EXCLAIM!wear - Use Your Indoor Voice!

Improving Star Wars, one leg at a time

2009-02-13T12:36:00.000-06:00

The following is an enormous list of the best lines of dialog from Star Wars, in which a word has been replaced with the word "pants."

It's brilliant

http://www.keepersoflists.org/index.php?lid=1906

(via Kottke)

Why Stop?

2009-02-05T16:12:00.015-06:00

Holy shit. I mean, wow. Just wow. Seriously.

WTF?

Actually, this is pretty brilliant. Sure, there might be some people who take this seriously, but these people are going to clean up based on the camp value.

I just wish they had an affiliate program.

(via Warren Ellis)

Christian Bale's Freakout Remix

2009-02-03T14:13:00.001-06:00

This is utterly brilliant! I can't stop listening to it!!!

America

2009-01-20T12:56:00.001-06:00

In honor of this momentous occasion in our nation!

I just pray there aren't 16 of 'em

2009-01-03T23:00:00.000-06:00

To Boldly Go...

2008-11-17T19:00:00.000-06:00

I've always been a marginal fan of Star Trek. I've not been a diehard fan who's seen every episode and know every minute detail of the series (I reserve that part of my brain for Star Wars). But I did watch most of the Next Generation and Deep Space Nine series - and I've certainly enjoyed it over the years.

And, frankly, with JJ Abrams' involvement, I'm actually really looking forward to the new Star Trek movie. (Not to mention, the always awesome Simon Pegg as Scotty)

So, now the new Star Trek trailer is online in high definition and, I'll have to watch it again, because while it certainly looks pretty cool, I have no flipping clue as to what's going on.

And without even seeing the movie, the little kid playing very young Kirk annoys me already.

But, yeah, I still want to see this.

Oh, and you know how I said that I don't get mired down in the minutia of Star Trek? I'm a liar. My first reaction to seeing this trailer was:

"Are you fucking kidding me? They're building the Enterprise ON Earth? There's no way a ship of that design could ever leave Earth's atmosphere! It would immediately crash on ignition! It's not designed to fly straight up in the air and there are NO WHEELS for it propel along the ground until it achieves lift! A ship like that has to be built IN SPACE!"

New Merchandise

2008-11-16T18:39:00.000-06:00

So, I've been playing around with some new and old designs and trying out a few new aspects of the online t-shirt world.

First of all, EXCLAIM!wear is branching out to Zazzle. Now, we're not leaving CafePress, by any means, but there are a few things that Zazzle does differently and they have a few products that CP doesn't offer. Plus, they have the official licencing deal with:

Star Wars!

Yeah, I geeked out a little bit there, too. It's okay. But, I've also added a few of my own designs on there. The EXCLAIM!wear shop is a little light right now, but we do have a revised version of the ever popular Warning: Fast Moving Zombies design. You'll notice that the font is a bit more... zombie like. And this version is only available at Zazzle. You'll notice that they also have a rather extensive line of shirts to choose from - and they make it really easy to find the right shirt for you (or your loved one).

Fast Moving Zombies Dark Shirt by exclaimwear at zazzle

But, like I said, we haven't forsaken CafePress. Especially since they now have a special partnership with Pure Digital Technologies to offer their Flip Mino and Flip MinoHD palm-sized camcorders. These things are awesome, and to do out part, we've added some designs of our own for the Flip:

Flying Space Pig Flip MinoHD at EXCLAIM!wear

We'll be adding more Flip Mino designs at CafePress and adding some new stuff at Zazzle, too... like Skateboards!

I Want My

2008-11-08T09:26:00.001-06:00

Sigur Rós |MTV Music

Finally, MTV is all about the music again. Clearly taking a page from Hulu.com, MTV now has, pretty much, any music video you can think of. And none of the obnoxious programming they now have on constant rotation on the network.

UPDATE: There are, actually, some pretty big gaps of missing videos for some popular artists. Also, the actual broadcast quality leaves a bit to be desired. But the site is fairly new, so maybe it will get better with time.

Shuffle on the Tundra

2008-11-07T20:25:00.001-06:00

For as long as I've remembered, I've loved this song. And, yet, it's been YEARS since I last heard it.

And it still holds up.

Definitely my favorite Chilly Willy cartoon.

Zombies!

2008-09-14T18:55:00.000-05:00

I am super excited to finally unveil my latest website. Your one-stop shop for all your zombie needs! We got zombie-themed tshirts! We got popular zombie movies! We got the essential zombie books and graphic novels! And the "I love turtles" zombie-kid! It all there! Check it out!

Fast Moving Zombies

Nine Inch Noel

2008-08-29T07:44:00.001-05:00

It's always the season for this:

Nine Inch Noel

(via Metafilter - edited because the embedded file didn't seem to want to work)

Take Notes, Michael Bay!

2008-07-01T20:35:00.001-05:00

Decepticonboooy AMV (Kupek's Born Slippy Cover)

Pretty much everywhere, it's gonna be hot.

2008-05-26T22:25:00.002-05:00

Thanks, Arthur.

Not related, but YouTube seems to have paired them up.

Curse this blog

2008-05-09T07:41:00.002-05:00

So, I've been posting a little more regularly and it's been great. But there's a problem and it's driving me crazy.

Actually, there are two problems.

