The Cartoonist

Saturday, May 10, 2003

Plastic Music. A harpsichord, made completely out of LEGO. "With the exception of the wire strings, this instrument is entirely constructed out of LEGO parts--the keyboard, jacks, jack rack, jack rail, plectra, soundboard, bridge, hitch pins, tuning pins, wrestplank, nut, case, legs, lid, lid stick, and music stand are all built out of interlocking ABS (Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene) plastic bricks and related pieces. And is playable." 12:16:09 PM     |

Plastic Man. A website about the strangest superhero ever. 11:57:26 AM     |

Plastic Dolls. A photo gallery of old dolls. Scary. 10:57:23 AM     |

Plastic Plastic. Here's the Tupperware homepage. 10:52:18 AM     |

Plastic TV. TVparty is a website dedicated to 60s and 70s American TV. Very colourful. 10:47:23 AM     |

Plastic Toys. I'm amazed what kind of stuff exists on this planet. Check out Gator Trading. 10:41:24 AM     |

Plastic Furniture. Synthetic Space has some weird plastic furniture for sale. 10:32:49 AM     |

This is your Bishop speaking. The day today is official Plastic Day! 10:27:34 AM     |

Friday, May 9, 2003

Giggle. Too much of Mario's Whisky, I presume. 6:41:30 PM     |

Now this is just mad. Rail fares may rise by 10% [This is London: London News] 12:26:43 PM     |

This is funny. I can't help it. I find myself laughing at Ari Fleischer's stale response to everything. How many more years do we have to wait before this is over? Can I vote right now please??? -- White House Press Secretary, Ari Fleischer, said: "First of all, I've never heard of the fellow. Second, I'm not going to dignify it with a response." -- Good 'Red' Ken. Livingstone attacks President Bush. London Mayor Ken Livingstone launches an outspoken attack on US President George W Bush, labelling him "corrupt". [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition] [The Cartoonist] Found at Gary Santoro's fantastic [The Mediaburn Radio Weblog] 11:57:46 AM     |

What's missing? Almost everything: Wine. Champagne. Cognac. Whisky. Cocktails. I can't do everything, can I? Instead have a look at The Painted Anvil - The best in Classic Pin-Up and Comicbook 'Girly' Art. With a beer. 10:26:35 AM     |

Pub-Alcoholic. Great: Pubs with unusual names. 10:21:37 AM     |

Bottle-Alcoholic. Jan's Beer Pages with a large bottle collection, breweries, cooking with beer and more beer stuff. 10:17:16 AM     |

More to follow later. I need to get some beer. 9:46:46 AM     |

Absolut-Alcoholic. All the Absolut ads are here, nicely categorised. 9:45:46 AM     |

Fun-Alcoholic. Old and new Guiness ads are at the Guinness homepage. 9:33:34 AM     |

3D-Alcoholic. Huxtins, London, has some antique advertising items for sale. 9:26:24 AM     |

Ad-Alcoholic. Good old days. Historic drinks related posters. 9:22:09 AM     |

Un-Alcoholic. Here's the Museum of Russian Anti-Alcohol Posters. Wonderful stuff. But I get the feeling as if some of the artists might have been under the influence of ... alcohol? 9:14:50 AM     |

Herewith I declare this day today to 'Official Alcohol Day'. And tomorrow is the official hangover day. Hic. 9:08:49 AM     |

Thursday, May 8, 2003

It's Maigret. Amazing. Having just finished reading a Georges Simenon biography (I can tell you, now THAT guy, he used to ... I won't go further. There might be children reading this blog.), Robert found the ultimate Maigret website. Covers. Texts. TV and Film. Just everything. Oh, and Simenon is not French. He's a Belgian. 9:49:39 PM     |

Good 'Red' Ken. Livingstone attacks President Bush. London Mayor Ken Livingstone launches an outspoken attack on US President George W Bush, labelling him "corrupt". [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition] 9:22:03 PM     |

Wow. Great art.Walton Ford paints breathtaking depictions of animals reminicent of Audubon or turn of the century field notes. Closer inspection however reveals the contemporary issue of man versus nature, as well as using wildlife to symbolize man and his relationship with himself...backgrounds are aflame, animals both mate and try to destroy each other, birds offer luscious treats to smaller birds in the hopes of getting them close enough to their waiting mouths. [More] [Ye Olde Phart] 9:11:32 PM     |

Back from work and knackered. More entries tomorrow. Today was hell. 9:07:04 PM     |

Wednesday, May 7, 2003

More pictures. Those chaps are probably selling the new edition of 'The Evening Standard.' The City of Shadows - A Gothic Tour of Victorian London', which I've blogged before has added lots of new photos of Victorian London and new articles. Check it out. One of the best websites about the 'Empire London'. 9:25:21 PM     |

Wow. John Byrne always ranks within the 'good artists'. In fact he's fabulous. Here's a good website about him. "link" Where's Neil Adams gone? His studio used to have a homepage, but I can't find it anymore. I think he was even better than Byrne, but then I don't want to start a flame war here on these pages. So I'll better keep my mouth shut wide open. 8:17:09 PM     |

The tragedy of the Dodo. Ohhh - this website makes me sad. Lots of nice pictures though. "dodo n., an extinct flightless bird, once a native of the island of Mauritius. Discovered 1598, extinct by 1681." "link" 7:57:41 PM     |

