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Administrivia: New section, new thingy

revme@comcast.net (Rev. Syung Myung Me) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:04:03 +0000

Couple points of boring Administrivia for you -- just to let folks know about things happening at Kittysneezes!

First, you might notice a new section on the sidebar.... nothing's there yet, but hopefully soon! I'm mainly talkin' about Comics! I've been toying with the idea for a little while, and in the eyes of some, it's probably about damn time, considering it was one of the recurring themes of the answers of the First Annual Not-Actually-Annual Kittysneezes Reader Satisfaction Survey. Considering that was first posted about a year and a half ago, it apparently takes time for things to sink in. As for contributors lined up -- well, I've got a couple "maybes" from folks who've contributed before, so hey! And if you're a cartoonist who doesn't want to do a site, and wants to do occasional comics, lemme know why don't you?

As for how I see the comic section of KS progressing -- mostly as a home for one-shots and whatnot; there are many other sites that do daily comics much better from a technical standpoint, so there's that. But there wouldn't be a need for hosting -- the Kittysneezes article editor has a built-in image uploader, so that'll make things easier in terms of image hosting and potential headaches there. So, hey.

In other news -- Kittysneezes is still doing lots of stuff in the world of social networking -- by which I basically just mean using the sites I already use to occasionally mention KS... by which I mean obsessively. We're on Twitter AND the old-fashioned Kittysneezes Facebook Fanpage Thing. So go add us in both of those places. Speaking of Facebook, I also setup a Kittysneezes "Networked Blog" page (though I still insist KS isn't a blog, it's a web-based 'zine, though the distinction is mostly in my head) -- so if you're on FB, you can follow new posts even easier. This is the direct page link to follow KS -- and there's also a thing in the sidebar.

Interview: Pogo

revme@comcast.net (Rev. Syung Myung Me) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:47:25 +0000

The pseudonymous artist Pogo has become a bit of an Internet sensation with his amazing sample-based music and videos. Many of them take clips from beloved children's films, creating beats from slivers of score and dialogue to create really great dance music; Pogo's work can stand with the best of the genre. He's got several compilations of music available for free download at MySpace and Last.fm, and he's also done a really cool original short "Out With It". If you've never seen any of Pogo's videos before, take a look. After you're done being gobsmacked, come back here and read this interview I conducted with him. I'll wait.

Music Review: Dukes Of Stratosphear - 25 O'Clock/Psonic Psunspot

revme@comcast.net (Rev. Syung Myung Me) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:52:37 +0000

[Purchase 25 O'Clock]
[Purchase Psonic Psunspot]

I have to say, of bands that don't actually exist, the Dukes of Stratosphear are probably my favorite. Particularly since they found a way of actually releasing a couple of records in spite of that handicap. In fact, the new reissues on Ape House represent probably the third or fourth time I've bought them -- CD, Vinyl and now CD again. The original CD issue -- the two-on-one disc Chips from the Chocolate Fireball -- was pretty good, though it didn't have any of the original artwork or anything available, looking basically like a generic best-of release. These discs, however, feature the original art from the vinyl releases of the two records along with remastered audio, bonus tracks and demos and liner notes from, for some reason, those guys in XTC.