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Taking a Train Through Time
Kottke posted this mesmerizing video from the Beeb of a train trip from London to Brighton. Or, rather, three trips, from 1953, 1983, and 2013, run side by side by side.
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Stephen Fry chides the grammar police
Douglas Smith links to the following video from Stephen Fry animated by Matthew Rogers. It's been around a few years, but may be as new to you as to me.
Fry was in Cold Comfort Farm, playing the pretentious, emotion-deaf poet Mybug. Stella Gibbons, who wrote the novel from which the movie was made, wrote 25 novels (plus four volumes of poetry). ( Read more... ) -
Now I'll Never Know Why Dominoes Need Electrical Cords
I woke up too soon. -
Nice use of the word 'Catholic'
From The blog of Katherine Phelps:
No radio shows at the time would touch his [Tom Lehrer's] music. It was too controversial, covering subjects such as venereal disease. Nevertheless, he sold his records to other students on campus at cost and through Boston newsstands and record stores. Their popularity spread swiftly across the US and abroad ( Read more... ) -
The Congress
This should be fun, a mixture of live action and animation.
Cartoon Brew says:
The opening film of last month’s the Director’s Fortnight sidebar at Cannes, The Congress is a loose adaptation of Stanislaw Lem’s 1971 sci-fi novel The Futurological Congress, about an aging actress preserving her digital image for a future Hollywood. It stars Robin ( Read more... ) -
Nixon, That No-Good SOB
Just when you thought your opinion of Tricky Dick couldn't get any lower, you find out he sabotaged the 1968 peace talks. -
I don't know what to watch first
The entire Criterion collection at Hulu is free this weekend. -
Boulet
My buddy bedii (Bruce) clued me in to this artist. He often does multi-panel comic stories, but this single panel pisstake on Miyazaki tickled me. If you check his earlier work out, make sure you hover your mouse over them to read his comments.
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Orycon Schedule
Here is my schedule for the upcoming Orycon. I always have a wonderful time there, not least because I get to make my annual pilgrimage to Powell's BooksEdd Vick's Readings ( Read more... )
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