Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Let's start off with the top part. The idea of starting a magazine, it's...
A magazine for the people of color. It’s just the first issue, and as we all know, making mags is a tough business. Good luck to the folks at real TALK LA. I do wonder if they know the pain they’re in for? Everyone wants to make a magazine, but doing it is almost like owning a restaurant. You hear people tell you not do it, but then you do it anyway. That’s me at GR2 behind the Bliks in the window. If you buy or get this magazine, and you feel the pain of publishing, put your hand against mine, like the crap they do in prison. Solidarity of pain.
Continue reading
A magazine for the people of color. It's just the first issue, and as we all know, making mags is a tough business. Good luck to the folks at real TALK LA.
I do wonder if they know the pain they're in for? Everyone wants to make a magazine, but doing it is almost like owning a restaurant. You hear people tell you not do it, but then you do it anyway.
That's me at GR2 behind the Bliks in the window....
Continue reading
I do wonder if they know the pain they're in for? Everyone wants to make a magazine, but doing it is almost like owning a restaurant. You hear people tell you not do it, but then you do it anyway.
That's me at GR2 behind the Bliks in the window....
My friend from South Africa sent me this with the following text attached. Read it before you watch the video. Damn, 606 takes! The things you can do with time, patience and lots of money. None of which I ever have enough of. Which if I was buddhist I wouldn’t need, except for the patience. So I guess if I was buddhist I couldn’t make a commercial like this? I don’t know what the fuck I’m talking about. Just read and watch.And you Thought those people that set up roomfuls of dominos to knock over were amazing? There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in the film. Everything you see really happened in real time exactly as you see it.The film took 606 takes. On the first 605 takes, something, usually very minor, didn’t work. They would then have to set the whole thing up again. The crew spent weeks shooting night and day. By the time it was over, they were ready to change professions.The film cost six million dollars and took three months to complete including full engineering of the sequence. In addition, it’s two minutes long so every time Honda airs the film on British television, they’re shelling out enough dough to keep any one of us in clover for a lifetime.However, it is fast becoming the most downloaded advertisement in Internet history. Honda executives figure the ad will soon pay for itself simply in “free viewings” (Honda isn’t paying a dime to have youwatch this commercial!).When the ad was pitched to senior executives, they signed off on it immediately without any hesitation – including the costs. There are six and only six hand-made Honda Accords in the world. To the horror of Honda engineers, the filmmakers disassembled two of them to make the film.Everything you see in the film (aside from the walls, floor, ramp, and complete Honda Accord) is parts from those two cars.The voiceover is Garrison Keillor. When the ad was shown to Honda executives, they liked it and commented on how amazing computer graphicshave gotten. They fell off their chairs when they found out it was for real. Oh, and about those funky windshield wipers. On the new Accords, the windshield wipers have water sensors and are designed to start doing their thing automatically as soon as they become wet.
Continue reading
I needed air in my bicycle tires, so I thought I’d stop by George’s Hardware which is next door to gr/eats. I rode into the back mechanics shop, and was amazed. Look at this place. It’s filled with parts, broken edgers, mowers, grease, working mechanics, tools, and a floor that’s gritty. There’s four dudes working most of the time, they’re mostly Latino except for Jake, who’s on our softball team. How old is this wood table? Look how far and deep it’s worn down. That’s Jake, and that’s my bike. When he couldn’t fix my mini bike, my dad would bring it here to get fixed. That was probably 25 years ago and the place looked the same as it does now. It’s just a new crew of people doing the same thing, fixing mowers for gardeners. I once saw them working on a go-kart and then test riding it on the streets. One cool thing about George’s Hardware, the dudes working always have a smile on their face, in six years we’ve been around, I have yet to see one look upset.
Continue reading
it's true-- the idea of starting a magazine (or small press) can be really persistent, even after tons of smart people say that it's emotionally/phsyically/mentally killer and painful :)
but... but, doing a mini zine on the cheap with friends is LESS painful... right?