into - Paper II

into - Paper II, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

Second cover for Into pamphlet on Finnish Paper industry´s effects on it´s surroundings.
Rock on over to Flickr to check em out.

Nazca gig action this autumn

That´s right, when I´m not doing comix or graphic design, I play in a band.
The band´s name is Nazca, we have been making music for ten years now, released two longplayers, an EP and a DVD.
Anyways, this week things are starting to move in the Nazca camp. We have two gigs confirmed.

The first one will be in Tampere next month, we are extremely pleased to warm up for legendary New Model Army. This will happen at Klubi, Tampere, sat 27/9.

Then we will again play Dubrovnik and Kalma friday 17/10.

And maybe we´ll even get the record out this autumn?

Good things ahead.

Berlin trip up on Flickr

S-Bahn, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

Me n Tanja took off for five days of Schnauzer und Schnitzel. Rock on over to Flickr to check em out.

Going through my pockets

Going through my pockets, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

Afraid you find out far more than I want you to know about me

Into - Direct democracy

Into - Direct democracy, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

Another pamphlet from Into kustannus. This time about direct democracy.

Skisse jeg fant under opprydning/sketch I found while cleaning

(For dere som ikke kan lese min forferdelige håndskrift:
Er det ikke morsomt hvordan skinheads banker opp folk som ser homo ut?)

(english translation: Isn´t it funny how skinheads beat up people who look gay?

Happy Southpaw day!

Today is the day of the left-handed. Well, why not?
Finally a day I can celebrate, being part of this exclusive club.
Two hundred years ago, we were all whipped on the town square for writing with the Devil´s hand. They didn´t know how right they were....

This day is just the beginning! We will RIIISE!
Moahhahahahahaaa!

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A sudden epiphany

I suddenly realised what norwegian/scandinavian men´s clothing store Dressmann must sound like to english speakers. Made me laugh.

Please disregard previous kinda-bummed-out-post.

080808, 08:00 PM

080808, 08:00 PM

One glance at Aftenpostens front page:

-Possibly new great war in Kaukasus. Russia is bombing Georgia as we speak.

-Norwegian conservatives planning to sell off the country to corporations as soon they get into power.

-13 dead in trainwreck in Czech republic.

-12 dead in US bus accident.

-World won't but just might be swallowed by a black hole tomorrow.

Does this mean that 888 is the number of the beast?

Delia Darbyshire showing how sounds SHOULD be manipulated.

Been working on the Nazca record this week and found this pretty inspiring. Also show that anyone using computers or synthesizers are complete pussies compared to the BBC Radiophonic workshop.

For more on Delia, check out this classic piece of music which still sounds like the future, 45 years later.



The future was so much cooler before.

Salam Pax appears and disappears

Salam Pax´s Baghdad blog was mandatory reading during the Iraq war and its aftermath. It ended four years ago with these words:

I think Hiatus is the word. Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen.

Then he reappeared a month ago, with a pretty great blog post about amusement parks in Baghdad. And then that site went bust.

I´m waiting with bated breath for any new posts from Salam.

If you live in Norway, buy the original The Baghdad Blog-book and not the hastily-put-together-let´s-milk-this-thing-dry-norwegian version with the outstandingly clunky title "Faens Bomber" ("damn bombs").

Kyläytymisopas

Kyläytymisopas, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

Legendary squat Annikinkatu in Tampere is getting the pamphlet treatment from Into Kustannus. This is the cover.

Graphic design to die for

Just found this pic out on the glorious intarwebs. Yes, it´s real.

Fighter jets come out from behind giant old man in the sky. The giant old man gaze upon the fighter jets dreamily, while wondering why the colors have gone all fruity. And why the rest of his body is dissolving into thin air. He´s just a giant old head in the sky now. But he has teh wisdom ...OF FIGHTER JETS!

Drammens Tidende

Har en sak om meg i dag.

Evalueringsdag

Vi har evalueringsdag borte på I Fremtiden-bloggen. Ta en tur og si din mening!

Kiva

Here´s an investment tip while world finance is going down the toilet.
Put your cash where it makes a difference!

Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.

Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.

Go here for more.

The Washington Post tells us what the War on Terror really is about

Comfort capsules!

Wacom drivers and Leopards in Europe

Just a little shout-out to anyone dealing with the same stuff I had lately.

Short story: The newest OSX update kills Wacom tablet drivers. Making your expensive tablet as handy a drawing tool as a couple of boxing gloves.

After being told by support that I had no problem whatsoever, since I had downloaded the newest driver update + installed it, I still somehow had problems.

After some googling, I found out that Wacom didn´t have the newest drivers on their european site. Quick fix: Go to their american site and download the driver from there.

Jeez.

Moebius redux

[snipped from drawn.ca]



42 minutes on the great master. Music by Karl Bartos.

Description from Googlevideo:

French artist and author Jean Giraud is one of the most famous and influential comic strip illustrators and authors of all time. Achieving his greatest fame as Moebius – not so much a pseudonym as an alter ego – he revolutionized the world of comics. Moebius Redux takes extraordinary visual paths in documentary filmmaking and goes on a mind-bending tour of imagination past, present and future.

Enjoy!

Chronotopic Anamorphosis

Chronotopic Anamorphosis from Marginalia Project on Vimeo.