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Mini "Link Blog"

The best link blog on the internet:

  1. This Painting Foretold An Urban Nightmare That Now We All Know Is True. A mini documentary about artist Edward Hopper's work. 6/1.
  2. What If Guns N’ Roses Were an 1980s Synthpop Band? Drums N' Roses. This reminds me of the late 1980's. I had two friends I would hang out with. One liked Guns n' Roses and the other liked Erasure and Depeche Mode. This music reminds me of those friends and that time. 6/1.
  3. I feel the earth move under my feet... watch an earthquake split and move the earth. 5/12.
  4. It is cicada time again. Brood XIV is emerging now. 5/4.
  5. DJ Cummerbund's remix of Rob Zombie's Dragula mixes that song and its video with about 20 other songs. It is an earworm, but it works best as an advertisement for DJ.STUDIO mixing software. 5/4.
  6. Two Feet Outdoors is a phenominal YouTube channel about a guy who kayaks on rivers and bays in the New York and New Jersey area. His recent video about kayaking to the Paterson Falls has some visually spectacular moments. 5/4.
  7. Save it for Parts is a YouTube channel about a dude who collects electronics and uses what he finds to talk to satellites. If you wonder who you are bidding against on Facebook Marketplace, it is this guy. Also, I envy him because I would like to accumulate electronics and kayaks, but I have no place to put them.
  8. Vice Grip Garage features movie-length adventures in which the host tries to repair a decrepit automobile and drive it hundreds of miles back to his home. If you are a fan of gasoline-powered cars, DIY, and the terror of being stranded far from home, this is the channel for you. 5/4.
  9. Weird NJ issue 64 is available for pre-order. If New Jersey, ghosts, crypozooology and URBEX are your thing, check it out. I personally have purchased every issue. 5/4.
  10. DD Explores is a YouTube channel featuring DD's exploration of forgotten end desolate ares of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
  11. The Staten Island Greenbelt YouTube channel features videos about a large park in the greenest boro of New York City. The channel grabbed my interest because Staten Island is mostly made from the rock Serpentine, and they have videos about the Serpentine barrens of Staten Island. Staten Island looks like it should be part of New Jersey, but it is not because it sits east of the river. The best movie about Staten Island is Easy Money featuring Rodney Dangerfield and Joe Pesci. Money is the color of Serpentine (green, at least it was in the 1980s). 5/4.
  12. The Donna DeMarco YouTube channel features comedic skits about prepaing food. I might be related to Donna on the Italian side of my family -- I have no proof of that, but it feels correct. 5/4.
  13. Matt Kohn's YouTube channel features lectures and songs about minerology and petrology. 5/4.
  14. The Electronic Perspective YouTube channel features interviews about Moogs and electronic musicians. I learned a lot of Moog history from this channel. 5/4.
  15. The Dirt, Sand & Rocks YouTube channel features rockhound advertures in the greater New Jersey/Pennsylvania area. 5/4.
  16. The Tectonic City YouTube channel features in-person rock identifications. California rocks. 5/4.
  17. Office Naps YouTube channel features rips of obscure instrumental music. 5/4.
  18. The Art Of Poison-Pilling Music Files. Fighting the AI music monster. 4/13.
  19. Ken Reid's Creepy Creations. This is the type of art I loved when I was a kid. I still love it today. 4/8.
  20. etaoin shrdlu is my favorite demon. 4/6.
  21. I have friends that will love this new Ministry remix album and I friends who will hate it. The cover looks like a squirrel sitting on a chihuahua turd. 4/6.
  22. What happened to Bum Farto. 4/6.
  23. If Tron:Ares is made for children, I won't see it. If it's PG+ I will. The Trailer looks good. 4/6.
  24. Danzig's Bricks. 4/6.
  25. Sometimes it takes 41 years for an album to be released. Erebus, Limited Edition 12 inch vinyl LP, from The Secret Syde will be out this summer. Secret Syde is a Jersey Shore Psych-Punk band that was on the label Mutha Records. Mutha is famous for hardcore punk records (expensive on eBay or discog). 3/24.
  26. A tour of Lucy the Elephant, New Jersey's best-known roadside attraction. 3/23.
  27. Dime Store Adventures (the best channel on YouTube) takes on the Jersey Devil. 3/23.
  28. You mean to tell me we're all just meat ghouls, riding a rock, ripping cigs? Tiggy Skibbles is the best AI yet. 3/19.
  29. A Google Map for the NJ Lighthouse Challenge. 3/9.
  30. A Google Map of the Boonton Line. An old rail through Jersey. 3/9.
  31. Not So Ebb Nitzer Ebb parody. #OldEmailArcheology. 3/5.
  32. Heavy Metal Cats. #OldEmailArcheology. 3/5.
  33. Old New Brunswick, New Jersey Court Tavern sets: A Window in Time EP, A Window in Time 2, A Window in Time 1, A Window in Time 3, A Window in Time 4. The Court Tavern was a rock club in New Brunswick, NJ that featured mostly punk, garage rock, hard rock, psyche rock type bands. I was banned twice for reasons. It has a history. Some of us hung out longer than we should have. #OldEmailArcheology. 3/5.
