pickled-punk

Threadless are running a 'Nightmare Before Christmas' competition.

atrium.threadless.com/nightmar…

Here is my submission. If you have an account at Threadless, please give it a 5... or whatever you think it deserves.

The lads from cult Sydney metal band, Head in a Jar, have just released their first in a long line of music videos. I have a lot of faith in them but had no idea the video would turn out as well as it did! enjoy.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7oo-O…

(I contributed the album cover and one of the three cardboard buildings that are burnt).

Saw the Dirty Three at the Sydney Opera house last night. They're probably my favorite band.
I bought a great CD of demos and alternate takes called "Ulterior Motives".

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ0bgN…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzoAwc…

Enjoy a performance of the group when they were much younger.

Really well shot, in fact, i have no idea how they got these shots, and the music is so suitable.
You can almost hear their little screams; "spare the larvae, dear God wont you please spare the larvae!!!"
Truely heartbreaking.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BHEkj…

I have been looking forward to ROCKSTAR's "L.A. NOIRE" for some time now. I bought it the day it came out and have been slowly chipping away at it a few times a week. I've pumped a number of hours into the game and the holes are starting to appear...

The time period has been nailed perfectly, great soundtrack, interesting cameos from character actors, and it has some classic stories that tie in with real events events. Its not that I don't like the game, I really do enjoy playing it but it can frustrate the fuck out of you.
The problem isn't that the cases are particularly hard to solve. Its the options for interrogating someone, the choices are simply "doubt" "lie" and "truth" and you will have no idea what the character is going to say! You can choose "doubt" because you might not have evidence connecting the suspect directly to the crime. The character who you play as will then start accusing them of being the criminal mastermind behind a crime that they're obviously a small part of!  I could go on and on about how the gameplay shits me but this video does all the complaining for me:

www.escapistmagazine.com/video…

for anyone who has played the game.