Be a Frog. The Raumpatrouille Role Playing Game has been updated to version 2.0. Download the new manual (German text). And before somebody asks stupid questions, the picture on the right is not a screenshot, but one of my original renderings. So hands off or ask me nicely. 7:42:46 PM     |

Get the champagne out. The Starlight Casino has been renovated with a new wallpaper and a lick of paint. Give my regards to the Barkeeper! No, honestly - it now looks much better and the navigation is much easier too. 7:33:59 PM     |

What a busy day that was. Now let's first feed the spambots. I'm now getting about 35-50 mails each day send to my 'official' account and it really pisses me off. pydazhlyc@tnwdzcujlszx.com, kbgeswewei@rlbqicyyr.fr, wccio@otaehajhjqehimvlg.it, qfyuhdi@wxrqdatxsrkeao.ru, ycijafnfuq@uniqjecaxmtlluoidjx.mil, goalzuts@vcgw.net, nlgpxkhaa@rilrfikmtudhymc.ar, becqziaqm@dzfambu.com, uezz@mzmmplnancbr.fr, pnnk@tsjbnajwlij.at, cqwdvt@nrgej.st, wqmbm@jrienks.eu, aawuhhkfi@wxzpqsdoqztoy.ch, tncortl@dposcbjcyeeqs.ca, epxnukd@lstbjhmcko.us, ikbbocs@piuw.de, gxjzma@rkrieylnnrfnkwa.fr, raldy@gwcusbuzyillpob.de, pgyhbmxeq@topomjlqmxofududlw.com, xiyc@olmgmqucstotw.tv 7:21:14 PM     |

Tuesday, May 6, 2003

Cesar Santander is an artist I like, because his photorealistic paintings show nothing but toys. Have a look at his galleries. 4:08:21 PM     |

The viola is the saddest of all instruments. Fear is a man's best friend is one of the better John Cale sites on the web. Lots of photos, interviews, tabs... and the old chap is touring Europe soon. With band. 12:58:11 PM     |

Bremner Bird and Fortune. Their best video clips are at the Channel4 website. And all the transcripts of their shows. And they're sharp. And nasty. And brilliant. Also, their amazing 'Between Iraq and a Hard Place' is still online at Channel4. The complete show. Watch it. (All Real Player.) 1:08:57 AM     |

Monday, May 5, 2003

Have a car. Finally- I found all the cars of Spirou and Fantasio. Oh, those toys... My link to the Turbot Traction and all the other toys doesn't seem to work anymore - can anyone confirm? Another French company out of business? Hope not. They had the Zorglumobil, or the Zyklopter, as it's in German. In large scale. Really big. I want one of those. 10:57:31 PM     |

Have a cigar. Just below I've blogged the 'weirdest German weblog'. Now here's the weirdest TV-series, along the The Prisoner: Meet Nowhere Man, another guy who's lost his identity. And the first episodes, produced and written by Larry Herzog (who still can be found hanging around in the Nowhere Man Newsgroup), were more than fantastic, full with cross-references to The Prisoner. I'm glad the series finally has found a home on the web. "The date is August 28, 1995. Thomas Veil, a photojournalist, has his identity erased by a mysterious conspiracy. His wife doesn't recognize him, the key to his house doesn't work, and his ATM cards are useless. People are chasing him, but he doesn't know why, except that it has something to do with " Hidden Agenda ", a picture of an execution he took a year earlier that's missing from his studio. He has the negative, "they" want it, and the hunt is on. Tom veil is hunting for the truth, while "they" are hunting him for the negative." 10:20:27 PM     |

Have a nice day. The amazing addresses you find in your Sitemeter's 'By Referrals' ... Now this must be the weirdest German weblog ever. It's called 'ein schöner tag', seems to be coming from Berlin, and you can even order T-Shirts! Like the 'Toast Hawaii' one on the left. Fabulous. I should link this. 9:21:12 PM     |

Golem. More German silent cinema. Read everything about Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (English Text). 5:32:39 PM     |

Toy day today? Looks like it. Stefan Truttmann in Switzerland runs a huge big Dinky Toys website. 10:34:32 AM     |

Zap! Here's Justin Pinchot's Toy Rayguns. Rayguns from the thirties up to now. 10:03:00 AM     |

Another 'I want one of those'. Ozzie's Robots Toys & Collectibles has even more Robots and Space Toys for sale. Oh, all those toys ... 9:48:29 AM     |

3D-Art. My mate Steve (who, btw, is an Englishman living in Dortmund) has a large gallery site of his artworks at renderosity. I especially like the abstract ones, really nice stuff. And if you ever need a webdesign, then visit his other site Garageland. 9:23:17 AM     |

Sunday, May 4, 2003

The Soundtrack Affair. Spy Bop Royale is a website dedicated to the secret agent soundtracks of the sixties. Everything's in there: Bond, I Spy, Drake, The Prisoner, The Avengers... Thanks, Marc! 7:49:18 PM     |

Going down further. Here's the original Nemosuit (hey, that thing WORKS!). "The NEMOSUIT project took about seven months to complete. At the time of this writing, it is the World's only functional specimen of the diving gear seen in Disney's 20,000 Leagues." 10:43:28 AM     |

Going down. Here's the World's Largest Collection of Historical Diving Helmets. Some of those things look like right out of a Jules Verne novel. Via Kosmonautentraum. 10:36:03 AM     |

Plaster. Horst is somewhat handicapped at the moment and won't be able to blog anything. Probably for months. Get well soon! 10:19:58 AM     |