1) I'm a web designer and yet I'm using a default template for my blog design. I don't have any plans to change that in the near future but just know that it bothers me.

2) That damn Google Ad that shows up in the first post! Now, it's no secret that I would love to monetize my blog. I mean, why not make a few extra bucks while people visit. But, that damn ad! I have no idea where its coming from! I've checked the code over and over and it's not supposed to be there! All I know is that it's really frakking annoying and makes reading the post practically impossible.

So, I apologize and am doing what I can to make this blog a little more legible.

Radiohead - All I Need

2008-05-07T20:34:00.001-05:00

Some things cost more than you realize

The Comics Post

2008-05-07T20:00:00.000-05:00

So, until I get around to selling off all of my old comics, I'm not allowed to buy new ones. Even graphic novels! Which means my dream to get all of the Absolute Sandman books will have to wait. Finally getting around to reading "Y: The Last Man" also will have to wait.

But that doesn't mean that I can't still think about comics. So, to help, here are a few comic related links.

The Top 100 Comic Book Runs
Sure, you can argue about the order of some of these but, frankly, this is a pretty damn good list. It hits all the right books at the right eras of their greatness. In fact, it's this list that's making me feel nostalgic for the old, four-color, newsprint books I've got boxed up in my parent's basement. Maybe I won't sell them...

Wizard's Top 200 Comics
Unlike the previous list, I'm not overly impressed with this one. I guess part of the problem is that the premise of this list is that they are only the top books while Wizard has existed. Which is fine. And they do list some good books there. But their own limitation makes you realize just how many things they're NOT listing.

And best of all, this year's Wizard World Chicago convention is June 26-29th. It's been a few years since I've been to a convention, but I'm seriously considering it this year.Especially since this year's Guest of Honor is, none other than, Warren Ellis!

1000 Words

2008-05-07T07:17:00.000-05:00

Link

TALLY HALL - GOOD DAY

2008-05-02T19:10:00.001-05:00

"An odd and interesting song/video, but I can't imagine owning it, or even watching this again," I thought.

and then I immediately watched it again.

Ladies and Gentleman, (almost) Radiohead

2008-05-01T20:00:00.001-05:00

No real post here. But I've been really digging (some) of these songs on this cover of Radiohead's OK Computer.

Utterly LOVE David Bazan's version of Let Down. Hauntingly brilliant.

And this... oh this... must share this one:

Samson Dalonoga (Feat. The Found Sound Orchestra) – Fitter Happier

Dear Amazon,

2008-04-30T20:00:00.001-05:00

I love Amazon. Use it all the time. Even try to blatently earn money from selling their products on my site. But I really feel like they don't understand me. At all. This is a portion of the email they just sent me:

Dear Amazon.com Customer,

We've noticed that customers who have purchased or rated Battlestar Galactica - Season 2.0 (Episodes 1-10) or other films in the Universal Studios Home Entertainment > Boxed Sets category have also purchased Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection 1 & 2 (Tarantula/Mole People/Incredible Shrinking Man/Monolith Monsters/Monster on the Campus/Dr. Cyclops/Cult of the Cobra/Land Unknown/Deadly Mantis/Leech Woman)

Ummm. No.

Thanks. Please try again.

By the way, loving the final season of BSG (even if the last episode was kinda weak and a little bit weird)

To Close to be an Accident

2008-04-29T20:00:00.000-05:00

This is quite clever. Clever on the part of whoever noticed it. And clever on the part of the filmmakers (or, at least, on the part of the people who cut the trailer).

Check out Batman vs The Dark Knight

link (via Coudal)

$1 million movie idea

2008-03-07T08:28:00.004-06:00

In John Hodgman's Book, The Areas of My Expertise, he suggests that a sure fire way to make a million dollars as a screen writer is to write a movie based on the premise "All Animals v. All Humans."

Well, it looks like someone took him up on the challenge. I just read on Sci-Fi Wire that Columbia Pictures has just bought the screenplay, from a first time screenwriter, for that EXACT premise!

Sadly, in today's economy, it did NOT come out to $1 million. The guy will simply have to settle for a sale "estimated at mid six figures."

I can only assume that Mr. Hodgman will receive a "Story By" credit.

that is all.

link

tags: John Hodgman

matt damon

2008-02-26T20:25:00.001-06:00

matt damon
Originally uploaded by EXCLAIM!wear

This damnable song had been running through my head forever! And now that I've discovered this Song Chart group on Flickr, I just felt like I had to contribute.

Merry Christmas!

2007-12-25T06:38:00.001-06:00

Ow!
Originally uploaded by EXCLAIM!wear

I woke up at 4:00am - not to get a jump start on Christmas. Oh no. I woke up because my throat was so sore that I just couldn't stand it anymore.

It's a tradition I'm not proud of, but it's been pretty consistent for most of my life. I almost always get sick on Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

Now where are those cough drops?

Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye

2007-12-22T08:03:00.001-06:00

When I first heard this song, I thought I was hearing the first single from the new Smashing Pumpkins album. Then I found out it was a different band altogether.

So, then I ended up hoping that new Pumpkins album would be as good as the Silversun Pickups album.

I still haven't decided how I feel about the album.

But I love these guys.

(Sadly, there's a full minute and half missing from this clip. Part of which I made into my phone's ringtone.)