Archive for February, 2008
Yeasayer
Yeasayer is an experimental band based in Brooklyn, New York
The band members are Anand Wilder, Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton, and Luke Fasano. They describe their music as “Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel”
The band first came to national attention after appearing at the SXSW festival in early 2007
Their first single consisted of the tracks “Sunrise” and “2080″ : Their debut album, All Hour Cymbals, was released on October 23, 2007 by We Are Free
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Filmracing
The race is on again this year to make a film in 24 hours during the Minneapolis Film Race taking place in April.
Teams have from 10pm on Friday, April 3rd to 10pm on Saturday, April 5th to complete their films.
Looks like yours truly will be participating, too – weeeeeeeeee!!!
For more info, check out Filmracing.
Here’s the winner from last year :
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why Frank Black is a god among men
Oh – stop
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
But there’s nothing in it
And you’ll ask yourself
Where is my mind [3x]
Way out in the water
See it swimmin’
I was swimmin’ in the Caribbean
Animals were hiding behind the rocks
Except the little fish
But they told me, he swears
Tryin’ to talk to me, coy koi.
Where is my mind [3x]
Way out in the water
See it swimmin’ ?
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
If there’s nothing in it
And you’ll ask yourself
Where is my mind [3x]
Oh
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Oh
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Oh
Oh
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Lynch : Retrospective
If you’re in Vegas the next coupla days and are bored of drinking and gambling, you COULD check this out :
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Odd Fellow of the Week : Ricky Jay
Sure, he looks familiar. Ricky Jay has been in movies you’ve seen both in front of the camera and behind the scenes.
Here’s the list.
But here’s the most interesting part.
How does one work in the entertainment biz for so long and stay almost completely off the radar?
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Another Eureka Moment!
If you had to wear a knee brace every day you’d definitely want to wear one of these.
Funny how these simply wonderful ideas elude us for so long :
By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Talk about a knee-jerk reaction. Scientists in the United States and Canada said on Thursday they have developed a unique device that can be strapped on the knee that exploits the mechanics of human walking to generate a usable supply of electricity.
It generates enough power to charge up 10 cell phones at once, the researchers report in the journal Science.
you can [read more of the reuters article] too.
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White Stripes’ first Spanish single
Word is the White Stripes are releasing their first Spanish-language single – a reworking of their song ‘Conquest’.
‘Conquista’ will be issued in the US on CD and seven-inch vinyl under the name Las Rayas Blancas on February 19.
The new ‘Conquista’ release will feature a mariachi version of the song, Conquest as a B-side.
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YAVGM : Max Payne
Yet Another Video Game Movie : Max Payne
Is there still hope for the movies made around games? Your guess is as good as mine.
Personally, I will have an affinity for the ones made after games I’ve played and liked.
My pal Ryan turned me on to the game when it came out and we played it for a few weeks with some interest. I just don’t have the time or attention enough to get deeply committed to these types of games and that’s prolly a good thing.
I do remember that the story behind the game was compelling to me at that time, tho, so it will be interesting to see how it translates into the theatre.
Who knows, it might be cool. Mark Wahlberg was great in Boogie Nights.
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Throwback to ANSI Art
For those of us that remember things like connecting at 33 baud and acronyms like BBS, here’s a current tribute to the art of that era :
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A Flag for the Internet
Countries all have flags.
What would a flag for the Web look like?
You can share ideas here.
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