I completely adore what my colleagues and pals are doing to establish their up-and-coming foundries like the Type Jockeys and BAT Foundry. Of course, it just makes it harder for the rest of us — all dazzling, charming, and talented in our own ways — to keep up. I’m not as telegenic as I once was, kids.
BAT – Le back office from BAT Foundry on Vimeo.
BAT – La Bonne idée from BAT Foundry on Vimeo.
This one goes out to all of us who grew up in the New York City during a certain era before cable or movie rental when you had to make sure you were home in time to catch the annual showings of monster movies, the Planet of the Apes movies,or even the Cathy Lee Crosby version of Wonder Woman on channel 7.
Update: This is for you, Dan, courtesy of yet another expat Staten Islander:
Holy cow! So excited. (Via)
In these grim times, let us not forget some of the sublime pleasures of the lesser Jacksons:
I’m not even being funny. I love, and have always loved this track. Embedding is disabled for the video on YouTube, but you really ought to check it out.
This year, I finally got sucked in and become one of the “ironic non-idiots”:
I also gave into peer pressure and reactivated my long-defunct Facebook profile, even though the whole tign still kinda gets on my nerves. Between that and The Apprentice, I think it’s time for me to completely abandon any kind of indie cred I’ve been clinging to.
Special note: Let’s all pretend that I decided to ignore this site for the entire month on purpose, like some kind of summer vacation, OK?
He’s freaking out about fonts again:
I like the shout-out to I Love Typography in that one.
