Off to Tokyo. Don't wait up. In the meantime, amuse yourself with these links:

The Payphone Project.

The pottery of Mr. Lance Henriksen.

Does anyone remember Barbapapa? No? There's probably a reason why. I bet it's because they're their own house.

Horror Hosts from Creature Features all across America, including Chicago's own, Svengoolie. These images-- because their bad photos off of poorly-archived tape media-- are some of the creepiest I've ever seen, for some reason. All the screen-grabs vibe snuff.

Next Christmas, why not visit the abandoned asylums of the United States?

Wondering what kind of vending machine kink I'll be buying everyone? this should take some of the guess-work out of it for you.

Read A Colder War by Charlie Stross.

Part of the presentation I'll be making involves the art of Maurice Binder, of which I cut a montage to Sparklehorse's IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE and might just be my favorite thing in a while.

Watch the surf. Zone out.