Hey everyone just letting you know we had a HARDCORE month of cranking out videos. Here’s a list of all the stuff the Pumthuggee Underground produced in the last 30 days: 2 Marshall McLuhan tutorial videos A 3 part set of How To Draw Cars videos. First part teaches perspective and design, second part teaches [...]
Here’s a screenshot courtesy of Hallmark’s Love Saga featuring the very first ipad, circa 1854. Apparently Steve Jobs travelled back in time using only his mind and spiritual power and blessed the humble pioneers with this visionary pre-electronic ipad. Even here you can see that the ipad brings prosperity, joy and total coolness to all [...]
We’ve all had our share of reality TV. From the pioneering Real World episodes to Survivor and Hogan Knows Best; there are more reality shows than there are hours in the day to keep up with them! Although the reality TV phenomenon is no longer cutting edge, it still captivates millions of viewers and continues to inform a mass cultural viewpoint of what “normal” behavior is. With all these years of indoctrination under our belts however, there is one simple lesson that we should be learning from all of these reality shows…they’re not real at all.
Have you noticed that our culture hates categories?!
There is a strong underlying disdain for clear-cut, single-item categories and labels for things. What used to be “cars” and “trucks” is now “hybrids,” “cross-overs” and “SUV’s”. Old music genres like “classical” and “rock” have now been outmoded by creative new crossbreeds like “trip-hop” and “acid-jazz.” I recently shot a music video for a band whose self-described style was “post-melodic death-core!”
There is a downside to being a creative person. There are traps and mistakes that we are more prone to make and weaknesses that we tend to struggle with that are unique to our breed. Let’s take a look at 5 of the most common weaknesses that creative people face.
Actual screen grab from the post-State of the Union streaming Q/A time with members of the White House staff as they take questions from -omg- TWITTER! As you can see the facial expressions ranged from asleep (or dead) to mild smirking and potentially vomiting in the background.
Nothing says holiday cheer like a reindeer sniffing another reindeer’s butt. These are actual pajamas and yes, this was an unfortunate accident due to stitching. So sad…
2 amazing food miracles this month!
First, a random stir fy: My chicken turns into South America with shocking accuracy!
