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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Meet the Artist General

Posted By on Thu, May 22, 2008 at 10:36 AM

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I was confronted with this warning on the way to work this morning, and like a good little sheep dutifully tapped “artist general” into the Google search box as directed by the poster.

Turns out the the Artist General is self appointed (shocking, I know) and also goes by the name Michael Masley. He’s a musician who plays the cymbalom and hammer dulcimer. You can check out his vintage style Web site here. (Click here for one of the most awesome pictures on the internets.)Warning: music starts playing the instant the page loads and if you scroll down you’ll be treated to an animation that looks like a Scientology info-graphic and a Magic Eyes book had a bastard child.

Video, after the jump!

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