https://www.feanorsworkshop.com/blog/logorss.jpg An online journal... of DOOM! Sun, 23 Mar 2014 13:50:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Hey, remember when I used to post here like multiple times a day? Those were different times. Anyways, I wanted to record a song which Griffin performed extemporaneously the other day. I'm not sure I have all the words in the exact order they were sung, and some were repeated many more times than below, but it's pretty close.

Super Griffin
Go go Griffin
Go Griff
You can do it
Super Griffin
Griffin Genzano
Go Go Go
You can beat all the robots
He's the man
He can do anything
Go Griffin
Super Griffin, go go
Go Super Griffin, and that's me!
He's so crazy and so strong
Go Griffin
Go go go go go go go go go go go!

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Tagged: Children, Griffin, Music, Parenthood]]> Children Griffin Music Parenthood Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:12:00 +0000  by Fëanor

When I was younger, I feel like my default unit of music was the album. My brother's, too. When we heard a song we liked, we didn't buy the single. (Well, maybe once or twice we bought some cassingles. Remember those??) We went out and bought the whole album. If we liked the album, we went back and bought all the other albums that band had made. Or, as many as we could find at the record store. Remember when you had to just keep going back to every record store you knew of to find albums you wanted? And if those stores didn't have those albums, you were just out of luck? Crazy.

Anyway, not long after I embraced MP3s and moved my entire music collection onto my iPod, my default unit of music changed to the song. I stopped listening to whole albums and I started listening to playlists on shuffle. It was kind of a seismic shift. It felt freeing. I love the weird juxtapositions a random shuffle can create. And there's no commitment or continuity in a random shuffle; you can break off and start again whenever or wherever.

But for whatever reason, I'm starting to embrace the album again. I'm buying albums of music, and I'm listening to whole albums with my son, instead of playlists on shuffle. And I'm seeing again what you can do with an album, how it can be a deeply meaningful grouping, how putting a bunch of songs together like that can give them more power and meaning than when they're just ripped out and played alone, out of context.

All of which is to say, I'm playing albums when I give my son a bath at night, and here are some of the classics I'm revisiting and new stuff I'm discovering:

• Abacab - Genesis


• Abbey Road - The Beatles


• Achtung Baby - U2


• Act II: The Father of Death - The Protomen


• The Suburbs - Arcade Fire


• Band on the Run - The Wings


• Beaster - Sugar


• Genesis - Genesis


• Sheer Heart Attack - Queen


• So - Peter Gabriel


• Specter at the Feast - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club


• Strange Cousins From The West - Clutch


• Jesus Christ Superstar - Andrew Lloyd Weber


• The Protomen - The Protomen

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Tagged: Children, Griffin, Lists, Music, Parenting]]> Children Griffin Lists Music Parenting Sun, 23 Dec 2012 15:34:00 +0000  by Fëanor

My friends, in the spirit of the season, I present to you a Christmas carol. The lyrics are Not Safe For Work. If you sing it, which I recommend against, please do so to the tune of "O Christmas Tree," which is the song upon which it is based. And, even before you begin, I apologize.

It's Christmas, Bro
It's Christmas, bro! It's Christmas, bro!
Don't ice me now. Fuck. Yolo.
It's Christmas, bro! It's Christmas, bro!
Don't ice me now. Fuck. Yolo.
I'm spending Christmas at my Mom's.
Quit texting me pics of your dong.
It's Christmas, bro! It's Christmas, bro!
Don't ice me now. Fuck. Yolo.

It's Christmas, bro! It's Christmas, bro!
Sheila left me, she's a ho.
It's Christmas, bro! It's Christmas, bro!
Sheila left me, she's a ho.
With mistletoe belt buckles on
Let's go hang out on Derek's lawn.
It's Christmas, bro! It's Christmas, bro!
Sheila left me, she's a ho.

It's Christmas, bro! It's Christmas, bro!
You know I love you, no homo.
It's Christmas, bro! It's Christmas, bro!
You know I love you, no homo.
My family is a bunch of dicks.
Let's drink eggnog until we're sick.
It's Christmas, bro! It's Christmas, bro!
You know I love you, no homo.

It's Christmas, bro! It's Christmas, bro!
Turn your ball cap frontwards, yo.
It's Christmas, bro! It's Christmas, bro!
Turn your ball cap frontwards, yo.
What the fuck's your problem, bitch?
Show some respect for Santa! Shit.
It's Christmas, bro! It's Christmas, bro!
Turn your ball cap frontwards, yo.

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Tagged: Christmas, Comedy, Holiday, Music, NSFW]]> Christmas Comedy Holiday Music NSFW Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:27:00 +0000  by Fëanor

10. Some Nights by fun.

I'm a little embarrassed to include this on my list, because to be honest this album is just a bunch of cheesy hipster music. But it is really catchy, well done, emotionally effective, cheesy hipster music, so what can I do?

9. Neck of the Woods by Silversun Pickups

Although I like their previous stuff a bit more, the new record from Silversun Pickups is solid indie rock.

8. Blunderbuss - Jack White

Jack White finally strikes out on his own and... it sounds a lot like Jack White when he plays with other folks! Which means when it rocks, it really, really rocks (see embedded video). And when it doesn't rock... it's kinda dull. But mostly it rocks!

7. King Animal - Soundgarden

Dude, Soundgarden is back!!! No real surprises here - this is just another Soundgarden record - but I'll take another Soundgarden record any day. Steady, reliable rock.

6. Port of Morrow - The Shins

The Shins are probably one of my favorite contemporary bands. Unexpected, heart-piercing lyrics, beautiful music that just embeds itself in your soul. The song I've included here is probably my favorite on this record, but they're pretty much all fantastic.

5. Silver Age - Bob Mould

Gotta love Bob. Dude just keeps churning out the noisy rock year after year. He's doing it again here, louder than ever. Long may he reign.

4. Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

I didn't expect to like this record as much as I did, mostly because it's classified as R&B, a genre I generally don't take to. But it's really more an expert melding of pop, R&B, and hip-hop, and it's clever and wry and personal and heartfelt.

3. Sun - Cat Power

I wasn't nearly as big a fan of The Greatest as everybody else seemed to be, but this record really impressed me - especially the track I've embedded, "Ruin." Catchy and powerful.

2. The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do - Fiona Apple

Another raw, beautiful, poetic, bruised record from Fiona Apple. "Hot Knife" is probably my favorite track, but there are many stand-outs, including "Every Single Night" and "Daredevil."

1. Theatre Is Evil - Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra

Warning: the video above, like pretty much all of Amanda's videos, is NSFW! I'm perhaps biased towards this record a bit because I contributed to its production, by funding Palmer's slightly controversial, but wildly successful, Kickstarter. But setting all that aside, I think if you give it an impartial listen you'll agree it's a pretty powerful piece of work, just as raw and brutal and personal as Apple's release, but with a New Wave spin. This record will tear your heart out of your chest and dance on it. (UPDATE: I feel it necessary to note that one of the B-sides for this record, "Ukulele Anthem," is easily one of my favorite songs of all time - a silly, angry, defiant, insightful, passionate, screaming, loving manifesto on art and life.)

Honorable Mentions

• Sounds from Nowheresville - The Ting Tings


• A Blessed Unrest - The Parlour Trick (listen to the whole thing here, and then purchase if you like)


• Life Is Good - Nas

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Tagged: Lists, Music, Video]]> Lists Music Video Wed, 23 May 2012 11:34:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Things that Love Is, according to the songs on my iPod:

• A Battlefield


• A Ghost in America


• A Good Thing


• a Mutt from Hell


• a Rose


• All We Have


• Blind


• Blinding


• Blindness


• Coming Down


• Not Enough


• Stronger Than Justice


• The Drug


• The Seventh Wave

UPDATE 1: If you're looking closely, you'll notice a glaring omission here - A Battlefield. I hope to correct this error soon.
UPDATE 2: Corrected!

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Tagged: Lists, Music]]> Lists Music Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• I found this amusing.


• RDJ kitten!


• A common sight in England.


• A pretty wonderful story from the making of Toy Story 2.


• Another top ten list of movies from io9, this time dealing with time travel. Some great picks here! My only real quarrel is with Time Cop. That movie is just terrible, dude.


• The star of the upcoming Suspiria remake.


• ABC is still planning on airing Guillermo del Toro's Hulk TV show! But apparently the Punisher TV show is kaput.


• How about a shot-for-shot remake of the video for The Beastie Boys' "Sabotage," starring a cast of all kids?


• Here are some pictures of Superman with a duck on his head.


• I bought myself Diablo III! Haven't played it yet. This dude did a 5 hour, 35 minute speed run already. That's just sick.


• Want to watch 60,000 dominoes fall over in ten seconds?


• The first official photo of Johnny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu as Holmes and Watson in CBS' upcoming updated Sherlock Holmes series Elementary. Hmm. Lots of plaid!


• Some cool upcoming Marvel comics covers.


• I enjoy that there's a Tumblr devoted entirely to shots of people eating in Law & Order.


• Here is a penguin wearing a penguin backpack.

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Tagged: Animals, Animated GIFs, Art, Cartoons, Celebrities, Comedy, Comic books, Diablo, Doctor Who, Hulk, Links, Lists, Movies, Music, News, Photography, Pixar, Recyclotron, Superman, Toy Story, TV, Video, Video games]]> Animals Animated GIFs Art Cartoons Celebrities Comedy Comic books Diablo Doctor Who Hulk Links Lists Movies Music News Photography Pixar Recyclotron Superman Toy Story TV Video Video games Wed, 09 May 2012 16:08:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• Hey, so this is cool. It doesn't really seem to signal any major change in policy, and it is coming a bit late, but still: the President said he thinks gay marriage should be legal. It's a step. A nice, big, symbolic step.


• That comedy special that Louis C.K. sold on the internet for five bucks, thus altering the universe, is airing this weekend on FX - in an edited form, of course.


• Kind of an unfortunate time to have a lawsuit going against the Beastie Boys. Apparently the boys will be okay if they have to settle, though, seeing as how their records are selling like hotcakes.


• Speaking of the Beastie Boys, here's a cool mashup of them and the Beatles; it's called the Beastles.


• Argo looks/sounds like a pretty amazing movie. Here's the trailer. It's based on a true story about a CIA plot to sneak some Americans out of Iran disguised as the film crew for a movie that didn't exist. They even brought in Jack Kirby to do some concept art.


• Ron Howard, at least, still thinks there's a future for his Dark Tower movie.


• That's some bad-ass stuff right there.


• Apparently a German art student has hand-illuminated and bound a copy of The Silmarillion. Looks amazing.


• Here's the cover of Warren Ellis' next book, Gun Machine. Looking forward to it.

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Tagged: Animated GIFs, Art, Books, Celebrities, Comedy, Craft, Fighting, Homosexuality, Links, Mashups, Movies, Music, News, Obama, Politics, Recyclotron, The Dark Tower, Tolkien, TV, Video, Warren Ellis]]> Animated GIFs Art Books Celebrities Comedy Craft Fighting Homosexuality Links Mashups Movies Music News Obama Politics Recyclotron The Dark Tower Tolkien TV Video Warren Ellis Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:33:00 +0000  by Fëanor

I didn't have time to do my usual thorough examination of the entire internet for this entry, but I figure I'll post what I have now and maybe add more later, we'll see.

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Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• Artist Noelle Stevenson loves Tom Hiddleston as Loki and does lots of great drawings of him. Somebody gave him one or two of her drawings. He liked them.


• Some other great posts from Noelle: dancing, and the Avengers (the latter is Scott Campbell's work, not hers, but still).


• Cute animals via Blue and Bluer.


• Also, great Colbert reaction shot.


• Dude, the entire movie Commando can be watched for free on YouTube. The greatest cinematic feat of any generation!


• Great illustration of the new Captain Marvel by Evan "Doc" Shaner.


• A couple of fun recent pieces by Dan Hipp.


• The guy who did that Blair Witch-style super powers movie, Chronicle, is going to be in charge of a Fantastic Four reboot. Interesting!


• Some snazzy concept art for a 1950s greaser Batman.


• These are great: 10 really neat words that have no English equivalent.


• Fringe will have a fifth and final season that will wrap up the story. I haven't had a chance to watch this show at all for a while, but I'm glad it's going to get to have an ending. I'll definitely have to catch up one of these days.


• I've only had a chance to glance at it so far, but io9's multi-part list of the 100 albums every sci-fi and fantasy fan should listen to is looking very intriguing. I'm afraid it will make me want to buy tons more music!


• An ode to video games present and past: Go right.

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Tagged: Animals, Animated GIFs, Art, Avengers, Batman, Celebrities, Comedy, Comic books, Fantastic Four, Fringe, Hayao Miyazaki, Language, Links, Movies, Music, News, Photography, Recyclotron, Sesame Street, TV, Twitter, Video, Video games]]> Animals Animated GIFs Art Avengers Batman Celebrities Comedy Comic books Fantastic Four Fringe Hayao Miyazaki Language Links Movies Music News Photography Recyclotron Sesame Street TV Twitter Video Video games Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:34:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• Fun with lyrics!


• A wonderful animated gif of an amusing moment in one of Mr. Eddie Izzard's stand-up routines.


• A real, solid, scientific explanation of why cats purr.


• Mr. Hipp mashes up Star Wars and Super Mario Bros.


• Ridley Scott explains the connection between Alien and Prometheus. I'm still a little confused, but okay.


• The evolution of "Weird" Al.


• We can print robot dinosaurs now?? Awesome.


• Here's a computer case made to look like Link.


• Amazing, gigantic Lord of the Rings family tree. (Via)


• Tongue-based computer controller!


• Hey, that dude from The Killing might be Robocop.


• A couple of interesting pics of Benedict Cumberbatch on the set of Star Trek 2. Looks like he's getting the ol' neck pinch!


• When I heard they were re-releasing the universally reviled Phantom Menace in theaters in 3D, I was really curious what kind of audience it would have. I mean, everybody says they hate this movie! Why would anyone pay extra to see it again in one more dimension than before? Then again, it's Star Wars. Star Wars has a certain cache. And nerds are famous for paying for things so they can then complain about them endlessly. Plus, there's the kid factor. Kids don't know they're supposed to hate The Phantom Menace. Well, looks like the nerd and kid factors won out, because the 3D version made $73.4 million in less than two weeks and pushed the movie's overall box office total over the billion dollar mark to make it the 11th highest grossing film of all time. Wow.


• Speaking of Star Wars, here are some rejected Star Wars products. Also, in the upcoming Star Wars game for Kinect, there will be a Slave Leia dance-off.


• Cute Wizard of Oz cupcakes.


• Here's a little boy piloting a mecha suit.


• I love this stamp.

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Tagged: Animals, Animated GIFs, Art, Celebrities, Comedy, Computers, Craft, Dinosaurs, Food, Links, Mario, Mashups, Movies, Music, Oz, Photography, Products, Recyclotron, Robots, Science, Star Trek, Star Wars, Technology, The Killing, Tolkien, TV, Video, Video games, Zelda]]> Animals Animated GIFs Art Celebrities Comedy Computers Craft Dinosaurs Food Links Mario Mashups Movies Music Oz Photography Products Recyclotron Robots Science Star Trek Star Wars Technology The Killing Tolkien TV Video Video games Zelda Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:04:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• You can stream Sinead O'Connor's new album, How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? (which is a great title, btw), in its entirety on NPR. I'm not really too familiar with her work, but I enjoyed large portions of this one. Although the last track is crazy overdone and melodramatic. (Via)


• My blue-haired pal is a trusted source for important GIFs.


• A great piece celebrating the messy end of one of the major villains in Raiders of the Lost Ark.


• There's now a book of Donn Kenn's amazing post-it note monster art.


• This news piece about Abraham Lincoln's birthday includes some footage from the upcoming film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. (UPDATE: And here's the first official trailer. Pretty silly!)


• It's almost Valentines Day! Who cares! Nobody! Except, Comics Alliance is posting a series of gender-swapped Valentines! Yay!


• Pics of new LEGO sets! Lord of the Rings! Avengers! My poor credit card!


• They're doing a new Ringu film in 3D. That's terrifying!


• Some pretty great geeky custom hockey jerseys.


• Cool Super Mario sneaks.


• Amazingly gigantic Optimus Prime snow sculpture.


• Super Punch highlights some of the more interesting toys at the 2012 Toy Fair.


• Kevin J. Anderson will novelize Rush's new album. That's actually perfect! They're perfect for each other! Not a compliment!


• I'm sure you're already aware of the Ryan Gosling "Hey Girl" Tumblr meme. Here is one that fits my interests, via Sarah.

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Tagged: 3D, Animated GIFs, Art, Avengers, Books, Celebrities, Clothing, Comedy, Craft, Harry Potter, History, Holiday, Indiana Jones, LEGO, Links, Mario, Monty Python, Movies, Music, News, Photography, Recyclotron, Tolkien, Toys, Transformers, Vampires, Video, Video games]]> 3D Animated GIFs Art Avengers Books Celebrities Clothing Comedy Craft Harry Potter History Holiday Indiana Jones LEGO Links Mario Monty Python Movies Music News Photography Recyclotron Tolkien Toys Transformers Vampires Video Video games