September 10, 2008 at 8:03 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: Art, children, contest, design, gallery, junko mizuno, love, New York City, organization, project, story, toys, vinyl, world ·
There are lots of really great, creative vinyl toys out there, but by and large it hasn’t really grabbed my attention, made me sit up, and say WHOA PONY! Ok that was bad.
The My Little Pony Project
Junko Mizuno's take on the classic vinyl toy
I loved My Little Pony when I was younger, and to be perfectly honest, I still have a few of my favorite figures with me to this day. When I was little, I watched the cartoon show, I begged and negotiated (read:whined) to get more of the figurines and their accouterments. I made up weird tales in which they rescued mostly nude dolls from the clutches of evil scientists. (True story.)
Now, some really talented artists are taking on that vinyl form we know and love, and they’re really making it shine. They also have a contest going for participants in the project, and the whole thing is intended to benefit a non-profit organization called Give Kids the World Village. There will be a gallery showing of the designs some time this month.
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January 3, 2008 at 11:48 am Post Author: Giania Tags: 1980s, Articles of Interest, campaigning, classic rock, diesel, Goodies, Help the Author, huey lewis, internet, music, musical-contribution, petition, popularity-contest, radio, records, vinyl, wiki, wikipedia, words ·
Huey Lewis is in dire need of your assistance. Wait, he is? According to MattressPolice.com he most definitely is in need of YOUR help, and my help, and apparently anybody’s help. Harnessing the power of the mighty internet, this fellow named Diesel (I’ve got a funny story about that name in another context, but I digress) has issued a solemn plea to get Huey Lewis back into the hearts and ears of everyone who partakes of classic rock radio.
In the words of the fossil fuel named author himself:
The avowed purpose of this blog is to bring back the genius that is Huey Lewis. In particular, I want Huey to get the airtime on classic rock radio stations that is being squandered on hacks like BTO and Foghat.
As of this posting he’s only got 59 comments to this petition. Maybe Akismet is working overtime? This is where you come in. Only YOU (and me, and a ton of other people) can actually raise a big enough stink to get people to acknowledge the greatness that is Huey Lewis (with or without The News, though for the record I’d prefer with).
Reasons I’m in favor of this cause personally?
- I still own a vinyl of Fore! (For non-hipsters or people under the age of 20, “vinyl” refers to a circular disk of compressed plastic with grooves cut into it, also known as a record or record album, which when a needle connected to various wires is correctly drawn across it will produce sound.)
- I mentally associated either Hip to Be Square or Stuck With You (forget which at the moment) with the very flavor Fig Newtons for the longest time. Straight up synesthesia. (Another tip for some of our less worldly readers: Fig Newtons are both fruit… AND cake. Astounding but true.)
The author also raises several very good points as to why Huey Lewis will make a very important contribution to the distribution and serving up of classic rock, but I’ll let you determine for yourself.
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