HiatusMedia

The Chewy Cerebrum Final Front Cover

2008-11-15T18:05:00.001Z

You're not the first one to see this, sorry.

Should be out... oh, I don't know.

Art Section Online

2008-11-06T14:35:00.001Z

I would post a long update about how exciting it all is, but I'm absolutely shattered and I still have a ton of homework to do. Nevertheless, check it out.

Art

My Little Pony

2008-11-06T13:37:00.003Z

by Joseph O'Brien
photography by Christopher Fraser

Once upon a time, Joseph O'Brien bought a My Little Pony, and a lighter, and combined the two. Then Christopher came and took some photos, and they had a whale of a time waiting for their wonderful pictures to upload to a notoriously slow site because they had (at the time) close to no lives whatsoever.

To download wallpaper versions of images, right click the links underneath each one and select Save Target As....

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The Art Archives

2008-11-06T12:09:00.002Z

A Picture of Joe in Austria

by Christopher Fraser

A harkening back to the time when we were innocent, sweet and friendless.

Blowing Up Jesus

by Christopher Fraser

Something which is almost a tenth as good as it sounds.

The NSPCD

by Christopher Fraser

The remnants of a movement.

Maplin: The Movie

by Christopher Fraser (with Joseph O'Brien and Matthew Aplin)

The remnants of a celebrated cartoon.

My Little Pony

by Joseph O'Brien (with Christopher Fraser)

Some "modern art".

Consumerism

by Christopher Fraser

A fantastically bad cartoon, the last of Chris's animation career.

Art

2008-11-06T12:01:00.004Z

How To Be A Homosexual

by Christopher Fraser and Joseph O'Brien
This project, featuring the adventures of a series of apparently random personified objects encompasses all areas of literature, art and even audio, but its most famous incarnation was the animation series XavierFace, which can be found here.

Sketches

by Joseph O'Brien
Now aging somewhat, the original sketches by Joseph O'Brien, hailing right from the start of HiatusMedia can now be found here in a much better layout.

The Goblin

by Christopher Fraser (with Joseph O'Brien)
Inspired by a drama lesson in which a Goblin killed himself after drink-driving, this first (and perhaps last) serious endeavour into Flash animation by Christopher Fraser is the closest to a masterpiece we will ever get in such a realm.

Slow Hands

by Christopher Fraser
The adventure of a sperm cell, angry at being rejected by the womb and setting out to destroy the world, set to the music of Interpol.

The Art Archives

All the rubbish pieces of art that were never really good enough to proclaim as art themselves. Including: The NSPCD, Consumerism, My Little Pony and others.

The NSPCD

2008-11-06T11:40:00.002Z

The NSPCD was a joint venture between Christopher Fraser and ex-member and wanker Simon Bamforth, as a result of a Year 10 science lesson in which a wind-up duck toy was shamelessly exploited to explain kinetic energy to a bunch of people who had little interest in Physics, and more interest in duck abuse. At one point, there was a rather large campaign, with posters all over school, but now it has been reduced back down to its origins - all that survive are a poster and wallpaper image, both of which can be found below.

POSTER (click to enlarge)

WALLPAPER (click to enlarge)

A Picture of Joe in Austria

2008-11-06T11:36:00.002Z

If you were expecting any massive surprise here, we're afraid you're about to be disappointed - this is indeed just a picture of Joseph O'Brien holidaying in the wonderful country of Austria, in the summer of 2004.

Picture taken at Hohenwerfen Castle, Austria by Christopher Fraser

Maplin: The Movie

2008-11-06T11:04:00.003Z

Maplin: The Movie

Animated by Christopher Fraser

Featuring the voices of Joseph O'Brien and Matthew Aplin

Music by celador and Eels

Maplin: The Movie was, essentially, Christopher's first big hit. It was split into two parts - the first being a fairly retarded spoof of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire called "Who Wants To Be A Complete Loser", with Matthew in the hotseat, and the other part featuring Matthew driving off a cliff. It wasn't particularly good (despite protests), funny (again, despite protests) or memorable (despite "OR FOUR: A SMALL HIPPOPOTAMUS CALLED BERTIE" becoming a short-lived and rather unlikely catchphrase of the time).

A poster was also produced in the spirit of the moment, and can be downloaded in the following formats (right-click on the links under the image and select Save Target As..., or left-click them and save the image in the new window):

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Blowing Up Jesus

2008-11-06T11:00:00.002Z

Blowing Up Jesus

by Christopher Fraser

Despite its controversial name, Blowing Up Jesus was just the image-by-image product of an afternoon on Lego Creator with Matthew Aplin, meticulously constructing the word "JESUS", then attaching Lego dynamite and blowing it up. There would be video, but at the time I didn't have any decent screen capture software, so a step-by-step image series will have to do.

