A talented artist has created these wonderful traditional Japanese scrolls displaying all of the Pokemon from both Pokemon Red & Blue and Pokemon Gold/Silver.
Unfortunately all I have to credit the artist by is this website, which is entirely in Japanese.
You can check out the images by clicking on the links below. Be patient, they are quite large.
“I Have The Power” an art show paying tribute to He-Man and the Masters Of The Universe was held recently, bringing artist together to create some truly awesome He-Man inspired artwork.
I would have loved to have had the opportunity to attend the event, but alas, I will have to settle for the vast number of images available online thanks to the wonderful bloggers who were lucky enough to attend.
Here are a few of the pieces I liked. More images along with prints and original works from the event can be viewed and purchased here.
I usually have something to say that defines the year but nothing is coming to mind. Maybe that says something in itself?
Anyway here are my top ten albums of 09.
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Let to right: Japandroids – Post-Nothing, Clipse – Til The Casket Drops, DOOM – Born Like This, Dizzee Rascal – Tongue N’ Cheek, The Rural Alberta Advantage – Hometowns, Mos Def – The Ecstatic, Passion Pit – Manners, Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3 and The XX – XX.
The new Los Campesinos! album “Romance Is Boring” has leaked!
… and it’s brilliant.
It’s not as easily accessible as the first two albums, but it has definitely grown to become my favourite of the three after several listens.
The album sounds darker than the first two. Instruments are more densely layered and the band is definitely making more complex music whilst retaining their signature sound.
There’s a strange yet easily traceable growth from album to album happening here that almost makes each previous entry in their catalogue seem juvenile in comparison to the next.
Of course this could just be me gushing over new songs from my favourite band while the old albums sit exhausted on the shelf, but I really do think these guys are getting better and better.
Highly recommended.
If you haven’t finished watching the Survivor Samoa finale, stop reading now.
Let me just start by saying - what a fantastic season of Survivor.
There were countless great moments that will go down in Survivor history.
In no particular order:
Russell’s sabotaging of his own camp, burning Jaison’s socks (and then burning them again at the reunion) and dominating his entire tribes voting decisions up until the merge.
Ben’s racial outburst (conveniently glossed over during the reunion show) and his grilling by Jaison at the tribal council where he was rightfully ejected. Moron got told.
Galu Russell’s dramatic collapse. The polar opposite of Mick, Russell led his tribe to the extreme and ended up paying for it with his health.
The complete turnaround after Galu dominated Foa Foa up until the merge. Watching the formerly smug tribe fall to pieces against all odds.
Russell’s persistent strategy and animal like ability to sniff out the hidden immunity idols without any clues not once, not twice, but three times throughout the game – and then, his reaction at the reunion show when ultimately he was robbed of his hard earned reward and was forced to sit there (obviously infuriated) while somebody he was responsible for carrying the entire game won the million dollars and title of sole survivor.
Betsy’s line to Jeff at the reunion show about making her sweat and Jeff’s reaction.
Overall, great season.
Even greater however is the announcement for next season.
Survivor Season 20: Heroes Vs Villains will pit two tribes of former castaways against each other in a unique season unheard of in survivor history. Separated into two tribes (heroes and villains) they will compete for the Million dollars divided by their past actions in previous seasons.
Apparently the tribes are as follows:
Heroes:
Rupert Boneham, James “J.T.” Thomas, Tom Westman, Colby Donaldson, James Clement, Stephenie LaGrossa, Amanda Kimmel, Jessica ‘Sugar’ Kiper, Cirie Fields and Candice Woodcock
Villains:
Jerri Manthey, Parvati Shallow, Sandra Diaz-Twine, Courtney Yates, Danielle DiLorenzo, Rob “Boston Rob” Mariano, Randy Bailey, Tyson Apostol, Ben “Coach” Wade and Russell Hantz
An absolutely spectacular lineup.
February 11th can’t come soon enough.
