Mini-Blog Archive - The Dan Century Library

Mini Blog Archive

2020

The last #Xmas link of the year: Breaking the Boar by Randy Taylor (12/30)
HD Video of a Giant Squid (12/30)
Vintage cigarette dispensers (12/30)
Submarine Pickups (12/30)
I enjoyed the animated short films HAZBIN HOTEL and HELLUVA BOSS. Definitely for adults. (12/25)
Ubuweb's sound page has been around for over 15 years. It features audio clips from artists & other creative folks. I haven't visited the real/classic web (i.e. not Facebook, Twitter, IG, YouTube) much in recent years, but I'm glad Ubuweb still exists. (12/26)
Daredevil 266, the best Christmas-themed comic book #Xmas (12/25)
Buy road cones online (12/24)
Jackpot Records has a nice selection of reprints of vintage records like Martin Denny Exotica LPs (12/24)
Vicetone & Tony Igy - Astronomia [1 Hour Version]. The song of 2020? (12/24)
Hidden Mathematics by Randal Carlson (12/24)
Slayer X Wham! the worst #Xmas song, or the best? (12/24)
JonTron's review of the Star Wars Holiday Special (11/17) #Xmas
The Star Wars Holiday Special (12/17) #Xmas
A mysterious undersea creature (12/17)
An archive of Psychotronic Video Zine issues (12/17)
Nyanners Goes Crazy For Swords. Nothing about 2020 was normal. (12/13)
According to Spotify, the artists I most frequently listened to in 2020 were: Grimes, Poppy, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Kim Petras and Knower. (12/10)
A collection of cigarette ads featuring Santa (12/10) #Xmas
Weird Christmas is simply the best Christmas website (12/10) #Xmas
Night photography for Christmas lights (12/10) #Xmas
Twin Peaks inspired Christmas music (12/10) #Xmas #DavidLynch
All I want for Christmas is a Goat (12/10) #Xmas
Dead Cosmonaut action figure (12/3)
Ironman likes his snacks. Art. (12/3)
Russian Cyberpunk Farm. Actual Video Footage. (12/3)
The Muffler Men of Route 66 (12/3)
A huge directory of Joe Camel images (12/3)
Taco (Bell Grim) Reaper shirt. (12/3)
Roadside Attractions Status that are opened or closed. (12/3)
I'm glad link blogs like Waxy and Everlasting Blort are still around. (12/3)
Tommy Siegel's Butt Birds. (12/3)
Nike Dunk SB Low Toxic Sea Robbin. My favorite sneaker. (11/25)
Nike SB "Toxic Sea Robin" Dunk Low. In an un-listed 2009 August release from Nike SB comes this Dunk Low dubbed the “Toxic Sea Robin". The best. (11/25)
Surströmming Pasta recipe. Control yourself. (11/25)
Home-brew lava lamps (11/21)
The Devo Guitar Guide. (11/17) #DEVO
Gerald Casale - It’s All Devo. Also buy Gerald's wine. (11/17) #DEVO
The all time best live DEVO recording. (11/17) #DEVO
The Rugs of Mark Mothersbaugh. I own one. (11/17) #DEVO
Let Me Tickle Your Fancy by Jermaine Jackson, featuring Devo. (11/17) #DEVO
Booji Boy on the Dr. Demento show. (11/17) #DEVO
DEVO featured on the K-Tel compilation Radio Active. (11/17) #DEVO
The McDonalds Happy Meal toy that ripped off DEVO's energy dome (hat). (11/17) #DEVO
DEVO - Focus Group: Color - Part 1. (11/17) #DEVO
Devo - E-Z Listening Muzak Cassettes, Vol's 1 & 2 (1981 & 1984). Futurismo released these recordings on vinyl & CD in 2016. (11/17) #DEVO
Devo LP insert, 1984. (11/17) #DEVO
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction [Booji Boy Version]. (11/17) #DEVO
DEVO rarities. (11/17) #DEVO
A young person's guide to: DEVO Live. (11/17) #DEVO
The Angriest Dog in the World. A comic by David Lynch. (11/17) #DavidLynch
Tiny Dogs on Big Mushrooms (11/17)
The Manual: How To Have A Number 1 The Easy Way (11/17)
The Great Necco Wafer Panic of 2018.(11/15)
Silica Gel, the band of the DEVO mega-fan who runs the DEVOtional DEVO convention. (11/15)
I'm amazed how much music is on Spotify. In the 00's it might take me years to find a certain obscure song or album, but today almost anything I want is on Spotify. So much KPM library music is there. (11/15)
Official KPM site for folks who would license library music for their productions. (11/8)
Sam Spence, Art of the Synthesizer. Moogy library music. (11/8)
KPM Music Library - Music For Dancefloors. Another KPM/Library album. (11/8)
The Mood Modern: KPM and Bruton Music story revealed. A book about library music. (11/8)
KPM library Funk. (11/8)
The Strange World of Library Music. Library music is generic music prepared for movies, film and industrial films. A lot of it sounds as good as music by better known performers. (11/8)
The Institute of Official Cheer. Pop culture website that's been around since 1997. (11/8)
Mini Dragon's Lair Arcade Game. (11/8)
Video Game Mini Files (11/8)
People can't stop talking about the chess TV show on Netflix, but the best chess performance I saw this year was xQc VS moistcr1tikal (11/8)
The worst cooking on YouTube (11/6)
The Christmas Little Debbie Cakes are out. Get them while they're fresh. Order them online. (11/6)
You think these bars can keep me in here?! (11/6)
Emergency Goat! (10/24)
Chihuahua goes crazy when... (10/24)
You want some Mountain Dew? (10/24)
The best Jurassic Park sequel. (10/24)
Red Sprites and Blue Jets explained. (10/24)
A font for the Prince symbol. Back in the 90's the musician changed his name to a glyph. (10/24)
Exploring the SCP Foundation: The Ouroboros Cycle (All Parts). Spoken word paranormal science fiction. (10/14)
Smeagol (hairless cat) hates Halloween (10/14)
Bigfoot playing a saxophone. (10/14)
BirdCast. Find out when birds are migrating through your area. (10/14)
Underwater Flamingo Feeding (10/14)
Buy Thomas's Trendy Socks (10/14)
Big Iron on His Hip (8/23)
Lizard Greets Man Like a Dog (8/23)
直播动态 Soundboard (8/23)
Ghost Hunting Equipment (8/23)
Animated Glow-In-The-Dark TV Pins (5/9)
lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to collectable (5/9)
Retro Sci-Fi Art from Alejandro Burdisio (5/9)
Pachinko machines are like video games, pinball machines and slot machines all-in-one. Check out Modern Pachinko if you want to buy one, and What is PACHINKO: Japan's STRANGEST Obsession! (YouTube) for a mini documentary about them. (3/22)
If you like comic books, check out Cartoonist Kayfabe and if you want to be a master of creating art with a Xerox machine, read Re: A Guide To Reproduction. (3/22)
Beer named after chihuahuas: Chihuahua Cerveza. I bought a 6-pack and it was good. (3/22)
Mathmos and Lava, the Original are two online sources of Lava Lamps. I own a Lava Lite (different company, I think), and 3 Lava Lamps (not sure of the origin). (3/22)

2019

Currently enjoying music by: Knower, Louis Cole, Grimes, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. (12/31)
New Rudy Ray Moore record RUDY RAY MOORE - STEP IT UP AND GO 10". (11/24)
Westerly Sweater. What the Dude wore in The Big Lebowski. (11/24)
How Daylight Saving Time Affects Your Part of the Country. Western Indiana in June is nice. (11/24)
Optical Argyle Kitty Sweater In Blue. (11/24)
441 sets of Homophones. Please add Earl and URL. (11/15)
Tardigrade toes. Tough but tiny. (11/5)
Dragon Farm. Exotic beta fish. (11/5)
Camera lenses inspired by the eyes of spiders. (11/5)
A live map of flights currently over the greater NYC area. (11/5)
Xenochu is a Pikachu Alien Xenomorph hybrid... that you can own and love. (11/5)
Ancient Earth Globe. What did the earth look like 100,000,000 years ago? Hint: lots of Sleestaks. (11/5)
Type like a H4ck3r. (11/5)
Cherpumple Cake is a 3 layer cake filled with an cherry, apple and pumpkin pie. (11/5)
Parks Standards Manual. (9/22)
Halloween Glitter Kitty pin. (9/22)
Rock isn't dead. Case in point, Flightless Records. (8/17)
Mini arcade games: New Wave Toys. Tempest is my favorite. (8/17)
Classic: Geraldine the dog that sounds like a Tie-Fighter. (8/17)
Eddy Van Halen Announces Replica "Bumblebee" Guitar. 18 year old me thinks this is a great idea. (8/11)
Check out this amazing looking toad. Red, white, black and beige. All the colors of my living room. (7/6)
The SCTV YouTube page offers funny clips from the 1970s/80s Canadian comedy show Second City Television. SCTV featured comedians John Candy, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, and Harold Ramis to name a few. (7/6)
Listen to rhubarb grow. (7/6)
Wow Lynch Wow! provides insightful reviews of season 3 of Twin Peaks. I enjoyed season 3, but parts of it remain mysterious and inscrutable. (7/4)
Trader Vics Tiki Mugs. If you're going to drink in the summer, you might as well drink with style. (6/27)
Gamechanger Audio MOTOR Synth uses tiny motors and light to synthesize sound. (6/27)
This guy is excavting his basement with tiny model machines. (6/26)
Mad Scientist is creating underwater habitats for hamsters. (6/25)
Gato Malo. Makes me laugh every time. (6/25)
This raccoon t-shirt is the best t-shirt. (6/25)
This octopus t-shirt is the other best t-shirt. I own one in every color. (6/25)
Grand Royal Magazine was a 'zine released by members of the Beastie Boys. It's a great time capsule of what culture was like in the early/mid 1990s. (6/23)
The top of Ohio was once part of Connecticut. Surprising. (6/23)
Rent the movie Us. It's a great summer psychological horror comedy trip. Warning: the song 'Got 5 On It' is a ear worm, and you'll sing it for days. (6/23)