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Here’s an interesting meditation on how old stuff becomes new again, erasing its original history in the process. I especially enjoy the tongue-in-cheek backhanded praise of Mr. “Imma-Let-You-Finish”: Though he may present himself as a crass, arrogant, self-indulgent, pompous, vain, irritating, clueless, and profoundly daft pop star, Kanye West’s video productions present the cabal’s most [...]
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Ever watched Glee? Me neither. It’s a show about high school on FOX that consistently shows students violating copyright law. Is this hypocrisy? Or is FOX involved in a back-door strategy to shift the world of intellectual property law towards the Creative Commons approach? Christina Mulligan writes an interesting bit about that very conflict: These [...]
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Guestblogger Stephen Worth is the Director of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive, a museum, library and digital archive devoted to the use of professional artists and students. Booker T and the MGs: Green Onions, Live in Oslo, Norway 4/7/67 Read more: Adventure 01: The Coolest Sound EVER! