Month: May 2011
Thanks to Andrew Hamlin for this link. He adds, “Smile if this reminds you of anybody you know!” http://www.avclub.com/articles/why-do-popculture-fans-stop-caring-about-new-music,55805/
Paul Simon’s new album ‘So Beautiful or So What’ is the work of a master, a living legend still creating vital art. Full of keen insight, a warm heart, and a generous spirit, it’s a cohesive whole. Treat yourself. – Mark Horton
From Gail Worley at The Worley Gig: “Jeff Koons is one of the most polarizing and well known contemporary artists living today. He attempts to elevate the banal by constructing large metal sculptures that resemble balloon animals, oil paintings that contain subject matter derived from digital collage, and large-scale pornographic photographs featuring the artist and …
For the most charming, the most disarming and the cutest animal photo ever, go here.
Full story is here.
http://youtu.be/-32V10GSyCY
The KOXX – Trouble Maker by HappyNinaLee
From Blind Vision to Blanc Burn – An Interview with Blancmange’s Neil Arthur at Intermittent Signals
“Blind Vision.” “Living On The Ceiling.” “Don’t Tell Me.” When the UK synthpop duo Blancmange called it quits 25 years ago, they left a number of iconic nightclub staples behind. Steve Stav interviews the “vocal half” of Blancmange about their new “reunion” CD, 80s video-production strategies and more at his website, Intermittent Signals…
Seattle music industry legend Barbara Mitchell has been keeping a blog on food, music and booze called Devil’s Apricot: A Spirited Guide to Living. If you haven’t seen it yet, you must do so soon. Here are three spicy excerpts to whet your appetite: From Mai Tai tell you what’s happening?!? – “I was managing …
We common folk and our pesky entitlements are being blamed for the debt & deficit disaster. But when Bush came into office, we had a surplus that was quickly erased by (1) unfunded tax cuts that primarily went to the wealthy, (2) two simultaneous wars, and (3) a recession that was directly attributable to deregulation …
http://youtu.be/vZyzmaJkOtI
Here’s a hot viral video which in real life is a political ad for Mayor Nick Sacco of North Bergen, New Jersey:
All traffic stops in Israel during a moment of reflection for the victims of the Holocaust.
Go here.
. . [Apichatpong Weerasethakul just won the Palm D’or–the top prize–at Cannes for his feature film “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,” which opens June 17th at the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle.] The Northwest Film Forum’s first screening of Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s short films, Program 1, saw four people walk out …
The awesome Gail Worley posted this very cute animal video on The Worley Gig. I’d also like to thank Gail for helping spread the word about EPB:
This is very funny. The choruses are in English, but you don’t need to understand anything to follow this lush, comic video: