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One thing that really is true / This here’s a zoo and the keeper ain’t you / And I’m sick of you
Lou Reed Sick Of You
Saw the A-Team Movie
It’s like the best episode ever of the A-Team. Read into that what you will. I would have been disappointed if I had paid full price to see it in a theater on Saturday night, but it was fun to … Continue reading
What do voice-overs in movies really tell you?
Partial Objects – What do voice-overs in movies really tell you? I have a theory that I’m working through, here it is: whenever a film uses a voice over, that character is actually not “honest.” I don’t mean they are … Continue reading
Another reason for me to not watch the new Twilight movie
New Twilight movie induces seizures in some epileptics.
The Who’s “A Quick One While He’s Away”
I’ve listened to this song on “The Kids Are All Right” for over 20 years and I had no idea there was any video for it. Amazing.
Frank Miller
“A lesson I’ve learned in writing science fiction is that the best way to predict the course of technology is to make a wish. We humans make wishes come true. That’s why we drive horseless carriages and land on the … Continue reading
So that’s why Guy Ritchie’s “Revolver” didn’t make any damned sense
Partial Objects – Movie Poster Cliches, or Why You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover: Another film that everyone hated because it broke the mold was Guy Ritchie’s Revolver. The film is presented as something of a thriller a … Continue reading
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Snippet from an unpublished novel
“At age 10 Eddie sniffed glue for the first time. By the time he was 15 he was knocking over drug stores to get his hands on pharmaceutical grade model airplane glue.”
Bob Dylan, Plagiarist and Bullshit Artist
The Online Photographer – Is Bob Dylan a Plagiarist? Now there’s a show of Dylan’s paintings at Gagosian Gallery in New York. The Gallery originally said that the paintings provided “firsthand depictions of people, street scenes, architecture and landscape” observed … Continue reading
Nancy Grace wants your help in finding the *real* nipple
Nancy Grace: That Was NOT My Nipple on ‘Dancing with the Stars’
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Victor Wainwright
Hoping to see this act Thursday night at Brackins Blues Club. Gorgeous video. How many live concert videos do you see shot during golden hour? 2010-10-09 Daytona Blues Festival Victor Wainwright & The WildRoots “Same Old Blues”:
Review: Green Lantern
We took the kids to see Cars 2. They decided they’d rather see the Jim Carrey movie Mr. Popper’s Penguins. We took them to Cars 2 again on July 4th. They still didn’t want to see it. This time they … Continue reading
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Light Painting with WiFi Signals, Programmable LEDs
Immaterials: Light painting WiFi (OR, Because Norwegian Winters are Long and People Get Bored and Do Cool Stuff): In order to study the spatial and material qualities of wireless networks, we built a WiFi measuring rod that visualises WiFi signal … Continue reading
DSLR Video – Nikon Picture Controls at the Slow Blind Hill Show
From reading Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D7000 I discovered that Nikon Picture Controls affect video as well as stills. Here’s an explanation of Picture Controls, with example videos from last weekend’s Slow Blind Hill show. The are … Continue reading
Word of the Day: Chiaroscuro (Painting and Photography)
I’m getting ready to do a portrait at work, so I’m neck deep in lighting. This is one of the best things that the Internet had to give. Wikipedia: Chiaroscuro (English pronunciation: /kiˌɑrəˈskjʊəroʊ/, Italian: [kjarosˈkuːro] “light-dark”) in art is characterized … Continue reading
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The Connoisseur
My wife is a connoisseur of ice. She has favorite restaurants around town because she likes the ice they put in their soft drinks. She especially likes air-puffed ice because it’s crunchy, but not too hard.
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MagicQuest
Took the kids to MagicQuest. You have to come up with a magic name before they activate your wand. I punted and said Gandolf. If I had it to do again I’d say Harry Plopper.
Bad but not surprising news, Green Lantern fans
The reviews ain’t good. I didn’t have high hopes for the movie. I’m not a GL fan anyway. I like my comic book heroes to have drinking problems or dead father issues so they’re struggling against something besides Lex Luthor’s … Continue reading
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More Game of Thrones blogging
by Melody Byrne. Spoiler alert if you haven’t seen Sunday night’s episode.
Last night’s “Game of Thrones”
Did that really happen? LATER: Fans of the books are telling me that I ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
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