AlphaDesigner Blogue

The new Batman movie is a bit too realistic for my supreme taste but that doesn’t make it less entertaining. A definite proof that you can tell a good story and make a blockbuster at the same time.

Mysterious filmstrip of the latest trailer for “The Dark Knight” on Chris Presswell’s blog. Evil stuff!

Madonna’s new album Hard Candy leaks online. And no dam can stop it from flowing further, apparently.

As expected, Flickr unleashed video alongside its photo services. The move proved controversial and sparked a tsunami of protests by various members. Despite this, many others seem to enjoy the new functionality.

A review of Gnarls Barkley’s album The Odd Couple.

Dmitri Tymoczko borrows mathematics from string theories and unveils his geometric method of representing musical chords.

Yup, Radiohead did it. But there’s a difference. Trent Reznor issues the new Nine Inch Nails album in a variety of formats and partially under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License. The first volume of Ghosts is released for free as a torrent download, the rest can be purchased at prices from 5 [...]

I rarely see good films about graphic design, so I guess I’m obliged to write about this one. It’s called Helvetica (official site: www.helveticafilm.com), which is not a very imaginative title. Fancy terms aside, Helvetica is the set of letters that are literary omnipotent, present in street signs and labels, corporate logos and computers. One [...]

I didn’t expect to like this movie. And I knew nothing about the Beowulf epic before I watched it. But strangely, my ignorance paid off. I am too spoiled, just like everybody else these days - before I go to the cinema I usually devour enormous amounts of information about directors, actors, techniques, not to [...]

I watched The Airships few days ago, an ABC documentary about the history of one of the most amusing flying machines. In a time when air planes weren’t as reliable as they are today, especially for civil flights, these monsters reigned the sky without competition. They were a rare sight, extremely expensive to produce, [...]

I downloaded almost all the songs from this album weeks before the official release. Sorry dear. I wanted them so badly I turned the whole wide web upside down. I also downloaded all the b-sides. Last but not least - I downloaded the additional free song. So I ended up with a collection of 11 [...]

Regarding the laws governing our flourishing Culture of the Most Common Denominator, she just shouldn’t exist. And pay attention, I say “exist”, not “be famous”. She’s too detached from everything contemporary to be an exception of the rule either. Because the rule doesn’t state that being unusual is a taboo. In fact culture like this [...]

He’s always been controversial as hell, despite what some people may think. It’s true he gave up 4-letter words on concerts and doesn’t dress in fishnet stockings and lace bikini any more. That was just the start and it can’t be a trick that can be used more than twice, because - surprise - when [...]