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devolicious!
May. 24th, 2010 09:38 amBest birthday cake ever:
The userpic captures exactly how I felt with so much red food colouring in my system.
The userpic captures exactly how I felt with so much red food colouring in my system.
remix my lit (via LAX)
Aug. 6th, 2008 03:03 pmHey, Devo ROCKED. Seriously. "Smart Patrol" makes sense to me now I've seen it live. The only downer was heading home to bed rather than following the spuds from Ohio to the pub, where all manner of merriment may have ensued. Or not. Curse those early morning flights!
(...especially when they're cancelled, and your whole itinerary is binned, resulting in several hours to kill in LA, wondering if the ringing in your ears could possibly still be from the concert.)
Anyway, Remix My Lit must be the most provocatively named literary exercise ever. It's a cool one, too. Stories are posted; people can tinker with them any way they desire; the results are posted in turn, leading to yet more literary excitement.
I recently spent a fun couple of days tinkering with Kim Wilkins's spooky story "Dreamless", turning it into not one but two villanelles. Not haiku. Follow this link to see the result.
Teaser:
(...especially when they're cancelled, and your whole itinerary is binned, resulting in several hours to kill in LA, wondering if the ringing in your ears could possibly still be from the concert.)
Anyway, Remix My Lit must be the most provocatively named literary exercise ever. It's a cool one, too. Stories are posted; people can tinker with them any way they desire; the results are posted in turn, leading to yet more literary excitement.
I recently spent a fun couple of days tinkering with Kim Wilkins's spooky story "Dreamless", turning it into not one but two villanelles. Not haiku. Follow this link to see the result.
Teaser:
big enough to stay awake
I’ve taken to playing at night
dawn is so, so far away
devolution in action
Jun. 30th, 2008 09:44 amDevo is suing McDonalds for stealing the design of their iconic "energy dome" and sticking it on a Happy Meal toy promoting American Idol.
"The very same people that wanted nothing to do with Devo and looked down on Devo and condescended (to) Devo... enough time's gone by that they go, 'Hey, you know those guys are synonymous with what was new about New Wave,"' [said bass player Gerald Casale].
"They didn't ask us anything. Plus, we don't like McDonald's, and we don't like American Idol, so we're doubly offended."
Could they be cooler?
(Via Boing Boing.)
"The very same people that wanted nothing to do with Devo and looked down on Devo and condescended (to) Devo... enough time's gone by that they go, 'Hey, you know those guys are synonymous with what was new about New Wave,"' [said bass player Gerald Casale].
"They didn't ask us anything. Plus, we don't like McDonald's, and we don't like American Idol, so we're doubly offended."
Could they be cooler?
(Via Boing Boing.)
we are DEVO
Apr. 20th, 2008 11:35 amGary Numan in 2006. Zappa and War of the Worlds in 2007. Iron Maiden in 2008, and now Devo. My daggy youth is haunting me, and I love it!
All I need is the 1980 line-up of Tangerine Dream and ELO to reform, and Robert Palmer to come back to life, and I'll be in heaven.
DEVO AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2008
Thursday 31 July 2008 - Festival Hall, Melbourne
Friday 1 August 2008 - Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Saturday 2 August 2008 - Splendor in the Grass Festival, Byron Bay
Tuesday 5 August 2008 - Thebarton Pavilion, Adelaide
Wednesday 6 August 2008 - Metro City, Perth
All I need is the 1980 line-up of Tangerine Dream and ELO to reform, and Robert Palmer to come back to life, and I'll be in heaven.
DEVO AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2008
Thursday 31 July 2008 - Festival Hall, Melbourne
Friday 1 August 2008 - Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Saturday 2 August 2008 - Splendor in the Grass Festival, Byron Bay
Tuesday 5 August 2008 - Thebarton Pavilion, Adelaide
Wednesday 6 August 2008 - Metro City, Perth
Happy New Year! May it be everything you hope for, and more besides.
Once again, for the time travellers among us, here's last night's gig. It's not often I'm able to play a song by one of my very favourite bands and make a (mild) political statement, so I was very pleased to kick-start 2007 with Devo's "Beautiful World", which manages in two words to turn a syrupy pop-anthem into something much more subversive.
And here's a happy note to start the year on: The Crooked Letter is number nine on a list of the top ten books of 2006. Hurrah! Thanks, Pat.
Once again, for the time travellers among us, here's last night's gig. It's not often I'm able to play a song by one of my very favourite bands and make a (mild) political statement, so I was very pleased to kick-start 2007 with Devo's "Beautiful World", which manages in two words to turn a syrupy pop-anthem into something much more subversive.
And here's a happy note to start the year on: The Crooked Letter is number nine on a list of the top ten books of 2006. Hurrah! Thanks, Pat.
