Monthly Archives: December 2007

Janek Schaefer performances

Posted on December 27, 2007 by dff

English sound artist / composer Janek Schaefer offers downloadable MP3s of two of his performances for sale: the recent The Sporting Guide to The Speed of Sound and the slightly older Recital in the old library. I’m not much for … Continue reading →

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Sim unclear on meaning of ‘retired’

Posted on December 27, 2007 by dff

Glamourpuss. What’s it all about? Dunno, but it’s The Haute Couture Magazine parody that’s so six months ago. and it’s An homage to the classic photorealism black and white “beyond noir” strips of the 1940s and 50s (Alex Raymond, Stan … Continue reading →

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“Sustainability”

Posted on December 20, 2007 by dff

Brian notes that Bruce Gagnon (a political organizer from Maine who lists “shoveling snow” among his interests and who thinks “growth is killing our very finite planet”) is foolish to urge us to “Shop local, eat local, and walk local” … Continue reading →

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Balinese Gamelan

Posted on December 17, 2007 by dff

Cool: A gamelan is a kind of musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums, and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings, and vocalists may also be included. The term refers more … Continue reading →

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GB’s war on cutlery

Posted on December 12, 2007 by dff

Samurai swords to be banned: The sale of imitation samurai swords could be banned by the end of the year, the Home Office announced today. Importing or hiring the weapons could also be made illegal following a string of samurai … Continue reading →

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Finally something I’m qualified for

Posted on December 11, 2007 by dff

Skeptical Scientists Urge World To ‘Have the Courage to Do Nothing’ At UN Conference: BALI, Indonesia – An international team of scientists skeptical of man-made climate fears promoted by the UN and former Vice President Al Gore, descended on Bali … Continue reading →

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52,000 lessons in composition

Posted on December 10, 2007 by dff

1000 Frames of Hitchcock: 52 movies storyboarded by screencap. Awesome!

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More Frazetta

Posted on December 10, 2007 by dff

Golden Age Comic Book Stories has some great Frazetta art, here, here and here. Amazing stuff.

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Jumper

Posted on December 10, 2007 by dff

Looks cool.

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John Carter animation 1936

Posted on December 9, 2007 by dff

(original here) In Frazetta – Painting with Fire, it is pointed out that Frank Frazetta really transformed the way we imagine heroic fantasy, which had previously been dressed in classical Roman garb. Interesting to see some suggestion of that here. … Continue reading →

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Jim! / What is it, Bones? / They’ve stolen Spock’s brain!

Posted on December 7, 2007 by dff

A great song by I, Ludicrous – check it out. (only been listened to 140 times!) UPDATE: noticed and fixed the typo in the headline… D’Oh!

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Your honor, that amphibian was for personal use

Posted on December 6, 2007 by dff

More on the proverbial street and its uses for things: Law enforcement authorities have discovered that people are willing to go to great lengths to get high And they discovered this when? Recently, or decades ago, a few minutes after … Continue reading →

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President Bush vindicated

Posted on December 4, 2007 by dff

Chimps Take On Computerized Brain Test, Beat College Students.

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