Mark Ronson Video 24 Mar 2006, 3:03 pm

You might have heard the track, but have you seen the video [Windows and Quicktime] of Mark Ronson's and Alex Greenwald's Radiohoard cover? It is an amazing montage of animated London graffiti.

You gotta eat it to beat it 23 Mar 2006, 11:50 pm

De nieuwe Amerikaanse Burger King commercial voor de Tendercrisp Cheesy Bacon.

What you are watching, is history in the making man. 23 Mar 2006, 9:55 pm

Postproduction house PS260 who did the Shining Redux last year have been toppled off their slick cutting throne by a band of hooligans called addictive TV who upped the ante and edited both film and sound to create Take the lead addictive TV Remix out of the new Antonio Banderas movie. Who knew that the sound of a movie could make a kick-ass dance track? Well, they knew, obviously. Take the Lead remix in the commercial archive Super adgrunts, if you want this one to show up in the history books...err..sorry the yearly roundup don't forget to rate it up! Also spotted at viralmeister and at addictive.com or at youtube

Insane Films: 1993 March on Washington Documentary 23 Mar 2006, 6:29 pm

This short documentary was submitted to me by Jefferey Kelly. He documented the 1993 March on Washington for gay rights. It’s fascinating to see the 90’s and it looks so ancient.

Bush suggests using blogs to spread right wing agenda 23 Mar 2006, 6:13 pm

This is clip is so awesome. Amazing audience members. LOL video

BUSH: “Before I come out and speak, I’ve spoken in Cleveland, gave press conference yesterday. Spoke in Cleveland Monday, press conference yesterday, here today. I’m going to continue doing what I’m doing to try make sure people can here there’s – why I make decisions and as best as I can explain why I am optimistic we can succeed. One of the things that we have to value is that that we do have a media, free media that’s able to do what they want to do and I – you ask me to say something in front of all the camera here [laughter]. Help over there will ya? I just got to keep talking and word of mouth, there’s blogs, there’s internet, there’s all kinds of way to communicate which is literally changing the way people get their information and so if you’re concerned I would suggest that you reach out to some of the groups that are supporting the troops, that got internet sites and just keep the word moving.”

Technorati Tags: Blogs, Bush, Funny

Daily Downloads 23 Mar 2006, 5:39 pm

Beat the Indie Drum has a new release on its netlabel, Woody Whatever's Big One Shout Out EP.

Woody Whatever: Big One Shout Out EP [mp3]
Woody Whatever: several tracks [mp3]

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Huero: several tracks [mp3]
Huge Spacebird: two tracks [mp3]
Once For Kicks: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Agriculture Records [mp3]
The Heavy Blinkers: "Try Telling That To My Baby" [mp3] from The Night and I Are Still Young (out May 23rd)
The Heavy Blinkers: "Try Telling That To My Baby" video [mov] from The Night and I Are Still Young (out May 23rd)
Run Chico Run: "Slow Action" [mp3] from Slow Action
Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys: "Fit Black Man" [mp3] from Idol Tryouts Two

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Daily Downloads 23 Mar 2006, 12:39 pm

Beat the Indie Drum has a new release on its netlabel, Woody Whatever's Big One Shout Out EP.

Woody Whatever: Big One Shout Out EP [mp3]
Woody Whatever: several tracks [mp3]

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Huero: several tracks [mp3]
Huge Spacebird: two tracks [mp3]
Once For Kicks: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Agriculture Records [mp3]
The Heavy Blinkers: "Try Telling That To My Baby" [mp3] from The Night and I Are Still Young (out May 23rd)
The Heavy Blinkers: "Try Telling That To My Baby" video [mov] from The Night and I Are Still Young (out May 23rd)
Run Chico Run: "Slow Action" [mp3] from Slow Action
Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys: "Fit Black Man" [mp3] from Idol Tryouts Two

tags: music download mp3

Musical Instrument Innovation and High Voltage Electricity 23 Mar 2006, 8:35 am

While in Austin for a weekend of SXSW adventures, I had the chance to hang out with Seven, who’s a maker interested in exploring a wide variety of innovative projects. Recently he’s been making musical instrument hybrids. While hanging out, Seven showed me a musical instrument he’s made called “The Boar.” The Boar is a bass guitar made out of a boat oar. Seven’s also made another cool hybrid instrument a cool called “The Stump.”

