Should You Judge a Book by it’s Cover?

I haven’t posted a TED talk in too long. In this one, legendary designer Chip Kidd talks about the creation of book covers. This started a bit of debate in the TED comments section about how what Mr. Kidd does is only so much advertising. However, advocates of design know that good design just showcases the . . . → Read More: Should You Judge a Book by it’s Cover?

Courtney Taylor-Taylor’s One Model Nation

Rolling Stone and Flavorwire were blowing up with the news earlier this week: Courtney Taylor-Taylor, frontman of The Dandy Warhols has released a new graphic novel, One Model Nation.

Below I’ve posted the video for one of One Model Nation’s singles… oh yeah I forgot to mention that this is a serious work of transmedia here. . . . → Read More: Courtney Taylor-Taylor’s One Model Nation

StoryWorld Conference

Sparrow Hall at the Center for Advancement of Public Action, Bennington College – Photo by Lee Mars

Sparrow Hall speaks on the future of transmedia entertainment and intellectual property with fellow industry leaders at StoryWorld 2011.

For 3 days this fall, San Francisco will be hosting StoryWorld, the first-ever transmedia and cross-platform entertainment conference. I’m thrilled to be . . . → Read More: StoryWorld Conference

Dying Publishing Industry Gets Schooled by Grassroots Hip Hop

Today’s publishing industry can learn a lot from a 23-year-old rap artist with a mic and a laptop in his bedroom.
This is my boy Lil Si. He lives in Croydon, just south of London. If you’ve heard of the music genre Dubstep, Croydon is the neighborhood where it was born. And Lil Si, a local grassroots . . . → Read More: Dying Publishing Industry Gets Schooled by Grassroots Hip Hop

Blank Dogs – listen while you read

If you need a companion song to the most off-the-wall music review ever, (found in the print issue of Pomp & Circumstance) then here you go.

Once you hear the album you’ll understand why the review was written that . . . → Read More: Blank Dogs – listen while you read

Bionic 6 – Bionic Videos to Boot Pt. 1

Addendum to Bionic 6 print piece, about the oft-forgotten cartoon that blew one writers mind.

Bionic Six: Introsplosion

like a technicolor retro-camp superfuture psychedelic explosion, color-shifted into a neonish pallete, for IT IS THE EIGHTIES.  This intro slammed into my cortex at six hundred miles an hour and blew the eyeballs out of my . . . → Read More: Bionic 6 – Bionic Videos to Boot Pt. 1

Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt

Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt . These guys are truly off their rocker. Check out this tour video they made for last summer and see what I mean and read our review of their album in print, the way your mom used to hear about new music while she contemplated aborting you. As our contributor . . . → Read More: Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt