County research has shown that Klingon has gone from being a fictional tongue to what many people — and not just fans — consider a complete language, with its own grammar, syntax and vocabulary.
If a patient speaks only Klingon, the county is obligated to respond with a Klingon interpreter. So officials have decided to include it with about 55 languages, some of which, such as Russian and Vietnamese, are widely spoken, and some, such as Dari and Tongan, are seldom spoken.
The county’s purchasing administrator, Franna Hathaway, greeted the request to include Klingon with skepticism.
But, she said, “There are some cases where we’ve had mental health patients where this was all they would speak.”
Los Angeles tabloid photos
Cool gallery of photographs from the Los Angeles Herald-Express tabloid taken from 1936-1961.
[via Boing Boing]
Your Name Here
I have a new favorite movie from the Prelinger Archive. Your Name Here is the ultimate generic industrial film, built around every script and visual cliche from late-50s industrial films.
R.I.P. MTV’s 120 Minutes
I was probably one of the few people left who still cared enough to watch, but last Sunday’s episode of MTV’s 120 Minutes was the last. I don’t know when it was exiled over to MTV2, but 10+ years ago I never missed an episode – most of the time recording them in case I fell asleep.
MTV2 is replacing it with something called Subterranean, I’ll give it a shot, but I’m not expecting anything good.
The Dante’s Inferno Test has
The Dante’s Inferno Test has banished you to the Sixth Level of Hell – The City of Dis!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
| Level | Score |
|---|---|
| Purgatory (Repenting Believers) | Very Low |
| Level 1 – Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers) | Low |
| Level 2 (Lustful) | High |
| Level 3 (Gluttonous) | High |
| Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious) | Moderate |
| Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy) | High |
| Level 6 – The City of Dis (Heretics) | High |
| Level 7 (Violent) | High |
| Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers) | High |
| Level 9 – Cocytus (Treacherous) | High |
Take the Dante Inferno Hell Test
The Lovetones / Brian Jonestown Massacre at Spaceland on 1 May
Out of the dozen-odd times I’ve seen BJM, the past two gigs have been among the best. The current line-up iteration gives Anton some needed band stability and the new songs are pretty great. Openers The Lovetones (who’s Be What You Want album was released at the gig) played a terrific set of stuff from the new album along with a couple old Drop City songs. They’re touring the western US right now – go check them out.
Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Yesterday’s Tomorrows is a travelling exhibition of retrofuture ephemera. Lots of cool stuff on their web site.
[via Boing Boing]
Plants as architecture
Mind-blowing collection of plant photographs taken by Karl Blossfeldt, a German sculpture instructor who used his photographs of plant to educate his students about design in nature.
[via Boing Boing]
Blood splatter Photoshop tutorial
Because you never know when you might need it… how to create blood splatters in Photoshop.
[via The Null Device]
Amazing collection of Polish movie posters
Pretty amazing collection of movie poster art from Poland. Certainly better looking than the Hollywood equivalents and often better than the actual movie they’re advertising.