Consumerism

2008-11-06T10:54:00.003Z

Consumerism

by Christopher Fraser

end music by Sigur Ros

Consumerism was initially intended as a good piece of work, until it bombed in the animation ratings (yes, they exist) and it was thrown out, perhaps for seeming to be a little too desperate to mimic David Firth, and the fact that it wasn't really very good at all. Desperate to salvage some credibility, the name "Consumerism" was attached at the last minute, to see if the American public would get that it was really about being too greedy around Christmas (which was when it was first published).

It didn't work. Incidentally, neither does the replay button at the end.

If you're going to take a gap year

2008-10-25T12:43:00.001+01:00

Remember that at some time or other you will be shitting on some female dwarf's face whilst fucking an Asian man up the arse.

So always be prepared for this scenario... that was the life lesson I learned from my trip.

Believe it or not....

2008-10-12T18:03:00.000+01:00

I'll be posting new stuff soon.

No, really.

In about a fortnight.

How I love our singular fan

2008-09-02T22:20:00.001+01:00

Doris? Yes I know it seems odd that we're speaking to you directly and not through the usual cryptic messages but I just wanted to say how much I appreciate you.

I know it's hard for you to actually use a computer, let alone check up on every single news post that we make, especially with that comatose state that you're in.

I just wanted to give you a little reassurance in your usage of this site and a short message that also goes out to all our other... well just you

If any of your knitting pals want us to, for example, care about that horrid company tearing down the orphanage to make way for a puppy torturing facility just post a comment and the ego trip that follows will surely help it in some way or form.

Love Joe

The Tom Thiele mission has begun.

For more information provide me with ego trip.

New audio section.

2008-08-29T12:31:00.001+01:00

All of the old audio (plus another one here and there) is now officially up, and can be accessed in the right-hand navigation pane (underneath the logo).

Alternatively, you can access it here.

The Audio Archives

2008-08-25T14:05:00.002+01:00

Boulevard of Broken Biscuits

by Christopher Fraser and Joseph O'Brien

Put two fifteen-year-olds in a room with a microphone and a guitar, and this, embarrassingly, is the result. Cover of the Green Day song.

The I Love You Song

by Joseph O'Brien

An ode to one's brethren.

The Badger Time Warp

by Christopher Fraser

An abysmal mess attempting to merge Jonti Picking's badger song and The Time Warp.

The Sieg Heil Song

by Christopher Fraser

Not nearly as fascist as it sounds. Or badass.

Jack, Ashley and James

by Joseph O'Brien

A fanboyish series around three very real people.

Norman Glenchsnap

by Christopher Fraser

A series about a small Yugoslavian child, and his attempts to sing songs about his captor/protector.

Sessions

by Joseph O'Brien

A series of clips focusing on the mundane to the bizarre, recording over a period of around a year.

Audio

2008-08-25T13:59:00.007+01:00

La Valse D'Amelie

by Christopher Fraser

A cover of the Yann Tiersen track, featured on the soundtrack for the rather excellent film "Amelie".

Jazz Who

by Christopher Fraser

A jazzing-up of the timeless (no pun intended) Doctor Who theme tune, as seen on whomix.trilete.net.

Innocent Girl

by Christopher Fraser, Joseph O'Brien and Gregory Curzon

Conceived in a classroom, re-imagined by an obsessive and sung to by two people who couldn't sing, a track around backwards Russia.

The Hiatus Theme

by Christopher Fraser

The theme for this very website, but also the now-dead cult animation series of How To Be A Homosexual.

The Audio Archives

Containing: Sessions, Norman Glenchsnap, and Jack, Ashley and James, amongst others.

Norman Glenchsnap

2008-08-25T13:19:00.002+01:00

Norman Glenchsnap

Songwriting Genius

Norman Glenchsnap is the lovechild of Christopher Fraser. He is a twelve-year-old Yugoslavian boy who was transferred to this country in March 2006 after his mother - whom Chris had had a brief affair with in the year 1973 (the year of the Great Yugoslavian War That Never Really Happened) - died. As an expression of gratitude, Norman has vowed to write songs about anyone Christopher has ever met. The resulting product of his mind is often deeply disturbing, not to mention a trifle immature. But then, for a boy whose favourite band is Busted, what do you expect?

WARNING: Some of the following songs contain mild sexual references and the occasional personal insult. Proceed at your own discretion.

To download any of the following songs, right-click on the appropriate titles and select "Save Target As...."

SIMON

Norman's tribute to Simon Bamforth, set to the tune "Gay Bar" by Electric Six.

RORY

Norman's tribute to Rory McGee, set to the tune "Blue (Da Ba Dee) by Eiffel 65)

AMELIA

Norman's tribute to Amelia Phipps, imprisoned in a three chord sequence. Because she likes indie, and that's all any of it is.

RACHEL

Norman's tribute to Rachel Bassett, set to the tune "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes.

JOSEPH

Norman's tribute to Joseph O'Brien, set to the tune "Let It Be" by the Beatles.

The Sieg Heil Song

2008-08-25T13:17:00.000+01:00

This song is what I believe to be the exact point where one is scraping the bottom of the barrel of talent, clutching at the last dregs of anything remotely interesting.

This song is bad.

Really, really bad.

It was a bad idea, had a bad backing track and really bad vocals. The only consolation, in fairness, is that it required barely any work. It's even worse than the Badger Time Warp, and that was crap.

In fact, hear for yourself.

To download the song, right-click the following link and select "Save Target As...."

The Sieg Heil Song

The I Love You Song

2008-08-25T13:16:00.001+01:00

I Love You shouldn't have ever been recorded. A shortish sound clip featuring Bunnyreaper professing his unrequited love to Pianoabuser whilst he was out of the room, I Love You is both funny and disturbing. A good analogy for the rest of the site, then.

WARNING: The following track contains one mild reference to genitalia.

To download the song, right-click the following link and select "Save Target As...."

The I Love You Song

The Badger Time Warp

2008-08-25T13:13:00.002+01:00

This was an effort to combine two great songs, but thanks to MIDI and Chris's preteen voice, ended up in one terrible shoddy failure. Even so, the basic lyrical and musical content for this song works, even if the production is a little shoddy.

People have even remarked upon this work as good - they're probably lying.

To download the song, right-click the following link and select "Save Target As...."

The Badger Time Warp

Jack, Ashley and James

2008-08-25T12:58:00.005+01:00

Jack, Ashley and James was an audio series by Bunnyreaper. It was never intended to be published - the audio files were rattling around his computer - but as usual Pianoabuser stole them and put them online.

WARNING: The following audio clips, and descriptions, contain use of profanity, mild sexual references, and mild violence. Proceed at your own discretion.

You can download each episode by right-clicking on each title and selecting "Save Target As...."

Episode One

The story of our great saviours, who risked life and limb to save the world from utter peril are thus named Jack, Ashley and James in this first gripping episode. Jack is a boy, along with Ashley, and...James. This episode encompasses all those facts: a) that they are boys, and b) that they are in the same area at the same time. That is, Jack, Ashley and James.

Episode Two

Oh, fuck. Jack, Ashley and James discover the power of immortality, only to be killed. This is the entire plot of this episode. Nothing more. Which means you don't have to waste our bandwidth by clicking the link. But if you really want to, you can.

Episode Three

Another fantastic, thrilling episode of Jack, Ashley and James sees the trio gardening backwards through lack of gardening. Instead, they watch the grass as it grows. Almost as exciting as the hidden episode on this page, where they watch paint dry.

Episode Four

...if I were a young boy, full of potential, and awe of the things around me, I would listen to this episode. However, after the operation, you won't be able to.

Episode Five

I raped a shrew once. It didn't enjoy it. That's why it's called a rape. Alas, after the drugs trial, the shrew was unable to point me out as the rapist, and I was able to get away scot-free. Thus, I was able to defecate on a microphone, and here we are.

Episode Six

Before you listen to this episode, please remember that I was very young, very impressionable, and all the other things that occurred after the recording of this had stolen from the ideas. And because of this, I'm sorry to all the children who are going to have to swallow the interpretations of my faeces, and accept it as truth.

Boulevard of Broken Biscuits

2008-08-25T12:35:00.003+01:00

Boulevard of Broken Biscuits was an early track really recorded just as a bit of a piss about, but turned into something that a) was relatively funny and b) people liked. Recorded in just two takes, the track is below in all its 3 minutes 51 seconds glory.

To download the song, right-click the following link and select "Save Target As...."

Boulevard of Broken Biscuits

New initial designs from Dan Levy

2008-08-23T15:52:00.001+01:00

A couple more designs from our glorious cover illustrator, Daniel Levy. This boy knows no creative bounds, it would seem.

Number two:

And the most recent, looking more or less exactly how we're hoping it will by the end:

Exciting stuff.

New cover, folks.

2008-08-09T17:50:00.002+01:00

... and in other news, we're 13 pages off completing our third episode of Nevermore. Sadly, Joe's going away to Malta of all places tomorrow, so it's still going to be a while. Oh, and there's a new title, too, given we'd apparently subconsciously stolen the last one off Jhonen Vasquez.

Features draft cover art from Mr. Daniel Levy. He really is a fantastic chap.

Oops....

2008-07-19T11:36:00.002+01:00

I accidentally placed an old image of the cover in for the last one. This one's still a preview, but contains a better idea of what it's going to look like.

Cheers.