This Is Very Scary

Apparently to mark the 18th celebration of burger month (???) White Castle sold a candle in the shape of the box their "burgers" come in. It was also scented like the burgers. Why does the thought of striking a match near this thing scare me?

via Gizmodo

HalCali - Tandem

JPop and post modern hipsterism never seems to grow old :P

File Under: Stupid Japan

H/T Japan Edge

The Golf Club made a grave error…

Mario, Up Against The Wall

Stop motion animation done by Japanese high school students. They didn't let us do anything like this in art class. Very cool.



Via Gizmodo

Star Wars, Daft Punk, Adidas and more

Via Pitchfork

"The Gift"

This short was directed by Carl Erik Rinsch, a fellow who's being called Ridley Scott's protege. Rinsch is currently linked to remakes of Logan's Run, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and other remakes of now-classic SF and world cinema.

Did I just see the 47 Ronin in there? Yep . . .

Japanese PM Hatoyama to Resign

Wow.

"Simple Anime" in Japan

I ganked this from Japan Probe, and no, I don't really *get* it, but it seems to me that someone's been watching a lot of Adult Swim . . .

The beer for Ottakings

Just because I'm a cunning linguist like that, and I'm thirsty for an Austrian Helles bier ; )

"Ewoks marked a turning point from which we’ve never recovered"

With all the excitement surrounding the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back – a true masterpiece by any definition of the word — it got me thinking about the iconic films of my childhood that left such a permanent impression that I can still vividly recall the experience of seeing them for very first time in a theatre. Not the look of the multiplex or the color of the seats, but how these movies made me feel. How they transported me into their world to the point that when the lights came up it felt like an unwelcome alarm clock on a school day.

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P.S. I figured that this piece might resonate with a couple of you ; )