They say Archer is a cartoon. Hogwash. Lots of youse out there want to be in the danger zone IRL. Now, here’s your chance to learn. How to Archer: The Ultimate Guide to Espionage and Style and Women and Also Cocktails Ever Written ($10). Women, seduce them. Men, beat them up. Guns, shoot them. The Archer way.
Category: Media
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Watch Pre-Fame Louis C.K.’s Self-Made Film
Before he was a world-famous comedian and had his own show, Louis, on FX, Louis C.K. was another struggling comedian. Back in 1998, he took all his savings from his stand-up and TV gigs and put it into a self-directed black-and-white film called Tomorrow Night ($5).
It was shown at Sundance in 1998 but never received distribution. Until now. Five dollars gets it on his website. The movie revolves around a lonely photo-shop owner, Charles, who meets a lonely old woman named Florence. There’s also mention of a character in old-lady drag. Steve Carell, JB Smoove, Wanda Sykes and Conan O’Brien make appearances in the movie too.
Hey, it’s Louis C.K. and it’s $5. That’s less than a beer in some bars. Save your liver and feed your funny bone instead.
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Make Learning Chinese Easy and Breezy With Chineasy
Here’s a great resource for those needing to learn Chinese. We know the language evolved from pictures into their present forms. Chineasy ($18), by author ShaoLan Hsueh and artist Noma Bar, takes over 400 Chinese characters and combines them with their illustrations of the character’s root. So a character like ‘horse’ gets overlayed with a pictograph of a horse. It gives students an even more visual way to remember the character. The well-designed book not only educates, but makes for a well-designed coffee table piece.
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These Look Like Inflatable Toys. But Then I Looked Again..Wow!
Don’t use these inflatable animals to bop friends over the head. Number one, that’s not nice. Number two, these are ceramic sculptures, so yes, it’ll hurt. Brett Kern uses clay and glaze to mold these realistic looking dinosaurs and spacemen. The sculptures even have air valves, that’s how realistic they are. He’s sold out now, but hard at work making more.
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These Photos Of Star Wars Toys Make The Galaxy Come Alive
Vesa Lehtimäki aka Avanaut photographed these Star Wars toys and along with a few photography tricks, brought the world of Star Wars to life. Imagine a galaxy where inhabitants can find the Y-Wing parked in a lot with minivans and hatchbacks. Lehtimäki also snapped a few action figures in the snow. Even C3PO has to deal with the polar vortex.
Source: Avanaut Flickr
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Springfield and the Simpsons Comes To Lego
Now that the Simpsons enters its 25th season, Legos! How’s that for an intro. One of the best shows ever (focusing on the early years here) and one of the best toys ever come together in an awesome 2500+ piece collection. If you will like to check for more options to buy toys to your kid, check this Goose Grease dolls online catalog.
Recreate hilarious scenes from the classic animated TV series with The Simpsons™ House. Taken right out of Springfield, this amazing model is crammed with tons of LEGO® brick detail. Lift off the roof and open up the house to discover Homer and Marge’s big family bedroom including bed and Maggie’s crib, Bart’s room with his skateboard and Krusty the Clown poster, Lisa’s room with her favorite books, jazz poster and more, and bathroom with shower, toilet, sink and mirror. Lift off the top floor to reveal the fully-fitted kitchen with dining table, chairs, yellow and light-blue tiled floor and lots of pots, pans and other accessories. Then it’s into the living room with couch and TV playing Itchy and Scratchy, purple piano and more. Next to the house is the detachable garage, complete with workbench, tool rack, vacuum cleaner, broom, toolbox, tools and the family car, complete with dent (because only in a LEGO world are dents a plus!), opening trunk and ‘radioactive’ bar from the nuclear power plant. Step outside onto the terrace and you’ll find loads of cool items, including a grill, wheelbarrow and air conditioning unit with ‘Property of Ned Flanders’ decoration, sausages, 2 garden loungers, flowerpots, a shovel, 2 fruit cocktail glasses, Lisa’s camera, Bart’s skateboard ramp with ‘El Barto’ graffiti and an antenna on the roof. The Simpsons™ House is the perfect collector’s item for fans of all ages. Includes 6 minifigures: Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie and Ned Flanders.
Characters include the whole Simpsons family, plus Ned Flanders. What, no Ralph?
The piece (pun intended) de resistance has got to be the 2 story house. It opens up to reveal all the characters’ bedrooms, the garage and the iconic living room.
Get ready to storm Lego.com or Lego retail shops on February 1st and drop $199 on this sure to sellout item.
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Beats Music Aims to Beat Down Spotify
Dr. Dre, Trent Reznor and Beats Music have pulled out their virtual bow and arrow, setting their crosshairs on Spotify and music streaming services in general. Come January 21st, Beats Music will offer streaming music subscriptions on iOS, Android, Windows, and the web for $9.99 a month.
The music streaming field has more than enough competitors seeking to pipe music into the population’s earholes. Beats Music hopes their collection of editors and guest programmers from sites like Rolling Stone, Rap Radar and Pitchfork, in addition to the ever-present computer algorithm, matches listeners with what they really want to hear.
For example, the Right Now feature. The NY Times says “a user generates an ad hoc playlist by completing a musical status update with four variables: a place, an activity, a person and a genre of music. ‘I’m at the beach & feel like pre-partying with my friends to dance-pop,’ for example, yields the Chemical Brothers, Lady Gaga and Janet Jackson.’”
Or for some, “I’m at home playing World of Warcraft alone wanting to hear depressing music”. You know, hypothetically speaking.
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Experience 80’s R&B Without Dressing Like It
Devonté Hynes recently put out Cupid Deluxe ($12), an album of 80’s and 90’s R&B, funk and disco-inspired collection of songs. Press play on these songs and let the baby making begin.
Hynes has recorded songs for the Chemical Brothers, Florence and the Machine, Sky Ferreira and Beyonce’s sister, Solange Knowles. Jay-Z’s Rocawear also hired him as a consultant, so he’s got some cred.
Those going to Coachella 2014 make sure to catch an engaging performer with equally impressive songs.
