NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 77: "DOMO-KUN VS. DONNIE DARKO"
This Week:
* FILM - Domo Darko
* ANIM - Gay Bears
* GAME - Shout at your PC
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B3ta email 77 - 21 Feb 2003
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: DOMO DARKO
Japanese animation cult vs. Donnie Darko
Domo-kun is a web cult. You must have seen him,
he looks like a weetabix with a mouth.
His 30 second stop-motion vignettes exude a
charm and warmth that have brought him fame
greater than his real job as the mascot
of Japanese satellite TV show BS2.
Fnord has taken clips and remixed them with
the song Mad World from Donnie Darko.
The result is unlike anything we've featured
on b3ta before. It's exquisite.
http://www.fnord.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/DomoDarko.ra...
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: B3TA PARTY
London UK, 11th April 2002
It's nearly been a year since our first party
so to make it special we're going to celebrate
in style.
Instead of a grotty pub in Kentish Town we've
rented a place called Insomnia in Wardour
Street, Central London.
So open your diaries and write "I'm going
to the b3ta party and it's gonna rock."
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: GAY BEARS VIDEO
See them dance. Hear them sing.
The term 'bear' has a special meaning in the
world of man-on-man love. It refers to chubby,
bearded fellows who look like truck drivers.
Ultraville has a made a Flash tribute to bears.
It's not exactly safe for work and some of you
might find it sexually threatening.
Us? We just like the cold look of death
in their unblinking eyes.
http://www.ultraville.com/flash/buster.swf
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: WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK
Fridges, Shouting, Brummies, Traffic & Photos
>> B3ta Fridge Poetry <<
A site doing the rounds this week allowed you
to create fridge poetry based upon the text
of any website. Flibz has made a cool
variation. His tool allows you to do the
same with the b3ta board. The innovation?
You can drag around the pictures too. Fun.
http://www.flibz.com/po3try
>> Stop the War With Shouting <<
JBoom writes - "In this game you play the role
of a UN Weapons Inspector and you have to talk
with the Iraqi. You will either have to talk
nicely, or shout at him." We certainly enjoyed
screaming at the computer with all our might.
http://www.jboom.com/iraq/stopthewar.html
>> Singing Brummie <<
Huw writes "A mate of mine is at Uni in
Bournemouth and knows these lads who live in
a student house together. They were trawling
through their flatmate's PC and came across
some MP3s with him singing on top. And so
they made a website without his knowledge."
We recommend listening to his version of
My Girl. It's a smasher.
http://www.abitstrong.demon.co.uk/download.htm
>> The Truth About Traffic Lights <<
Koit has made a sweet little collection of
animated gifs that give us the inside skinny
on what the little men in the traffic lights
get up to when no one is looking.
http://www.trafficlightwars.co.uk/
>> Document the day with a camera <<
Mr & Mrs Wheatley have started an interesting
project. They're asking you to photograph
your day with a camera and post it on their
site. They want a complete record of human
existence. Nice plan.
http://www.weareacamera.com/
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: SITES IN BRIEF
Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates.
>> Everything Is Gay Video <<
This is quite extraordinary. Imagine a Jack
Osbourne look-a-like sitting in his scuzzy
bedroom hitting one chord on a guitar while
listing everything in the world that is gay.
We salute this man. He says all we want to say
about life with an eloquence we don't possess.
http://www.andymilonakis.com/gaynew.wmv
>> Hubcap Fish <<
Men! Don't throw away your old hub caps -
make them into lovely robot fish sculptures
instead. Artist Ptolemy flogs his creations
on his site. If we had any cash then we'd
certainly buy one.
http://www.hubcapcreatures.com/forsale1.html
>> Official Korean Website Is Nuts <<
You know those arty sites that you get? The ones
where you keep clicking and none of it makes
sense but it's all kinda pretty and looks
important? This state-sponsored Korean website
is just like that. But better. 'Coz it's real.
http://www.korea-dpr.com/
>> Invisible film quiz <<
A taxing little photoshop quiz here. They've
removed the heads from actors and you have
to guess the name of the film. We're shit
and couldn't guess one.
http://www.filmwise.com/invisibles/invisible_114.s...
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: B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE
Results from Dog Nose Challenge
Each week we run a competition to test your
creative skills. We set a challenge and you
open Photoshop and mess with our heads.
Think week b3ta regular Crazy Mum judged
the result and gives us his three faves:
#1 "Alien Dog - very nicely done. (Obz)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/802200
#2 "Anteater Doggy - for making me feel I was
on a ketamine flashback! Where does the dog
start and the nose end? Please, make it
stop!! (CALL &BB18)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/817547
#3 "Staring Dog - Just because it made me
laugh every time I saw it. (+slick_stick+)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/802829
>> This Week's Challenge <<
This week, B3ta contributor DumbMonkey gave us
the suggestion, "Crap Superheroes"
http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/crapsuperheroes/
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: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
Follow-ups on previous stories.
* TOMSK GETS ON MTV - they've picked up
his Mint animations and will be showing
them shortly. It's all about the gravy baby.
http://www.tomandphil.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mint/
* CHRIS MORRIS INTERVIEW - last week we asked
if he was out there and if we could get
an interview. Looks like he's not. Although
LP bumped into him on the London anti-war
march and said hello.
* ICON CHALLENGE WINNERS - we asked you to
design a new icon for our message board.
The winners? Tomsk, A Handinthebush, Slim,
Breel, Bovine, Pickledpizza, Expensiveface,
Arrrgh...wasps, Captainsmithers, Cow23 and
Monkeon. Look out for the icons appearing
on the board in the future.
http://b3ta.com/challenge/icon/
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: STAR IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE
Make something cool and tell us about it. If
you are in it then people will see your stuff.
Things we'd really like to see include
* Sticker projects. We think the guy who's
been putting the "loop the loop" stuff
on the London tube maps is the coolest
guy on the planet.
* Newspaper subversion. Can you get a national
paper to print a story that's clearly
bollocks?
* Freebees, damn it. We've checked our subs
and enough of your seem to work for
ad agencies, PR companies and in TV
production. Send us something to watch.
Send contributions to http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/
BTW: If you've sent something in that hasn't
been featured then don't be put off - we look
at everything you send us.
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THANKS:
This issue was edited by Rob Manuel with
David Stevenson.
Links sent in by Grey Triggerfish, Ptolemy,
Ossko Andras & James Maguire.
Proofing by the skanky b4ta hoes. (60777)
