the idiocy of idiocy

This story about burning books was on digg today:


The whole thing is just riddled with design no-nos.

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And just as an aside, some of you know I was really pullin' for Ron Paul in the primaries. He ended up getting a raw-deal in the press and the whole thing proved to be inspiring, and frustrating, at once but it all ended, and I had to face it, and deal with it.

I'm not going to support this argument here but, Hillary Clinton is being an absolute and total power-hungry bitch. She's been deceptive and devisive through the whole last leg of the democratic campaign and now, when people want to presume Barack is the nominee, she wraps her iron clad cunt around the fishing line thread of a chance she barely has to stay in a race she already lost. It's clearly selfish and serves only as a distraction.

Papyrus pwns terrorism

Jason sent something along:

Hey!

Found this picture:

on this webpage:

http://www.kauz.com/news/18433304.html

Also attached it to this email. Thought it was a particularly funny context for Papyrus to be applied.

Hope things are well! It's been a while since I last submitted.

- Jason (Atlanta, GA)

Thanks a lot Jason. That's a pretty awesome graphic.
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Oh and in a totally unrelated note, I made a really stupid Obama video. Seriously idiots. Obama is not a terrorist or a Muslim. I'm looking at you white FOX news viewers. Anyway, the mouth animates awfully but you get the idea:

rough rider papyrus

Mark writes:

Our art department designs stuff for Harley Davidson. Yesterday we went to the store to get ideas and see what to (and not to) do.

MARXMITH

That's a good philosophy until you have to buy new wheels. You might smoke 'em a little less. Anyhow, thanks much Mark!

Iraq and Sasquatch ♥'s Papyrus

An Iraqi blog I ran across had this:


It's kind of an interesting blog.

Then, the lovely and talented Jami P sent this guy in:


Alabama is #8 on that list.

In an unrelated note, this is the song that plays continuously in my head:

Lamparts... Lykke Li

My overlord Justin found this in his business card collection and was kind enough to scan the livin' shizbiscuits out of it.


Lamp Arts Inc: We're the lamp champs!

What's that? Of course it's on their website.


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Stereogum has been featuring a lot of great news and posts on some of the artists at SXSW. One thing that caught my attention was a post about Lykke Li. As simple as it seems, this video for "Little Bit" was a lot of fun.



Go to stereogum's page for an mp3 of that

RickRoll'D

Evidentially, you'd ideally like not to be RickRoll'd.


It's like a giant, white land mine of annoying, 80's synth-pop.

I can't tell you how many times I've tried to click on a link I was genuinely interested in, only to find that video on the other side.

I'm such a sucker.

Anyway, some douche has his take on it here. (scroll down a little)

Speaking of roll, here's a few rolls of outdoor flooring:


Selling flooring? Use Papyrus.

fo the love of paper

Janet sent us some Papyrus and sends along this note:

for love of god... have some respect for the "craft" that went into creating papyrus:-) This is what happens when you encounter a slashy.... architect/graphic designer:-)

Putting her best face forward, Papyrus welcomes all.

Julia Crawford knows at least two things. One, Papyrus rulz (with a "z"). And two, sharing is caring. She used it on Micheal and Anne Smith's wedding invitations:


Those lucky so-and-sos!

Thanks fer sending, Janet!

The Cyrenian House ♥'s Papyrus

The Lazy Aussie shared this:

Papyrus is getting a real bashing here, even more than the worse logo!

Andrew, The Worst of Perth
http://theworstofperth.com/2008/03/03/cyrenian/


There's a nice write-up on this travesty of a logo for Cerenian House here, at the blogWorst of Perth.

Thanks, Lazy! I sorta feel bad callin' you that as I don't even know you! Your work ethic may be impeccable.

F Resolutions. Make Your Reservations!

After all, resolve is for presidents. We are weak- and hungry. So let's eat here:



I mean, I think that's a restaurant. Looks inviting!

Speaking of inviting,
this was the sky at twilight,
the last time I became convinced
that I would die
someday
soon.



Wait... That's for the other blog! Where I put this:



Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear!

Chris Martin is a hack!

A hot, soulful, inspired hack.



He obviously ripped this guy off. He's older. He's been singing Fix You since Chris was a stubble-faced zygote:



Saw that on Stereogum this AM.

Last week, at Pube-lix, they had a new sign out:



Which reminds me of this episode of TV Funhouse. Go to about 5 Minutes and 30 seconds and you'll see why Boar's Head meats reminds me of this very special hawaiian episode. The whole thing is worth a watch! Why do they cancel all the good shows?!

Typographic Irony

We got a submission from Andre...

Hey Joe,

Thought you might wanna know that even Steel Restaurant & Lounge knows a good font when it sees one. Check out the clean, understated treatment of their logo with hard-as-nails font Papyrus in place. Nothing says stability, reliability and durability like Papyrus--and Steel understands that!

I think the emphatic "Never Settle." tagline is really what pulls all of this together. I'm pretty sure it's as much a comment on your eating experience at Steel as it is a warning to choose your fonts carefully when communicating your brand.

Settle for anything less than Papyrus? Never.

It's almost like a styrofoam peanut manufacturer doing it's logo in Copperplate. Thank you, Andre!

Hide Your Babies

Why? Cuz Brandon sent in something:

Here's enough papyrus to kill a baby:

http://peagreen.safeshopper.com/index.htm?280

In an unrelated note, I uploaded 5 consecutive video clips from a Silver Jews concert I attended in Asheville North Carolina back at the beginning of the year. It was the first official Silver Jews tour and they played great. Top that off with the guy at the Grey Eagle trading my footage for the venues audio off the mixing board! The video is my shaky, liquor-ridden hand held but the audio is great. Check them out:

All your fridge are belong to us

A new submitter, Ana wrote:

AKA: try not to choke on these!
I'm not sure what's worse: the fact that they used outlined papyrus throughout this mess, or that they forgot (I hope this was a mistake anyway) to screen back the photo. In any case, I'll take the "Who's your Daddy" flash-fried Cornish hen and the Salad of Mirliton please. With a side of overdone Papyrus....

And in case that's not enough, It's Yoga redux! Because yoga just isn't yoga without the tangy zip of Papyrus.

:) Ana

Awesome stuff. Yoga might need a Papyrus intervention. It started small. Yoga was a casual Papyrus user. Soon it was using Papyrus all over the page, blacking out and shamefully waking up next to Comic Sans or Marker Felt. And yoga once had so much promise.

Oh by the way. Ana is quite the shutterbug with a slew of cool work at her site. Check it out!

Study Hard. Harder! HARDER!

Seth writes:

My niece was doing he homework over at my house and I noticed that her teacher used some Papyrus to jazz up her assignment sheet. It just
says....Hey kids! Homework is fun with Papyrus!

I can't imagine a better reason to stay in school.