toys at eBay.

Christmas Link Roundup Part 8

(See more Christmas links here.)



How to make snow globe pendant necklaces.



Jason Voorhees as Santa? (In all the surfing I've done, this is the first interesting Hanukah-related post I've seen.)



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Twilight Zone Christmas episode. Many more classic Christmas tv episodes here.




Black Christmas poster on sale here.





How to make reindeer and Santa cookies.



Christmas disco mp3s.



Downloadable Christmas gift cheat sheet.



Santa paper toy. Via.


*Buy snowglobes at eBay.

MP3 Download: Dr. Dre live in 1985

Go here to download an hourlong mixtape by Dr. Dre from 1985. I haven't listened to it yet, but I'm intrigued. (Etch-A-Sketch version of Straight Outta Compton found here.)

And while looking for an image to illustrate this post, I stumbled across this:



You can buy the Dre & Easy & Cube & Ren NWA T-Shirt here.

*Previously: Download an mp3 of Neil Gaiman's A Study in Emerald.

*Buy DRM-free tracks by N.W.A. at Amazon (I recommend Express Yourself).

Yahoo is offering coupons for free mp3s to make up for closing its music store and servers

More information here, doesn't sound like you need to show proof of purchase to get the coupons.

Download mp3s of radio mysteries starring Peter Lorre

You can download several here.

Zen Mozaic

I like the iTunes store, but hate the iPods I've owned (scroll wheel, battery life). The Mozaic sure looks touchable. More photos and stats here. Via.

Download a bunch of vintage comedy records

Godfrey Cambridge: at The Hotel Aladdin
Allen & Rossi at The Sands
George Gobel at The Sands
Orson Bean at The Hungry i
Moms Mabley at The Playboy Club & Breaks Up the Network
Here's Milt Kamen!
Jack Paar: The Best of What's His Name
Robert Klein: Child of the Fifties
The Humor of Rowan and Martin
Minnie Pearl: Howdee!
Are You Ready for Phyllis Diller?
Murray Roman: A Blind Man's Movie
Jimmy Lynch: That Funky Tramp in a Nightclub

Can all be downloaded here. (Let me know if any of them are particularly funny.)

MP3 Download: Neil Gaiman’s award-winning "A Study in Emerald"

Alluding to both the Sherlock Holmes canon and the Old Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos, this Hugo Award winning short story will delight fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, and of course, Neil Gaiman. A Study in Emerald draws listeners in through carefully revealed details as a consulting detective and his narrator friend solve the mystery of a murdered German noble. But with its subtle allusions and surprise ending, this mystery hints that the real fun in solving this case lies in imagining all the details that Gaiman doesn’t reveal, and challenges listeners to be detectives themselves.

Freed download. Via.