tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:07:08 +0000Thoughts on comix, literature, music, film, and stuff like that.http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Reynard)Blogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-5746771242271711182Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:24:00 +00002009-11-28T20:19:15.922-08:00I don't have enough money to print a new issue of the zine. So, that sucks.Issue #2 was reviewed by The Feminist Review and Ain't It Cool News (Scroll Halfway Down), as well as Zine World #27, who called it "an ambitious and cheeky collection" with "no filler." It is and always will be available online, on the right hand side of this blog.Until my money situation changes I'm just going to publishhttp://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2009/08/hahaclever-dot-com.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-2250488026688235141Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:32:00 +00002009-08-04T22:10:24.855-07:00CLCK 2 DWNLD, YFCKNGLVLYPPLi haven't been blogging, i know, i've been busy living. things are sort of crazy round here, but i'm getting published a lot, or at least getting told i will be published at some point in the near future, a lot, and getting thing set up for hahaclever dot com, and doing this comic book adaptation of ubu roi that i'm translating from the french, and still doing the viva http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2009/08/dinosaur-dj-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-3595299927601166515Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:56:00 +00002009-06-27T16:45:04.573-07:00Really, I already blogged about this on my other blog. Go check it out there.**All unsold art is available on ningyoushi.comMy client Jonny Negron's piece is a meager $75. He's going to be a legend, folks. Get it while you can.http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2009/06/this-saturday-in-san-francisco.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-8196837504451363280Sat, 30 May 2009 06:48:00 +00002009-05-30T00:39:22.801-07:00I approve of these people immensely. These people are Bad Boy Racing Club. I know a couple of these people. I like them. You will like their photos. These photos do not fuck around. See some of the photos below. I am very much looking forward to their future. You should buy their photozine while you still can. I have one on my coffee table. It looks awesome. GO TO THEIR BLOGhttp://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2009/05/bad-boy-racing-club.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-4893420528073606459Wed, 13 May 2009 00:40:00 +00002009-05-28T00:13:36.703-07:00((EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT THIS MIX, YOUSENDIT LINK EXPIRED))- I'm feeling very 'blah.' Can you help me?- Oh, sure I can - check out this blog here.- What? There's something new on this blog? Impossible.- No, really, it's true. It's a new hour-long mix by Reynard Seifert.- Isn't that the guy who posted mixes on this blog every week for forty weeks until he 'sold out' to American Apparel's Viva Radio http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2009/05/avant-tarde.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-8341860792171150144Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:20:00 +00002009-02-09T19:25:51.841-08:00I thought I would tell whoever might be concerned that I've been doing the tumblr thing lately, since I don't have a job and stuff.REYNARD.TUMBLR.COMIt just takes less time to put up whatever, because tumblr isn't really blogging. As my friend Ray said, "It isn't really anything."My friend Jonny Negron is going to start uploading tape mixes to this blog, which will be really cool. He is a really http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2009/02/tumblr-new-mixes-coming-etc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-5271481908445512986Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:50:00 +00002009-02-15T17:55:49.187-08:00Viva RadioSo, I got offered a gig managing the California Select program for American Apparel's Viva Radio. While this is a really great opportunity that I'm super-duper-uber pumped about, it unfortunately means an untimely end to my 52 week/52 mixes project. Whatevs, 40 is a nice round number and it was fun while it lasted but I have a much larger audience now and I need to concentrate on this http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2009/01/pause.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-4823356701337111147Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:57:00 +00002009-01-04T12:09:54.020-08:00In the New YearI'm not even going to get started on how fucked up recent events in the Gaza strip have gotten, and how we (the U.S.A.) are supplying moral, financial, and military support to the effort. Instead I'm just going to link you to this well-written article from the Electronic Intifada and this interview with Ilan Pappé and Noam Chomsky.Best of Oh AteIn case you missed it, Harper's does http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2009/01/ugh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-8627362524977490604Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:20:00 +00002008-12-25T20:27:52.662-08:00Pyrite RadioDue to the holidays and such, I had no time to write a blog, again.However, I did have time to put together this mixx of mostly untraditional Christmas musics which I hope you enjoy. Happy times.C&C #39: Christogram (YSI)1. 65 Days of Static // I'm Dreaming of a White Noise Christmas2. Beat Happening // Christmas3. The Clash // Straight to Hell4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs // All I Want For http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2008/12/christogram.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-4689223730897657843Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:29:00 +00002008-12-19T01:42:24.515-08:00BLU BoyMaybe you've seen one of BLU's videos by now. They're all over the internets these days. He does these like big ass ambiguous pop murals in various hip cities around the world, and videos the production of some, but he also does more simple animations. Anyway, I am a fan. Pyrite RadioAnybody forget how awesome KISS was? Ace Frehley's solo album was the shit.C&C #38: Bridezilla (YSI)1. http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2008/12/blu-boy-maybe-youve-seen-one-of-blu-s.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-4848670390139771146Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:17:00 +00002008-12-13T21:37:51.252-08:00Pyrite RadioWoah, I have like zero time to blawg these days, which sux because of course I have a ton of shit I could tell you about, as always. But I'm putting together a new issue of the zine and trying to find a publishable novel. It's tuff: life.Anyway, put yr dansing shoes on, my bitches.C&C #37: Discoid (YSI)1. Glass Candy // Introduction2. Phil Collins // I'm Not Moving (Idjut Boys Edit3. http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2008/12/discoid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-3546107177270483906Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:15:00 +00002008-12-12T14:19:52.479-08:00Pyrite RadioI seriously have nothing good to say today. I have been working a lot on other stuff. But hey, if you're bored, look to yr right where you'll find C&C#2, our zine. Check it out on Issuu.This mix is pretty rock and roll. Mas o menos.C&C #36: Stonewall (YSI) 1. Harry Nilsson // Jump Into the Fire2. The Undertones // True Confessions3. The Bats // Made Up In Blue4. Quando Quango // Low http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2008/12/stonewall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-3585688293220254490Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:09:00 +00002008-11-27T10:26:01.172-08:00Fuck ElvisThis month Rolling Stone decided they didn't have anything good to talk about. Out of all of the amazing new music being produced in the world today, there wasn't anything important to introduce to the millions of people who for some reason still read their crappy rag. So they did a 100 best singer/songwriter issue with various over-discussed and overrated stars of the past. Among them http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2008/11/anorak.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-8600228789271703953Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:34:00 +00002008-11-21T00:02:02.721-08:00Metafest 2008So I went to this meta festival last week. I don't know that it was all that meta exactly. At least, a lot of it wasn't. They did something with Twitter, apparently. But I don't do the twitter thing so I guess I'm out of the loop.This video, however, was different.I present to you: "Charlie Rose by Samuel Beckett" by Andrew Filippone Jr.That's right, the moment we've all been waitinghttp://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2008/11/pwnd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-497452880797930412Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +00002008-11-20T23:46:03.720-08:00The Legendary Stardust CowboyPsychobilly When The Cramps Was Just ChillinsThe overwhelming majority of the info for this post came from Songs in the Key of Z by Irwin Chusid of WFMU. It's a great book.When David Bowie released The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars he started writing royalty checks to Norman Carl Odom. Who the hell is that? Well, he's the Legendary Stardusthttp://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2008/11/laager.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-3050957668473455174Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:00:00 +00002008-11-08T22:34:34.383-08:00When Cats Go AstrayJon Arbuckle is a whole lot darker and weirder when Garfield's not around. According to Jim Davis, the webcomic Garfield Minus Garfield "is a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb."It's cute how Jim Davis calls Jon Arbuckle a "young man" because he's, like, really old.Sohttp://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2008/11/cloudburst.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-1419169079084757500Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:32:00 +00002008-11-04T20:05:58.022-08:00Sam Cooke // A Change Is Gonna ComeJoy Division // Love Will Tear Us Apart (Permanent Mix)CAN I GET A HELL YEAH?!http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2008/11/election-night-special.