http://houseofcat.net music/art/culture Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:01:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/album-art-mash-up/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/album-art-mash-up/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:59:24 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=2916 Pioneering composer and visual artist Christian Marclay is at it again. The always-ahead-of-the-curve creative has taken to stitching album covers together, to create mash-up images that work surprisingly well. You can see more of Marclay’s work at TheDesignInspiration.com. Related Posts Overheard at the Record Store – Part 13 Royal Mail Rocks The Greatest Form of Flattery Outstanding Kinetic Art & Video Street [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/album-art-mash-up/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/street-music-by-dub-fx/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/street-music-by-dub-fx/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:33:19 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=2909 Dub FX has been traveling the world for years, creating and looping music on the streets. Here are some vitals: His name is Benjamin Stanford He is originally from Melbourne, Australia. He uses only his performances, word of mouth and social networking sites to spread his music. He travels and performs with his partner, Flower Fairy. His lyrics reflect current [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/street-music-by-dub-fx/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/state-of-the-yo-yo-address/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/state-of-the-yo-yo-address/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:12:40 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=2898 by Steve Brown See, this is tricky. Cat was kind enough to ask me to contribute an article about the current state of yo-yo play, to sort of catch people up on what’s really happening with something that most people have only a 5th grade memory of doing. When we think of yo-yos we think of “Walk [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/state-of-the-yo-yo-address/feed/ 4 http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/outstanding-kinetic-art-video/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/outstanding-kinetic-art-video/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:10:25 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=2894 From the people who brought you the treadmill video comes the coolest music video I’ve seen in a long time. The prep, design, filming and execution of this Rube Goldberg Machine built by Syyn Labs are mind-blowing…and the music’s not bad either. Enjoy. OK GO – This Too Shall Pass Related Posts Little People in London Lisa Lichtenfels: From [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/outstanding-kinetic-art-video/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/bokeh-type/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/bokeh-type/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:10:27 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=2888 Here’s a fun experiment to help you get over the mid-week blahs. Head over to the Bokeh Type webpage, click in the center and start typing. I’m not sure what exactly is going on there, but it is pretty cool. Related Posts Cormac McCarthy’s Typewriter Vocabulary Yoga 3 Outstanding Anagrams Writers On Writing World’s Smallest Library ]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/bokeh-type/feed/ 0