Category Archives: A&E

The Who’s “A Quick One While He’s Away”

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Les Jones

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.

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Frank Miller

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Les Jones

“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 →

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So that’s why Guy Ritchie’s “Revolver” didn’t make any damned sense

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Les Jones

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Snippet from an unpublished novel

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Les Jones

“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.”

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Bob Dylan, Plagiarist and Bullshit Artist

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Les Jones

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 →

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Nancy Grace wants your help in finding the *real* nipple

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Les Jones

Nancy Grace: That Was NOT My Nipple on ‘Dancing with the Stars’

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Victor Wainwright

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Les Jones

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”:

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Review: Green Lantern

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Les Jones

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

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Les Jones

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 →

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DSLR Video – Nikon Picture Controls at the Slow Blind Hill Show

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Les Jones

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 →

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Word of the Day: Chiaroscuro (Painting and Photography)

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Les Jones

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

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Les Jones

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

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Les Jones

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.

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Bad but not surprising news, Green Lantern fans

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Les Jones

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

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Les Jones

by Melody Byrne. Spoiler alert if you haven’t seen Sunday night’s episode.

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Last night’s “Game of Thrones”

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Les Jones

Did that really happen? LATER: Fans of the books are telling me that I ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

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DSLR Video – “Ophelia” at the Monday Night Acoustic Jam

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Les Jones

Mike McQueen and Doug Harris cover The Band’s “Ophelia.” DSLR video notes Improptu video shot with the Nikon D7000 camera and a Nikon 70-200mm F2.8 VR AF-S lens. Video settings were 720p at 30 fps high quality. Microphone was on … Continue reading →

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X-Men First Class: Bryan Singer is Back, Baby

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Les Jones

Bryan Singer – probably still best known for The Usual Suspects – has been the key to the X-Men movies. Singer directed X-Men and X-Men 2, which were outstanding. He was supposed to direct the third movie, but negotiations broke … Continue reading →

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Word of the Day – Pokerwork or Pyrography

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Les Jones

Wikipedia: Pyrography is the art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks resulting from the controlled application of a heated object such as a poker. It is also known as pokerwork or wood burning. Pyrography means “writing with … Continue reading →

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Go See Thor

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Les Jones

If you ever liked Thor go see the movie, preferably in the most modern theater you can find so you can enjoy the AV. Thor fixtures like the rainbow bridge, the gatekeeper, and Aasgard are brought to life. Anthony Hopkins … Continue reading →

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