Frantic Mantis: August 2007


ESCHER MANTIS

Wednesday, August 22, 2007






Dream (Mantis Religiousa) 1935 (detail), MC Escher

Vintage Video Game Photography









"These photographs are long exposures taken while playing video war games of the 80’s created by Atari, Centuri and Taito. The photographs were shot from video game screens while I played the games. By recording each second of an entire game on one frame of film, I captured complex patterns not normally seen by the eye." - Rosemarie Fiore


Reblogged from centripetalnotion.com

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New FM song

Thursday, August 02, 2007

[Pictured, "the band": Axiom MIDI controller, Ableton LIVE (registered copy!), Machinedrum (borrowed from Per)]

Believe it or not, FRANTIC MANTIS, as a musical projects still sort of exists! We (I) were(was) convinced to do a cover song for a LUJO RECORDS compilation where LUJO BANDS cover each-others songs. Well, this is our result... soon for sale on iTunes and stuff like that, but you can enjoy a version on our mYspace page if you'd like. If this continues... then our 80s/90s industrial feathers shall be exposed.

[ FM MYSPACE ]

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Sliced Bread



Apple spoof site... love the napkin with silly reflection on slick black surface.

[ VISIT iDEA ]

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The World Beetle Championships



The tourny was held today in Tokyo, and kids like these put numbers on their favorite beetles, put them in a miniature fighting ring, and made them battle until one prevailed as the ultimate beetle champion of the world.