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Retrophilia and Video Games: Alex Varanese

Thursday, January 5th, 2012 | By: thumbtackpressBen

We talk too much. Let’s let Alex Varanese - he of Danton Diphthong (video above) - describe his if-I-could-go-back-in-time Alt/1977 series himself. It’s new to the Thumbtack Press collection, and he’s a better writer than us anyway: “I’ve explored that idea [of what I would do if I could go back in time] in this series by re-imagining four common products from 2010 [...]


Recommended: Tony Fitzpatrick

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 | By: thumbtackpressBen

If you didn’t know about Tony Fitzpatrick, now you know. (Image: Snake Pussy by Tony Fitzpatrick)


Recommended: Holy Mountain

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 | By: thumbtackpressBen

(Careful: parts are NSFW) That’s the trailer for Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s 1973 cult film Holy Mountain. Its surreal imagery is right up there with Fantastic Planet, which is also from 1973. Trivia bonus: George Harrison was initially going to play the main character, but he was put off by parts of the script. The film was [...]


We started a Tumblr on which you’ll find stuff like this

Monday, January 2nd, 2012 | By: thumbtackpressBen

Here: thumbtackpress.tumblr.com