Besides making instruments, Seven also has had a healthy obsession with high voltage electricity lately and recently he made a jacob’s ladder in his kitchen!

Click here for video. [ QuickTime ]

Invisible Engine is VideoBombed 23 Mar 2006, 6:24 am

Dear Lord Horatio Nelson
A young man exchanges letters with his hero: Lord Horatio Nelson of the British Royal Navy.

Invisible Engine is the disturbed brainchild of Inivisble Engine Films trio, Sean Bury, Chris Cantwell and Matt Wyatt who have this to say about the project:

While Invisible Engine was originally formed to produce THE PROTOTYPE, a full-length feature film (finished and on its way to festivals), we now choose to bide our time by making offensive short films with the expensive movie equipment left over from production.

The above short, Dear Lord Horatio Nelson, is just such a video.

A young man, smitten by Lord Nelson (though long dead), goes to great lengths to get the Lord’s attention. Hilarity ensues.

Several other shorts are available for viewing on the site as well as their MySpace and YouTube pages, full of adult humour that will make you titter.

I learned about Invisible Engine on VideoBomb, a voting site for online video. Users link to content already hosted on the web that they find compelling and the submissions are voted on or "bombed". Popular videos are given front page status.

It’s nice to see videos popping up on these voting sites that aren’t television clips and spoofs. Perhaps, as the fascination with being able to post content subsides, voting sites will see more and more original stuff in their lists. I’ve been noticing some shifting going on in the content of their feeds already and I’m curious about what the future will bring.

-Anne

I'm Just A Bill 23 Mar 2006, 5:45 am

I'm just a bill.
Yes, I'm only a bill.
And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.
Well, it's a long, long journey
To the capital city.
It's a long, long wait
While I'm sitting in committee,
But I know I'll be a law some day
At least I hope and pray that I will
But today I am still just a bill.

This is an Agonist public service announcement because obviously Congress and the President both need a refresher course.

Next week, Conjunction Junction.

I'm Just A Bill 23 Mar 2006, 5:45 am

I'm just a bill.
Yes, I'm only a bill.
And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.
Well, it's a long, long journey
To the capital city.
It's a long, long wait
While I'm sitting in committee,
But I know I'll be a law some day
At least I hope and pray that I will
But today I am still just a bill.

This is an Agonist public service announcement because obviously Congress and the President both need a refresher course.

Next week, Conjunction Junction.

Palabra santa 23 Mar 2006, 4:52 am

Harrod Blank’s “Wild Wheels” 23 Mar 2006, 4:35 am

Harrod Blank’s 1992 cult classic art car documentary “Wild Wheels” is now available on DVD, as a special re-mastered 2 disc set with extras. Harrod’s film is an excellent introduction to the wonderful and bizarre world of art cars and I highly recommend it. Here’s a QuickTime preview from the film featuring Gene Pool and his Grass Car.

Wild Wheels is filmmaker Harrod Blank’s comic and revealing exploration of Art Cars, personally customized automobiles which reflect the individualistic spirit of their drivers. Traveling across the country in his own wildly decorated VW bug, Blank discovers a memorable cast of real-life characters who are obsessed with transforming their cars into mobile works of art.

Wild Wheels and Harrod’s other films and books are available for purchase through his online store.

Until 23 Mar 2006, 4:28 am

I’m working on a post about AI and digital evolution. Until it’s ready, here are some links to explore:

• I/O Brush: The World as the Palette
• One Man Band [quicktime video]
• Strange Musical CGI Plants [video]
• Todd Vanderlin’s Blog - The ‘via’ for the above three links.
• Warbling whales speak a language all their own - If we can’t even talk to the other animals on this planets, how could we ever speak with aliens?
• Graffiti Research Lab - Graf, the next generation.
• You Are I Am - I once had a notebook, where I would record my friend’s answers to this very question. It ended up in a washing machine. Long Story.
• The script to the movie Waking Life - One of my all time favourite movies.
• In what language do deaf people think?

