links for 2008-10-10

Onstad partners with a local shop to give out free Achewood tattoos at his book signings. "Skeleton Key Tattoos, the store hosting the in-shop book signing and tattoo voucher giveway, says Achewood tattoos are a phenomena in Portland. Two entire pages of the shop owner's portfolio is just Achewood tattoos."

A look behind the scenes at creating Rock Band 2's printable custom figures — turns out the company, like all good HMX partners, has its roots deep inside MIT. I'm pretty excited to get my own 'brandonnn' — maybe as soon as they let us swap the model to play guitar left-handed?

I really like these guys, but listening to them makes me start to feel inhuman. Still, a wonderfully shot set — feel the animalism!

"A single hand of poker can go very quickly – you might just look at your cards and fold immediately. But an evening of play is made up of a lot of hands, and as you play you can learn more about the opponents you’re playing against, and adjust your strategies. A game of Hinterland follows this same pattern." I've been really enjoying the game in little bursts over the past week.

Hey Portland — go see a new Mumbleboy gallery exhibit that'll start — woops, last night! "when I think about it, I don't think these animals would be rescuing us humans. They would probably be rescuing the earth, so those of us who are contributing to its destruction may be the enemy of these animal heroes."

Darnielle jumps on the pay-as-you-will model for his new EP. "An option to pay me for my work is available at the linked site, but is by no means a requirement prior to download, as that would be weasel business. You do what you feel. I hope you like these songs; I am fond of them; they remind me of old vanished things. They're yours now!"

Fantastic fan-made video for Animal Collective — captures the schizophrenia perfectly.

This hits pretty close to home. Even the bit where they ran out of the good Guinness and had to resort to that nasty old Bud that's been in the back of the fridge since the last BYOB party.

Minter showing off some preview pics of his visualizer Neon in the upcoming Xbox 360 version of Space Invaders Extreme (!!!).

Lush live Notwist performance with Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra.

"In other windows, things get a bit more bizarre. McDonald's Chicken McNuggets sip barbecue sauce. A rabbit puts on her makeup. A CCTV camera nurtures its young." And here's me definitely not getting to NYC before the end of the month.

"I wonder what Demetri Martin thinks of the impact he's had on men's room wall literature" — Flickr shows a world full of Demetri's 'indifferent graffiti.'