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Mos Def, “Casa Bey”

May 14, 2009

So very good.

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Merchandising memories

March 26, 2009

Yet another childhood favorite is being turned into popcorn entertainment. Check out the new trailer for Where The Wild Things Are. At least Spike Jonze is directing. He’s the only person in Hollywood I would trust to a project like this (using puppets rather than CGI inspires some hope). Still makes me feel a little [...]

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ThruYOU and the start of big things

March 13, 2009

Not sure if I can add to the discussion happening around Kutiman’s massively popular ThruYOU video experiment, except his work feels like the first strike in the beginning of something evolutionary.
His work reminds me of the DangerMouse/Grey Album situation: A massively creative and original concept that found instant diehard fans and litigation lawyers; offered for [...]

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The Perils of Friending

March 3, 2009

My Social Graph Is Getting Weird.
Nice rant on the pitfalls of re-connecting as our world shrinks through social networking. People and pictures we thought were lost to the sands of time are suddenly fair game once more. Harsh and unspoken Friending choices are being made every day, as our networks gather more detail on the [...]

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Half Life on a budget

February 19, 2009

Seems like some big-budget directors could learn a thing or two from the low-budget upstarts. If video games are the inspiration, we all know the plot and dialogue won’t win any Oscars. But this entire game-based short was made for $500 (!) so obviously talent and passion play a part. My bet is the Purchase [...]

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