Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Thirty Minutes Dept.- "We're All Mad Here"

Note for our American friends - that's TV's Jeremy Clarkson in hat!

Th' IoF© postbag has been bulging with requests [you lying sumbitch - Ed.] to walk you, th' Four or Five Guy©, through the process of creating our famed Thirty Minutes audio initiatives! So let's start at the beginning, like those immediately post-titles Netflix movie flashbacks we're supposed to find fascinating. TWO MONTHS EARLIER. Oh, fuck right off. Anyway, once I have the title and the concept for a project (a Mystic Revelation that must perforce remain shrouded by the Curtain of Mystery) I reach out to my Focus Group O'Diversity® for their really interesting reactions! Here's an exclusive behind-the-scenes peek at the process!

1 Brainstorming The Concept

Note weird beardy guru type at right!

After they make their Reaction Reel presentation, I thank them for their valuable input and press a glowing red button on my desk that opens the floor under their feet and they all fall screaming into a writhing pit of venomous vipers. Then it's on to the Artwork phase! More about that tomorrow!

2 Creating The Artwork
It can now be revealed that every IoF© Art Department O' Art™ Dept. project, be it Foam-O-Graph©, award-winning album sleeve or provocative editorial content, begins life as an actual OIL PAINTING, painted in real time by myself using Secret Pigments! Here's me, in my studio, in the process of creating this very image of me in the studio creating this very image of me in the studio!

Note iconic Artist's Model and Artistic Muse Babs at right!


Tomorrow we'll see how these original Fine Art Oil Paint Masterpieces get delivered to th' IoF© as modern computer-style images! Oboy! Don't forget to check back often!

14 comments:

  1. https://www.imagenetz.de/98KTX

    In the first few seconds, Donovan turns into a fly, and is swatted by Roger Waters as the prison door slams shut on the Rolling Stones. There's more happening than that before the first song kicks in, but I don't want overload you with detail. Even though I say so myself, this is an extraordinary piece of work that'll have you sobbing with awe and gratitude. Headphones get the best result.

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  2. This is absolutely, positively very cool! Nicely done Mr. Throckmorton.

    "Donovan turns into a fly, and is swatted by Roger Waters as the prison door slams shut on the Rolling Stones." — Or as we call it here at the button factory, business as usual.

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  3. Why must I, "Take action to continue accessing the content on this site"?

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    1. Sundar Pichai is telling me you're on the list. Sorry - nothing I can do.

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    2. Of the Madurai Pichai's or the Ayutthaya Pichai's...inquiring minds and all that...

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    3. A person wiser than myself once said that "Inaction fosters fear and mental stagnation, while action builds confidence."

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    4. That's a Carrot Top quote, from "Chairman Of The Board" (1998).

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  4. Weird beardy guru type at right, looks like David Peel...

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  5. Is anyone but me having trouble downloading this?

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  6. useo8- Great set. So worth hearing. ty

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  7. I survived all the spammy diversions on ImageNetz and am downloading a wamh.zip right now, not sure if I can handle the excitement...

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  8. Oldschool link for those struggling with imagenetz:
    https://workupload.com/file/xEW49PYat87
    (I saw no problems with imagenetz, probably because I use adblock. Imagenetz is quicker, but I'll go back to workupload in future)

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