big in japan

About a month ago, I was approached on Flickr by a writer for the South Korean version of ELLE Girl magazine, explaining that she would like to feature some of my WALL-E photos in a piece she was doing. She explained what the piece was about (something about people taking pictures of their toys), and I agreed. I sent in several pictures and this is the one they ran (on page 378, so I guess WALL-E isn't exactly front-page material).

Yes, they mispelled "lonely." They asked me to write some things with my photos, but I do not have a translation of what that blurb actually says. The "Lonley Wall-E" and "Why Me?" are their doing, not mine, so the Korean writing might not be what I wrote either. I'm contacting the person I've been in touch with to see if I can get a translation. Anyways, kinda cool to see my stuff get printed.

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The 2008 Davie Awards

We are now a month into 2009, and I still haven't gotten around to posting the annual Davie Awards for 2008. I wanted to write up some good summaries for everything, but I've put that off for so long that I decided just to throw the lists online and be done with it.


Favorite Album

1. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
2. The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
3. Boris - Smile
4. Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling
5. Portishead - Third
6. Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On
7. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
8. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
9. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down in the Light
10. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
11. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
12. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Sunday at Devil Dirt
13. Sigur Rós - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
14. Beck - Modern Guilt
15. TV on the Radio - Dear Science

Honorable Mention: Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull; Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too; Brian Eno & David Byrne - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today; Squarepusher - Just a Souvenir; Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul; Deerhunter - Microcastle; Kings of Leon - Only By the Night

Favorite Concert:
Nine Inch Nails in Cleveland, OH

Runners-up: Nine Inch Nails in Lexington, KY; Radiohead in Indianapolis, IN;
NIN in Columbus, OH; The Gutter Twins in Newport, KY.

Favorite Movie

1. The Wrestler
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. WALL-E
4. The Dark Knight
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. Taken
   
7. Frost/Nixon
8. Kung-Fu Panda
9. Defiance
10. Gran Torino

Honorable Mention: In Bruges, Burn After Reading, Revolutionary Road, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Pineapple Express, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Iron Man, Bank Job

Favorite TV Show
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Runners-up: Top Gear, The Office, South Park

Favorite Game
Left 4 Dead

Runners-up: Rock Band 2, STALKER: Clear Sky, Peggle 2: Peggle Nights, Civilization IV: Colonization