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Dylan Moran on Irish Clichés
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Asians in the Library UNCUT UCLA (Alexandra Wallace) Music Video Response
This was uploaded yesterday and has already clocked 184,680 views. And justifiably so.
It helps that this man is hella fine and has a nice voice. But even if that weren't the case, I'd laugh until I cried anyway. And yes, it's already up on Angry Asian Man. Just look at the related videos to see how the phenomenon of video responses to Alex ( Read more... ) -
The butterfly effect
Australia, New Zealand, Japan. I felt numb looking at parts of the first underwater, stunned to see Christchurch in ruins, then couldn't take it any longer when I saw parts of Hokkaido levelled. Staying up late, knuckles white around an office chair edge, rocking back and forth, tears streaming down my face, mourning the dead and hoping for ( Read more... ) -
Film Feature: Pump Up the Volume: The History of House
An old documentary, Pump Up the Volume, about the history of house music, has surfaced (in pieces) in its entirely on youtube. This is part one of 13 (though the last is labelled "12a").
This is more Chicago love, as it tells the story of how New York disco morphed into Chicago house, then Detroit garage, then moved to the UK, turned ( Read more... ) -
Who is responsible for this?
You know how you read a book, and it rocks your face, then you hear someone bought film rights? And on one hand you're excited, but on the other, you really, really hope it doesn't suck?
WHAT THE FUCK, MATE. I know you didn't put no Robert Fucking Pattinson in the role of Jacob Fucking Jankowski! I hope to hell he can actually act and ( Read more... ) -
Cautionary tale
I've lost an entire pants size in six weeks due to sheer starvation because of my job. If it'd been done the way I'd like to have done it - had I the time - it should have taken ten weeks. I literally have no time to eat - I have to force a few minutes here and there, and eat protein bars like an 18-year-old in boot camp for fear of being ( Read more... ) -
Chicago’s celluloid city
Matt Bolton of Lonely Planet magazine has written a four-page-long article on Chicago and its relationship with films, here on the BBC's travel site.
There's also a related photography feature called The Windy City on Film I have a seventeen-year long intimate relationship with that city, punctuated with about eighteen visits to it, ( Read more... ) -
Playpoi in Bali: what else is there?
For anyone attending the Playpoi Retreat in Bali soon, the BBC has posted this article. Also, as with everywhere else, they have this entire blog on Indonesia. Awesome. -
Chúc mừng năm mới
My scanner is acting up, so I can't post my new year's graphic yet. Until then, you'll have to watch this cat instead.
Also, since we're not supposed to give people cats as presents, does that mean the year of the cat is a year of poverty? I pray not.
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