Drawing Restraint 9 Trailer

Drawing Restraint 9 - Trailer

Hell yes! I am hyping a movie I haven't seen, but based on past works from Matthew Barney, I believe I am justified.

Chris Bliss: Must-See Finale

Chris Bliss: Must-See Finale

The end of Abbey Road always makes me smile and cry tears of happiness.

zim

My buddy told me the other day he was really getting into Invader Zim. My buddy is the same age as me-- we're old. Not being a kid, I had no idea what he was talking about. So I set the old DVR to record every episode. For a Y7-rated show, it's surprisingly badass. It's actually quite disturbing. Yeah, it has the boldly-defined lines, which are mandatory for cartoons these days it seems. But it also incorporates some playful Giger-esque/Wachowski-ish future gothic stylings. The action sequences are creative and entertaining. GIR, Zim's sidekick robot is insane to the degree of lovability. Even the diminutive Zim, hell-bent on taking over earth for the Irken empire, endears himself with his genius ineptness and his emphatic references to himself in the third person. From what I've seen so far, the half-hour program is split into two segments to cover both sides of Zim's world-- the alien and the alien disguised as human boy. The human boy, Dib, is on to Zim and works to thwart Zim at every step of the way. Dib's little sister, Gaz, realizes Zim has no chance of success. Gaz, the artsy kid who will grow up to make cartoons like Invader Zim, truly is Zim's guardian angel-- preventing her brother from destroying the poor little alien.



So check it out if you have the time. With The Daily Show and ,The Colbert Report, I don't know how many more half-hour dailies I can take. I'm taking in way too much Viacom. And the podcasts... I'm going to have to cut myself off. Damn you, Television! Damn you, DVR! Damn you, RSS Feed! Damn you, Compelling Novel! Damn you, Addictive Video Game! Damn you, Sudoku!

YouTube - Real Life Simpsons Intro

Pandora

The box is officially open. Here is my main station-- Danny's Favs. I've cast a pretty wide net, so there's a little garbage that slips through occasionally. (I'm still debating whether or not to remove the Beatles-- they pretty much influenced everyone including a lot of shite.) My friends are slightly more reliable in picking out music I might like. Songs get the thumbs down when they suck. I've also avoided giving anything the thumbs up no matter how much I like it; I don't want the station to become too focused. Does anyone out there know if adding songs to your favorites affects the station? I've been favoriting stuff I like to guide my future musical explorations.

Honda FCX Fuel Cell Vehicle to Go Into Production - Gizmodo

Honda FCX Fuel Cell Vehicle to Go Into Production - Gizmodo

Kinda what I was thinking of but with natural gas instead of water. Reforming natural gas is the least expensive way to obtain hydrogen currently.

See censorship in action using Google's image search for 'Tiananmen' from Guardian Unlimited: Technology

See censorship in action using Google's image search for 'Tiananmen' from Guardian Unlimited: Technology

It's funny I'm posting this on Google-owned Blogger.com. This really isn't just a Google problem. (I admit I almost believed the "don't be evil" bullshit for a little bit.) An increasing amount of American companies do gazillions in trade with China. It ain't just hookers and drug dealers compromising/revising their values to make a buck.

IFC snags the US rights to Barney's latest

Film Article | Reuters.com

My friends and I have been anticipating the domestic bow of Drawing Restraint 9 ever since we knew of its existence. If your life has been touched by Matthew Barney in any way, most likely through his Cremaster Cycle, you probably understand our enthusiasm.

Our first exposure to Barney's work came through an art mag one of my college buddies had. It contained still images from Barney's Cremaster 4. That group of images left a huge impression on us. A few years later when we heard Cremaster 2 was playing at the Nuart, we were compelled to check it out. Our perspectives of reality were forever changed, and we became ardent Matthew Barney admirers/critics.

With his wife Bjork at his side for this latest release, Barney should easily achieve total world domination. (Dancer in the Dark rocked to the earth's core by the way.)

Here's an exciting tidbit of info about the soundtrack: Will Oldham is on it. Hell yes! Oldham's timeless voice helped shape Cremaster 3 into one of the most triumphant cinematic experiences of all time.

Barney, Bjork, and Oldham come together to bring you your new favorite movie. Rejoice!

tortoise adopts orphaned hippo

this story pulled pretty damn hard on the old heartstrings.

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/12/28/tale_of_the_tortoise.html

election machines easily hacked

Whoops!

http://www.bbvforums.org/cgi-bin/forums/board-auth.cgi?file=/1954/15595.html

jayzeezer

99 Problems With Buddy Holly

mildly amusing. thanks marlene.

"Kung Fu Hustle" wins at Chinese Oscars - Yahoo! News

Kung Fu Hustle is ineffable.

I really loved the hell out of this movie. It's completely insane. I'm stoked to see it's getting its due.

"pivo" is "beer" in croatian

New concept car: a rotating egg on wheels

Consumerism as Spectator Sport

If I didn't know the guys at stuffibought.com, I wouldn't believe it. But I do know them, and it's true-- they really do buy that much stuff. If you want to get into the game of oneupsmanship stuffibought.com is sure to inspire, you can register and submit your own purchases complete with written reviews, pictures, and audio commentary to persuade others. And like Digg, Flickr, etc., it has its own little networking system so you can keep track of what your friends are buying and enjoying (or hating). Just don't try to keep up with the Lin brothers. You can't. There is no way. Forget it already.

MP3 blogs

My friends and I used to make mix tapes. Then we made mix cds. Now you can find out what complete strangers are into with MP3 blogs. And if you're tastes line up, you've found yourself a source for new music.

I see a couple of these MP3 blogs Ben is talking about have RSS feeds. But they don't look like they're set up for podcasting. But then I guess it would be weird to podcast one track at a time.

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Energy Freedom

Here's my idea. Someone please build this for me. I want solar panels on my roof. That should be easy enough. But here's what I want to do with the excess energy I don't use during the day. Through electrolysis (all I need is running water) I want to create a stockpile of H2. Any power generated from the solar panels over what I can put into my H2 tank would go back into the grid. So when the sun doesn't shine, I can use my home fuel cell for power. If I run out of H2, I can just take back from the grid. So now I'm thinking, since I have this tank of H2 sitting at my house, what's to stop me from using it to fill up my fuel-cell-powered car? Heck, I could even reform the natural gas flowing into my house for H2 if I didn't want to waste water.

solar panels
fuel cells
electrolysis
car

American Red Cross - Hurricane Katrina

Give what you can. It's hell over there.

American Red Cross - Credit Card Contribution

When Gundam attacks

When Gundam attacks
Originally uploaded by mckibillo.

GUNDAM SEED DESTINY

Ok, so it has cool mecha animation. Yeah, there's a lot of blowing stuff up. But the Gundam franchise offers so much more. In displaying combat between heavily-armed "mobile suits" piloted by gifted youngsters, it takes us on a journey that explores almost every aspect of war. The kid in me can appreciate it when Kira, one of the protagonists in the Seed series, gets to trade in his beat-up Strike Gundam for the new and improved Freedom Gundam. It looks cooler, and it rocks harder. All the glorious visuals are there to reel you in. And now that you're hooked, they can hit you with the history and political science lessons. At least I can hope that's what's happening for kids that watch the show. It's satisfying to see a cartoon demonstrate how people can be manipulated by their leaders into fighting war after war after war. Exploiting our differences to build up hatred, igniting the spark to fuel that hatred, revenge, profiteering-- it's all there. And it's all packaged in a wonderfully animated and melodramatically scored series. That's anime for you. I'm no anime expert. I just really enjoy this show.

Gundam Seed Destiny
And don't forget the rest of them:
Official Gundam website

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