TFSyndicate

We sent him deviations

Numbers one two three four five (la la la)

From past and present uploads in

TFSyndicate’s archive (la la la)

Now keep in mind Joel can’t control

Where the pictures begin or end (la la la)

And if you weren’t here on April 1st,

Then here they are again…

And while we’re here, let me take this moment to thank you for your 11 comments this past month (barring replies and mentions). The Syndicate has just donate $11 to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Here’s to another year of great movies. (#savecoyotevsacme).

The next charity is Child’s Play, from the creators of Penny Arcade. Keep those comments coming! (la la la)

The cutest thing in existence is hidden from the public conscience. Those who know about it have died of cuteness overload. Nobody can look at (let alone describe it to others) and live.

A while back, opened a forum where deviants would submit a bit of their back catalogue, and she would show her favorites on YouTube. For those of you who missed it or are not on YouTube, here's what she said about yours truly:

I actually see this person quite often, as they are rather active in the DeviantArt forum community. I’ve even drawn one of their characters as a request. I especially like whenever people with this kind of very simplistic style do fanart of characters that are highly detailed. Despite looking very different from the character portrayed, they highlighted the qualities of the original character more and focused on the most charming parts and recognizable features of the original character design.

Thank you!

Deviations featured in the video:

Step 1: Think of the best present you got somebody this time last year.

Step 2: Try to top that.

As an example, let me show you two presents I got for my father, a big old film buff, for Father's Day:

2021: I got him The Adventures of Antoine Doniel box set, containing five films (four features, one short) from French director Francois Truffaut. It's from the Criterion Collection, so it's bound to be pricey. Plus, it's out of print, so that adds to the rarity value. The prices for it used on eBay range from two to three-digit prices. If you find one in good condition and a good price, get it.

2022: I got him The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection box set, containing 28 films (12 features, 16 shorts). I could've gotten the three "volumes" separately, but then I would've missed out on a fourth volume of bonus features, including 3D photographs taken by Lloyd himself. This collection is also out-of-print (three of the features have since been re-released by Criterion), but it was distributed by the Warners (under the New Line banner), so the eBay price range for Harold Lloyd isn't as wide as Antoine Doniel.

Happy Thanksgiving from the Syndicate! We got a lot of big announcements we wanna lay on you, so here goes:

First off, The Plastic E-Gulls, the Syndicate's resident virtual band, finally have a brand new album—their first in four years, since the release of Tales from Vinegar Hill back at the border between 2018 and 2019.

The album has nine different titles, each one a different anagram of PLASTIC E-GULLS. But for copyright reasons and for easy reference, we've picked our favorite of the bunch to be the official title: CAPLETS GILL US.

It's on sale now at Bandcamp, so if you want to help us out financially, go right ahead. We're also working on physical CDs and CD/DVD deluxe editions that we plan to sell on eBay, so be on the lookout for that in the future.

Now for the other news. I've been meaning to wait til December to tell you this, but seeing as TPEG finally has a new album, what the hell. The Syndicate is coming to SoHo!

Back in October, we submitted several photographs from the archives (including some never seen before on DeviantArt) to the SoHo Photo Gallery's Thirteen to Thirty: The Next Generation of Photographers competition, where the winners would be featured in an show entitled Moving Forward: The Future of Photography. Of the five turned in, one was selected: my Polaroid of the gates at Luna Park!

The picture (framed and signed on the back) will be on display at the SoHo Photo Gallery on White Street from December 15th, to January 8th, 2023. Come and have a look if you're in the area! If you plan on buying it, be very careful with it. After all, that's a genuine, one-of-a-kind Polaroid picture in that frame!

Now if you excuse me, it's time to dig into some turkey, and get some MST3K Turkeys running on the TV!