NOW 3/28/02

>> You didn't see Donnie Darko when it came out. No one did. Rent it.





THEN 3/26/02

>> We found this on an MX website (RacerX). It was at the bottom of an editorial piece — as a generic illustration. Neil.






>> The New York Times quote of the day :

"A little civility is what Afghanistan needs. If I had guns, people would hate me. Who wants guns?" -- Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's interim leader

Can we get a little more of that to go around?





THEN 3/21/02

>> New interface up over at Crail Tap. They've also got a few of the Girl Art Dump Vleeshal boards (and a few Hecox illustrated Chocolate boards) in the Crail "Badly Drawn" Store for under $50 each.


>> Joe Sorren has begun to do presales on hardbound editions of his upcoming book, "Look Homeward, Aphid." We recommend putting your money down right away -- it comes with a birthday present you open after you finish reading it.


>> In case you haven't had enough of crossword puzzles and you know a lot of trivia concerning the Girl Skateboard Companies, go to the Girl site. There's a crossword that went up this morning. First person to complete it correctly and get it to Girl FIRST, wins a Girl/Koston complete setup -- with Eric's signature on it.





THEN 3/19/02

>> Two winners, one runner up... and some honorable mentions. Click here to see the completed Bend Crossword Puzzle.





THEN 3/18/02

>> Fill out the Bend Crossword Puzzle.





THEN 3/14/02

>> For some reason, a fellow named Porous Walker thought we all needed to see this. Read into it what you may.


>> FOB from North Carolina, Greg Barbera, wrote this piece on the upcoming "Visions from the Underground: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, City Lights and Alternative Publishing in America" for The Spectator.


>> "Carolyn Risher ... never saw Satan riding in the back of a Cadillac down US19.





THEN 3/11/02

>> The universe is BEIGE, not turquoise (or Seafoam Green) as once thought.

Figures. Choose your favorite Pantone beige below.






>> Here's a figure for you : 90% of our emails are garbage mail. Surprise! The other 10% from actual site readers / FOBs. Where did these people get the idea I wanted to get rid of my boss, spy on the neighbors, help a fleeing African business man, watch humans "do it" with animals, have a constantly stiff penis and get fake tits for my wife?

The beige universe is filled with _______________.





THEN 3/08/02

>> Another "Subject Line" List :

• Start on your summer look now.
• Mazzelpikkies!
• Wallpaper music.
• Shit changes fast.
• I went for help.
• Medically Approved Penis Enlargement
• Hey, would you like to see me naked??? You know you would...
• The sample of "smoking dog."
• Pumpkins and all that bullshit.
• Remember the Tube?
• Trabajos en Altura.
• If you had been there, you could have saved the cat.





THEN 3/07/02

>> TIME TO LAYOFF SEAFOAM GREEN -- IT'S NOT CHANGING...

"...thought you might want to read this story for a shred of insight into who else is down for the sea foam green." --Andrew Burton, Giraffe Brother.

According to Erin Elizabeth of the giraffebrothers.com, we're in league with the crazy Mrs. Rivers. Keep in mind that Bend does not, in any way, condone seafoam green chenille tracks suits -- only seafoam green index pages.


>> The Destroy Rockcity 100 drawings in 100 days is still going. Check it.





THEN 3/06/02

>> In an attempt to regain FOB status (not that he never lost it -- but don't tell him that), Jan Doggen ("Mock" in the Diurnals), has had a revelation : "I've given up my opinion, thrown away my judgment (see attached jpg).
PS. The color reminds me of this chemical I used to use to clean the photosensitive emulsion off my (silkscreen-printing) screen... it was a very useful product but it smelled like yogurt gone bad... but... i'll do anything to stay a FOB...


>> Hot bubbles. This is pretty cool. Controversial findings, but just imagine...





THEN 3/05/02

>> On our use of the "seafoam" background color on the index page and its criticism, FOB, Tony Larson suggests : "Chromatophobia is the fear of colors. Perhaps the FOB with the suggestion for the Bend background is suffering from the aforementioned fear. There is help out there."

FOB Kronbauer had this to say : "It's MINT green. It makes me think of this girl that I kissed a few times in high school. She chewed this gum that was that exact color, and it tasted like good kisses. Still does. Whenever my mom found it on the coffee table in the basement she'd give me suspicious eyes because she knew I didn't chew the stuff."


>> This is not just some random wall...



...this is "Beach Sexy (TM) in Victoria's Secret signature graffiti print." We'll let you all determine the repercussions to "Street Art" and the swim wear industry.
(Click on the image for the full catalog page)


>> Thanks to FOB, Rob Abeyta, for reminding us of John Coltrane. Long live Trane.





THEN 3/04/02

>> Seems some folks don't like the index page color. Which was correctly identified by one FOB as "seafoam green." Yet another FOB (or are they?) sent this suggestion. All visitors please be aware that Bend will not change the seafoam index background until April 1st. Thank you.


>> Crailtap.com has opened it's new store. We're proud, as the first piece to sell in their "badly drawn online store" was an original crayon drawing donated by Mel Bend.

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