1. Intro
2. Cholly (Funk Gettin’ Ready To Roll)
3. Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucka)
4. Night Of The Thumpasaurus Peoples
5. James Wesley Jackson Monologue
6. Standing On The Verge Of Gettin’ It On
7. Mothership Connection
8. Flashlight
9. One Nation Under A Groove
Link.
Forget the film, watch the titles
It's a catalog of film titles. I'm partial to the titles from Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events. Via Designboom.
Latawnya, the Naughty Horse, Learns to Say "No" to Drugs
Follow the link for some excellent reviews:
Latawnya, the Naughty Horse, Learns to Say "No" to Drugs
Via Coudal Partners.
Clever Fantastic Four Ad
"Four mirrors were placed in the main movie theaters around town (São Paulo, Campinas, Rio de Janeiro). Each mirror reflected the 'super power' of the movie’s characters."
Large photo here.
Large photo here.
Original treatment for William Gibson's new book Spook Country
Amazon posted the original treatment for William Gibson's new book Spook Country.
Here's a small sample:one of Warchalker's stories involves a truly enormous bale of well-circulated US hundreds (looking, he puts it, "like a HumVee shrink-wrapped in a humongous garbage bag ") gone missing from Baghdad in a fog of war.
Read the rest here (it's a pdf).
What happens when several artists "get the Disney get-out-of-jail-free card to put their own spin on" Mickey Mouse?
Nothing very interesting, actually. Too bad Neo-Mickey was taken off Youtube.
Wild memory test
Consider an experiment that was done by Daniel Simons, a psychologist at the University of Illinois. He or a member of his lab would walk up to a pedestrian on the street and ask him or her for directions. While the pedestrian was responding, workmen carrying something large (like a doorframe) would walk between them. As the workmen passed, the experimenter switched places with someone else. Only half of the pedestrians noticed, even though the two people could be quite different.
Link. Test your own memory here. I scored a 2.6.
Elephants communicate with each other across dozens of miles. With their toes.
"[A] Stanford University scientist has discovered that elephants actually have two distinct ways of communicating: by ordinary soundwaves rippling through the air, and by vibrations transmitted through the ground to exquisitely sensitive elephant toes."
Read more. Via Wired.
Read more. Via Wired.
Protests you may have missed this week
"A planned caravan of 100 big rigs with a clean-air message falls short, and few commuters notice."
"On Tuesday, June 26, hundreds of Internet radio stations across the country went silent in protest," united "in an effort to unite radio webcasters in the fight against the exorbitant new music royalties established by the Copyright Royalty Board in March."
"On Tuesday, June 26, hundreds of Internet radio stations across the country went silent in protest," united "in an effort to unite radio webcasters in the fight against the exorbitant new music royalties established by the Copyright Royalty Board in March."
Best opening paragraph I read today
Here's Andy Klein reviewing Sicko:
So a couple of months ago, I was getting jerked around by my health plan. The details are probably of interest to no one but me and a few friends (and I'm not so sure about them), but suffice it to say that it seems to have all worked out. Various functionaries kept telling me I was out of luck, citing a succession of bogus reasons, but my experiences years ago navigating the financial aid office at UCLA taught me a valuable lesson: The red tape is designed to wear you down, in hopes that you'll just give up. So don't.
Why the iPhone is for fools
How about 1,170 fawning words in a NY Times review until this is mentioned:
What other company would get such a favorable review on a product when it doesn't actually perform the main function of making phone calls?
*Update: Philadelphia's Mayor was actually waiting in line to buy one until "a 22-year-old sporting a mohawk asked him, 'How can you sit here with 200 murders in the city already?'"
The bigger problem is the AT&T network. In a Consumer Reports study, AT&T's signal ranked either last or second to last in 19 out of 20 major cities. My tests in five states bear this out. If Verizon's slogan is, "Can you hear me now?" AT&T's should be, "I'm losing you."
What other company would get such a favorable review on a product when it doesn't actually perform the main function of making phone calls?
*Update: Philadelphia's Mayor was actually waiting in line to buy one until "a 22-year-old sporting a mohawk asked him, 'How can you sit here with 200 murders in the city already?'"
Darwin Award
"Two teens were smoking as they jumped atop an oil tank in Routt National Forest just before it exploded."
"Some poor judgments were made," Undersheriff Michael Joos said.
Link. Via Obscure Store.
"Some poor judgments were made," Undersheriff Michael Joos said.
