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Just swatted the fly!

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Some people told me that they were grossed out by the image of the brown gnat. So I made my own quick sketch of a gnat using pastel and charcoal pencil. You can see it in the upper right hand corner where the real-life X-Cop Fly photo used to be. Also removed “Pages” from the [...]

Breathe…

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

There’s a song I like to listen to called “Please” by Nine Inch Nails. The chorus comes in with a sharp buzz (including his screechy voice), like a surge of electricity. Every time I hear it, I can feel that I’m inhaling my second wind on a day in high school when I was heavily [...]

Nostalgia hurts.

Monday, January 25th, 2010

I cannot stop thinking lately about this one time in my life, just before and at the beginning of my college education. I have been obsessed with music and TV shows from that time lately, as well as pre-9/11 politics and society – these are all for some reason stuck in my mind as if [...]

Bill Clinton Sings “Imagine”

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Yes it’s true, former President Clinton sings John Lennon’s “Imagine” with an Israeli singer and a choir of 40 Israeli children and 40 Arab children in 2003: Embedded video on xcopfly.com

“Happy Happy Joy Joy” Actually Consists of Burl Ives (Snowman in Rudolph) Quotes

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Burl Ives, better known as the snowman in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, was also a children’s singer and actor whose quotes are repackaged in Ren & Stimpy’s “Happy Happy Joy Joy” under the name “Stinky Whizzleteats” This YouTube video, linked to by Ren & Stimpy creator John K’s blog, shows them side by side. [...]