February 2007

On the Web

• The Jerry Springer Episode Debacle: The Lost Film Fest’s Scott Beibin tells the full, outrageous story of faking his way onto the Springer show, complete with clips from the episode.
• swfIR: A new standards-friendly, whiz-bang image replacement technique that harnesses the power of Flash.
• Great (Chalk) Album Covers: Coudal Partners’ and 37 Signals’ bathroom chalkboard is put to very good use.
• Looking to Cash in on a Punk Rock Youth: Apparently there is a new market for old, forgotten punk demos, and labels are scrambling to find and release them.
• Haikus are easy but...: Request a reprint of the medium guys tee so I can get one of these!
• Parting the Red Sea: For my File Magazine debut, I didn’t even have to take a photo.
• Happy Cog Redesign: The result of much bubble, bubble, toil, and trouble is now live! See what Jeffrey, Stan, and Dan have to say about the process.

In the Stereo

• Motörhead: Overkill
• Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter: Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
• Peter Bjorn and John: Writer’s Block
• Cornelius: Sensuous
• Langhorne Slim: Engine

On the Silver Screen

In Print

• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore