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Re: At first I was like ???, but then I LOL'd

Doctor Popular — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:45:38 -0000

Hey Jeff, this is Doc from Drown Radio. Word up. I was just checking to see if anyone had noticed my flyers, and found your site.

First off, it's crazy you posted the Ling Ling head photo because that was totally the inspiration for this project! Growing up, I lived in a small southern town and felt totally isolated from the rest of society. In my teens I discovered zine culture, I became an obsessive collector. I loved watching ideas spread over time and distance. Historically, I think zine culture and the memes that it spread are widely overlooked.

The Ling-Ling flyer is now the stuff of legends. As I heard it (in a few of the zines that now reside in my parents attic), the flier was posted in areas of Atlanta, GA. The locals love it and soon some zine makers took down some copies and put them in their zines... and so it spread. The missing dog head flier started showing up in Chicago, LA, New York, and even in Nashville (where I saw it near a Great Escape Comics store). Then the same thing happened in these areas, people saw this random flier, took it down and photocopied it so they could spread it around or print it in their zines. Blah blah blah... So apparently the original artist was a musician named LMNOP, and I'm reading some accounts of the flier getting spread online, which may have happened, but I'm sure that the xeroxed copies spread much more than their digital counterparts... it's also worth mentioning LMNOP published his own zine, so maybe he just published the poster in there and that's how it all started, but as the flier spread around many of us had no idea of where it originated.

Anyways, what I wanted to do was basically revisit the idea of the "meme in real life". The LOLCAT flier is the first of a few of these and although it does have my "songnumber" in it, it's honestly meant to just be a fun piece of art. The goal was to pull something we see on the internets and mash it up with our mundane reality (IRL).

About the number, SongNumber has a lot of UI kinks, so I haven't really promoted the album too hard through there yet, but I have come to an agreement with them that allows me to give away one of my songs through their services. I don't know if you caught this but you can forward my songnumber to a friend, by pressing "6" on your cellphone then entering your friend's phone number. Afterwards, you'll receive an SMS text message with a url link to my nerdcore rap song "lolCats", which is all about the world being taken over by cute cats. Wow, didn't mean to type that long essay, but seeing that Ling-Ling flier for the first time in 10 years brings back so many memories, especially now as I'm taking part in this project. Thanks for writing about this and if you'd like to print out y'r own flier here is a link lolcat-lost.pdf 70KB May 21 2008 01:14:46 PM. Blogs are the new zines, keep up the good work.

Re: At first I was like ???, but then I LOL'd

Doctor Popular — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:29:47 -0000

Oops, second try on the .pdf link

http://drownradio.com/media/lolcat-lost.pdf

Re: At first I was like ???, but then I LOL'd

Doctor Popular — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:54:41 -0000

Oh, and I also realized that I typed "forward my songnumber to a friend, by pressing 6" when I should have said 3. If you call the number, wait to hear my voice then type 3, then follow the directions, you will be sent a free link to my song. Man, I'm such a goob. This is why I don't have nice things.

Re: Crate Digger Death-Match, Making An Album In 12 Hours Using $12

Doctor Popular — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:43:41 -0000

Thanks for the link.

We are specifically looking for a way to make the event as instant and webified as possible.

The contestants come from all over, but will all share a hub online. Worst case, I'll just host an mp3 for each artist and create a poll with the artists name and link to the mp3, but I'd love to have some sort of playlist with a ranking system. At the end of the voting, the singles will be ranked from 1-12 and those scores will be factored in with each of the judges 4 scores to determine the King of CDD. The less steps we could create between listening and voting, the more likely that all 12 artists will be heard fairly.

Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.

Re: San Francisco T-Shirt Photo Treasure Hunt

Doctor Popular — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:46:32 -0000

That's not the Bay Bridge, and obviously not the Golden Gate Bridge, so I'm assuming the picture isn't even from San Francisco.
The Brooklyn Bridge has intersecting support wires, as opposed to the vertical ones found on our bridges in the bay, so perhaps it's from there?

Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday by Saul Williams, Produced by Trent Reznor

Doctor Popular — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:57:54 -0000

Thanks for recommending The Sixtyone.
I registered and posted my lolCats song and it got 3 bumps in the first minute of being posted. I guess new songs must get posted to the front page and probably disappear pretty fast, but hell, if three new people heard it and liked it (they left comments and stuff), that makes me hella happy.
Plus I can use it to embed songs. So cool.
www.thesixtyone.com/DocPop

Re: Crate Digger Death-Match, Making An Album In 12 Hours Using $12

Doctor Popular — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:01:01 -0000

The singles are online and voting is open for one more day.
http://www.drownradio.com/cdd01

Also I linked all the available albums near the bottom of the page.

Re: WonderCon 2008 Photos

Doctor Popular — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:44:01 -0000

Sergio!
Some friends of mine tabled near Sergio at a con once and had many "ladies man" stories. The man is apparently a real Don Juan.

Re: Mobile Desktop Prank at Starbucks by Improv Everywhere

Doctor Popular — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:33:13 -0000

That was great, loved the way the music went with the vid.

For some reason, the google ads kept covering up the entire video whenever I tried watching this video on another computer, but it's working fine now.

Re: RoboGames 2008 Poster by Joshua Ellingson

Doctor Popular — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:13:05 -0000

Gosh I love Josh's work.

I'd love to see him create a linear story sometime in his unique style.

Re: Tributes To Gary Gygax & Dungeons & Dragons

Doctor Popular — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:10:47 -0000

Hey Scott, thanks for the link.

My friend Z. from HipsterPlease.com recently made a Gygax themed podcast full of tribute songs and D&D related goodness.

http://www.hipsterplease.com/2008/03/radio-free-hipster-ep-41-there-be.html

Re: How to Speak Hip by Del Close and John Brent

Doctor Popular — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:10:26 -0000

Fantastic! I have had pieces of this album for many many years, it's so great to finally hear the whole thing!
"... in other words I am saying I am 'hip'."
"Dig yourself baby, you' ve got a ways to go."

Re: A Cat Playing The Theremin

Doctor Popular — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:42:52 -0000

That's cute, if I had a ton of cat videos with musical instruments, I'd make a lolCats video.

The theremin in this video is a Otona no Kagaku desktop theremin. They look cute as hell, but I've never tried one.

BTW, I recently blogged about an episode of Tank Riot that is all about Leon Theremin.

Re: Leonard McCoy: He’s Dead Jim & I’m a Doctor

Doctor Popular — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:51:32 -0000

I've mixed in a ton of Shatner/Nimoy songs on my Drown Pirate Radio podcasts, but this particular episode includes my geeked out remix of "He's Dead Jim", an 80's dance single by Confidential.
Live long and spocker.

Re: Guys Jumping & Doing Backflips Into Their Jeans

Doctor Popular — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:09:15 -0000

It's the new beer pong.... beer pants?

Re: Mallow Pizza & Other Candy Food Made of Marshmallow

Doctor Popular — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:14:57 -0000

I actually have a large collection (maybe 50 different pieces) of candy-ized hamburgers.
My favorites are the japanese cookies with chocolate patties, sugar cheese, shortbread buns, with some meat like flavor and sesame seeds on top.

Re: Mission Bazaar, A Unique Craft & Performance Expo at The Armory

Doctor Popular — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:01:42 -0000

Yeah, I walked down there from Army street, then walked right back home when I found that they had an entry fee. I just can't handle paying a cover for the right to shop. As a craft vendor I've turned down any type of craft faire with a cover fee because I find that it really effects the number of people who come in (and hell, it's five dollars they won't be spending at my booth).

Hope that if they do another one they drop the entry fee.

Re: Rory Root 1958-2008, Owner of Comic Relief in Berkeley

Doctor Popular — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:01:52 -0000

Rory will be missed. For the 4+ years of being involved with the Bay Area comics scene (through the Cartoonist Conspiracy), Rory was the own store owner who really reached out and embraced the community. The first time I met him was at the 24 Hour Comic Day at Comic Relief. He was an awesome host, and through his hospitality I have made long lasting friends with other cartoonists at the event.

Re: The Clone Wars, The First Animated Star Wars Film

Doctor Popular — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:45:38 -0000

That looks fantastic... for a video game.

For a feature length movie, not so much.

They would have done better with that fantastic 2D animation they used for the Clone Wars cartoon (on Amazon). That come out in 2003, so it must not be the show referenced in your post.

Re: WordPress 5th Birthday Party This Tuesday in San Francisco

Doctor Popular — Mon, 26 May 2008 02:39:51 -0000

you know... after comparing the fantastic party that Zappos organized on Medjol (via Twitter) to the Stumble Upon party in 111 Minna, I think it's safe to say I'm going to avoid planned tech parties for a while, especially ones at 111.

At one party, I met people, actually had the ability to converse with them, and left feeling good and drunk. At the other, I could barely move, couldn't hear anything other than the crash-mix dj, and only had the choice of beer or wine.

After having such a good time at Zappo's party I thought "Why have I been avoiding these parties?!"... after 111 Minna I thought "Oh, THIS is why."

Re: Laughing Squid Lucky 13 Wrap-Up

Doctor Popular — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:56:52 -0000

Had a great time at the party, Scott. Thanks for letting me be a part of it & happy birthday too.

Re: Spore Creature Creator & Sporelebrity Contest

Doctor Popular — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:03:00 -0000

Dude, Klatu... I love it. A probably reference to Klaatu from TheDay the Earth Stood Still... or possibly Klaatu from Star Wars.

Re: Twitter Fail Whale Makes Guest Appearance in Laugh-Out-Loud Cats

Doctor Popular — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:30:57 -0000

That looks great. At last thursday's Cartoonist Conspiracy we drew a series of comics inspired by random tweets. Needless to say, the fail whale made some appearances.

Re: Teach The Controversy T-Shirts by Amorphia Apparel

Doctor Popular — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:03:39 -0000

I love the Discworld one.

Re: Firefox 3 Robot Themed Easter Egg

Doctor Popular — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:32:59 -0000

AllAboutGeorge also has an awesome song about this called "About:Robots".

It's been stuck in my head all day.

Re: The Animation Show Year 4

Doctor Popular — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:45:20 -0000

It's the best damn animation festival out there. Certainly more impressive and entertaining than any of the Spike & Mike shorts.

Re: N+ contest: hop to it! - Tiny Cartridge - Nintendo DS News, Media, Videos, Imports, Homebrew, & Retro Junk

Doctor Popular — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:47:39 -0000

Telling my friends, but if they when I'm-a demand they share the game with me.

Re: Every to you emulate, doc remixes a meme

Doctor Popular — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:47:52 -0000

Seesmic reply to djscrat

Re: my iPhone themed business cards are super sexy

Doctor Popular — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:33:07 -0000

Seesmic video reply from Disqus.

Re: Limited Edition Frozen Yogurt by DocPop & YoCup

Doctor Popular — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:36:29 -0000

Dude, make a milkshake version!

That should be easy. BTW I just bought some peanut brittle with bacon.

Re: History of Video Games 1972-2007

Doctor Popular — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:55:36 -0000

I'm not going to be annoying and say "Oh shit, you never played Mega Man!?!!1!!".
Instead, I'm just going to go through your list and say...
It's a shame you missed out on Pitfall. It had great sound effects and colors. Another good Atari sidescroller was H.E.R.O.
I do think it is pretty crazy you haven't played the Megaman series. That was the first game I remember really being obsessed with. Wait... naw, maybe Super Mario was, but Megaman was a bigger influence on my artistically than any other video game. The style of the figures was so different, considering I was used to reading Marvel comics, and so fresh. More inspired from modern design than manga or other video games, the designers somehow gave Megaman that cute/sad look with just a few pixels.
Earthworm Jim wasn't that great of a game, but it was one of the first games that sort of had that "straight from a comic book" look to it that games like Sam and Max would later adopt. A fantastically animated game (for the time) whose game cartridge contained a whopping 24 megs.
It looks like our gaming history's are a little different. I've always been a generation or two behind in terms of gaming, even when I was young. I was rocking my atari for a couple of years after the NES came out, since there were hardly any games being made anymore, I picked up hella games from yard sales. Eventually, my parents "splurged" and bought a used NES family set (with Rob the Robot and the light gun), but of course the Turbografx had been out for a while and the Genesis had just been released. Anyways, I recently got a modded xbox on ebay and I burned through a ton of games from about 3 years ago. there was some great stuff, like Psychonauts! Man I loved that game.
Anyways... are you sure you haven't played Megaman?

