German artist Bartholomäus Traubeck rigged a record player to reads tree rings instead of vinyl using a light, digital camera, and a computer program to process it. Further proof that Philip Glass is actually made of wood.

PSA on deforestation in 3, 2, ....

YEARS from Bartholomäus Traubeck on Vimeo.

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Other words from wood: Make like a tree.

Let's be honest here: Discover has become the MySpace of credit cards. But Martin Agency has been giving it a pretty nice once-over with a slew of catchy ads. If anyone can salvage the brand, it'll be them.

Speaking of the Martin Agency: They're hiring.

The Baltimore Rock Opera Society needs a few good men. Or women. Or whatever the hell your gender parts qualify you as.

This is a call to arms for grits and griots alike (lifted from their website):

"Attention brethren! Baltimore Rock Opera Society is gearing up to produce it’s most bowel-releasingest rock theater production to date, and we need your help! BROS is searching far and wide to recruit creative types to lend a hand in all aspects of ValHELLA, a Norse mythology-inspired ragnarokoperetta. Say what? ValHELLA tells the story of three demigod brothers and their role in ragnarok, the downfall of the gods that created the world we live in today–all in 90 minutes. That’s right, BROS is finally packing the epic into a sittable time frame. If you want to be a part of it, the following departments want to hear from you:

Prop building
Animation & Special Effects
Set building
Costumes
Backstage crew
Front of house crew

If any of this describes what you’re into, or even if you can help in a way we haven’t thought of yet, please contact Mungo at johnny@baltimorerockopera.org and let him know what you’re interested in doing. All work will be done on a volunteer basis, but you’ll be able to share plenty of Natty Boh and receive our eternal gratitude.
Finally, for the prima donnas out there, we will be having auditions in mid-February–exact date and time to be announced soon. Want to be there? Join the mailing list or follow us on Facebook to be sure that you get all updates."

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Previously rocking your face off: Die Fledershred

JESS3's looking for someone who knows how to make numbers less confounding using pretty pictures. Be that someone.

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Shit people in DC say. Guaranteed 100% Shatner-free.

In other news: How honest is DC?

The author of one of the most essential (and entertaining) copywriting books ever offers his advice to young creatives who've been run through the grinder.

Read it here.

More on Luke: The Egotist Interviews.

Those sonsabitchin' congressdouches and their sonsabitchin' bills to keep us from the Candyland that is the Internet has rankled Google enough to inspire a doodle. A click on the doodle goes here. Sign the petition, unless you hate online porn, LOLcats, and having a job.

Previously in Google: Google TV (commercial); 2010ggle; know what we mean?.