Pirate Changes!

Shhhh... Don't Tell a soul thar matey, remember Dead Men Tell No Tales... Ye Been Warned. Disney Imagineers plan to update the Disney classic, Pirates Of the Caribbean, with a Summer 2006 Debut.


Disneyland visitors will find Jack Sparrow has moved in and tweaked the storyline of the 39-year-old ride to align more with the second and third sequels of the blockbuster original movie. The ride is not getting a major face lift, but will include a new state of the art sound system, and a few new effects (canon balls anyone?) But the biggest change will be the introduction of the "The Black Pearl", Jack Sparrow, and the corpse of Davey Jones.

The Walt Disney World version will also play out much the same with new animatronics, although that truncated 8 minute version of the 15 minute long Disneyland original will have to squeeze some of the special effects into much smaller spaces and shorter time frames. The Imagineers feel that the Disneyland version of this remake will be the superior version from an artistic standpoint, and Disney will be using mainly the Disneyland version as it hypes the new ride to the national media next summer.

Not sure how I feel about this one, Johnny Depp being part of a Disney attraction for the rest of time? But then again, to new audiences the movies will have come to represent the ride's content anyway. How do you feel, do you think they should change the ride?

Tom Kevill Davies

This is "the hungry cyclist's" site, he's a Brit who is biking from NYC to Rio and stopping to eat along the way. At his site, you can track him, suggest where to eat, invite him to stay with you, and check out pictures from all his stops. There is some cool photography here, and it's an ambitious project. Good luck to Tom...Link He even has a game up called, Pedal Power!

Erik Parker

Be sure to click on the English version... And check out these groovy paintings Link

Have a good one...

Tom Judd

This is a cool idea. Tom Judd did a skecth in his sketchbook, for a whole year! And now he has a site, where you can check out all 365 of them.... By the way, the shown is image is day #361... Here's the link Everyday

Max-O-Matic

A Visual Feast Fun to explore...

Bird?

New Jerry Time

Jail Bird Jerry

Meter Pops

Check out the work of Mark Jenkins, DC artist and prankster. He has turned some parking meters just of the "mall" into a work of art... cool. More meter pops here

Catalina Estrada

I really like the graphic quality of this artist click here for more.

Get Into the Chung

The Chung

Bubble...

Check out Soderbergh's new trailer for Bubble

Darth Sticker

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Mr. Jago

Ok so you like hip hop robots from outer space... then check out Mr. Jago's site, there's are some nice and loose drawings of camouflaged robots. check it

Steeler faithful

Here I am at seven years old...keep'n it real in my spidey jammies and root'n for the Steelers. Congratulations to Jerome Bettis and the guys for the win over Indianapolis. Here's hoping they can beat Denver! P.S. check out those StarWars toys under the tree...

Crazy... Game Shows

I still love that scene in "Lost in Translation" when Bill Murray is on that show, here is a link to some real crazy japanese shows...enjoy

Only Mao Knows

Check this out... Didn't Mao like to see this kind of stuff when he was alive?link

Strictly Background

Awesome, this is some good news, that I sorely need. My buddy Jason Connell has launched the website for his debut feature film. Jason and I met on the set of a Martin Lawrence movie, Rebound, and began talking about the strange world of extra work. Well, my man Jason ran with the idea and filmed a Freak'n fantastic film all about the shittiest job on a set, the Extra.... or in this case, the Background Artist. So please check out his trailer and support this film. Strictly Background

The Chief Woo

It's finally happened, ninety-two year old Grandpa Woo is going down fast. The cancer is spreading rapidly and there's nothing anyone can do. I am flying to DC this weeked to pay my last respects... This SUCKS! Anyhow, Woospace might be down for a few days... as the Woo family prepares for the loss of it's great patriarch, Woo Chi Ming. Long live the HUs!!

The Three Little Pigs

Okay, if cyclops kitty wasn't a big enough sign of troubles ahead, now Taiwanese scientists say they created flourescent pigs by adding genetic material from jellyfish into a normal pig embryo. These transgenic pigs are freaky... Green Pig BBC Story

How we got there...

