Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Ricky Gervais on The Hour
From The Office and Extras, Ricky Gervais, famous English comedian and writer is on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Time Travel Mart
from Neatorama:
The Echo Park Time Travel Mart is a brainchild of Mac Bernett of 826LA, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting kids explore creative writing and helping teachers inspire their students to write. 826LA is looking for someone to help run the Echo Park Time Travel Mart If you knew this already through your time traveling, then you’d be the right person!
Monday, February 25, 2008
Where Is Gary Busey's Oscar?
From the AV Club:
Remember the Seinfeld episode where George is at a kid's birthday party, someone screams "Fire!" and he knocks over a woman in a walker and several children in order to escape? Well, a reasonable facsimile of that scenario happened last night during E!'s interminable Oscars red carpet coverage. In the following video, the Oscars' red carpet is the overblown kid's birthday party, Gary Busey is the raging fire, and Jennifer Garner is the lady in the walker that Ryan Seacrest (aka George) carelessly flings in the fire's path in order to get away.
It constantly amazes me how terrible Ryan Seacrest is at his job. Yes, he sounds like the world's classiest morning radio zoo crew straight man, and, true, he does a very good impression of a living human being, but he can't interview people on a red carpet to save his life, which is basically all that is required of an E! correspondent, besides overuse of Mystic Tan. All he did last night was show celebrities dolls, repeat the fact that his tux was Dolce & Gabbana, and throw to the "Tom cam" (which was a camera on top of a guy named Tom's hat--ZING!).
Then, when a great moment like Gary Busey being insane, live, lands right in front of him, what does he do? He gets really flustered, throws Jennifer Garner into the fire, and then says to her, "Supermom." What? Interview the fire, Seacrest! It's burning a path down the red carpet, and you let it get away.
Adidas Adicolor - Pink
From Videosift:
This was one of the installments of Adidas' Adicolor campaign, a concept introduced in 1983 and reintroduced in 2005. It featured an all-white training shoe that could be painted for an individual look and feel.
Charlie White, the director of this short, has also directed a music video for Interpol's 2004 single "Evil", from their Antics album. He is primarily an artist, and is a member of the Graduate Core faculty at the Roski School of Fine Arts at USC.
White’s work has been exhibited internationally in museums such as The Center of Contemporary Art of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany; Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, China; Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA; Oberösterreichisches Landesumuseum, Linz, Austria; Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; and the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
How Hollywood Gets It Wrong On Torture
From Youtube: Primetime Torture is a 14-minute film produced by Human Rights First that explores the way torture and interrogation are portrayed on TV. The film features scenes from some of TV's most popular shows and interviews with seasoned interrogators, military educators and Hollywood screenwriters.
The Corporation - Documentary on Corporate Influence
via videosift.com
Via videosift:
The Corporation is a 2003 Canadian documentary film and book critical of the modern-day corporation and its behavior towards society. The topics addressed include the Business Plot in 1933 when General Smedley Butler confessed his role in planning a coup against then U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the enclosure of the commons, economic externalities, the suppression of an investigative news story about bovine growth hormone on a Fox affiliate television station, and the Cochabamba protests of 2000 brought on by the privatization of Bolivia's municipal water supply by the Bechtel corporation. Other topics include corporate social responsibility and corporate personhood. The film focuses mostly on the concept of the corporation in North America, especially in the United States. Please support the film and the film makers.
Mouth and Thistle February 2008
Part 1: Chris Klingbeil & Just Desperation
Part 2: Erik Leavitt
Mouth and Thistle February 2008
Featuring readings by poet Erik Leavitt and fiction writer Chris Klingbeil.
With the music of Just Desperation and Jacob P Powers, piano.
BIOs:
Chris Klingbeil has lived in WI, MN, UT, ID; swam in two oceans;
survived a 30 ft cliff fall; been to Canada enough times to warrant his
use of the word 'eh'; he has, from time to time, been mistakenly
confused for a homeless person; he thinks sticks are find substitutes
for silverware; and once, he made his friend hike until he puked
blood...Chris slept great.
