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“Manualism”? Is that what it’s called?

Apparently this “art” is referred to as manualism. I always just called it “hand farts”… but then again, I’ve never gotten it as musical as this guy.

Of course, I never used a wah-wah pedal with it, either!

This is what I’ve imagined every time I’ve been in an elevator with mirrors on both sides…

Valve Software, makers of the Half-Life series, will soon release a new set of games set in that universe, called The Orange Box. The most intriguing element of this, for me, is a game called Portal. The game equips you with a special gun that can create teleportation holes at will. What does that mean? Allow them to demonstrate:

÷0

Yes, it’s true, I’ve already begun another new CD, and this one even has vocals! (Hence the smiley-esque title.) The album is called ÷0 (Division by Zero) and I’ve posted one of the three so-far-complete tracks today, called “Saturday Night Pizza.” Check it out!

Haystacks!

Originally posted July 21, 2006. See below for an update!

Not unlike Charles Foster Kane’s plaintive deathbed whisper — “Rosebud!” — I awoke this morning with one word in my brain (though fortunately for my surely-to-be-perplexed wife, I did not utter it aloud)… “Haystacks!”

Not a literal stack of hay, mind you, but a particular type of candy my grandfather adored (for some inexplicable reason); one I haven’t seen in years, if not decades.

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