Another night w boozbot
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November 8, 2008 by phone
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November 7, 2008 by phone
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the black president of 1977
November 7, 2008 by jjosh
I’m stoked for OB and excited for a black president, but wow I totally forgot we had a black president in 1977…thank goodness for the reminder that is youtube…
some of it still seems so relevant…some hopelessly (thankfully) dated…
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season 6
November 6, 2008 by jjosh
Another version (sorta) of Tom Waits’s "Way Down in the Hole", this time by Blaqstarr and M.I.A….this would work perfectly for the season 6 open of The Wire (sigh)…almost makes me want to do one of those crazy time-consuming fan-edits of the previous seasons to make a fake, fan-fic style season 6 episode…almost…
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November 5, 2008 by phone
ringmaster & buddhaCategory cam phone pix | Tags: | No Comments
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welcome our robotic mambo overlords
November 5, 2008 by jjosh
another in a long line of internet things that astound me, that make me say "Is this happening in the same world in which I live?"
the 6-legged, goateed, fedora-wearing, Lou Vega-dancing robot:
I love the commenter on yt who says "I, for one, welcome our Lou Bega-headed, robotic Overlords."
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casting it
November 4, 2008 by jjosh
At its best, voting is a surreal experience. In New York, even more so. Everyone in the enormous lines chatting to each other, everyone seeming to know each other, asking about the other’s kids, husband, soccer team. The huge old metal voting machines with the giant red levers at the bottom and complicated instructions (complicated if you don’t see some of them). The physical turning of a knob to make an "x" appear.
The buzz around this election is buzzier than ever, and from getting up at 5:50am, getting in line in the dark and hearing everyone chatter, I felt a legitimate head-rush as I stepped into the booth. Voting felt so good!
I wonder where the phrase "cast a vote" comes from? I did some googling but couldn’t find anything. Why "cast"? What is being thrown? What physically was cast to get this phrrase? Something as simple as a piece of paper in a hat? But that doesn’t really seem like casting…
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time to vote
November 4, 2008 by phone
6am line to vote, around the block wowCategory cam phone pix | Tags: | 3 Comments
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MTV part deux
October 31, 2008 by jjosh
Gamera’s comment about Dave Kendall got me thinking about how much I didn’t like him when he was hosting 120 minutes. He always seemed smarmy and sycophantic, didn’t he? I remembered a bit where Sonic Youth were making fun of him, but I couldn’t find it on youtube (wha?!)…
a google search revealed it was from 1991: The Year Punk Broke, which I have a very fond memory of seeing at Grafton Stovall at JMU. A bit more hunting, and I couldn’t find the film anywhere…apparently Courtney Love is blocking them from releasing it on DVD for some reason…how can she do this? — they say it’s due to the fact that she has the rights (?) to K Cobain’s material? Maybe since she’s in it and would need to sign a new contract? Courtney = lame-o.
Anyway, thanks to the glory of the internet I was able to find someone’s upload of a VHS dub of it, so now you can check out the Dave Kendall bit, and a little ironic Courtney Love bit…
[flv:/video/kendall.flv 320 240]
DK seems so nervous, and totally unable to handle Thurston’s vibe. Seeing him also makes me remember Matt Pinfield, 120 minutes’s brain (to DK’s heart)…and Lewis Largent, who I remember hating with a passion. One time he wore a shirt that said "Loser" (right around the debut of Beck) and Sean F and I referred to him as Loser Largent from that point on. I would tape 120 minutes and watch it the next day, so I could fast forward the vidz I didn’t care about, or that they had overplayed. And this was a good time, for a long time. But once Nirvana broke, and the rise of Alternative Nation took hold, they began to play the same tracks over and over and over. Even today if I see Green Day’s "Longview" I want to punch somebody (preferably Loser Largent). It got to the point where I was spending a half hour of fast forwarding to watch one or two videos. So I gave up. And then it went off the air.
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ink think
October 30, 2008 by jjosh
dreamlike and cool…
The Unfinished Swan – Tech Demo 9/2008 from Ian Dallas on Vimeo.
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we r doomed
October 29, 2008 by jjosh
<<Friday, Oct. 24, 1:44pm>>jjosh: can’t believe it’s only 1.5 weeks til voteEthan: I’m really worriedjjosh: everything’ll be cool, OB’s got itEthan: I want to believe Kenobi’s got itEthan: but Palin et al really scare meEthan: I don’t trust the American peopleEthan: I think this vote is going to come downEthan: to populist vs intellectualistEthan: and that populist “base” isEthan: huge and scaryEthan: we got New York but they got Kansas, you know?jjosh: have some faithjjosh: + Kansas is coolEthan: only thing I have faith inEthan: is the stupidity of the American peoplejjosh: yr kind of a “glass half empty” kind of guy, aren’t you?Ethan: we’re all doomed<<Friday, Oct. 24, 4:17pm>>jjosh: people are sick of that populist crapjjosh: they know that’s what got us in the mess we’re injjosh: you gotta stay positive yojjosh: believe that people can changejjosh: put positive vibes out therejjosh: only good can come of itEthan: doomedjjosh: no way, it’s like a pendulum swimingingjjosh: it’ll go our way this timejjosh: humanity is getting better through timeEthan: name me one way things are getting betterjjosh: eg in the 1600sjjosh: torture was sponsored by the statejjosh: actually sanctioned!jjosh: people used to go to executions for fun!Ethan: rly? you choose torture as an eg?jjosh: bad exampleEthan: we are doomed<<Friday, Oct. 24, 5:53pm>>Ethan: hey, I just txtd you “we are doomed! have a great weekend”Ethan: except I sent it to the wrong personEthan: in my contact list! to this girlEthan: I had this big falling out with her 2 years agoEthan: haven’t spoken to her since!Ethan: wouldn’t that be a great txt to get out of the blue? likeEthan: “hey, haven’t spoken to you in 2 yearsEthan: you prob hate meEthan: just wanted you to know that we’re doomed!Ethan: have a great weekend!”<<Friday, Oct. 24, 6:02pm>>Ethan: you there?<<Monday, Oct. 27, 10:57am>>jjosh: so wha happened re that girl?Ethan: we ended up hooking upjjosh: meeting up?Ethan: hooking up! totally weirdEthan: I’ll tell you laterEthan: sex was the best everjjosh: this makes me think we are all doomedEthan: yr a glass half empty kind of guyjjosh: DOOOOOOMED!Ethan: big timeCategory people | Tags: | 4 Comments
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psghetti
October 28, 2008 by jjosh
this made me smile out loud…
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MTV makes me wanna smoke crack
October 28, 2008 by jjosh
It looks like MTV has put a big chunk of their music vid library online, with embedding capabilities…neat…and it looks like there are a fair few obscure vids on there too, like this random example, one of my favorite vids of all time, Yo La Tengo’s "Sugarcube" (they don’t have "Tom Courtney" yet, and I KNOW I saw that on 120 Minutes!)…
If I could do a poll, I’d do "do you like trip hop: yes, no maybe".
hopefully my olde VHS dubs of videos from 120 minutes will soon be obsolete! [via]
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it’s all done with mirrors!
October 27, 2008 by jjosh
er, lenses. Tilt-shift time-lapse amazing…
Beached from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
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Rachel Getting Married
October 24, 2008 by jjosh
Intimate, lyrical, masterful. Where has Jonathan Demme been?
Go see it. A
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