You do the math folks...

Chewie Tissue Box Cozy

My cats are afraid of this thing! Laugh it up, fuzz ball... Get your lil chil'ren and have a blast, and then blow your nose!
Wookie Tissue Cozy!

R.I.P "Cy"

The outpouring over this little frail creature has been amazing, so much so, that lil "Cy" has inspired the planet. Here is a beautiful painting in honor of the little cat that is no more.
"Cyclops Kitten" is featured on Yahoo's "Buzz Log" as one of the most searched keywords of the moment, and there are even blogs with poetry dedicated to this strange and delicate creature.

We weep for thee, kitten. Rest in Peace.
Artist: Kipling West

Happy Chinese New Year...

The year of the dog is approaching. Here are some weird, wonderful songs about Chinese New Year. For example, one of the songs is called "May All Your Businesses Prosper And Improve". All the songs are in English too, even though it's about Chinese New. These songs are infectious, and you'll want to share them with everyone you know. beautiful songs

For the unintiated... Behold Gem!

Nothing can prepare you for the phenomenon that is Gem Sweater! This infectious jam bores into your brain while Leslie's dance moves in a gold lamé body suit hypnotize you. You can't look away! Do yourself a favor and check out all of her videos, you can thank me later. get gem sweater

Behind the Scenes

I'm here in L.A., where the weather has been warm and I just finished up my time working on a movie called Holiday with Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet. I know, kind of a strange mix, but I'm sure it will look beautiful, as I work in the art department and have been working hard to make everything look pretty. Next week I'm moving onto a David O. Russel film, with Vince Vaughn, should be interesting. But what I'm most excited about is the work I did on American Dreamz, the new Paul Weitz flick. This one is going to ruffle feathers, which I think is great. Let's put it this way, you've never seen anything quite like this. Check the trailer out here. Let me know what you all think. And by the way, the painting on the back of the newspaper Dennis Quaid is holding is a Woo original... out.

Let's all be friends...

Bob and Bush

Bad Ass!

Thanx again Jim Smash! This is the Mighty Mazinga, damn straight!

Wonder Crotch

Crazy... Check out Linda Carter in this pic... something's just not right. Ouch.

scuba santa

thanks G. Paul!

Making Toys

Students at Parson created a remote controled felt picker upper thingy...link Check out the video of playtime too!

Monkey Mondays

Get a monkey in your inbox each week...oooh, monkeys link

Heartbeeps

Adorable Cyclops Kitten

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M. Mizuho

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Rock On

Our Heroes...

Behind Closed Doors. Or so goes the title of this work by Greg Lauren link

Mark Ryden

Cool big-eyed goth paintings. link

Ashley Wood

Check out this artist site, lots of bots...link

Kris Davidson

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Yo-yo...

Kodai's Djinn yo-yo toys are computerized, wireless video-game combat yo-yos. There's an urban legend that yo-yos originated as weapons, but now it's finally true for real. Djinn games are like Pokemon: each yo-yo contains a randomly selected monster based on a Chinese-zodiac-like cosmology, which is born when you begin spinning. The more your spin, the more powerful your monster grows. Once your monster is powerful enough, you can play solo-games or put it near other yo-yos for wireless head-to-head combat.

Yummy Chopsticks!

soy link

Happy New Year...

Here's a few new years songs...
have a good one folks!
happy new year!

moment of zen...

Chilly Hot Pot

Chinese customers sit inside a restaurant made of ice in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province December 30,2005. The restaurant covers a space of some 260 square metres, with the eatery completely built with ice brick walls, a vaulted ice dome and ice tables and stools. It becomes an eye-catching highlight of the ongoing Ice and Snow Sculpture Art Exhibition on the Sun Island, a tourism resort north of the Songhua River.
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Awwwww...

What you're looking at is Owen and Mzee...read about how their odd pairing came about here

Via Via

i like this work...check out Lennard Schuuramans' site via via