Official News: We is on Twitter!

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For the miniscule few who actually read Brick is Red, we are on Twitter now. Why? That way you can keep track of our scattered updates. Don’t worry, we’re not trying to have you commit to a relationship you are not ready for, no. We are just trying to communicate with you and [...]

Amie Street is Having a Holiday Sale!

AmieStreet.com, an independent music store, just compiled their Best of 2008 music list, which includes artists like Mercury Rev, King Khan & the Shrines, Girl Talk, and Sigur Ros. And just in time for the holidays, they are having a sale with 50% off of any music purchased from their store. You better [...]

For the Love of Kindred Spirits

A few nights ago, while out drinking with some friends and acquaintances, I was having a conversation with one of them about kindred spirits. In my lifetime so far, I have had only met one.  When you meet a kindred spirit, you instantly know, love, and care for them, even if they are in your [...]

Short & Sweet: News in the Week of March 16, 2008

Happy Spring everyone! This post will be short and sweet because I am a bit lazy. Below are little tidbits of news I found interesting this week.

Blythe Theater was updated with a new stop-motion animation of the Petite Blythe Francoise Femme, who was actually released in December 2007. I know I’m a [...]

The Imminent Arrival of New Blythe Releases

Get the Brad Pitt reference? I am sooo funny! Yes, I like to laugh at my bad jokes because I am an adult child. Part of what makes me an oxymoron is Blythe dolls. I collect the big-headed, wide-eyed dolls, and I am not ashamed to admit it! Well, this month, the official Blythe website [...]

A Spectator of Specters

In October, I went to see Monica Van den Dool’s exhibit, Specters: Ceramic Narrative Tableaux, at the L. H. Horton, Jr. Gallery in Stockton, California. Rarely do I go to such high brow places like art galleries. Normally, I enjoy quiet nights at home picking food out of my adult [...]

What the Una?

It took a long while, but I finally got to order myself an Una Moof, and a redheaded one at that (pictured, right)! Ginger dolls are usually the ones that captivate my heart. When I first came across these odd little Una creatures, that was exactly what I thought they were—odd. Their charm eventually [...]