Link. Via Obscure Store.
Movie Concept: The $40,000 Man
It's "about an astronaut in a car accident who gets bionically rebuilt by the government -- but on a budget of only $40,000."
Movie review of the day: `Transformers': Less than meets the eye
Here's David Germain writing for the AP:
Link
Images of the sleek new Camaro that Chevrolet is introducing for the 2009 model year are pervasive throughout the movie, and the car winds up a more memorable figure than the robot Transformers themselves (though the machine characters do have more personality than any of the humans on screen).
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Video: Diesel's Spring/Summer 08 Catwalk Show
"Diesel’s Spring/Summer 08 catwalk show, staged a few days ago at the Pitti Immagine Uomo fair in Florence, was nothing short of stunning. While regular human models paced up and down the runway, a host of polyp-like CGI characters appeared in mid-air to interact with them within an underwater landscape."
See more images.
Video: Henry Rollins Sleepwalks (Sleeptalks?) Through The Narration Of The New Civ Ad
Civilization Revolution is on the way for the Nintendo DS (and other systems). Here's the video, Henry Rollins really mailed it in on the narration.
“Straws . . . made of cereal? This is f'ng AWESOME!”
Kellog's is selling "Cereal Straws" that it describes as "Fruity, crunchy tubes for milk-sippin' fun!"
Read a review here. Via The Consumerist.
Matchstick Garden Set
These cute matchbooks hold a clever secret inside. On the tip of each match are seeds already mixed to grow. Choose an assortment of either wildflowers--which includes cornflower, Shasta daisy, corn marigold, and field poppy--or herbs--which includes basil, chives, parsley, and thyme. Simply tear out a matchstick and plant it tip first in the soil. Includes two matchbooks of 10 matchsticks each.
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This Book Sounds Like Fun
A Martian Wouldn't Say That
A reviewer on the Barnes and Noble site writes:
This book is a highly amusing compilation of the real-life memos that network execs would send to show producers and writers regarding content. It's what you'd more or less expect from a comedy book, except everything is real... high-powered, high-paid execs contradicting themselves, saying things that make no sense, etc. It gives insight into the ludicruous process that leads to the TV we eventually see on our sets every night! (After you read this book, you may ask yourself how anything good ever GOT to the TV.)
Best Thing I Read This Week
Here's Ann Patchett, writing in the Washington Post about joining the Los Angeles Police Department:
Read the rest, it's excellent.
And so was her book Bel Canto.
Bel Canto (P.S.)
Now I'd have the chance to understand what it was that my father had done all those years I wasn't in the house. I would relearn Los Angeles. I would drive up Elysian Park and spend my days at the academy, where as a child I had swum in the long blue pool shaded by eucalyptus trees, eaten tuna melts in the coffee shop with my father, and learned to shoot a revolver.
[Snip]
The last event was a 160-pound weight drag. Run 25 yards, tug a lead weight the size of two encyclopedias tied to a thick rope through deep, soft dust, backward for 25 yards. When it was my turn, the crowd went wild. I was the mascot now, the favorite girl. No sense in cheering for the two who'd never pass or the one who might beat your score. Cheer for the one who barely makes her time but somehow, miraculously, manages. I yanked the weight backward as the giant men began to chant my name, dragging one syllable into two until it became "Ay-un, Ay-un, Ay-un." It would never happen again; 26 broad-shouldered young men would never call my name at once, and I let the sound trace against my pounding heart.
Read the rest, it's excellent.
And so was her book Bel Canto.
Bel Canto (P.S.)
Face Your Pockets Project
The concept is to place the contents of your pockets on a scanner, and put your face on also. There's also a warning:
During the scanning process it is recommended not to open your eyes. If you feel that you can handle it and open them, DO NOT follow the light on its move! The authors of this project didn't find any side-effects on themselves. However, the authors do not bear the responsibilty for possible consequences. At your own risk.
Link. Via Pop Candy.
Video: Five tips on avoiding getting ripped off by mechanics
Summary = everything Jiffy Lube says is a lie. Watch the video here. Via Lifehacker.
The smallest fuel-cell car in the world
"The H-Racer from Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies is a palm-sized toy hydrogen car with its own fuel cell refueling station that creates hydrogen fuel by combining solar power and water. Watch the blinking lights and the hydrogen bubbling up in your little fuel station, and then dispense a tiny amount of hydrogen fuel into the H-Racer."
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