September 2012

Fun Is A Discision.

September 25, 2012

When I’m not robotically doing my version of the Kottke, I like the idea of crafting a little home alone project… (those of you picturing a diorama with little Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern figurines trying to penetrate the defences of a young Macauley Culkin should just skip the rest and spend your day making that.) [...]

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Life Without A Heartbeat

September 25, 2012

Flatline from Union HZ on Vimeo. Flatline plays like a glimpse into a weird steampunk future where we replace our beating hearts with mechanical turbines;  softly whirring where they used to beat. (Somebody fetch my tattered bowler and pointless goggles, I’m ready for the steampunk slam poetry jam.) The net effect: Life With No Heartbeat [...]

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Are You Saying ‘I Love Jews’ Or ‘Olive Juice’?

September 19, 2012

Y’know, how your mouth makes shapes when saying the words “Olive Juice” that appear identical to those made when declaring “I Love Jews”……? No? Put yourself in the soiled boots of a Palestinian olive farmer who toils in the shade of an ever-encroaching Jewish neighbor’s property line while- Ah, fuck it. There’s a blonde with [...]

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Scale Of Ambition From Ivy League University Dorms

September 13, 2012

The Yudkowsky Ambition scale (for start-up companies): 1) We’re going to build the next Facebook! 2) We’re going to found the next Apple! 3) Our product will create sweeping political change! This will produce a major economic revolution in at least one country! (Seasteading would be change on this level if it worked; creating a [...]

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Summer Jams And Assorted Preserves

September 6, 2012

How is it that everyone manages to pull their definitive ‘summer mix’ outta their assholes when they haven’t yet been through a summer of mixin’ it up? Don’t bother answering, it’s rhetorical. Xylos – Summerlong Kishi Bashi – Manchester Chairlift – I Belong In Your Arms The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather alt-J (∆) Breezeblocks Now, [...]

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Leggo My Truck-o

September 1, 2012

(Quick sidenote: Is it bad form to post something you fear may be plucked off its free online posting? Should I know new media etiquette already?) Anyway, Hands On A Hardbody is a super compelling documentary; basically, it’s about a bunch of crazy folks competing in a hot Texas parking lot to keep their hands [...]

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