There’s an array of unique umbrellas floating around the design industry, but none more entertaining than this concept.
The rain drum is an umbrella that has several different areas that are matched with a specific drum-like sound output. This means that whenever it rains, depending on where the rain lands on the umbrella, a unique sound will be played.
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“Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles and San Francisco has delivered plenty of art shows with science fiction themes, asking artists to meditate on everything from He-Man to Lost. Next on the agenda is “Another Dimension,” which opens May 20th and features art inspired by the classic science fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone. These are just a few of the early images that have emerged. You can check out more at Super Punch.”
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This is just a good ol’ fashion chat about whatever you want to talk about! Expecting 20 or 30+ people, and lots of private discussion… There will be no censorship here…
MAD is the Administrator of the clinically insane UPSIDEBACKWARDS, and creator of CONSPIRAPORN! In 2008 he penned and designed 20 ‘episodes’ of EZEKIEL’S CAVE. Currently he books shows and creates flyers for a variety of Indianapolis bands.
Over the year’s he’s interviewed a plethora of notable personalities including best-selling authors David Wellington, Greg Cox, Jonathan Maberry, Philip Gardiner, as well as rocker Henry Rollins, comedian Roseanne Barr, Emmy Winner Michael Moriarty, comic book creator Erik Larsen, and innovators such as artist Larry Carlson, and Fortean researcher Mac Tonnies to name a few.
MAD has produced 100’s of hours worth of podcasts in the past decade, as well as 8 CD’s worth of original music. The latest offering can be found at PIECE DE RESISTANCE and CROSSROAD RESONANCES . He’s also the keyboard player for DJ KOOLAID and you can find other web destinations at: BLACK HOLE’S LEDGE, UPSIDEBLOG, and DREAM RUMBLINGS.
He has a variety of original articles, short stories and interviews which can be found at: -UPSIDEBACKWARDS.INFO- . MAD is 31 years old, has an IQ of 119 and keeps a gaggle of rabbits and mice as pets. His favorite food is usually pizza and salad, though he can be bribed by a 6 pack of COORS, and ZERO candy bars.
How can such a brief, tragic life justify a 440-page biography? Because Syd Barrett has always stood for more than an acid casualty. He is the damaged archangel of the Sixties counterculture, a martyr to art and soul and inner space, a guy who wouldn’t have any truck with commercialism.
CONSPIRAPORN! 