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-4341951256798666727Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:32:00 +00002008-11-01T22:28:28.207-07:00Halloween SpecialI know I'm way behind on this. Halloween was yesterday. But I thought I'd post some Halloween stuff anyway.This is one of the really early Walt Disney cartoons, from 1929. The Addams Family, of course. Of course.You could maybe say this was the first Simpsons Halloween Special. It was on the Tracey Ullman Show in 1989, which produced the first Simpsons episodes before it was its http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2008/11/pork-barrel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-2102964417032840431Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:10:00 +00002008-11-02T03:26:33.772-08:00Perry Bible Fellowship20 Most Common Errors in College Writing1. No comma after introductory element2. Vague pronoun reference3. No comma in compound sentence4. Wrong word5. No comma in non-restrictive element6. Wrong/missing inflected endings7. Wrong or missing preposition8. Comma splice9. Possessive apostrophe error10. Tense shift11. Unnecessary shift in person12. Sentence fragment13. Wrong http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2008/10/porkbelly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-5735939626366556800Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:09:00 +00002008-10-18T17:45:45.385-07:00Yay Comics!Today is 24 hour Comics Day. I'm a bit of a hypocrite because I'm not doing it myself - I have a novella to finish writing and I've been feeling inspired lately, plus I had to do this. Anyway, I don't know why I'm making excuses for myself but I'm going to do it one of these years, one of these long years we have to grow old together, maybe. It's supposedly noon to noon, but you can http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2008/10/zorse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-5261113292465548833Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:33:00 +00002008-10-11T16:05:23.452-07:00Jim HensonCommercial Artist?I just decided to post a bunch of Jim Henson stuff because he was an awesome, awesome dude. No real reason other than that.Geometry of CirclesPhilip Glass + Jon HopkinsPhilip Glass made this for Sesame Street.He also made this. But he did not make this, Jon Hopkins did.Pyrite RadioC&C #28: Doohickey (YSI)1. Juana Molina // El Vestido2. Queen // It's Late3. Hawnay Troofhttp://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2008/10/doohickey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-7220289237748767399Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:00:00 +00002008-10-02T23:51:38.671-07:00Noise for ObamaThe other day I saw a sticker that said, Sarah Palin is really a man! First I laughed. Then I realized it was true and stopped laughing. It's so true... Her performance at the debate was hilarious, not because she fucked up - unfortunately, she didn't too much - but because she just said whatever the hell she wanted with complete disregard to Gwen Ifill's questions. Not that Obama,http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2008/09/dopesmoker.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-4519170339174499171Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:41:00 +00002008-09-07T13:50:47.083-07:00Pyrite RadioMFNWI'm wayy too busy to blawg right now.These are just some songs for you. I hope that you aren't feeling blue. Woo-oo-hoo.C&C #26: Nesh (YSI)ItotallylostmyplaylistswhenIreplacedmyharddrive.It'sreallyfuckingannoying.ButI'llgetthetracklistinguplater.http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2008/09/nesh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-2004634585593194272Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:42:00 +00002008-08-30T18:32:52.018-07:00Pyrite RadioSpecial EditionI'm leaving Texas this week, for good this time (mas o menos). I'm moving to San Francisco. That's why you should come see me at Club de Ville tonite. I'm putting this mix up now, but it's actually meant to be listened to tomorrow morning (whatever time morning is for you). I realize that sounds weird and maybe it is but it will make sense tomorrow, maybe.If you're http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2008/08/letterset.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196546411759081785.post-7021119511198734831Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:15:00 +00002008-08-28T16:51:26.459-07:00Art NiteAustin, TXCantanker is putting out their sixth annual issue. Themed "Transitions," the art will be available to view at Big Medium from August 30 - September 20 by appointment only. But, of course, you don't need an appointment for the opening reception Saturday night, starting at 8pm.Also starting at 8pm (I don't know what I'm going to do about this) is a poetry reading at Domy Books. http://candyncigarettes.blogspot.com/2008/08/nesh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Reynard)0