Also, I bought a DM2. Coupled with this dm2-to-midi program, I now have a great general purpose midi controller.

LINKS: A Little Of This, A Little Of That... 23 Mar 2006, 3:48 am

Mp3 Soundtrack:
The Decembrists: Grace Cathedral Hill (live)
Ghostface: Push

Without anything witty, original, entertaining, or even rude and
inflammatory to write, I offer another round of links. Enjoy them,
click on them, and decimate them to all your friends. It's what all the
kids are doing.


Bush Didn't Bungle Iraq, You Fools. The Mission Was Indeed Accomplished.
[via: Greg Palast.com]

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Border. A film project.
"We distributed hundreds of disposable cameras to two groups on
different sides of the U.S.-Mexico border: undocumented migrants
crossing the desert into the United States and American Minutemen
trying to stop them."

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Bird's Eye Tourist. A great site utilizing Windows Live Local locations
to bring you shots of all your favorite places, and then some.
Theme Parks, Celebrity Homes, Crime Scenes...You know what I would
like to see? Shots of industrial pollution. I went to Google to find that
story I recalled reading about activists in Mexico (I think) who
documented large scale pollution of the Gulf by using satellite imagery
from Google Maps. What I found instead was...

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..this. Sprol. Worst Places In The World. "Sprol shows the visual
macroscopic effects of the decisions and behavior of our society."
Using satellite imagery, the site documents all manner of
environmental degradation.

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Salon has published the Abu Gharaib photos. "Most of the photos
have already been seen, but the Army's own analysis of the story
behind the photos has never been fully told. It is a shocking,
night-by-night record of three months inside Abu Gharaib's notorious
cellblock 1A, and it tells the story, in more graphic detail than ever
before, of the rampant abuse of prisoners there."

Although the mainstream media has stopped following this story
with any gusto, Salon claims the CID has renewed their efforts to
revisit this scandal.

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AOL TV is streaming complete episodes of classic television series!

Eight is Enough, Wonder Woman, Welcome Back Kotter, and even V!!!

Does anybody else remember that show, V? About Aliens, who ate
live, white mice for lunch and dinner? Hahaha! I loved that show.

A full list of the vintage television shows you can view is here.

Awesome!

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Jamendo. A website that promotes musical artists, and allows you, the
user, to listen to and freely download any tracks posted by artists. I
spent a hot minute lookin around, and am excited to spend more time
their. The site seems to have a large international base, and allows
you to search by album, concert, artist, and best of all, thru tags.
Hundreds of tags, so whatever fits your fancy, hip-hop, ambient,
whatever. I'm telling you, this site is a treasure trove of hot music
you haven't heard. I predict this site is going to be getting huge
traffic soon, if it isn't already.

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Hahaha! Stare at the spiral for 30 seconds, and than look at an object.
So cool, just like eating shrooms.

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Uh-Oh. YouTube is pulling videos down with some alarming frequency.
There was a video up on their site that showed a five year old boy
doing his own rendition of that Dylan video, Subterranean Homesick
Blues. This boy, at five years old, had memorized the whole song,
and sang it while discarding pieces of paper, tossing them on his
living room floor just as Dylan did in the song. It was adorable, and
amazing, and now it's gone. Taken down for copyright infringement!
Wow. Seriously? I'm no lawyer, but singing a song by another artist, on
home video, is copyright infringement? (skeptical eyes)

Thankfully, I Googled it, and found that WFMU is hosting the file on
their site. Take that, Copyright Lawyers!

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Ghostface at SXSW. More SXSW vids here at YouTube.


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So that's it for this installment of 'wasting time while the world burns
all around you'. See you next time.
xoxo,
Mal.

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Welcome Back Kotter: Wonder Woman: Abu Ghraib: Iraq: Ghostface: