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07/03 New Additions to The Netflix Instant List for 03-07-10

These are the latest additions to The Netflix Instant List
Got anything you want to add that is not already on the list? comment below.

Airborne — Did anyone else watching this movie a million times on tv? it’s silly but I love it
Boys on the Side
Dare
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
House of 1,000 Corpses
Making Mr. Right
Mallrats
Menace II Society
The Misfits

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04/03 How OK Go’s Amazing Rube Goldberg Machine Was Built

Wired Magazine has a great article on how OK Go’s “This too shall pass” video was made.
I’m sure all of you has already seen this video, as you know the whole thing was taken in one shot. Everything was precise and even to the beat of the music, it took about a month and a half to perfect it. The people who build this contraption, Syyn Labs, are an LA based arts and technology collective.

The requirements were that it had to be interesting, not “overbuilt” or too technology-heavy, and easy to follow. The machine also had to be built on a shoestring budget, synchronize with beats and lyrics in the music and end on time over a 3.5 minute song, play a part of the song, and be filmed in one shot. To make things more challenging still, the space chosen was divided into two floors and the machine would use both. (via Synn Labs)

how many tiny details needed to be just right for the machine’s timing to work out.


For example, the wooden tracks used to guide metal balls at the beginning of the video had to be cleaned and waxed to keep dust from slowing down the balls and making them stick. And the angle of that board was set at a precise 3.4 degrees of incline, which was perfect for the timing but sometimes led the balls to jump the track. (via Wired)

Read the whole thing here

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01/03 1983 AM Northwest Portland – Punk Segment

Since the ABC video on “The Day My Kid Went Punk” went down, I found this little jem.
In 1983, AM Northwest Portland with Margie Boule and Jim Bosley (a morning news talk show) had a punk segment with a live studio audience full of them. It’s a great incite to how confused the older people were of the “strange looking kids” that they were slightly frightened of. Quite entertaining. Their guest, Buck Munger, then publisher of Oregon’s music trade magazine “Two Louies” discusses the new Punk music scene in Portland.

Buck Munger, who is still involved with the music scene was inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame this past January. Two Louies was considered Portland’s version of Rolling Stone and named after Portland’s greatest hit, “Louie Louie” by the Kingsmen. There is a tribute website dedicated to the magazine, including a history of Portland’s punk rock with some photos by people that use to work there. Pretty cool read if you have the chance.

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28/02 ABC Afterschool Special : The Day My Kid Went Punk

“Teen decides to make noticed from the rest of the crowd by becoming a Punk Rocker.”
It all starts when some punk rock kids leave their darn punk rock magazine behind and gives the good kid “ideas.” It’s obviously recorded from a VHS, so there is some static buzzing. If you can tolerate that, watch whole thing on vimeo or below.

the day my kid went punk from locky loo on Vimeo.

(credit: Buzzfeed)

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27/02 1st Album Cover design :: Alex Steinweiss (more photos)

In 1939 23 yr old designer, Alex Steinweiss, convinced (as the first Art Director) Columbia Records to allow him to design the first real album cover for “Smash Song Hits” by Rodgers & Hart.
By doing so, Steinweiss basically came up with the idea of creating album & cover art. Up until then, the albums were generically designed. Someone at Undependent picked up the album off eBay for under $30.

Before the LP (Long Playing) record, 78 records were usually 10 inch platters that held around 3 minutes of music! In other words, this Rodgers and Hart collection of Smash Song Hits includes 4 separate platters! More bulk than a modern CD box set!

Cover

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27/02 New Additions to The Netflix Instant List for 02-27-10

These are the latest additions to The Netflix Instant List
Got anything you want to add that is not already on the list? comment below.

The Killing
Love Conquers Paul
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (This is a classic comedy that use to come on TV alot starring Jimmy Stewart. Feels kinda like the original parent trap kind of humor. Good Saturday afternoon movie.)
Punch-Drunk Love
A Room with a View: Special Edition
Shall We Kiss? (Un Baiser S’il Vous Plaît)
Visioneers

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23/02 non plus one final :: a short film starring Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman

To celebrate the grand opening ofOpening Ceremony’s new Ace Shop, Gia Coppola (grandaughter to Francis, niece of Sophia, cousin to Jason Schwartzman) & Tracy Antonopoulos were asked to put
together a short film.

The film stars Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman, with music by Jason’s band, Coconut Records.

Kirsten and Jason, who are decked out in recent arrivals from O.C.’s S/S2010 collection, share a sweet and playful chemistry, very artfully captured by Gia and Tracy on this nostalgia-inducing, vintage-feeling montage. “We were influenced by 60s New Wave films and my uncle’s house,” said Gia. Jason lends both acting and musical talents for the short film, which features the song “Is Sound OK?” from the Davy, the most recent release from his musical project Coconut Records. Expect more from these two talented directors in the next year: Gia recently graduated from Bard College, while Tracy is finishing up at NYU’s Gallatin School. (via)

non plus one final from Tracy ANTONOPOULOS on Vimeo.

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23/02 New Additions to The Netflix Instant List for 02-23-10

These are the latest additions to The Netflix Instant List
Got anything you want to add that is not already on the list? comment below.

21 Jump Street: Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Chances Are
The Guild: Season 1 & 2
Raising Arizona
The Taking of Pelham 123
Thirtysomething: Season 1, Season 2

** Update via John: Dead Snow
** Update via Sarah: Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

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23/02 Vonnegut inspired embroidery

Joanna(Oxford, England) has created some embroideries based on Kurt Vonnegut’s illustrations and quotes from his novels.


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20/02 New Additions to The Netflix Instant List for 02-20-10

These are the latest additions to The Netflix Instant List
Got anything you want to add that is not already on the list? comment below.

Also, I’ve noticed some of the things on the list are not available anymore for instant viewing, I don’t know why, but I’ve taken them off. If you come across any yourself, please let me know.

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (John Krasinski directorial debut)
Blood+: Part 1
Blood+: Part 2
Chance Pop Session
Con Air
Human Traffic
The Insider
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
The Man with Two Brains
Mortal Thoughts
The Red Shoes
Scanners
Signs
Sweet Land
Trust Us, This Is All Made Up
The Village Barbershop (this one kinda slow, but not bad)
WarGames

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