March 2012
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“People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a...”
– Banksy, from Cut It Out (via zaschell)
February 2012
46 posts
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Gorillaz' Converse Track to Feature Andre 3000 and... →
Libya Asks Niger to Extradite Qaddafi Son After... →
Niger has pledged to comply with commitments to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, which has not indicted Mr. Qaddafi, who before the war was best known for his soccer obsession. The court has indicted Mr. Qaddafi’s brother Seif al-Islam for crimes against humanity. Seif al-Islam, once viewed as a likely successor to his father, is held by a militia in Libya, where he awaits trial on...
US Iranian Diplomacy →
In developing a diplomatic strategy toward Iran, President Obama might respond to Nixon’s three questions as follows: Iran wants recognition of its revolution; an accepted role in its region; a nuclear program; the departure of the United States from the Middle East; and the lifting of sanctions. The United States wants Iran not to have nuclear weapons; security for Israel; a democratic...
Borderlines: The Undiscovered Country →
Mentally, we’re already living in Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon: we are exercising self-control, because we might be watched. Who knows, soon borders — textbook ones and others — might be as antiquated and irrelevant as Alsatia and Zomia.
It’s the same thing with Yoda. We tried to do Yoda in CGI in Episode I, but we just couldn’t get it done in time. We couldn’t get the technology to work, so we had to use the puppet, but the puppet really wasn’t as good as the CGI. So when we did the reissue, we had to put the CGI back in, which was what it was meant to be.’
the G man
remember remember alan moore's big old neckbeard
It also seems that our character’s charismatic grin has provided a ready-made identity for these highly motivated protesters, one embodying resonances of anarchy, romance, and theatre that are clearly well-suited to contemporary activism, from Madrid’s Indignados to the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Neglect
Our present financial ethos no longer even resembles conventional capitalism,...
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Rose vs Lucas
Yeah, but they’re not made to — they — yes, they have a political undertone. I mean, especially “Star Wars” has got a very, very elaborate social, emotional, political context that it rests in. But of course, nobody was aware of that. Nobody says, “Oh my gosh.” But if you actually watch the movies, it’s there. And you subliminally get the fact of...
Lucas VS LOST
Congratulations on pulling off an amazing show. Don’t tell anyone … but when ‘Star Wars’ first came out, I didn’t know where it was going either. The trick is to pretend you’ve planned the whole thing out in advance. Throw in some father issues and references to other stories — let’s call them homages — and you’ve got a series. In six...
Lucas VS Lucas
These current defacements are just the beginning. Today, engineers with their computers can add color to black-and-white movies, change the soundtrack, speed up the pace, and add or subtract material to the philosophical tastes of the copyright holder. Tommorrow, more advanced technology will be able to replace actors with “fresher faces,” or alter dialogue and change the movement of...
How to succeed as an introvert →
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“The story is, in 2008 I kind of shut off to hiphop. It felt like a total let...”
– Mike Finito
Read the full interview (via dasracistilluminati)
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DOH
Secret History: Technologies that we've lost - and... →
Greek fire. Damascus steel. These are two technological innovations whose secrets are said to be lost to time. Even the original schematics for the Apollo missions have disappeared into the mists of history, forever hidden inside hopelessly obsolete computers.
January 2012
30 posts
Camu Tao - King of Hearts
nehrujackets:
Camu Tao passed away way too early. His Blair Cosby tapes were a huge influence on our earlier more humorous material. Our Chicken and Meat hook was inspired by a YouTube of him recording in an apartment rocking cowboy boots. He left behind King of Hearts. It is severely underrated. It is so much more than rap. It’s very fun. It’s very sad that he passed. Here are some songs from...
