Giant Robot Store and GR2 News

Back to the WUNDERGROUND post… here’s some help as to who made what… Mat made the giant green monster, Jim Drain recontextualized the authentic totem pole, Xander made a giant castle with bells and diaramas, Erin Rosenthal made the volcano sputtering out deep sounds and fluttering images , Leif made the guy waking from a cryogenic freeze to a turbulant animation, Brian Chippendale made a vibrantly decorated shack, Jung Hong made the floating orb of sewn together grocery bags with a terrarium hanging within, and Pippi Zornosa carved the signage and real snakeskin lamps. Thanks Leif Goldberg for the help.
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20 songs that influenced Kurdt Cobain at stereogum. I’m not sure if he would really be into More than a Feeling by Boston, but Sonic Youth yes… But Kool Thing? Maybe. I’m sure he would have listed many other songs before Kool Thing. The Knack? Not sure aobut My Sharona either. Where’s anything by Beat Happening? Since he’s from the NW, The Sonics?! This can go on for days.
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