The NACA Music, Art & General Creativity Thread

[C R]

View: https://youtu.be/CfkpvsvmVsM?si=_BG4xpIBeQV84XS4


Rob Flynn wrote this after Trump's first victory. It still gives me goosebumps. Unfortunately, the critical mass he was hoping for never materialised. It was way too late by then anyway.

 

[C R]

View: https://youtu.be/3JJ9X1Z04Mk?si=5oIWuL8OaCf0qFMD

 

[C R]

The post that caused the pope thread to be closed in t'other side reminded me of this song from my youth.


View: https://youtu.be/5NFJDIR2jVk?si=-vsepaR6LfWIPt8k


The title shouldn't need translation, and Google should be able to find the lyrics and translate them for you if you are so interested.

BTW, LPR stands for La Polla Records. La Polla being slang for penis.

 

[AndyRM]

Figured I might contribute something positive to the forum:

 

[AndyRM]

You wouldn't steal a font...

https://news.sky.com/story/you-woul...paign-may-have-used-pirated-typeface-13357462

That's funny as f*ck.

 

[Rusty Nails]

it's been done before...

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/medieval-stone-font-stolen-from-church/29263843.html

 

[Ian H]

it's been done before...

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/medieval-stone-font-stolen-from-church/29263843.html

You wouldn't want to do total immersion with Gill Sans.

 

[Rusty Nails]

You wouldn't want to do total immersion with Gill Sans.

I've never seen her so cannot possibly comment.

 

[AndyRM]

You wouldn't want to do total immersion with Gill Sans.

Can't beat a darker than Hades typography joke.

 

[briantrumpet]

You wouldn't want to do total immersion with Gill Sans.

I Shot the Serif.

 

[briantrumpet]

Incidentally, @Ian H, you being a man of letters (and fonts), might be interested in this - a really fascinating read about 'Gorton'.

https://aresluna.org/the-hardest-working-font-in-manhattan/

 

[Ian H]

Incidentally, @Ian H, you being a man of letters (and fonts), might be interested in this - a really fascinating read about 'Gorton'.

https://aresluna.org/the-hardest-working-font-in-manhattan/

That's horribly fascinating.
And while we're on the subject: https://www.fastcompany.com/91324550/kerning-on-pope-francis-tomb-is-a-travesty

 

[briantrumpet]

That's horribly fascinating.
And while we're on the subject: https://www.fastcompany.com/91324550/kerning-on-pope-francis-tomb-is-a-travesty

One of the eternal questions on that subject was immortalised in the song 'Do You Kern John Peel'.

 

[Ian H]

One of the eternal questions on that subject was immortalised in the song 'Do You Kern John Peel'.

It's not well-known that the Cornish invented kerning. Before that letters were just jumbled together, which is why literacy was so low.

 

[briantrumpet]

It's not well-known that the Cornish invented kerning. Before that letters were just jumbled together, which is why literacy was so low.

I assume they still kern now.