Following a recent vote by the House Appropriations Committee to cut funding to public television, Senator Frank Lautenberg, D-NJ, has commissioned an awesome poster in protest. It’s important to remember, despite GOP claims of liberal bias, public television shows like Sesame Street have educated and entertained millions of children with parents of every political […]

Hayao Miyazaki is one of the best "magical-realist" filmmakers alive, and as an animator, surpasses even Walt Disney and the geniuses at Pixar. Miyazaki’s films, including "Spirited Away", "Princess Mononoke", and "My Neighbor Totoro" are amazing works of art, with the beauty, iconic power, and darkness found in the best fairy tales.
His new film, […]

Scientists are now speculating that increased life-expectancy is actually making us younger. Thank god, now all those rationalizations I’ve worked so hard on now have scientific validation. I’m not 33, I’m 23 and it’s totally age appropriate to drink like a fish, smoke like Tom Waits, and still live in my mom’s basement. […]

When Bre, Martin, and I met him last month at the Seattle screening of his film, Blogumentary Chuck Olsen seemed like a perfectly nice, non-satanic guy. Turns out Chuck has been harboring a terrible secret: Chuck Olsen is the devil! Eeek!
…Or at least according to the ill-tempered producer/director of 59 Bloggers who, until yesterday, […]

Stevie Wonder, now the reigning king of my childhood musical life since Michael Jackson went all NAMBLA on us, is a new daddy. Damn, Stevie…good for you. Here’s hoping his new album is good enough to make all of us kids from the ugly couch decade remember that "Songs in the Key […]

So, yeah, I purchase the occasional copy of Make Magazine and I even let out little nerdy gasps at the cool DIY projects found inside, but I’m usually too lazy and clumsy to actually build something with my hands. Who needs a magnetic stripe reader anyway? However, Endgadget has an awesome tutorial on […]

Of Montreal is my new favorite band. Yes, I know I said someone else was my new favorite band yesterday, but his time I REALLY mean it. They’re like a modern version of the Kinks with drum machines…or The Shins filtered through ELO…or…shit, I dunno, they make really good pop music that makes […]

Going to the Tin Hat Bar & Grill in Ballard is a fine way to spend an evening relaxing with friends, playing pinball, watching ’70s horror filcks, or shooting the shit with the ultra-friendly bartenders. Over the past 6 months, we in the Pop Astronaut family have come to think of it as a […]

Oooooooh, look: vinyl toys, comic books, Ugly Dolls, a new independent record store. While I haven’t been paying attention, Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood has become a nerd shopping mecca. Looks like I might have to make a short trip for some shopping therapy. Expect a full report shortly.
Enterruption & the Electric Heavyland
The […]

The New York Times has a cool Literary Map of Manhattan, built in Flash and including Holden Caufield’s Duck Pond and the Metropolitan Museum of Art as described in "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler".
Crap. Now I really want to go back to New York. Link (Via kottke)

Kyle Hansen is a great filmmaker and really nice guy. Two weekends ago, a bunch of Kyle’s friends showed up for two long days to help him make a short, experimental film called "Get Into My Way". It was inspiring to see so many talented, dedicated people donate their precious time to help […]

John Edwards, N.C. Senator and former Vice-Presidential Candidate, has a vlog! It’s very cool that Edwards had the foresight (or at least the good advice) to get into video blogging so early. It’s this kind of stuff that gets me all excited and idealistic about technology’s role in our democracy. I’ve always […]

Bre of I Make Things asked his middle school students to predict the future of technology and the results are hillarious. I’m content knowing we can look forward to the impending monkey revolution and the crowning of Emperor Issac the Goth. (Link)