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vruz: Daniel Kramer: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, Crossed Lights,...

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:57:17 -0500

Daniel Kramer: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, Crossed Lights, New Haven, 1965

—via idiotwind : blackcrowblues : fortruthisalwaysstrange

This Oscar®-winning animated short from Chris Landreth is based...

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0500

This Oscar®-winning animated short from Chris Landreth is based on the life of Ryan Larkin, a Canadian animator who, 30 years ago, produced some of the most influential animated films of his time. Ryan is living every artist’s worst nightmare - having lost his ability to create and succumbing to addiction, he panhandles on the streets to make ends meet. Through the use of computer-generated characters, Landreth interviews his friend and colleague in an effort to shed light on his downward spiral.

National Film Board of Canada (iPhone app)

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:45:30 -0500

The National Film Board of Canada can take pride in creating one of the best apps currently available for the iPhone (itunes). The app gives incredible access to several decades of the best short films and full-length features that have been released under the NFB’s auspices. Canada has a rich tradition of subsidized filmaking, and this app ensures that the filmmakers find the broader audience that they deserve.

“Walking,” Ryan Larkin (1968) Animator Ryan Larkin...

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:31:09 -0500

“Walking,” Ryan Larkin (1968)

Animator Ryan Larkin uses an artist’s sensibility to illustrate the way people walk. He employs a variety of techniques—line drawing, colour wash, etc.—to catch and reproduce the motion of people afoot. The springing gait of youth, the mincing step of the high-heeled female, the doddering amble of the elderly—all are registered with humour and individuality, to the accompaniment of special sound. Without words.
Walking would earn Ryan Larkin an Oscar® nomination in the category of short animated film. Using a variety of techniques, Larkin transformed the ordinary action of people walking into a study of the beauty of the human body.

It’s been years since I’ve watched any late night...

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:12:00 -0500

It’s been years since I’ve watched any late night talk shows, and so the recent Leno/Conan thing has been just slightly off my radar. I knew Letterman was getting his shots in, but I didn’t know he was being as publicly aggressive with his feelings towards Leno as is seen in this clip.

I have a strong feeling that late night television is going to get a little more interesting, although this probably won’t be enough to convince me to watch.

Massive Earthquake Reveals Entire Island Civilization Called 'Haiti'

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:55:29 -0500

Massive Earthquake Reveals Entire Island Civilization Called 'Haiti':

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI—Less than two weeks after converging upon the site of a devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake, American anthropologists have confirmed the discovery of a small, poverty-stricken island nation, known to its inhabitants as “Haiti.” […]

leo: Voice Talkers (via P0YKPAC)

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:01:54 -0500

leo:

Voice Talkers (via P0YKPAC)

“Timelapse Coal Fired Horror Plant” by Jeff...

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:27:00 -0500

“Timelapse Coal Fired Horror Plant” by Jeff Grewe.

This video is at once beautiful and terrifying; either a perverse celebration or condemnation of modern life. Artistically speaking, it is truly well done.

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Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:58:25 -0500

welcome to north america

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:56:00 -0500

I just phoned my mom long-distance from my cell phone for an hour and a half.

My skype cost: $2.25.

What my cell carrier would have wanted: $27.

So, yeah, the old model isn’t exactly working.

snapping my fingers in a Z formation

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:10:43 -0500

George Bernard Shaw: I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend…. if you have one.
Winston Churchill: Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second… if there is one.

Overheard: “Langer always likes to dredge up 9/11. Imagine how much more insufferable...

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:41:28 -0500

Overheard: “Langer always likes to dredge up 9/11. Imagine how much more insufferable he’d be if he had ‘survived’ the holocaust.”

This is why we can’t have nice things.

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:14:08 -0500

This is why we can’t have nice things.

lkm: 7-11 Fail « FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Pictures and Videos...

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:02:33 -0500

lkm:

7-11 Fail « FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments

"It’s not a stroll in the park, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. ‘Drifts’ are for opening up..."

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:52:28 -0500

“It’s not a stroll in the park, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. ‘Drifts’ are for opening up the world, clearing eyes and peeling away the layers of spectacle, deception and that strange “hiddeness in plain sight” that coats the everyday. The disruptions that set a ‘drift’ or ‘dérive’ apart from other kinds of walk are there to shake up things (and you) so that rather than wandering ankle deep through the sediment of discarded images and illusions, you can explore the whole whirling snowglobe.”

- A book about how to do one of my favourite things! Aimless walking for discovery and adventure Mythogeography: a guide to walking sideways (via somethingchanged)

This appeals to me beyond words.
(via thedarkspark)

"Every heart to love will come but like a refugee. Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your..."

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:26:00 -0500

“Every heart to love will come
but like a refugee.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.”

- Leonard Cohen

vruz: Boston Police Twitter Will Respond To Zombie...

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:37:37 -0500

vruz:

Boston Police Twitter Will Respond To Zombie Inquiries

—via florencio

vruz: twitter getting more and more useful by the minute.

Bono calls for internet controls

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:34:23 -0500

Bono calls for internet controls:

A decade’s worth of music file-sharing and swiping has made clear that the people it hurts are the creators — in this case, the young, fledgling songwriters who can’t live off ticket and T-shirt sales like the least sympathetic among us.

As Bono would have it, the fledgling songwriters of a decade ago were cashing in on their album sales. Which is weird, because the vast majority of them never had record deals, and those that did struggled to recoup their expenses.

Artists have always starved. It builds character. And however flawed it may be, file-sharing has opened more doors than it has closed.

Muphry's Law

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:01:28 -0500

jhnbrssndn:

errorgorilla:

The principle that any criticism of the speech or writing of others will itself contain at least one error of usage or spelling. Coined by John Bangsund in a 1992 article in The Society of Editors Newsletter.

Imogen Heap, “Wait It Out” (TEDglobal 2009)

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:13:18 -0500

Imogen Heap, “Wait It Out” (TEDglobal 2009)