art opinion links        

tpi
important sites

affluenza
has materialism taken over our lives? recently ive been reading the book "affluenza" and you should too but if you wont them at least glance at this site

themeatrix.com
im not a vegan but everyone who eats meat ought to know what the animals go thru to be our food. as well as better treatment and conditions available to animals

read.thepositiveword.com
god's ancient blog, now posted online!

earth911.org
find recycle centers near you and recycle!

adbusters.org
vancouver based anti-consumerist magazine

itoen.com
unsweetened, all natural, good for your body, green teas available at target!

 


misc sites

strindbergandhelium.com

check out this very funny flash animation

genesisthechurch.org
you'll swear it's not really a church

marshill.org
this church is definitely rethinking christianity.

dia.org/dft
the detroit film theater

the history of nintendo famicon (NES)
read about nintendo during it's prime, in the 80s

emuparadise.org
play your classic SNES, Genesis, etc. games on your computer

8bitpeoples.com
people who use gameboys to make music

 


anime/movie sites

nausicaa.net

miyazaki and studio ghibli fan site, tons of stuff

lovehkfilm.com
all about asian cinema, mostly chinese

yesasia.com
asian dvds and music

animecornerstore.com

animenfo.com

 


japan links

japantoday.com
largest japan newspaper for english speaking people

niceguyjin.com
3 person american white boy rap group entirely in japanese, very amusing

midnighteye.com
all about japanese cinema.

gagaku history and info
this site is horribly ugly but informative. japanese culture (like many others) is in some ways an endangered species. everything is being swept over by american culture. learning about different cultures can help save them.

engrish.com
this site collects photos from japan of weird and misused english. very funny.



friends sites

craftspace.net
check out video guru jon craft's site

to-create.com/nihon
my japan pics and journal

vrazo.com
ben's site, check out his music "magdalene"

geocities.com/jannysue50
janna's design-challenged but interesting site

mikejonze.com
the music + hk film guru

timtucker.com
tetris weightlifting, tim art, tim thoughts, and more.



prakashnair.com
fellow ccs designer friend's site

 


detroit links

forgottendetroit.com

all about detroit historic abandoned buildings

detroityes.com

seedetroit.com

detroitrenaissance.com

createdetroit.com

fobi.org
visit belle isle, it's history right b4 you

detroiturbanliving.com
find a place to live in detroit

preserve detroit
write the detroit city council, be a part of detroit's much needed change

detroit film theater
all an old well kept theater that's show some of the rarest independent movies in detroit as well as classics like akira kurosawa

 


design links

natzke.com

flash action-script mania

tomato.co.uk
a UK based design studio

theapolloprogram.com
designer, musician, performance artist, elliott earls' site

eboy.com
entirely pixel based artwork reminiscent of nintendo and legos

thedesignersrepublic.com
studio responsible for some great futuristic design, including the amazing design work from the wipeout games for the playstation.

twoxfour.com
another design studio, 2x4.

mocadetroit.org
the museum of contemporary art detroit is downtown on woodward.