You know when you tell someone you like robots, or toy cars, or whatever, and then every year people keep giving you robots or car-related gifts? And after a few years you’ve got a bookshelf full of tchotchkes? Here’s what I got in the mail today:
Okay, presents are awesome (thanks Co!), but… what in the world am I going to do with 20 different sized Helvetica note pads??? (I might actually use the Moleskine though…) And this is just the tip of the typographic iceberg, my friends. My life is getting taken over by this stuff. I’ve got boxes and boxes of Helvetica-related merch piling up around here: t-shirts, posters, skateboards…
I might have to hold a Helvetica-related rummage sale soon…
-Gary
If you’re in Minneapolis/St. Paul, you need to go to this tonight. And if you’re not in the Twin Cities, you can watch it live on the web, from 7pm to 9pm, CST. Snuggle up with your laptop and watch some serious Dutch punk rock modernists in action. It might be a lecture, or maybe they’ll just sit on stage and spin records? You never know with the Jetset…
Plexifilm, the Brooklyn-based DVD label and distributor of Helvetica, is looking for a few volunteer interns interested in the utterly non-glamourous world of independent film.
If you:
- live in New York City
- eat/sleep/breathe independent film and music
- have a couple days a week to spare
Contact Brian Betancourt: brian [at] plexifilm [dot] com
One of the strange and beautiful things about living in New York is that eventually you’ll see every type of manufactured object, usually in perfect working order, lying on the sidewalk. Joe the Editor and I were getting lunch last week when we came across a lonely stereo system in the snow, and decided to immortalize it on film before its trip to the landfill. The beer bottles were also a nice touch. For all your years of rocking, Snowy Stereo, we salute you.
But I am going to watch the introduction to Helvetica, in which I think actor Terrence Howard, who hosts Independent Lens, says something along the lines of, “Hey baby, what’s your font?” Now that’s must-see television, my friends.
I’ll try to put aside my reservations about wasted electrical power on this one. Not to mention unnecessary material consumption (what did they do with all those microwaves afterwards?). Happy Holidays!
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