Friday, March 30, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Simmone Jones
she went to my school - lived on my floor freshman year. i knew she was an artist but i really just knew of her drawings. this is pretty damn special, and i'm diggin the edward scissorhands 80s industrial gothic vibe of her gear haha
added:
sheez, she's good
via simmonejones.org
added:
Simonne Jones- All I want is you from simonne jones on Vimeo.
sheez, she's good
via simmonejones.org
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
another one from 2009 - "One miracle"
What if
everyone went through life
with one miracle stashed in their back pocket
and thats all thats alotted
and the rest is up to them
it just depends how much they want it
most people would use it
far before they ought have
and be angry they only got one
and some would draw solace
from knowing that theres a plot drawn in their favor
with a miracle in your back pocket
tread with confidence
down the path you choose
and die knowing you didnt need it at all
everyone went through life
with one miracle stashed in their back pocket
and thats all thats alotted
and the rest is up to them
it just depends how much they want it
most people would use it
far before they ought have
and be angry they only got one
and some would draw solace
from knowing that theres a plot drawn in their favor
with a miracle in your back pocket
tread with confidence
down the path you choose
and die knowing you didnt need it at all
from July 2009 - "Patterns"
i hate alarms set for the same time
sun in the same place when i open the blinds
same people on the same schedule
on to the same job
same cars same wife waving bye from the door
same cereal every morning, same news channel on
same weather report, and same as before they're wrong
while we think the same thoughts, we sing the same song
same radio station playing the same corny shit
or guy cracking jokes like his humor is the cure for both AIDS and Cancer
or guy spitting facts to make us feel smarter
same masks every day
same bullshit from the same people
same bubble that i live in that tells me to change
same desire not to listen
same feeling like i failed
same people that hate out loud
same people that listen
in the same way same as yesterday
i see its the same difference
seriously, i hate dinner at the same time
not that i hate family its just that it bores me to death
same questions, same replies
how was your day, oh it was fine
such and such happened
i told you that bitch crazy
same battles, same victories
same trophies, same speeches
same morals, same preachers
same lessons, same teachers
i see the same rerun
every goddamn day
same life that is wasted
same passion that has died
at the consistent hands of habit
same smiles that we sport
and on the inside
same tears that are cried
that's why
i'm selling my TV
sun in the same place when i open the blinds
same people on the same schedule
on to the same job
same cars same wife waving bye from the door
same cereal every morning, same news channel on
same weather report, and same as before they're wrong
while we think the same thoughts, we sing the same song
same radio station playing the same corny shit
or guy cracking jokes like his humor is the cure for both AIDS and Cancer
or guy spitting facts to make us feel smarter
same masks every day
same bullshit from the same people
same bubble that i live in that tells me to change
same desire not to listen
same feeling like i failed
same people that hate out loud
same people that listen
in the same way same as yesterday
i see its the same difference
seriously, i hate dinner at the same time
not that i hate family its just that it bores me to death
same questions, same replies
how was your day, oh it was fine
such and such happened
i told you that bitch crazy
same battles, same victories
same trophies, same speeches
same morals, same preachers
same lessons, same teachers
i see the same rerun
every goddamn day
same life that is wasted
same passion that has died
at the consistent hands of habit
same smiles that we sport
and on the inside
same tears that are cried
that's why
i'm selling my TV
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Cool Peek into Video Game Sound Design
sound design in general is pretty cool - i mean just the fact that they essentially go into this warehouse of random junk and basically bang pots and pans together, then come up with some cool effects... seems like a fun job
Full Circle from Callum Cooper on Vimeo.
film for London/Melbourne Fashion House "Klezinski"
Trayvon Martin 911 Call
The incident is audible in this one, screaming and gunshot included... a bit haunting
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
more! ton of cool vids today. enjoy, friends
thanks to boingboing.net's submitted videos page for providing most of these
NPR --- 'How Creativity Works': It's All In Your Imagination
What makes people creative? What gives some of us the ability to create work that captivates the eyes, minds and hearts of others? Jonah Lehrer, a writer specializing in neuroscience, addresses that question in his new book, Imagine: How Creativity Works.Lehrer defines creativity broadly, considering everything from the invention of masking tape to breakthroughs in mathematics; from memorable ad campaigns to Shakespearean tragedies. He finds that the conditions that favor creativity — our brains, our times, our buildings, our cities — are equally broad.
Lehrer joins NPR's Robert Siegel to talk about the creative process — where great ideas come from, how to foster them, and what to do when you inevitably get stuck.
via npr
Listen below:
Beauty of a Second
I've already posted round 1... here's round 2 and 3
The Beauty Of a Second - 2nd round compilation from The Beauty Of A Second on Vimeo.
The Beauty Of a Second - 3rd round compilation (Instant Bliss) from The Beauty Of A Second on Vimeo.
Seeing Sound
from wiki:
Synesthesia (also spelled synæsthesia or synaesthesia, plural synesthesiae or synaesthesiae), from the ancient Greek σύν (syn), "together," and αἴσθησις (aisthēsis), "sensation," is a neurologically based condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway
Monday, March 19, 2012
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Saturday, March 17, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
holy fuck
heres a version narrated by Hunter S. Thompson:
Good Books "Metamorphosis" from Antfood on Vimeo.
ad for usegoodbooks.com
animation by stringtheory.me
Versus: The War on Drugs Debate (3/13 - fuck i missed it!)
LIVE Global debate on the war on drugs, aired on Google+ and hosted by Virgin CEO Richard Branson
Participants included:
Julian Assange; Russell Brand and Misha Glenny; Geoffrey Robertson and Eliot Spitzer: experts, orators and celebrities who’ve made this their cause, are set to lock horns in a new debate format. Some of our speakers will be on stage in London's Kings Place in front of a ticketed audience, and others will join in from Mexico City, São Paulo or New Orleans, made possible through Google+ Hangouts; a live multi-person video platform.
This looks like it was good - from here it sounds like an open forum, not just politicians, and no just potheads. I'm literally excited to hear it. According to the VersusDebates channel (or at least a poster on the channel), the recorded video will be shown at some point? soon?:
http://www.youtube.com/versusdebates
via boingboing
Participants included:
Julian Assange; Russell Brand and Misha Glenny; Geoffrey Robertson and Eliot Spitzer: experts, orators and celebrities who’ve made this their cause, are set to lock horns in a new debate format. Some of our speakers will be on stage in London's Kings Place in front of a ticketed audience, and others will join in from Mexico City, São Paulo or New Orleans, made possible through Google+ Hangouts; a live multi-person video platform.
This looks like it was good - from here it sounds like an open forum, not just politicians, and no just potheads. I'm literally excited to hear it. According to the VersusDebates channel (or at least a poster on the channel), the recorded video will be shown at some point? soon?:
http://www.youtube.com/versusdebates
via boingboing
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Yurbuds Ironman Headphones
I dont like advertising, especially on this blog... but finding a decent pair of headphones when I run has literally been the bane of my existence for years.
the around-ear hook earphones just kind of sit there and flap around, not really doing much in the way of isolation. plus theyre uncomfortable
(in-ear) earbuds are great, I use them at work. and at the gym theyre awesome... till I start sweating, then they just pop out.
and those iphone shits are barely worth mentioning.
I think I have oddly contoured ears because it seems like I've had more problems than most people. But here it is in case theres been anyone else frustrated with their headphone options
so I found these - "Yurbuds."
I havent tried them out but theyre intentionally designed for high-intensity workouts and the reviews all seem glowing. This is my last hope, or I might just stop running altogether
$49.99 at Yurbuds.com
the around-ear hook earphones just kind of sit there and flap around, not really doing much in the way of isolation. plus theyre uncomfortable
(in-ear) earbuds are great, I use them at work. and at the gym theyre awesome... till I start sweating, then they just pop out.
and those iphone shits are barely worth mentioning.
I think I have oddly contoured ears because it seems like I've had more problems than most people. But here it is in case theres been anyone else frustrated with their headphone options
so I found these - "Yurbuds."
I havent tried them out but theyre intentionally designed for high-intensity workouts and the reviews all seem glowing. This is my last hope, or I might just stop running altogether
$49.99 at Yurbuds.com
Monday, March 12, 2012
demo of a new motion capture technology for PS3
this is probably the most expressive CG anything I've ever seen ("my name is kara"). Add to that that it isn't pre-rendered but actually in-game graphics, and its just silly.
Letter from Aldous Huxley to George Orwell about "1984" (Compared to his own book "Brave New World")
Wrightwood. Cal.
21 October, 1949
Dear Mr. Orwell,
It was very kind of you to tell your publishers to send me a copy of your book. It arrived as I was in the midst of a piece of work that required much reading and consulting of references; and since poor sight makes it necessary for me to ration my reading, I had to wait a long time before being able to embark on Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Agreeing with all that the critics have written of it, I need not tell you, yet once more, how fine and how profoundly important the book is. May I speak instead of the thing with which the book deals — the ultimate revolution? The first hints of a philosophy of the ultimate revolution — the revolution which lies beyond politics and economics, and which aims at total subversion of the individual's psychology and physiology — are to be found in the Marquis de Sade, who regarded himself as the continuator, the consummator, of Robespierre and Babeuf. The philosophy of the ruling minority in Nineteen Eighty-Four is a sadism which has been carried to its logical conclusion by going beyond sex and denying it. Whether in actual fact the policy of the boot-on-the-face can go on indefinitely seems doubtful. My own belief is that the ruling oligarchy will find less arduous and wasteful ways of governing and of satisfying its lust for power, and these ways will resemble those which I described in Brave New World. I have had occasion recently to look into the history of animal magnetism and hypnotism, and have been greatly struck by the way in which, for a hundred and fifty years, the world has refused to take serious cognizance of the discoveries of Mesmer, Braid, Esdaile, and the rest.
Partly because of the prevailing materialism and partly because of prevailing respectability, nineteenth-century philosophers and men of science were not willing to investigate the odder facts of psychology for practical men, such as politicians, soldiers and policemen, to apply in the field of government. Thanks to the voluntary ignorance of our fathers, the advent of the ultimate revolution was delayed for five or six generations. Another lucky accident was Freud's inability to hypnotize successfully and his consequent disparagement of hypnotism. This delayed the general application of hypnotism to psychiatry for at least forty years. But now psycho-analysis is being combined with hypnosis; and hypnosis has been made easy and indefinitely extensible through the use of barbiturates, which induce a hypnoid and suggestible state in even the most recalcitrant subjects.
Within the next generation I believe that the world's rulers will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging and kicking them into obedience. In other words, I feel that the nightmare of Nineteen Eighty-Four is destined to modulate into the nightmare of a world having more resemblance to that which I imagined in Brave New World. The change will be brought about as a result of a felt need for increased efficiency. Meanwhile, of course, there may be a large scale biological and atomic war — in which case we shall have nightmares of other and scarcely imaginable kinds.
Thank you once again for the book.
Yours sincerely,
Aldous Huxley
via lettersofnote
21 October, 1949
Dear Mr. Orwell,
It was very kind of you to tell your publishers to send me a copy of your book. It arrived as I was in the midst of a piece of work that required much reading and consulting of references; and since poor sight makes it necessary for me to ration my reading, I had to wait a long time before being able to embark on Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Agreeing with all that the critics have written of it, I need not tell you, yet once more, how fine and how profoundly important the book is. May I speak instead of the thing with which the book deals — the ultimate revolution? The first hints of a philosophy of the ultimate revolution — the revolution which lies beyond politics and economics, and which aims at total subversion of the individual's psychology and physiology — are to be found in the Marquis de Sade, who regarded himself as the continuator, the consummator, of Robespierre and Babeuf. The philosophy of the ruling minority in Nineteen Eighty-Four is a sadism which has been carried to its logical conclusion by going beyond sex and denying it. Whether in actual fact the policy of the boot-on-the-face can go on indefinitely seems doubtful. My own belief is that the ruling oligarchy will find less arduous and wasteful ways of governing and of satisfying its lust for power, and these ways will resemble those which I described in Brave New World. I have had occasion recently to look into the history of animal magnetism and hypnotism, and have been greatly struck by the way in which, for a hundred and fifty years, the world has refused to take serious cognizance of the discoveries of Mesmer, Braid, Esdaile, and the rest.
Partly because of the prevailing materialism and partly because of prevailing respectability, nineteenth-century philosophers and men of science were not willing to investigate the odder facts of psychology for practical men, such as politicians, soldiers and policemen, to apply in the field of government. Thanks to the voluntary ignorance of our fathers, the advent of the ultimate revolution was delayed for five or six generations. Another lucky accident was Freud's inability to hypnotize successfully and his consequent disparagement of hypnotism. This delayed the general application of hypnotism to psychiatry for at least forty years. But now psycho-analysis is being combined with hypnosis; and hypnosis has been made easy and indefinitely extensible through the use of barbiturates, which induce a hypnoid and suggestible state in even the most recalcitrant subjects.
Within the next generation I believe that the world's rulers will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging and kicking them into obedience. In other words, I feel that the nightmare of Nineteen Eighty-Four is destined to modulate into the nightmare of a world having more resemblance to that which I imagined in Brave New World. The change will be brought about as a result of a felt need for increased efficiency. Meanwhile, of course, there may be a large scale biological and atomic war — in which case we shall have nightmares of other and scarcely imaginable kinds.
Thank you once again for the book.
Yours sincerely,
Aldous Huxley
via lettersofnote
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
United States Military Presense since 9/11
UNITED STATES 2001
AFGHANISTAN 2001-?
YEMEN 2002
PHILIPPINES 2002-?
COLOMBIA 2003-?
IRAQ 2003-?
LIBERIA 2003
HAITI 2004-05
PAKISTAN 2005-?
SOMALIA 2006-?
SYRIA 2008
YEMEN 2009-?
LIBYA 2011-?
via here
AFGHANISTAN 2001-?
YEMEN 2002
PHILIPPINES 2002-?
COLOMBIA 2003-?
IRAQ 2003-?
LIBERIA 2003
HAITI 2004-05
PAKISTAN 2005-?
SOMALIA 2006-?
SYRIA 2008
YEMEN 2009-?
LIBYA 2011-?
via here
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
IF YOU'VE seen that KONY 2012 Video - please read this
I know its not a fancy video but give it a chance
The Son of Africa Claims a Continents Crown Jewels
The Son of Africa Claims a Continents Crown Jewels
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
awesome furniture
the Giant Birdsnest [for breeding ideas] is a spectacular piece of furniture designed by O*GE CreativeGroup and you can apparently order one on demand
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