[thischarmingcharlie]

[iamcalebnichols-blog]

My first album is called DOUBLE MANTASY.  Its a musical fan-fiction about the life story of Mean Mr. Mustard, the John Lennon character from the Beatles’ Abbey Road.  Pre-order, stream a track and be a pal at doublemantasy.com

Album out on 4/20/15 - CD, CS Digital. 

[tinydeskcontest]

Dogs: your most loyal fans. Contestants’ canine companions often stole the show in entry videos. Six days ‘til we announce the Tiny Desk Contest winner!

[iamcalebnichols-blog]

Our dogs are at 00:26!

[mahendra-singh]

By pureeing the rich, they can be made to easily pass through the eye of a needle, even with their camel! Huzzah for heaven, huzzah for organized religion and of course, huzzah for the less well organized religions.

Such sentiments emblazoned on a tee-shirt are certain to be popular Christmas gifts for your more impecunious family members and friends. Hard to believe I used to write ad copy for a living, eh?

[richardswift]

[iamcalebnichols-blog]

smelted.

[twoshedsband]

This is gonna be good #twoshedsvideo

[iamcalebnichols-blog]

looks amazing already! can't wait.

[tasiatrevino-blog-deactivated20]

For my 7th or so birthday party, I remember writing out a list of the people coming to my party and assigning to each of them the Beatle I wanted them to play at my party. After running through the Fab Four, I asked my dad who else people could be. He suggested Billy Preston and the...

[twoshedsband]

#SEPTOUR coming to a close. #SLO (at Kreuzberg, Ca)

[iamcalebnichols-blog]

I had SUCH an amazing little time playing my first shows as Caleb N.  

[twoshedsband]

#SEPTOUR w/ iamcalebnichols

[iamcalebnichols-blog]

Dates in SF, Modesto, Sacramento and SLO! Plus, we're selling these posters!

[iamcalebnichols-blog]

hyper #selfie with Millie and some other stuff.

[churchescalifornia-blog]

WEIRD AT MY SCHOOL

Caleb recorded this story about being in 7th grade and hating everyone and himself but liking MTV.  Thanks to BAMM.TV

[iamcalebnichols-blog]

Top down. Ready.

[lildepressedboy]

Catch yourself up on the Li’l Depressed Boy before the new series ships in October!

[iamcalebnichols-blog]

The truth is out there.

[iamcalebnichols-blog]

#hollowsunshine #2k7 #slo was so heavy.

[megnilson]

a new comic, all boobs and no words.

[erikkwakkel]

Medieval dachshund - Or: drawing with words

Here are three examples of a technique called “micrography”: decorative scenes that are drawn with words written in a tiny script. While there are examples from Latin books made in the West (here is one), the technique is particularly common in medieval Hebrew manuscripts. The drawings are usually found in biblical manuscripts and they appear to be commentaries to the text. The technique, whereby a scribe wrote in the smallest handwriting possible, goes back to the 9th century AD. The examples here, from the 13th century, shows just how entertaining the word-made drawings can be: they are an opportunity for the scribe to frolick in the margins of the page - like drawing a creature that looks like a dachshund.

Pic: London, British Library, Additional MS 21160 (13th century, more about the manuscript here). More about micrography here.