  34. Some music things: Cold Waves music festival. kairaibunch. Push by Heads. #OldEmailArcheology. 3/5.
  35. Duelin' Firemen! Sundance Trailer 1996/10/04. Multiple people reached out to me to share this video for Duelin' Firemen which was a short movie made to accompany a video game of the same name. It stars Rudy Ray Moore (Dolemite), DEVO, Ivan Stang (Church of the SubGenius) and B-Movie stars I cannot remember off the top of my head. It's like a dream, more than anything else. #OldEmailArcheology. 3/5.
  36. Clown Core has been around for at least 16 years, but it did not enter my conciousness until 2018. #OldEmailArcheology. 3/5.
  37. The Furby Organ. I shared this article with my musician friends back in 2018. The article was published on Mashable, which is/was a blog. Like Email, I don't think people read blogs as much as they used to. Maybe blogs will make a comeback like vinyl. #OldEmailArcheology. 3/5.
  38. Space Galaxy bootleg Star Wars toys from Ashens. I shared this with my Star Wars fan friends back in 2017... back when people still used email. #OldEmailArcheology. 3/5.
  39. Uncle Fatty the Fat Monkey was my spirit animal back on 2017. Most of my life I've been overweight, so his lifestyle choices resonate with me. #OldEmailArcheology. 3/5.
  40. The new Poppy comedy show is consistently entertaining. Try the Free Will episode. 2/28.
  41. Bar none, my favorite energy drink is Ghost Energy WARHEADS SOUR GREEN APPLE. 2/25.
  42. Cascade Range Volcanoes and Calderas Google map. 2/25.
  43. Insect collecting supplies: Atelier Jean Paquet. 2/25.
  44. What was YouTube like 7 years ago? FIXING JENNA MARBLES' GARBAGE DOGS. 2/25.
  45. What was YouTube like 13 years ago? You want some Mountain Dew? 2/25.
  46. PaGEODE - Pennsylvania GEOlogic Data Exploration is a great website for exploring the geology of Pennsylvania. 2/22.
  47. If I lived in Minneapolis, I would probably shop at Ax Man Surplus Stores. 2/22.
  48. After seeing hundreds of ads of Instagram, I finally broke down and ordered some music from The Phantom A.D. The Phantom fits somewhere in the Misfits horror punk and Cramps surf rock genre space, which I enjoy. 2/22.
  49. Japan is keeping the stationary supply dream alive. Visit the Shibuya Stationery Store. I've never not worked on a computer (except for the summer I worked in the Oakite acid factory), but I have a nostalgia for paper-related stationary products. . 2/22.
  50. A classic: Polka Sweet Child O' Mine. 2/22.
  51. Many "liminal spaces" type videos, like those made by somebody remind me of my time working at a major telecom. Telecoms and other pre-Internet tech firms have huge office buildings and campuses with thousands of offices or cubes... but by the late 2000's, most people started working from home. This meant that buildings were left 99% vacant, especially after 9pm. When I worked late I would walk the endless, beige hallways, half expecting to see a monster, zombie, or a ghost of an old-timer who died at his desk. Mostly I found 1960's artwork and dumpsters of old computer equipment and media. The experience was eerie, dreamlike, yet nostaligically comforting.
  52. Krzysztof Steplowski patches for synths. 1/26.
  53. HGich.T is a German dance band I like to check in on every five years or so. They make humorous videos. I will dub them "rural rave" music. 1/26.
  54. Looks like The Exotica Project website is back. 1/26.
  55. Rest in Peace, filmaker David Lynch. I have to finish watching David Lynch Presents Interview Project. 1/26.
  56. Terry Naumann on YouTube. Geology videos. 1/26.
  57. California Rocks! with Dr. Mary Leech. Geology (not just California). 1/26.
  58. Every Rock has a Story. Geology and Petrology. 1/26.
  59. Atomic Chemist Uranium mine exploration. 1/26.
  60. What's My Rock? 1/26.
  61. Pennsylvania's Rock Hound Haven 1/26.
  62. The past 4 years of YouTube were probably the "golden years" of online educational content, with so many educators putting knowledge online for folks who couldn't get to school in person because of the "beer bug". Nick Zentner was probably the best of the bunch. 1/26.
  63. Hey! It's the Fuck Snow song. I loved snow when I was a kid. As an adult, I'm not a fan. 1/18.
  64. World Auchenorrhyncha Database. 1/18.
  65. Desire Paths are a new obsession. 1/18.
  66. New Jersey topographic maps. United States Maps. 1/18.
  67. RAMAPO MOUNTAIN State Forest. Making plans for warmer months. 1/18.
  68. The Morris Canal with Tim Roth of the Canal Society of NJ. A video. I should upload my photos of the canal lock at Wharton, NJ. 1/12.
  69. Canal Society of New Jersey. 1/12.
  70. Geology 101 with Willsey, Episode #24: Explaining Strike and Dip. A video. 1/12.
  71. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025!
  72. Visit the Mini-Blog archive for links from 2019-24.