Erik Leavitt is a graduate student and professor student at Boise
State. His work has appeared in AGNI and New York Quarterly. He will
be reading and lecturing from his master's thesis "Vanishing Twin
Syndrome, a Novel in Verse" which is about, among other things, the
discovery of a supernova by Dutch astronomer Tycho Brahe-famous for his prosthetic silver nose.
Jacob Powers has played the piano on and off for over 18 years. He
began his career with "Hot Cross Buns" At Satchel's he will be
playing music from the film, Amelie (composer: Yann Tiersen), in
addition to a few other recognizable tunes.
Part 2: Erik Leavitt
Mouth and Thistle February 2008
Featuring readings by poet Erik Leavitt and fiction writer Chris Klingbeil.
With the music of Just Desperation and Jacob P Powers, piano.
BIOs:
Chris Klingbeil has lived in WI, MN, UT, ID; swam in two oceans;
survived a 30 ft cliff fall; been to Canada enough times to warrant his
use of the word 'eh'; he has, from time to time, been mistakenly
confused for a homeless person; he thinks sticks are find substitutes
for silverware; and once, he made his friend hike until he puked
blood...Chris slept great.
Erik Leavitt is a graduate student and professor student at Boise
State. His work has appeared in AGNI and New York Quarterly. He will
be reading and lecturing from his master's thesis "Vanishing Twin
Syndrome, a Novel in Verse" which is about, among other things, the
discovery of a supernova by Dutch astronomer Tycho Brahe-famous for his prosthetic silver nose.
Jacob Powers has played the piano on and off for over 18 years. He
began his career with "Hot Cross Buns" At Satchel's he will be
playing music from the film, Amelie (composer: Yann Tiersen), in
addition to a few other recognizable tunes.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
TED Talks Evelyn Glennie: How to listen to music with your whole body
In this soaring demonstration, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie leads the audience through an exploration of music not as notes on a page, but as an expression of the human experience. Playing with sensitivity and nuance informed by a soul-deep understanding of and connection to music, she talks about a music that is more than sound waves perceived by the human ear. She illustrates a richer picture that begins with listening to yourself, and includes emotion and intent as well as the complex role of physical spaces -- instrument, concert hall and even the bones and body cavities of musician and listener alike.
TED Talks Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law
Larry Lessig gets TEDsters to their feet, whooping and whistling, following this elegant presentation of three stories and an argument. The Net's most adored lawyer brings together John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights, and the "ASCAP cartel" to build a case for creative freedom. He pins down the key shortcomings of our dusty, pre-digital intellectual property laws, and reveals how bad laws beget bad code. Then, in an homage to cutting-edge artistry, he throws in some of the most hilarious remixes you've ever seen.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
First Look Video: Batman: Gotham Knight
via videosift.com
From Videosift:
/film: "A while back we told you about Warner Bros plans for a anime-style six-part anthology that bridges the gaps between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Batman: Gotham Knight is directed by Bruce W. Timm, co-creator and producer of Batman: The Animated Series. The film’s six segments are written by Josh Olson, David Goyer, Brian Azzarello, Greg Rucka, Jordan Goldberg, and Alan Burnett. Each segment has its own writing and artistic style. Basically it’s The Animatrix but with Batman. Check out the first look video after the jump. The animation looks gorgeous."
Prank War: Amir & Streeter
Prank War: Amir's Big Break (With Human Giant)
Streeter and Amir fly to LA where Streeter (with the help of Human Giant) trick Amir into thinking he's 1) going to be on TV and 2) that he's a terrible actor.
Prank War: The Yankee Prankee
Amir ambushes Streeter and his girlfriend at a Yankee Game by having Streeter unknowingly propose to her via JumboTron.
Streeter and Amir fly to LA where Streeter (with the help of Human Giant) trick Amir into thinking he's 1) going to be on TV and 2) that he's a terrible actor.
Prank War: The Yankee Prankee
Amir ambushes Streeter and his girlfriend at a Yankee Game by having Streeter unknowingly propose to her via JumboTron.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Pulp Fiction Extras: Elvis or the Beatles
You can skip past Tarantino's yammering to about the 3:45 mark.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Horseshoe Crab: A true blue blood
via videosift.com
From Videosift:
This is from the NATURE episode: Crash: A Tale of Two Species It explains the surprising nature, and uses of this ancient creatures blue colored blood.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Prisoner Christmas
Prepare yourself: This Christmas, the Professor Brothers are breaking out of academia and into a lil' ditty about jailbirds.
A Valentine From Eva
Everybody loves somebody sometime. Even if they're one of the most universally despised figures in human history.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Russians invent a time machine
Two Russian scientists claim a device created to investigate the origins of the universe could become the world’s first ever time machine. Scientists say the vast atom-smashing machine at the European Particle Physics Centre near Geneva could create a time tunnel.
Cutting down a tree in reverse
via videosift.com
Reverse motion time lapse film in which a tree looks like it's being built instead of being cut down. Music: "Opus 36", by Dustin O'Halloran
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Saturday, February 09, 2008
E=mc^2 - Brilliant Animation Short
via videosift.com
From Videosift:
Interesting and engaging film, but I found it to be way beyond my intellectual capacity. Definitely worth a watch. Directed and animated by Alina Chau and Hiu Fan, it won a Student Emmy at UCLA, according to the creator's site, found here. http://alinacinema.blogspot.com/
F-5 Tornado in Canada
via videosift.com
From Videosift:
This is a beautiful twister in Elie, Manitoba. The town of approximately 550 people is located about 40 km (25 miles) west of Winnipeg.
From Comments on Videosift:
-I remember that storm; we live in Winnipeg. They just revised the damage estimates from it to $4million (astonishing for how small of a populated area it affected), and declared it the very first confirmed F5 tornado in Canada.
It's also because of this storm that they're finally getting moving on an emergency notification system for severe weather. I grew up in Tornado Alley, so finding out that Winnipeg has no tornado sirens is a bit of a psychological blow for me.
Also, it looks (and sounds!) like the people who took the video are members of the Hutterite colony right by Elie, which is why it sounds like they're speaking German - they are! (Low/Old German, anyway).
-at 6:25 you can see it pick up an entire building and disintegrate it.
-Fujita scale ≠ wind speed. It is based on damage assessments.
From the Fujita Scale wiki entry:
The Fujita scale (F-Scale), or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation. The official Fujita scale category is determined by meteorologists (and engineers) after a ground and/or aerial damage survey ...
Though each damage level is associated with a wind speed, the Fujita scale is a damage scale, and the wind speeds associated with the damage listed are unverified.
k.d. lang sings "Hallelujah"
From Videosift:
One of the greatest voices ever, k.d. lang, sings the greatest song ever, Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," and the results are just amazing.
Howard Zinn on Human Nature and Aggression
From Youtube:
Howard Zinn, "On Human Nature and Aggression." From _You Can't Be Neutral On a Moving Train_, 2004 [DVD]. DVD available from firstrunfeatures.com.
Underground Hydrogen Bomb Test - Man Made Earthquake
via videosift.com
From you tube description:
"This footage is from Project Cannikin, which was merely a proof-test for the 5 megaton warhead to be used on the Spartan missile system. Researchers were fearful of such a large device being detonated underground, so the testing was moved to way out in the middle of nowhere on the Amchitka penninsula in Alaska."
"The effect on the ground was necessary, and predicted, to see its pulse effect."
"The blast registered a 7.0 on the Richter scale and caused a subsidence crater over a mile wide and 60 feet deep, which filled with water and became the largest lake on the island. Rockfalls, containing over 46,000 square yards of material, smothered intertidal marine life. Nearly three hundred deceased rock greenling fish were found offshore, and subsequent catches of rock sole declined substantially"
Mr Awesome!
Featured on the documentary "King of Kong," Roy Shildt (aka Mr Awesome) is former World Record Holder for Missile Command.
Friday, February 08, 2008
Mark Twain, filmed in 1909 by Thomas Edison
This is the only known footage of Mark Twain. He looks different than he did on Star Trek.
Amelia: Ballet by La La La Human Steps
From Neatorama:
Amelia is a 2002 dance film by Edouard Lock - the dance routine is astoudingly fast. It is simply a technical tour de force.
The dancers are from Montreal dance company La La La Human Steps, the music is composed of Lou Reed lyrics with music by David Lang (a major contributor to the score for Requiem for a Dream) and the wooden stage was created just for this piece.
The award-winning movie is available from Opus Arte.
Chris Ware in motion
from Youtube:
Is it a poem, a parable, or just a cartoon that comes from a place that refuses to be categorized? See what happens when Chris Ware's two-dimensional work takes on a life all its own.
watch more videos like this at www.unitedstatesartists.org
This American Life: Vandal Squad
From Youtube: This was a originally radio interview on NPR's "This American Life" entitled "Cat and Mouse." With interviews with Earsnot, NYPD vandal squad DT Mona, and a mention of Revs tunnel paintings.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Randy Pausch Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
from Youtube:
Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who is dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving talk, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. For more, visit www.cmu.edu/randyslecture.
Wiener poopie
Honestly, we don't really want to spoil this priceless local news clip. Just suffice it to say that the phrase "weiner poopie" is eventually relevant
Badlands!
Badlands Raps about Competitive Eating
Thanksgiving Day pie eating contest
From Youtube:
America's top competitive eaters competed to see who could stuff the most pumpkin pie into their mouths in just six minutes in a Thanksgiving Day pie eating competition.
Pumpkin pie eating is perhaps one of the toughest competitions, with a thick dry crust and a deep heavy filling. Eric "Badlands" Booker took the title, eating four whole pies and three eighths in just six minutes.
Hotdog Slam with Badlands Booker
Badlands Booker-Legend
A better recording of Badlands rapping and an eating montage.
Here are the rest of the youtube results.
Thanksgiving Day pie eating contest
From Youtube:
America's top competitive eaters competed to see who could stuff the most pumpkin pie into their mouths in just six minutes in a Thanksgiving Day pie eating competition.
Pumpkin pie eating is perhaps one of the toughest competitions, with a thick dry crust and a deep heavy filling. Eric "Badlands" Booker took the title, eating four whole pies and three eighths in just six minutes.
Hotdog Slam with Badlands Booker
Badlands Booker-Legend
A better recording of Badlands rapping and an eating montage.
Here are the rest of the youtube results.
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Bill Hicks interview from 1992
This was a part of a strand of programs about comedy called 'Funny Business' BBC2 put out in 1992. This particular episode was called 'A Question Of Taste' Starts with a stand-up routine, the inteview begins at 1:40
Monday, February 04, 2008
Hunter S. Thompson on Conan O'Brian
My favorite part is when the NBC page has to wrestle the drink away from Thompson before he gets on stage.
Here's the full version of the clip shown of Conan hanging out with Thompson.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Marvel Superhero Birthday Party
From Youtube.com:
A Marvel Super-Gang throws Professor X a Birthday Bash. Everyone drinks too much and... well you just have to see it. This video got its creator a job writing Marvel comics.
World’s First Automatic Shotgun
From Neatorama:
Meet the AA12, the world’s first (and scariest) automatic shotgun, built by Jerry Baber of MPS.
From Discovery Channel’s FutureWeapons:
It’s a gun that could end up rewriting the rules of urban warfare. I’d like to introduce you to the shotgun for the 21st century, the AA 12. The Auto Assault 12 is a fully automatic, gas operated, low recoil, 12 gauge shotgun designed specifically for the military. One blast from the shotgun is terrifying enough, but the AA12 delivers an incredible rate of nearly 300 rounds a minute.
Friday, February 01, 2008
Improve Everywhere: Frozen Grand Central Station
Over 200 people freeze on cue in grand central station
Patton Oswalt: "Back me up, my 8th level Rangers!"
via videosift.com
From Videosift:
My favorite comedian, Patton Oswalt (Lead voice actor for Ratatouille), on Jimmy Kimmel Live talking about getting engaged, and how his fiance's parents found out their daughter was marrying a comic book nerd.
http://www.pattonoswalt.com/index.cfm?page=store&id=3
The Comedians of Comedy Tour DVD that was being advertised. Definitely recommended.
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