Now that we are nearly at the end of this year, I can only remark that 2008 has been an amazing year of ups and down for The Worley Gig. Between getting hacked numerous times, problems with software, updating the look of the site and a server change that temporarily resulted in the loss of half the site, I also saw record traffic and lots of new commenters! That can only mean word is getting out about what a rad blog this is. So if you’ve become a regular reader of The ‘Gig and have passed our URL on to other friends, thank you so much. I promise that 2009 will be even more rad! Happy New Year and all the best to you for 2009!
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Pink Thing of The Day: Pink S & M Gear Soft Sculpture!
Here’s a cool art piece from the twisted world of sculptress Patricia Waller, Sado/Maso (2000) Miniature S&M Gear: Composed of Yarn, polystyrene, wire, wood. Crochet, 10 Parts, size variable.
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Two Monkees Born Today, December 30th!
Davy, Mickey, Peter and Mike!
Today, December 30th, we wish a Happy Birthday to not one but two former Monkees: Mike Nesmith (born in 1942) and Davy Jones (born in 1945).
Website of the Day: Eff You, Penguin!
“The Cuteness…”
Like me, you probably have a Mom, a friend or a co-worker (or if you are very unlucky, all three) that habitually forwards you emails clogged with pictures of kittens, puppies or other animals making faces or doing similarly “cute” things. Ah, the cuteness. Half the Internets are taken up with photos and videos of the CUTEST. ANIMALS. EVER. Fuck You, Penguin takes a long, hard look at superadorable puppies, monkeys, birds and moose – and tells them, in no uncertain terms, to get fucked. Needless to say, it is my new favorite website.
Throbbing Gristle in a Box
Still functioning Gristleizer Unit from 1977 (Image Source)
If you want to do your homework on which band or artist actually invented what we now euphemistically refer to as “Industrial” music, you’re going to have to dig past Trent Reznor and Skinny Puppy to get to the true pioneers of the genre, the ‘70s British quartet Throbbing Gristle.