Jonesy demonstrates that costume-wearing indie-rockers can indeed inspire LEGO with Leslie Anne Levine, a cool little steampunk dirigible:
(Check out The Decemberists and even legally download several of their songs from their label, Kill Rock Stars.)
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How cool is that?
Jonathan Coulton is a musician who releases his songs under a Creative Commons license, just as I do with my LEGO pictures and blog content. The idea is that you allow other people to use your creations (music, artwork, text, etc.) as part of their own creative work. The type of CC license Jonathan and I use is called Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5. That means you can copy and redistribute my work, as long as you give me credit, don’t use it for commercial purposes, and re-release your work under the same license.
When I changed my blog content and LEGO pictures from a standard copyright to a Creative Commons license, I never thought someone would actually use it, so it’s nice to know the system works. Thanks to Classic-Castler Sir Dillon for sending me a link to the video!
Now I’m off to build Jonathan in minifig form so he can join the rest of my musical minifigs. ;-)
Finally, some more links for you to click:
Yes, he’s probably a hound dog, I wouldn’t call him “high-classed,” and I’m fairly confident he’s never caught a rabbit, but Steve Bishop has put the new Robin hair (from the Batcave set) to good use with an Elvis Presley minifig:
Also See Steve’s Elvis in a new vignette on Brickshelf, part of his ongoing “Great Moments in History” series.
Ha! You were expecting a castle creation or something, weren’t you? (Via Brick Brick.)
Richard McCarthy presents a bunch of “random” minifigs, including a magician and a rock star named “Maxx Paulsa”:
A Swedish company called Clavia makes digital musical instruments, including a synthesizer called the Nord Lead.
Brickshelf users the Arvo Brothers have created a LEGO Nord Lead:
I’ve been making minifigs of my favorite musicians, bands, and composers for a couple of years now, quietly uploading their pictures to a Brickshelf folder. I’ve featured a couple of them here on DB, but I just uploaded all of them to a Flickr photoset, so I thought I’d highlight a few of my personal favorites.
U2, from the album art for All That You Can’t Leave Behind:
Johnny Cash (before I started taking straight-on photos):
An Abbey Road vignette of The Beatles:
And last but definitely not least, Nirvana:
(Phew!!!)
In the spirit of true Pan-Pacific cooBrickation, I’d like to present creations by non-Japanese builders from other parts of Asia and the Pacific Rim whenever possible.
Brickshelf user Legokinsfolk presents a scene featuring legendary singer Sam Hui:
Caption: “Sam Hui sings a song telling the student should not have dating too early and not play football so often, they should study hard.”
Name: Jasbir Singh
Occupation: Rock star!
Interests: Filling stadiums. Being a positive role model. Lasagna. The music.
Pet peeve: Music journalists and critics who label him the “the Sikh Matisyahu.”
Local girl Brandi Carlile is hands-down my new favorite singer. Don’t let her great looks or the widespread hype dissuade you from giving her a listen. Since this is a LEGO blog, I added her to my Music folder:
