Ian Rubbish

Ian Rubbish was a SNL character played by Fred Armisen. Punk rocker Rubbish is an angry nihilist who hates the police, but still somehow likes Maggie Thatcher (Hey Maggie Thatcher you're alright / thanks to you I sleep at night / you keep England safe / you're a very special lady). A truly funny brit rock parody that nails the accent hasn't been seen since the mighty Spinal Tap, and Armisen has a long history of music performance, being the former drummer with Trenchmouth. Armisen formally bowed out of the show this past weekend, performing as Rubbish, backed by a host of musical luminaries including J. Mascis and Kim Gordon. 

Rubbish's E.P. is available for free download at his website. Featuring band members 'Derek Gash' and 'Keith Grimshaw', it's embedded in its entirety below.

Icons of New Wave as super heroes

This is the third post we've featured using the work of  Butcher Billy, whose obsession with superhero mashups has led him to a novel take on the icons of the post-punk era.

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Meet the Satans

King Curtis seems almost designed to inspire hate, due to his lack of manners and respect for others, his family's unabashed attitude of entitled laziness, and his general tendency to inspire feelings of low self esteem / desire to join Al Qaida. His family of slobbish rednecks buys cars just to destroy them, like an entire subspecies made from the DNA of the kid at school who pulls the wings off flies. Horrifyingly real, the Holland family acquiesces to this maggot-esque infant's Jabba-like demands, deigning, as he does, to eat virtually nothing save chicken nuggets and bacon, while espousing the opinion, well, that his opinion fucking matters, and also that kids will be 'miserable' if you parent them. The Satan child appeared on US TV's Wife Swap, where his obnoxious behaviour could be turned into an entertaining virtue, earning him celebrity status - a la Honey Boo Boo - and spawning soul-crushing merchandise emblazoned with his choicest epithets.

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Teen giant fight

"Pretend Attack on Titan" (進撃の巨人ごっこ or Shingeki no Kyojin gokko) describes a photo meme popular among Japanese youth. Much like the Vadering trend, where the timing of a photograph creates the illusion of Darth Vader's psychic choke-hold, the meme uses forced-perspective to enact various scenarios in which one might face a house-sized giant - like the ones in the popular Attack on Titan.

The original manga series (now an anime) was written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama, and is

"set in a world where the remains of the human population live inside cities surrounded by enormous walls due to the sudden appearance of the Titans, gigantic humanoid creatures who devour humans seemingly without reason. The story centers around the life of Eren Jaeger and his adoptive sister Mikasa Ackerman, whose lives are changed forever after the appearance of a colossal Titan brings about the destruction of their home and the death of their mother." [wiki]

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Downsize Abbey

Christian Schallert was, until recently, the owner of this tiny his 24-square-meter (258 square feet) home in Barcelona. A converted pigeon loft, the photographer restyled his habits in order to cope with the very limited space. The boat-inspired design elements fit an entire modern apartment's commodities into the small room, with a fully functioning kitchen hidden behind one of the many flaps that cover the Tetris-like main wall. A WC is the only 'non-open plan' element, and a particularly nice feature is the bed, which slides out from under the veranda. A masterpiece of functional design, it must now be one of the most valuable spaces for its size in the city.

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The Filpino art of love

Watch out, ladies. This guy  is komikero, from and here we find him sharing his art of seduction with the world, back in 2009. A denizen of the nether parts of Youtube, his creepy stare was given a musical soundtrack by Ankster13. The singular technique has been called 'the Pinoy look'.

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Lamborghini Egoista concept

 

Lamborghini's Egoitsa is a concept car that seems to  proves that Iron Man is pretty popular in Italy. a The cockpit is designed like a Tony Stark-esque 'suit' for the driver, featuring a removable section. The steering wheel unit must be detcahed to allow access to the cockpit - which, naturally, can be ejected in an emergency. '[It] represents a sort of survival cell, allowing the driver to isolate and protect themselves from external elements', explains a Lamborghini honcho.

 

Influenced by military helicopter design and characterized by 'futuristic dynamism [and] highly aggressive lines', the one-off car uses 'anti-radar' materials in the body and wheels. The ultralight car utilizes dynamic rear flaps which activate automatically at high speeds to increase stability, and has a 10 cylinder engine. With more than a passing resemblance to Speed Racer's Mach 5, the Egoista is pure egotism, and is designed to 'always remain a dream, for everyone'.

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