Sunday, March 29, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Extreme LED-art sheepherding
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Wherein Pong is played on a hillside using LED-wrapped sheep, time-lapse photography, and very energetic dogs. And perhaps some video editing.
Wherein Pong is played on a hillside using LED-wrapped sheep, time-lapse photography, and very energetic dogs. And perhaps some video editing.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Short Film: GE's Principles of Electricity (1945)
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Stolen directly from our betters at MAKE:, the 1945 short film "Principles of Electricity" from General Electric, full of appealing animation.
Previously: Short Film: The Electrician (1942)
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
O'Reilly vs. Manson (Interview)
Fantastic interview/conversation between Bill O'Reilly & Marilyn Manson.
DJ Shadow: Sessions @ AOL (Interview)
Interview with DJ Shadow (aka Josh Davis) for Sessions@AOL. Davis describes the significance of his album title, 'The Private Press,' which refers to records pressed by amateur individuals. He discusses the sampling process used on his album amongst other things.
Beth Orton: Sessions @ AOL (Full Set)
Beth Orton performs 'Concrete Sky' and 'Ted’s Waltz' from her 2002 album, 'Daybreaker,' in this Sessions@AOL clip. Also performs 'Central Reservation' from her 1999 album of the same name.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1971 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. It was directed by Adrian Maben and recorded in the month of October with 24 tracks studio quality without a live audience.[1]
The performances of "Echoes", "A Saucerful of Secrets", and "One of These Days" were filmed from October 4, 1971 to October 7, 1971. The remaining songs were filmed in a Paris studio, along with additional front projection footage for insertion into the Pompeii performances.[2] The sequences in Paris were filmed in late 1971/early 1972, and can be distinguished by the absence of Richard Wright's beard. This version was released in theaters in September 1972 and is also included on the DVD edition as an extra feature. In August 1974, another version was released combining the original film with supposed recording sessions of The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. These sessions were actually staged for the film[citation needed], as the recording of the album had been completed when these sessions were filmed in January 1973 and the band was mixing the album at the time.
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| Directed by | Adrian Maben |
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| Produced by | Steve O'Rourke Michele Arnaud Reiner Moritz |
| Starring | Pink Floyd |
| Music by | Pink Floyd |
| Cinematography | Willy Kurant Gabor Pogany |
| Editing by | Jose Pinheiro |
| Distributed by | Universal Home Video |
| Release date(s) | September 1972 |
| Running time | 60 min. (1972) 80 min. (1974) 92 min. (director's cut) |
Release history
The original release, running for one hour, only featured the live footage. A second version had additional footage of the band as they recorded or pretended to record their album The Dark Side of the Moon, as well as interviews conducted off-camera by Maben. This version ran for 80 minutes. The Director's Cut is a 2003 DVD re-release running 92 minutes. In addition to the concert and interview footage, it includes computer-generated images of outer space and of Pompeii as well as then-recent footage of Abbey Road and the Apollo missions. The original "full screen" image has been chopped up in this version and is presented in "fake widescreen", although the original cut is presented on the DVD as an "added bonus".
Track listing
1972 original film
- "Intro Song"
- "Echoes, Part 1" (from Meddle, 1971)
- "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (b-side of "Point Me At The Sky" single, 1968)
- "A Saucerful of Secrets" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
- "One of These Days" (from Meddle, 1971)
- "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
- "Mademoiselle Nobs" (from Meddle, 1971 previously known as "Seamus")
- "Echoes, Part 2" (from Meddle, 1971)
1974 theatrical version, VHS and LaserDisc release
- "Intro Song"
- "Echoes, Part I" (from Meddle, 1971)
- "On the Run" (Studio Footage) (from Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
- "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (b-side of "Point Me At The Sky" single, 1968)
- "A Saucerful of Secrets" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
- "Us and Them" (Studio Footage) (from Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
- "One of These Days" (from Meddle, 1971)
- "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
- "Brain Damage" (Studio Footage) (from Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
- "Mademoiselle Nobs" (from Meddle, 1971 previously known as "Seamus")
- "Echoes, Part II" (from Meddle, 1971)
2003 Director's cut
- "Echoes, Part 1"/"On the Run" (Studio Footage) (Uncredited) (from Meddle/Dark Side of the Moon, 1971/1973)
- "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (b-side of "Point Me At The Sky" single, 1968)
- "A Saucerful of Secrets" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
- "Us and Them" (Studio Footage) (from Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
- "One of These Days" (from Meddle, 1971)
- "Mademoiselle Nobs" (from Meddle, 1971 previously known as "Seamus")
- "Brain Damage" (Studio Footage) (from Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
- "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
- "Echoes, Part 2" (from Meddle, 1971)
A remastered version of the album also exists, which is almost exactly the same as the Original Film but also has three "Interview" parts mixed in. The track list is as follows:
- Intro Pompeii
- Echoes, Part I
- Interview, Part 1
- Careful With That Axe, Eugene
- A Saucerful Of Secrets
- Interview, Part II
- One Of These Days
- Madamoiselle Knobs
- Interview, Part III
- Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
- Echoes, Part II
Also Known as:
- Echoes: Pink Floyd (USA)
- Pink Floyd in Pompeii (Belgium)
Additional Information
- The rap group The Beastie Boys made a music video for their song "Gratitude" that appears to be a homage to the film. In addition to copying its directorial style of slow horizontal tracking shots, the video shows the band's amplifiers labeled "Pink Floyd London" - just as Pink Floyd's amplifiers are labeled in the film. The video ends with a message that reads, "THIS VIDEO IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DIED AT POMPEII".
- The video for the 2003 song "Minerva" by American rock band Deftones is similarly an homage to the Pompeii performances in the film.
- During the song One of These Days, Nick Mason lost a drumstick but quickly retrieved another without missing a beat. During the outro of Echoes part 2 Nick can be seen breaking a stick, throwing it away and again retrieving a new one without missing a beat.
- The Pompeii Stadium where the video was recorded can be clearly seen from above in aerial images of coordinates 40°45′04″N 14°29′41″E / 40.751166°N 14.494700°E
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The Film
The Film
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Elongated skulls discovered in Russia
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Archeologists in Siberia have found several elongated skulls in the forest. They're from the 4th century A.D.
The most likely explanation was that ancient communities deliberately deformed the skulls of infants, possibly with the intention of increasing their mental abilities.
Strange Elongated Skulls Discovered
Morphine: French Fries with Pepper
YouTube user made mash-up video.
Honey White + Super Sex + Thursday + Buena + Early To Bed =
French Fries With Pepper
Honey White + Super Sex + Thursday + Buena + Early To Bed =
French Fries With Pepper
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
DJ Shadow: In Tune & On Time [1' 50"]
A most fantastic show with incredibly creative and synchronized visuals along with the amazing skill and complexity you'd expect from DJ Shadow. I highly suggest buy this one because it is truly amazing and worth more than every cent paid.
The Weekend Starts Here: The Chemical Brothers & Fatboy Slim Live @ Red Rocks (Documentary) [43"]
A fantastic documentary about electronica pioneers/giants/hero's Fatboy Slim & the Chemical Brothers. The film follows the three of them around doing interviews here and there and of course it shows plenty of performance footage. It is very easily attainable on any bit torrent site if you want a copy for yourself. Enjoy!
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
10 1950's Educational Film's
Here are 10 rather humorous educational films from the 1950's (except the last one, 1948). I hope that you enjoy them as much as I do.
Duck & Cover
What Makes a Good Party?
What to do on a Date
A Parents Guide To Finding Out If Your Child Is On Drugs
Bicycle Safety
Law, Ethics & Morality Filmstrip on Stealing & Theft
Career as a secretary
Propaganda Techniques
The Red Method
What is Capitalism?
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
My David Lynch Refixes
Credits:Directed by:
David Lynch
Writing credits:
David Lynch ... writer
Cast:
Peggy Lynch ... Girl
Produced by:
H. Barton Wasserman .... producer
Cinematography by:
David Lynch
Film Editing by:
David Lynch
Sound Department:
Robert Cullum .... sound mixer
David Lynch .... sound
Robert McDonald .... sound editor
Animation Department:
David Lynch .... animator
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Sound Remix & Music: Ky Olsen
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Plot:
(from imdb user jodiac ):
Sound Remix & Music: Ky Olsen
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Plot:
(from imdb user jodiac ):
Another Phobia Envisioned by David Lynch, 29 May 2002
Author: jodiac from Lexington, KY
David Lynch says this film was an attempt at visualizing the "fear of learning." In it, a young girl is tortured by the alphabet in a competely abstract nightmare. Lynch has always been fascinated by the darker side of dreams, the seemingly nonsensical black procession of symbols and fears, and this film simply adds another phobia to the canon.
We are shown images of a head with information going in one side, and this eventually causes the head to erupt into a black mess. Lynch juxtaposes the most innocent of subjects (the alphabet), which usually marks the beginning of our schooling, with disconcerting images of blood and vomit. Disturbing? Yes. Lynch apparently formed the idea after hearing of a girl who was found reciting the alphabet during a nightmare.
On a more profound level, the film examines a fear that perhaps appears for most later in life: the dread of knowledge. There's quite a bit of truth to the oft-repeated line "ignorance is bliss." Gradually, we realize that the more we learn, the less we understand, and therefore, the less control we have over our situations. It's a problem that has vexed people since the conception of "science." We ask questions out of curiosity, find there are no accessible answers, create a religious penumbra that satisfies a great deal with a few simple passages, and then science comes along and we are confronted once again with the inconsistencies of our faith. Thus, we fear that which turns the rock-solid black and whites of our existence to a confused mass of gray.
Also, The Alphabet hints at what linguists and intellectuals and songwriters have known for centuries; words are wholly inadequate to describe even the simplest of human perceptions. And once one has etched that list of letters into one's mind, in a sense, there is no turning back. Life becomes shapes patterned on paper, and conceptions of reality will no longer be formed purely and internally; they are immediately attached to an imperfect language and remained tethered to that which will never truly suffice.---------------------------------------
The Film:
Lynch on The Alphabet
Original Film
The Alphabet Dub
(Original Film with audio remix and music)
Lynch on The Alphabet
Original Film
The Alphabet Dub
(Original Film with audio remix and music)
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Sources:
The Alphabet on IMDB.com
The Alphabet on Lynchnet.com
David Lynch Home Page
Sources:
The Alphabet on IMDB.com
The Alphabet on Lynchnet.com
David Lynch Home Page
Mulholland Drive: Silencio Dub
"NO HAY BANDA!!! There. Is. NO. Band. But yet we hear a band"
The Original Scene
The Silencio Dub
(Original Film with audio remix and music)
This is the scene in David Lynch's masterpiece Mulholland Drive where the stunningly beautiful Betty & Rita (Naomi Watts & Laura Elena Harring) go to a late night theater called Club Silencio. The performer does a monologue varying in English, Spanish, and French about how everything is an illusion. I have done a little remixing and refixing to add a slight more musical substance to the scene. Beats and processes all done by myself. Enjoy :-)
The Silencio Dub
(Original Film with audio remix and music)
This is the scene in David Lynch's masterpiece Mulholland Drive where the stunningly beautiful Betty & Rita (Naomi Watts & Laura Elena Harring) go to a late night theater called Club Silencio. The performer does a monologue varying in English, Spanish, and French about how everything is an illusion. I have done a little remixing and refixing to add a slight more musical substance to the scene. Beats and processes all done by myself. Enjoy :-)
Monday, March 2, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Feist: Trabendo Session Paris 2005
Europe 2 TV & Sequence SDP presentent: Feist-Trabendo Session.
Featuring: Leslie Feist, Julian Brown, Jesse Baird & Bryden Baird.
Live performance recorded December 16, 2005 in Paris, France.
It is an absolutely stunning and beautiful performance and I hope you enjoy it.
Here is the Set List:
1. When I was a Young Girl (Traditional)
2. Secret Heart (Ron Sexsmith Cover)
3. Gatekeeper
4. Somewhere Down the Road
5. One Evening
6. The Build Up
7. Inside & Out (Bee Gees cover) (Video has been removed)
8. Now At Last (Video has been removed)
9. 1,2,3,4 & Mushaboom
10. Sea Lion Woman (Nina Simone Cover)
11. Let it Die
12. Major Label Debut (Broken Social Scene Cover)
1. When I was a Young Girl (Traditional)
2. Secret Heart (Ron Sexsmith Cover)
3. Gatekeeper
4. Somewhere Down the Road
5. One Evening
6. The Build Up
7. Inside & Out (Bee Gees cover) (Video has been removed)
8. Now At Last (Video has been removed)
9. 1,2,3,4 & Mushaboom
10. Sea Lion Woman (Nina Simone Cover)
11. Let it Die
12. Major Label Debut (Broken Social Scene Cover)
Featuring: Leslie Feist, Julian Brown, Jesse Baird & Bryden Baird.
Live performance recorded December 16, 2005 in Paris, France.
It is an absolutely stunning and beautiful performance and I hope you enjoy it.
Here is the Set List:
1. When I was a Young Girl (Traditional)
2. Secret Heart (Ron Sexsmith Cover)
3. Gatekeeper
4. Somewhere Down the Road
5. One Evening
6. The Build Up
7. Inside & Out (Bee Gees cover) (Video has been removed)
8. Now At Last (Video has been removed)
9. 1,2,3,4 & Mushaboom
10. Sea Lion Woman (Nina Simone Cover)
11. Let it Die
12. Major Label Debut (Broken Social Scene Cover)
If anyone can find playable versions of "Inside & Out" and "Now At Last" could you PLEASE email me the embed codes? Thanks.
Bio
Leslie Feist (born 13 February 1976 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She performs as a solo artist under the name Feist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene. At the 2008 Juno Awards on 6 April 2008 in Calgary, Alberta, she was the top winner with five awards, including Songwriter of the Year, Artist of the Year, Pop Album of the Year, Album of the Year and Single of the Year. On 20 October 2008, she told the Canadian press that, following the success of her last album, The Reminder, she felt she needed to step away from the pressures of the music industry to consider her next career move and "rest for a minute".[1]1. When I was a Young Girl (Traditional)
2. Secret Heart (Ron Sexsmith Cover)
3. Gatekeeper
4. Somewhere Down the Road
5. One Evening
6. The Build Up
7. Inside & Out (Bee Gees cover) (Video has been removed)
8. Now At Last (Video has been removed)
9. 1,2,3,4 & Mushaboom
10. Sea Lion Woman (Nina Simone Cover)
11. Let it Die
12. Major Label Debut (Broken Social Scene Cover)
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