iDEATH

PostSecret Valentine

nobody@vox.com(Caliban23) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:30:24 -0800

This video comes from Frank Warren over at the one of the best sites on the web, PostSecret. It's bright, hopeful, lonely, dark and even a little disturbing. Everything that you've come to expect each Sunday from PostSecret.

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What's a flying flaming piano between friends?

nobody@vox.com(Caliban23) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:21:23 -0800

Aside from being a font, Trebuchet is a rather fascinating cousin to the catapult. Unlike the aforementioned device which relies on wound up tension being sudden released, the Trebuchet employs a massive counterweight system to hurl it's payload skyward.

The footage is from the infamous Burning Man Festival. BTW, I am not the one who censored the topless woman on stilts at the beginning of the video. I wanted to see that as much as you did. Thanks to Noel for leading me to this one.

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Art Adventures: Buenos Aires

nobody@vox.com(Caliban23) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:29:02 -0800

Art Adventures: Buenos Aires

I picked up this video from Matt Petty's Culture Blog over at the San Francisco Chronicle's website. What I really liked about the art here is that the themes have turned from political to playful and the group, DOMA, has made something of a cottage industry out of what they do.

Here's what Petty wrote in the blog:

Last month I took a little trip down to South America. It was mainly a vacation, but as an art adventurer I felt that I had to bring back a report. I also knew that there's a pretty great street art scene down there, and it was my goal to meet some of the artists and see what they're up to.

I ended up meeting one of the members of the DOMA crew, a group of four guys who have been doing art in Buenos Aires for about a decade. They have a bunch of other friends that paint with them and they're doing some terrific murals around the city. They also get visitors from around the world who come to paint with them. London Police have done collaborations, German artist BLU and Shark from Zurich.

In the video I talk with Julian(Chu) of the DOMA crew and visit NASA in his shop in Buenos Aires.

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Alexandre Orion's Metabiotica

nobody@vox.com(Caliban23) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:04:23 -0700

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Brazilian artist Alexandre Orion began his pursuits as a teenage graffiti artist in the streets of Sao Paulo City. Now, in his late twenties, Orion experiments with combining his street art and his fascination with photography... a process he calls Metabiotica. He expresses his stencil style art on the walls of the city and then incorporates interaction with live subjects to create a new photographic image... some staged, some merely recorded. You can see a film of his work on YouTube below, although he is speaking Portugese and the subtitles seem to be Icelandic (or something). An extensive catalog of his images can be found at his official website.

Alexandre orion - Artist

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Siouxsie Goes "Solo"

nobody@vox.com(Caliban23) — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:54:12 -0700

Into a Swan

This month Siouxsie released her first official solo album, Mantaray.

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The first new Devo song in 17 years.

nobody@vox.com(Caliban23) — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:55:54 -0700

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DEVO (produced by The Teddy Bears)

The de-evolutionary power that was Devo is back. The band has recorded it's first new song in 17 years for an ad for Dell Computers. The band now have plans to create a full-length music video and are talking about a new CD once they have the material. The band is still comprised of the Mothersbaugh and Casale brothers... only the drummer (where applicable) in the position in flux.

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Yes... it's another animated Low video

nobody@vox.com(Caliban23) — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 03:06:13 -0700

Low's Hatchet (Optimimi Version)

As previously stated, one of my favorite bands is Duluth, Minnesota's Low... here's an animated video of "Hatchet" (sorta) from their latest CD, Drums and Guns. The audio version here is the "Optimimi" version, not included on the CD. This is the Mimi sung version, far superior to the album version (sorry, Alan). When I bought this CD from the local cool record store, this version was handed to me in the form of a vinyl 7" single. Thanks to Mooneyham for putting the digital version in my paws.

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iDEATH: Blog Notes

nobody@vox.com(Caliban23) — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:53:46 -0700

Since April of this year (2007) I have taken something of a vacaton from this blog. Upon revisiting, I found that several of my favorite videos (namely Amy Sedaris' appearance on Letterman and her voiceover for the demented cartoon "Puberty Pals") had been pulled due that pesky issue of copyright. So I have (sadly) dleted those here. I'm hoping to now start to post more regularly.

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Guardian Angel of Abused Dolls

nobody@vox.com(Caliban23) — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:27:12 -0700

Guardian Angel of Abused Dolls

Over at flickr.com, where I have two photos sites, is the amazing photography of Hans Proppe (who posts under the name Shadowplay). One of Proppe's favorite subjects is his collection of broken and abused dolls. Here is a recent video he made featuring music from CocoRosie and Beth Gibbons.

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Ricky Gervais Show: Monkey News

nobody@vox.com(Caliban23) — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:37:52 -0700

Ricky Gervais video Podcast 3

If you weren’t one of the millions of listeners to the podcast of The Ricky Gervais Show, then you really missed something special. Gervais and creative partner, Stephen Merchant created the podcast through Guardian UK as a thank you to the fans of “The Office” (both UK and US versions) and the HBO series, “Extras.” The (perhaps) unexpected result of the podcast was the emergence of Karl Pilkington as not only the star of the show but something of an internet phenomenon. Pilkington is an engineer, producer that Gervais and Merchant had met on another project. His world views and philosophies are (as Gervais put it) “unencumbered by erudition and impervious to logic.” Karl believes what he reads on the internet and and in weekly tabloids. One of the most popular segments of the first season was “Monkey News,” featuring a Pilkington “true” story that illustrated his obsession with primates. This is an animated version of one of those segments, the audio is straight from the original show. Gervais released this as a free video podcast inbetween the two podcast series.

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