12.31.2008
Scary Mary (The Art of Film Editing)
"Here with a good example of what film editing and a change of music can do to children’s classic.
Watch, as the ever-popular Mary Poppins is transformed into a horror flick."
Turntable Touchscreen
Final Product // ATTIGO TT from Scott Hobbs on Vimeo.
The ATTIGO TT was created by Scott Hobbs, a student at Dundee University studying innovative product design. For his final year project he’s created a touch screen turntable that lets DJ’s loop, sample and scratch wave forms just as you would a record. The size of the touchtable is approximately the same as a standard turntable, making the physical interaction nearly the same. Where this takes off is in the flexibility and features included right at your fingertips, no longer locked up on a computer screen. The ATTIGO TT is currently a working prototype, and Scott is looking for manufacturers to partner with.
via PSFK
12.30.2008
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12.27.2008
a christmas miracle
From the Anchorage Daily News:
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Someone has told the city of Anchorage what it can do with its cease-and-desist order to prevent Snowzilla - the giant snowman - from rising up again this winter in an east Anchorage neighborhood.
Snowzilla - thought to be no more - is yet again. Someone again built the giant snowman in Billy Powers' front yard. Snowzilla reappeared overnight.
...
For several years, Snowzilla has risen in the front yard of Powers' modest home. His children - he has five still at home - collected snow from neighbors' yards to make the snowman big enough. Each year, Snowzilla got a bit bigger.
Not everybody in the neighborhood liked all the cars and visitors who came to see him.
City officials this year deemed Snowzilla a public nuisance and safety hazard. A cease-and-desist order was issued. The city tacked a public notice on Powers' door.
City officials said the structure increased traffic to the point of endangerment and that the snowman itself was unsafe.
Seven angry snowmen protested yesterday outside Anchorage City Hall, wielding signs that read "Snowpeople Have Rights!" and "Save Us Obama".
From Snowzilla.org
12.26.2008
Nike Gets Lynchian
They're releasing a limited amount of shoes in tribute to Twin Peaks. The bottom of the shoe = the floor pattern in the Red Room. The trimming = the title colors. The owl = awesome.
12.25.2008
12.24.2008
12.23.2008
12.22.2008
Stay warm in 2k9
Hey guys, if you're hands get cold at the computer this winter you might want to pick up a pair of these USB powered hand warmers:
What is Art For? - Lewis Hyde
“In a society that mostly talks about money,” says Margaret Atwood, who keeps a half-dozen copies of “The Gift” on hand at all times to distribute to artists she thinks will benefit from it, “Lewis carved out a little island where you can say, ‘Life doesn’t always work that way.’ ”
NY Times
NY Times
Reuben Margolin
Kinetic sculpture remains one of the most enchanting fusions of technology and high art. A perfect example opened recently near Zurich at the Swiss Center of Technorama. Artist Reuben Margolin worked with museum staff to suspend 450 aluminum rods by 256 wires and connect 3,000 pulleys and sliding bars. The resulting specimen uses pure mechanics—not computer-controlled servomotors—to create almost limitless figurative shapes. The effect isn't far removed from the recent kinetic installation by ART+COM at the BMW headquarters in Munich.
12.21.2008
12.20.2008
Making of 'The Seed' by Johnny Kelly
Making of 'The Seed' from Johnny Kelly on Vimeo.
"This is a collection of movies, storyboards and images taken during the making of short film 'The Seed', which I directed. It was produced by Nexus Productions.
Watch the finished film here:
nexusproductions.com/938/the_seed.mov "
12.19.2008
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12.17.2008
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12.15.2008
12.14.2008
"This is a gift from the Iraqis. This is the farewell kiss, you dog,"
"This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq."
Article Link
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-shoe15-2008dec15,0,1930513.story
Cremaster 6
"The Disappearing Male is a CBC documentary about one of the most important, and least publicized, issues facing the human species: the toxic threat to the male reproductive system. The last few decades have seen steady and dramatic increases in the incidence of boys and young men suffering from genital deformities, low sperm count, sperm abnormalities and testicular cancer. At the same time, boys are now far more at risk of suffering from ADHD, autism, Tourette's syndrome, cerebral palsy, and dyslexia. The Disappearing Male takes a close and disturbing look at what many doctors and researchers now suspect are responsible for many of these problems: a class of common chemicals that are ubiquitous in our world. Found in everything from shampoo, sunglasses, meat and dairy products, carpet, cosmetics and baby bottles, they are called "hormone mimicking" or "endocrine disrupting" chemicals and they may be starting to damage the most basic building blocks of human development"
synthetically yours,
r
12.13.2008
12.12.2008
Armenian Rapper's Delight
This guy really really speaks to me. I understand the benefits and dilemmas of making so many G's overseas. Ha! Enjoy ;)
The "Whopper Virgins"
Burger King Holds it's Magnifying Glass between the Sun and Their New Hopefuls.
12.11.2008
Thanks to our fantastic publicist, Candice, We just found out that:
Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen together with Carrie Brownstein are Thunder Ant, who recently posted was a new video hilarious video of a Feminist Bookstore looking for new music to play.
MISFORTUNE500's Before This Winter Ends is featured in the video. Look for the second CD in the pile and you will see it!
ENJOY!!
Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen together with Carrie Brownstein are Thunder Ant, who recently posted was a new video hilarious video of a Feminist Bookstore looking for new music to play.
MISFORTUNE500's Before This Winter Ends is featured in the video. Look for the second CD in the pile and you will see it!
ENJOY!!
12.10.2008
This Summer I...
Tonight is WUOG's last night at Memorial Hall. I've been listening to the broadcast online. Earlier I heard this song. I couldn't stop myself from crying. I realized how I'll continue to look back on this past summer as one of the happiest times of my youth. It was quintessential. Jocelyn, Diana, Eddie, Ash, Daniel, Seth, I miss you all and hope to see as many of you as I can over the holidays.
Embed HD youtube vidz
code hack
its pretty simple to do, just pasting something extra into the code. apparently, youtube can support higher quality than vimeo.
its pretty simple to do, just pasting something extra into the code. apparently, youtube can support higher quality than vimeo.
Military Industrial Complex
Military Industrial Complex from Seth Nicholas Stephens on Vimeo.
Of course, you can watch it in HD by following the link above. It's not over 'till it's over.
12.09.2008
12.08.2008
Cheers, Big Ears
http://www.bigearsfestival.com/
i'd go for fennesz, matmos and pauline oliveros alone,
add philip glass, negativland n the rest??
GO TO THIS!
Reactable
reactable: basic demo #1
reactable: basic demo #2
An Article:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,594709,00.html
12.07.2008
12.06.2008
12.05.2008
The Real Bill Ayers
"IN the recently concluded presidential race, I was unwillingly thrust upon the stage and asked to play a role in a profoundly dishonest drama. I refused, and here’s why..."
Read the article by Bill Ayers.
Link
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