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March 25, 2009
Welcome to Franz Kafka Airport, Prague
March 13, 2009
Jon Stewart's Shining Moment
On Thursday night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart had on Jim Cramer after Cramer criticized Stewart for his evisceration of CNBC last week. And just like Stewart's visit to the Crossfire set years ago, he stopped being funny and brought a real does of reality to our mainstream media, which is pretty much a corporate propagandizing joke.
At some points Cramer sounds like he's on the verge of tears, and once again, Stewart does the job that nobody else has the nuts to do. "Who are you responsible to?" asks Stewart (of Cramer and CNBC). This is absolutely must-see and Comedy Central knew they had a fiery thing on their hands: they've put the complete uncensored interview online ASAP.
March 11, 2009
Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
A classic combo of smooth, half-spoken delivery and a band going bonkers. Chas Jankel plays a crazed jazz riff on piano, Davey Payne plays two saxes at once, and Norman Watt-Roy's bass line (not so well represented in the audio here) is jaw-dropping, all 16th notes for the entirety of the song.
March 9, 2009
Rush Limbaugh: Voice of the People
My favorite moment: the reaction at 0:50.
Stuff Flushed Down Toilet = hypnotic
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To promote their new super awesome toilet, St. Thomas Creations has created this video of various objects (hot dogs! golf balls! dog food!!) being flushed down a toilet. Awesome.
March 8, 2009
Azeem - Latin Revenge
Another great animated video, directed by Ben Stokes.
March 6, 2009
Villa Black feat. Juanita Grande - Broken Wings
Great lounge-y version of an utterly poo Mr. Mister song from the '80s. Niiiiice.
Even the Economist agrees: Legalize it. All of it.
When will this war be over?
Next week ministers from around the world gather in Vienna to set international drug policy for the next decade. Like first-world-war generals, many will claim that all that is needed is more of the same. In fact the war on drugs has been a disaster, creating failed states in the developing world even as addiction has flourished in the rich world. By any sensible measure, this 100-year struggle has been illiberal, murderous and pointless. That is why The Economist continues to believe that the least bad policy is to legalise drugs.
I'd prefer the "least bad," wouldn't you?
Jon Stewart destroys CNBC
Jon Stewart again does what the others in the "media" can't do. At the end, I don't think Stewart is really laughing. Fuck you too, billionaires. In fact, the use of footage coupled with intertitles afterwards showing the fate of those banks and insurance companies is straight out of a serious doc, not a comedy show.
March 5, 2009
Urban Camouflage
From the statement of purpose:
Urban Camouflage deals with the question how to camouflage
oneself and one’s identity in the urban space. Our costumes are
inspired by the ghillie suits, the military camouflage suit. It was
an adventure to wear the suit in the stores because of the conflicts
with the employees, the reaction of the customers and also to see
the pretty well camouflage effect in a real situation.
Don't forget to check out the video section too.
Watchmen as a Saturday Morning Cartoon
This will be funny if you've read the comic/seen the film.
Death Cab for Cutie - Grapevine Fires
A lovely piece of animation for this Death Cab for Cutie song. I imagine it will be a bit more poignant for our Santa Barbara viewers after the Tea Fire.
March 1, 2009
Nile Rodgers talks about the birth of hip-hop
The first rap hit was Rapper's Delight by the Sugar Hill Gang, and it sampled straight from Chic's "Good Times." Nile Rodgers, Chic's guitarist and co-creator, tells about how his band's song morphed from party anthem to another group's single. This is as close to pin-pointing where rap started as we can get...maybe?
