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Alex Pardee
They're partying it up in SF tonight to celebrate the release of Alex Pardee's new "cinematic clothing" line, Night of the Treeple. Check out the preview gallery of sinister forest brethren at Juxtapoz.
Note: the mythology Pardee created for this line is yet another typical scenario involving faceless government scientists (in this case, "Project Armadillo") and their vats of inconvenient toxic waste. Come on! I mean, unscrupulous government researchers can hardly be to blame for EVERY fictitious race of carnivorous angiosperms. Cut 'em some slack, and blame Google or Microsoft for a change.
thanks to Bora for the heads up.
I think we all know that Dede, The Tree Man of Java, was the real inspiration for this work. Credit where credit is due.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dede_Koswara
Whoa...reminds me of the end of the video for Radiohead's "There, There."
Nice catch, James! That's a sweet video, too.
John, I'm amazed that you made a biology reference vs. a Head of the Radio reference. What's going on??
James wins!
Don't worry. I'm currently crafting a Journal entry with a Head of the Radio reference for good measure. However, it's unrelated to Dede, the plight of tree people, HPV, or any immune deficiency syndromes, so it unlikely to generate much interest among your readership.
It also has nothing to do with Mario Kart, which means I probably won't even enjoy writing it.
I am crafting a Mario Kart entry for you, so don't worry.
Any hope for a Day of the Triffids line of clothing? Then again, I guess it wouldn't matter, most of the population being blinded and all...
You're such a good real life friend/Internets friend.
Am I the only one who thinks of the forest of suicides from the divine comedy?
Rhett: yes, but now we are all ashamed to have been thinking of mere music videos and trashy horror films and will pretend we too were thinking of Dante all along. Thanks a lot. ;)