Checkout this parody film of the upcoming Star Wars Episode III.
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Someone who’s supposed to do a shoot on Saturday, leaves their camera at work on Friday and can’t get it on Saturday because he’s iced in. Plus I was unable to take pictures of our ice storm (northerners don’t laugh). Luckily Larry Johnson who lives in my neighborhood took some pics, check them out here: East Atlanta Under Ice
If I had my own propaganda radio talk show the tagline would be “Thumbtacking the soul of America”. If people called in asking what it means I would call them dumb and patronize them. So I would have legions of followers pretending to be in the know. Then I could use this new found power to rule the world, or something like that.
I feel important this morning. The cook in my office building cafeteria saved some grits for me before he ran out.
You can make a really cool miniature bonfire with a single napkin if you tear it up into fine enough pieces. It produces a lot of smoke and the flame has a nice look. It also has a long burning time, unless the bartender puts it out with the fountain dispenser.
Last night I was supposed to go see Angry Johnny & The Killbillies but I slept instead. Contrary to popular belief I do have to sleep occasionally. Anyway, even though I missed them I wanted to plug one of their songs. I actually like all the tracks available on their site but this one in particular caught my attention. The song is Put The Gun Down Bobby, it has a different sound than their other tracks and tells a cool story. It’s also nice to have things without a happy ending once in a while. You can download it from their MP3 page located here.
It reminds me a little of my favorite Oysterhead song Wield The Spade. Who is Oysterhead you ask? It is a supergroup comprised of Les Claypool (Primus), Trey Anastasio (Phish) and Stewart Copeland (The Police). They put out one album in 2001 called The Grand Pecking Order (which I highly recommend) and did a small tour. I haven’t heard about them since. The album is worth checking out, definitely not your standard fare music.
Yesterday a coworker walked by while I was listening to music and said “noise”. I guess I’m not that old yet. \m/
It was Rancid in case you were wondering.
The Echo Lounge one of Atlanta’s coolest music venues has recently closed. They were rumors going around for awhile and were proven to be true on January 8th. I always liked seeing shows at the Echo. The sound was always good and they had tons of cool acts there. The low lighting made it hard to take pictures but that’s pretty much every venue. My only gripes were the nonfunctional taps and it wasn’t fun to hangout there but you just went for the music anyway. Hopefully someone will buy it and keep it going, not because I live right up the street from there but that doesn’t hurt.
Here is a Creative Loafing article with more info. Last call for the Echo Lounge
Here are a couple shows I shot at the Echo. Japancakes Cadillac Jones
Received this lens today. I wanted a portrait lens so I was looking at the 85mm f1.4 but since I shoot mostly digital and there is a 1.5 multiplier on my camera it would make the 85 an effective 127.5mm which is a little long for portrait work. So I went with the 60mm (90mm effective) f2.8 macro lens. I have been wanting a macro lens for a few years now so this is a good way to kill two birds with one stone (who kills birds with a stone anyway). Some people say the lens is to sharp for portrait work, however I shoot with sharpening turned off so I don’t think it will be an issue.
While I’m on the subject why do they call the lenses macro (Nikon calls them micro)? Micro would be a more accurate description. Is it because macro sounds cooler? The first company to make them mislabeled them and it stuck? Maybe because they make small objects appear larger? Maybe the world will never know…. (The rest of the world probably doesn’t care anyway)
Here is a good article on macro photography by Philip Greenspun for the interested. Macro Photography
Look for some macro and portrait shots coming soon.
Update: Check out this quote from the aforementioned article: “I have a 1.5 inch long penis; I think I will buy a big SLR like a pro. But I don’t want to spend money on frills like lenses so I’ll get a Tokina zoom.”
Probably only funny to photo geeks, it’s an overcompensation reference.
This is a fascinating read about the Two-Headed Boy of Bengal.
Here are some interesting snippets:
This parasitic head was reasonably well developed and showed clear signs of independent life.
When the boy cried or smiled, the features of the upper head were not always affected, and their movements seem to have been purely reflex: a pinch in the cheek produced a grimace, and when it was given the breast, its lips attempted to suck.
When the child slept, the eyes of the parasitic head could be observed to be open and moving. When he was first awakened, all four eyes moved in the same direction, but normally, the two heads’ eye-movements were independent.
Thanks Boing Boing
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