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There is a lot of stuff on this website: a blog about road trips, six free music albums, art, a comic strip, a directory of awesome links, and a mini-blog. I restarted the site out of sheer boredom in 2020. I pulled together some of my favorite internet stuff from the 1990s and 2000s. I hope someone enjoys it as much as I do.

Road trips and adventures:

Ten most popular articles in 2024:

  1. Nothing but trouble in Centralia Pennsylvania
  2. Pasadena Terracotta Brick Factory
  3. Parlin Sayreville Amber and Pyrite Fields (Rockhound Zone)
  4. The Franklin Parker Preserve and abandoned railroad tracks
  5. Photos from Asbury Park, New Jersey from the 2000s
  6. Gotta go to the Hofheimer Grotto
  7. The Gingerbread Castle in Hamburg, NJ
  8. The Egg aka the Betsy Orb
  9. CNJ railroad tracks in the woods (Atsion, NJ)
  10. Cliffwood Beach used to have cliffs made of prehistoric wood and amber

Ten most recent articles:

  1. New Jersey’s volcano (Rutan Hill) and mini-mountains that glow under UV blacklight
  2. The Giant Pie Lady of Frackville, Pennsylvania
  3. Stromatolites in Hamburg, New Jersey
  4. Asbury Park Art Murals, Wooden Walls Project
  5. Asbury Lanes (Asbury Park, NJ) The Best Years
  6. Photos from Asbury Park, New Jersey from the 2000s
  7. The Sterling Hill Mining Museum (Ogdensburg, NJ)
  8. CNJ railroad tracks in the woods (Atsion, NJ)
  9. New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge
  10. Everything in the middle of Nowhere in the middle of Everywhere
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