Re: History of Video Games 1972-2007

Doctor Popular — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:30:35 -0000

btw, if you are interested, feel free to come talk about games at the next Game Theory. http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467714/
It's just an informal get together, sometimes we play games, sometimes we talk about making new games, mostly we talk about pr0n.

Re: International Yo-Yo Open

Doctor Popular — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:45:51 -0000

I can't make it, but a ton of my friends will be there. It's the week after the World Yo-Yo contest, so there are always a bunch of great players that head up to NYC for Pat's event.
I hear it's a blast, I hope you get to check it out.

Re: Honorary Doggler: Sherwood Forlee

Doctor Popular — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:01:06 -0000

What a great idea!

A few years ago, my girlfriends roommate kept eating all my snacks, so I came up with this hack http://www.docpop.org/2006/06/27/the-empty-cont...

Re: $2 Bills

Doctor Popular — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:06:40 -0000

I once found myself stuck in a mall food court with only a $50 and a $2 bill. Fearing my $50 wouldn't be accepted at a fast food joint, I decided to go to Taco Bell for a cheap burrito.
When it came time to pay, the perplexed cashier asked if I had any other currency. "It's either the two or a fifty", I explained. He furrowed his brow a bit more then went to get his manager. As a kid, I had a neighbor that would always stuff my birthday cards with $2 bills, so I guess I assumed everyone else had seen them too. The cashier was young, so I assumed his manager would just quickly clarify the situation and I'd get my burrito.
Instead, the manager came out with my bill in his hand and said "Sir, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave."
"What?!" I responded. "Why?"
"Oh, I think you know why..." He said as he displayed the crisp two dollar bill on the counter.
"No, really... I don't."
"Sir, if you don't leave, I'm going to have to call the police."
"Oh this is great. Please do!"
Five minutes later, a police officer arrived and asked what was the problem.
"This gentlemen is trying to pay with a counterfeit bill" the manager told him.
The officer inspected the currency closely.
"Why would anyone counterfeit a two dollar bill" he asked the manager.
"Exactly" he quickly replied, before studying the officers expression and realizing he must of misunderstood the question and asking "They don't make two dollar bills, do they?"
After all that hassle, the manager apologized and I got my burrito for free. This all happened to me in Cool Springs Galleria in 1991. Ever since then, I've always tried to have a couple $2 bills with me in hopes of procuring free foods.

Re: A Car’s Life

Doctor Popular — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:04:00 -0000

Actually this youtube game come out in July http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BckqqsJiDUI

Re: READER GENERATED: A Ring of Carts

Doctor Popular — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:23:14 -0000

It's the suburban equivalent of the crop circle... Shop circles!

Re: The Future of Media in 2008

Doctor Popular — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:49:59 -0000

I dig this piece. Lots of got soundbites.

BTW, I'm-a fan of "new media" and I've seen how it's affected print and tv, but I don't believe traditional media will ever be obsolete. Everything will probably just balance out.

Re: ….and 100 Blog Posts Later

Doctor Popular — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:34:29 -0000

Yay for the personal post. It sounds like it's been a productive year so far. You and Jonny had a good run and got a lot of shit done. Way to go.

I know you are trying to figure out what's next, but be sure you don't try to rush it. I think all you need is just more free time so you can more freely explore all sorts of cool things.

Re: Xoopit: Quickly, Easily Find and Share Images, Videos, Buried In Your Inbox

Doctor Popular — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:25:37 -0000

Hey, great article. I'd love an invite for Xoopit? Maybe I can give it a whirl before I attend their party this thursday.