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Pink Elephants on Parade

Sun Ra cover. Doesn’t sync exactly with the Dumbo clip, but pretty good. Love the elephants becoming clouds at the end. via WFMU’s Beware the Blog Related posts Xtranormal (3) Useless GIF (5) Revolver (3) iPhone 4 desire (0) Art Clokey, R.I.P (1)

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Stay A Little Longer

A slightly flat but still excellent alternate take of Bob Wills “Stay a Little Longer,” via John P. There’s a bunch of other Bob Wills videos on YouTube that are excerpts from two post-war western, as helpful (very very rare on YouTube comments) user “Banks1042″ notes: The movie is Lawless Empire – It also features: [...]

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Xtranormal

I’m sure I’m the last to hear about Xtranormal, the site where you type a script and it instantly renders a movie. Man if I was 12 I would be completely obsessed with this. As it is, I think my test film above will be my last…. Related posts A Town Called Panic (0) Revolver [...]

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Hacking is Easy

yipes! Better change my password from “password” now. HACKING IS EASY! from Airwave Ranger on Vimeo. Related posts Cookie O’Puss (1) You Know, With a Bridge That Might Not Be Such a Good Idea (0) The Golden Snail (1) Terrible Tilly (1) Tech Support (1)

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A Town Called Panic

We caught this stop-motion movie at the Portland International Film Festival (PIFF!) on Sunday. It’s terrific, really kooky and quite funny, good for kids and adults. They have a couple of clips up, but it looks like you have to go to the “official film site” to watch them (couldn’t find a direct link, look [...]

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The Golden Snail

The Keong Mas is the only IMAX theater in Indonesia. It looks like a golden snail, after the famous Indonesian legend. Related posts Hacking is Easy (1) Floating-flying Lanterns (2) Ed on TV (2) Cookie O’Puss (1)

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Of The Infinite Possible Themes For A Blog…

…would you choose to make a blog entirely devoted to screenshots of Commander Riker? Related posts RIP Equalizer (1)

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Art Clokey, R.I.P

Surely one of the 20th century’s oddest visionaries, Art Clokey, has passed on. Related posts A Town Called Panic (0) Xtranormal (3) Useless GIF (5) Revolver (3) Pink Elephants on Parade (0)

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RIP Equalizer

Actor Edward Woodward dies at 79. Stewart Copland did the Equalizer theme, btw. Related posts Of The Infinite Possible Themes For A Blog… (3)

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The Yes-Men Smother The Cake Eaters!

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Hodgman Nerd-Roasts Obama

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You know you want to

Was really into this show as a kid. And like the rumors that one day you see Zoltar with no mask, turns out there was truth to schoolyard rumors: the Marshalls do escape (sort of). In this case we can thank the science fiction writers (Larry Niven, Theodore Sturgeon, Ben Bova, and Norman Spinrad, ….Dorothy [...]

Dan and naD: A Palindromic Film

There are a couple ways to approach the palindrome in film, I think this one is excellent. via Waxy Related posts No related posts.

Powerhouse on Harmonica

The Six Philharmonicas performing Raymond Scott’s “Powerhouse”, from the 1940 Vitaphone Melody Master “The Dipsy Doodler.” Some of the odd harmonicas are described here. previous harmonica goodness Related posts No related posts.

Thundercats Movie (?)

Whether or not the rumours are true about the new live-action film adaptation of the ThunderCats, I think we can all hope that it won’t look like this, or god help us like this. Most likely the Onion is on target about how such a project will be treated. Related posts No related posts.

More Gloriousness

How can you follow this, even on a lowly blog? With some DJFlack, of course: Related posts No related posts.

The Devil Always Wins

It’s a crazy time right now. Related posts No related posts.

Pitfall (1962)

Director Hiroshi Teshigahara’s first feature is a (deep breath…) Japanese post-war noir pro-union docu-fantasy with ghosts and, like delicious icing, a soundtrack that is scored entirely for prepared piano and harpsichord. IMDB NETFLIX CRITERION Related posts No related posts.