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August 2010
Filth for future reference

I’m amazed that I never stumbled across this interview with John Waters before, since it was in BUTT years ago. However, I’ve worked about 14 hours today and I’m too tired to concentrate even on a pleasant surprise like this, so I’m just pass out and leave it linked here for you to enjoy until I get a chance to come back to it.
Update: Best quote from the interview: "You can't get AIDS from sitting on a pie."
248 t-shirts I don't own
I’m completely stunned that someone could assemble a list of 250 typographic t-shirts and only two of the ones I own make the list. I have a lot, and frankly it's become a bit of a cliché that I’ve been trying to avoid this past year.
But at least two of my favorites still made the list — My obscenely stylish Typejockeys shirt (note that mine has an ever better color combo):

...and my sassy gold-foil punctuation shirt that everyone always asks about:

From the scrapbook

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This zine is a meat product.
Head. Desk.

Filed away for future use after all those moments when things get to be a bit much. Thank you, Peggy Olson, for making this visual punctuation mark possbile.
Status Report
This week, my childhood idol Jaime Sommers shall provide you wih a dramatic interpretation of my current feelings about my work/life balance:
The kisses are for the other girls!

Confession time: This is basically what runs through my head most of the time. I have moments of slightly more self-confidence, but they're fleeting, and generally decimated by the stark reality of my day-to-day life.
[Another gem from Comically Vintage.]
Super Powerpuffs
Is there anything gayer than being the aquatic damsel in distress Aquaman and being saved by the Power Puff Girls from the Legion of Doom?
From the scrapbook

(via jessiewonka)
I quiver with longing when I see American pancakes with maple syrup. I miss them so much.
Context? Who needs context?
Classic comics are awash with the most astonishing innuendo, especially if you forget all about context, changes in language, and changes in sensibility. But really, if you think about all that stuff it only takes away the fun.
And these are great fun!


[From the always spectacular Comically Vintage]
The Power of Bollywood
Two things I’ve been enjoying while working all this week: