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Jon Hicks’ “Bloody Hippy” and Veer’s “Relax”
I thought I was going to have to wait much longer to see this, but further to last week’s launch of the new Hicksdesign logo, in response to which I made my nostalgias known, Jon Hicks has released a new desktop wallpaper that is totally my Most Favourite Ever. Now that’s saying a lot because I’ve been so fond of my Relax desktop that it was very tricky to decide who should get what pixels. For now I’ve settled with the opposite of what you see above, stationing Relax on the display at left and Bloody Hippy on Abe at right.† And it’s brown all ’round. Now BH will be with me wherever I go, and the couch—certainly the most comfortable I’ve owned—will be there when I get home.
This whole theme also goes perfectly with the new Goldfrapp album, Supernature, which is throbbingly wonderful (and perfectly circular). I’m imagining the Bloody Hippy’s central logo spinning left and right while the background logos pulse like speakers to “Ooh La La.” How about that Jon? Not that you haven’t got enough on your plate right now. Actually, that could make a great first motion project for Yours Truly if I could just get my hands on a copy of Final Cut Studio for slightly less than the cost of a return trip to Australia. One can dream. No, wait: Elena just whispered four sweet words: “After Effects trial version.” Juicy, juicy…
† Abraham is a loyal 12” PowerBook. Old Testament loyal.
This whole theme also goes perfectly with the new Goldfrapp album, Supernature, which is throbbingly wonderful (and perfectly circular).
Get 2003’s Black Cherry, now with 40% more circular goodness. It goes perfectly with Supernature.
April 30th, 2006 at 7:41 am #
You’re so right. It’s like cheesecake for desert. Resistance is impossible.
April 30th, 2006 at 6:28 pm #
Hey, thanks for the kind words! It always makes it worthwhile if one other person wants to use your desktop, so thanks for being that other person!
Oh, and I agree, very much Goldfrapp, particularly ‘Number One’!
May 4th, 2006 at 7:43 am #
No problem Jon, and thanks for stopping by. I’m starting to see your new wallpaper popping up on desktop screenshots all over the place, so I’m just one of the many! I love it, and I’ve taken to hiding my applications on that display when I’m not using them so I can be calmed by it—mmm, circles. By the way, your site’s viewport width-detection is very impressive. I only noticed it recently when I installed Sage in Firefox and toggled it a few times while reading your blog. Then I noticed the columns were being repositioned. Then I noticed the different scroll effects depending on the width. Jaw dropped. Awesome.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:15 am #
PS. I love “Number One” and bought the E.P. because I couldn’t wait for the album to be released in the States. But now that I have Supernature the song that is really growing on me is “Satin Chic”. It reminds me of something that I can’t put my finger on—maybe an ABC or BBC children’s show from when I was a kid? Alison is fabulous.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:20 am #