Month: February 2011
Subject: RE: Ah, those hazy, crazy days of the man called Bill in the White House…From: Tom Kipp Okay, so the other, later, shittier, magazine called Slant bequeaths unto us its "Albums of the Nineties" #61 through #100 today, precisely a decade too late, and I’m not sure there were ten really good albums in the lot. …
Thrush from Gabriel Bisset-Smith on Vimeo.
“Art triumphs over tragedy, music can heal us, can repair us, can take us to another dimension…” – Kerry Candaele, summarizing the message of Beethoven’s Ninth I found a fascinating documentary project on Kickstarter today. With 11 days left, they’re quite close to securing funding. It’s a feature length film about the impact of Beethoven’s …
Here’s the trending footage of San Francisco’s annual Valentine’s Day pillow fight. The coverage is a little static. If ever there was an event crying out for Fox Sports to cover, it’s this one. We need roving cameras, pillow cams, head cams, John Madden on the telestrator, Terry Bradshaw pounding Jimmy Johnson with a pillow, …
This is clever. The editing is impressive. I can’t figure out if it’s a commercial for the toner cartridges or for 7UP, but it would work for both:
This is from Mike Hughes, no puritan himself [obligatory Scarlet Letter tie-in], who says, “here is the video to go with the new single, which is out on Monday. There is some tripe written about how this video examines the relationship between artist and subject. Hesta herself says that it just ‘felt sexy and hot’ …
Sent with love from Mike Hughes, who says, “here is the video, just out, for the new single. It’s directed by Sophie Muller, who cannot put a foot wrong.” . . And here is Tape Song (One Shot Not), of which Mr. Hughes opines, “Looking forward to seeing these two at the end of next …
Here’s the Fresh Air interview with PJ Harvey.
Adele was one of a small glut of female singers that came out of nowhere to huge acclaim since around 2008 (see also Duffy). BRIT (performing arts) school, posted demos on youtube, millions of hits on the internet, next thing she is the BRIT Awards (not the same as the school) Critics Choice, then chart …
P&H Soda Co: Refreshing All Natural Syrups for Soda Lovers from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo.
This video, purporting to be of a US Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal expert dancing around a bomb in Afghanistan, is trending on the mighty internet today.
I will try to get more information on this to you later – or you can look on the web – Nate Montana, son of NFL’s Joe Montana, has transferred from Notre Dame to the University of Montana to play quarterback. He started classes there today according to one report I read. More later …
After a childhood full of cruel teases and “Lassie” jokes, young Hurskainen has matured into one tough UNC-Asheville Bulldog who’s ready for Real Madrid or Manchester United or perhaps the mighty (East) Portland Timbers.
I held out against this vid for most of the day, and shouldn’t have. It’s quite clever.
It’s been a while since I first posted in EPB about this website, Project Space Planes, and their delightfully Anglocomic Youtube video below which shows a group of British engineers launching paper airplanes into space on behalf of the Samsung Corp. to see where the planes, and their sturdy microchip cargo, would land. Most of …
See also: Clever British Geeks Release Paper Planes in Space
Yes, a new album from Radiohead will be available for download Saturday, February 19, 2011, according to the band’s website.
Yes, the hilarious Carrie Brownstein-Fred Armisen tv comedy, Portlandia, will be back next year. This is very good news. Full story is here.