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Global Warming: The Signs and the Science: Watch it at 8:00 p.m. EST on Wed., November 2, or buy the DVD.
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Green Homes for Sale: Very awesome website concept, and pretty nicely organized as well. Coolcool.
The Independent Online: 2001: The secrets of Kubrick’s classic: Brilliant.
Dan Wickler: brush 0.1 A free realtime video manipulation tool… Unfortunately, I’m having some trouble getting it to work and am too lazy to tool with it right now, but I’m pretty sure this app was used in the recent INTERNATIONAL CHIPTUNE RESISTANCE. And it was cool.
Fucking Fabulous Film Festival: schedule: It looks like F4’s screening schedule is nearly complete. Green under “White Trash Flicks”?! Hah. Should I be honored?
The WorldChanging reading list: Required reading for changing the world.
The INTERNATIONAL CHIPTUNE RESISTANCE took place this most recent Saturday (10/22/2005), and was… amazing. Over six hours of blaring Game Boy music from nine different musicians. We had to leave a little early and missed the last two (M-.-N and Bubblyfish), but everyone else was incredible. Random run-on highlights: Bit Shifter played a two song remix mishmash… Hey Kid Nice Robot did a bunch of covers and wore a really weird helmet+mask… Glomag sang in German (does he know German?)… Receptors started the audience stoking a bit… OMAC implemented a Speak & Spell emulator plus some really simple and effective live drums and guitar… David Sugar pretty much blew me right away… and Nullsleep broke out his NES + EEPROMs, plus wicked trusty keyobard… Pretty fantastic stuff all around, really. Exhausting, too. A lot of the live video work involving realtime video game sprite manipulation was really neat, too. Wonder what programs were used for that…
Here are some crappy quality videos and some pictures from the event:
Worldchanging.com: ‘Paradise Now’ film overview: Wow. I’ve seen the trailer a few times before without too much thought, but now I think this seals the deal on whether or not to see it. Intense.
Yahoo!: ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Creator Keeps Privacy: I require nothing else of the amazing Watterson and have much respect for him.
Chris Jordan photography: Chris Jordan takes photos of, well, trash. Very unsettling stuff.
“South Korean director spreads film virus across the world”: A nice little article on Kim Ki-Duk’s rising popularity. Key notes:
“If a lot of people watched my movie I don’t think I would have a lot of interest in it either.”
“I wish my movies could be like a virus — it’s not seen but it’s all over the place.”
“I do not have a lot interest in spending a lot of money and being in Hollywood with huge notions.”
Good to see that his philosophy is not being swayed despite an increase in exposure… I hope he continues down the road of creating small scale features. Nothing impresses me more than low-budgeted, ’simplistic’ films with a heavy emotional / artisitic / thematic punch.
Chiptunes coverage in Yard Magazine: Bit Shifter makes mention of chiptunes coverage in the newly released issue #2 of Yard Magazine. The magazine includes a compilation CD containing an exclusive Bit Shifter track, “Tea With Galactus,” as well as a Glomag track. Where to buy this magazine, I have no idea… but hope to find out.
And a reminder that THE INTERNATIONAL CHIPTUNE RESISTANCE will be amazing.
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