If you're looking for that Tim Burton on bad acid look for your living room, these dolls could really add to the ambiance.

-No, I don't want one of these for Christmas Tom...keep looking:)

Strange Dolls Indeed - Just in time for Christmas

A German ballet school for girls is the setting for mysterious deaths, in this 1977 horror story, written and directed by Dario Argento. "Suspiria" is a visually stunning film. The images contain objects we recognize, like people, buildings, and interior decor. But the objects seem vaguely menacing, and less real than surreal, as though they symbolize ideas, repressed desires, or subconscious fears. The vivid, rich colors, strange camera angles, deep shadows, and bright light piercing through darkness, all contribute to the impression that the viewer is trapped in someone else's nightmare.

Suspiria (1977)

Octavia Butler, the brilliant science fiction writer, reportedly died on Saturday following a fall.

Somehow I missed this. Very unfortunate.

(This is very sad indeed...she is a brilliant biopunk author. I recommend her writing...
-Nano)

Boing Boing: RIP, Octavia Butler,

A quick, entertaining piece. What M.C. Escher would do with flash.

[Very cool. Good procrastination tool from grant:) - Nano]

The Zoom Quilt: A collaborative art project

] In September, Pantheon Books will publish Art
] Spiegelman's comic strip musings on 9/11 and its
] aftermath, In the Shadow of No Towers. Spiegelman, of
] course, is the author of Maus, a key book in the
] development of the modern graphic novel, as well as the
] editor (along with his wife Francoise Mouly) of Raw, the
] award-winning anthology of avant garde comics. 

I felt that Maus was really well done, so I anticipate that this book by Spiegelman will be awesome as well.

ICv2 News - In the Shadow of No Towers

Book-ends for tax day.

On April 13, go to Borders for a second helping of Neal. On April 16, go to AMC for another course of Quentin.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

After having killed the first two on her death list, O-Ren Ishii and Vernita Green, The Bride continues in her journey of vengeance to hunt down and kill the remaining victims, Elle Driver, Budd, and ultimately, Bill. However, matters become complicated when The Bride learns that her daughter, whom she presumed dead, is still alive.

Form 1040, line 42: Would you like to donate $10 to Miramax?

[Werd....I am so there. I freakin loved Vol. 1. - Nano]

Kill Bill: Volume 2

] It's official: Stewie Griffin's plans for world domination
] shall continue!
]

Sweet!

Eh, or rather...

Alllll Riiiight....

[Yes! I freakin love this show. The funny thing is, I really didn't pay attention to it when it was on the air, but now that it has been brought to my attention, I own the DVDs from seasons 1-3 because I love this show so much. Can't wait! - Nano]

Yahoo! News - Family Guy coming back to the air

] "They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell
] you. Meat made the machines."
]
] "That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're
] asking me to believe in sentient meat."
]
] "I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. These creatures are
] the only sentient race in that sector and they're made
] out of meat."
]
] "Maybe they're like the orfolei. You know, a carbon-based
] intelligence that goes through a meat stage."
]
] "Nope. They're born meat and they die meat. We studied
] them for several of their life spans, which didn't take
] long. Do you have any idea what's the life span of meat?"

Before The Matrix, There was Only Meat

Apparently there is a petition to save Clone High. Canceling this would be a shame. However, online petitions aren't a very effective tool, and of course we've seen Farscape fans raise hundreds of thousands of dollars and not gotten anywhere.
[Sign it please....I dig Clone High...they took away Daria. - Nano]

Save Clone High Petition

Welcome to the exhibition of rediscovered works by the mid 20th century illustrator A.C. Radebaugh.

A very cool exhibit, soon to open in Philadelphia, displaying lots of futuristic graphic artwork from the 1950s. Flying cars, urban airships docked at skyscrapers, and more. This stuff is almost propagandist in its technological optimism.

[Damn this looks cool. Anyone feel like a road trip?:) - Nano]

Radebaugh: The Future We Were Promised