Courtest of the always on point Rabbit Boy who hasn't updated his site in agessss.
“In the 1980s video cassette technology made it possible for “mobile cinema” operators in Ghana to travel from town to town and village to village creating temporary cinemas. The touring film group would create a theatre by hooking up a TV and VCR onto a portable generator and playing the films for the people to see.
In order to promote these showings, artists were hired to paint large posters of the films (usually on used canvas flour sacks). The artists were given the artistic freedom to paint the posters as they desired - often adding elements that weren’t in the actual films, or without even having seen the movies. When the posters were finished they were rolled up and taken on the road (note the heavy damages). The “mobile cinema” began to decline in the mid-nineties due to greater availability of television and video; as a result the painted film posters were substituted for less interesting/artistic posters produced on photocopied paper.”
Simply fantastic!
This is 'apparently' a genuine letter of complaint to Richard Branson… prepare to cry.
"Only you open the present and it’s not in there. It’s your hamster Richard. It’s your hamster in the box and it’s not breathing. That’s how I felt when I peeled back the foil and saw this…"
I feel nerdy posting this but it made me chuckle.
About a year ago I posted this great picture of the Star Wars Rock Band. Turns out it’s only half the image! Check the image below to see the full band!
(Click to zoom in)
Birmingham city council has admitted to distributing a leaflet which shows an urban landscape of Birmingham… in Alabama. I have to admit, I've googled the weather forecast for 'Birmingham' on several occasions and been shocked with the hot temperatures it forcasts… only to realise I'm actually looking at the US namesake.
Read the BBC news article.
Thanks to Joe for sharing the link, and this link.
I’m currently looking into either buying / making an arcade cabinet. Pre-made ones are pretty expensive and most are a bit OTT. An alternative is to buy a kit and then build it and decorate as I see fit (plain with no decals, if you're asking)… or I could try and build one myself.
Yeah, that’d be good! Draw up some plans, cut the wood, buy some buttons and joysticks, then reveal my masterpiece to the world! Just like these lot did. This site presents the very best of the very worst. The commentary and sheer randomness of some of the designs had me cracking up. Enjoy.
Just when you thought you couldn't see properly… I love informercials they're so cheesy - it's like you've seen the best - now check this!!
To fill you in some more, I actually own the one below. Read on for more…
You can now have KITT direct you to your destination with the Knight Rider GPS system. The device is actually voiced by William Daniels who played KITT in the series. Ace!
Created by the Digital Media Design Dept at Hongik University in Korea. Via Make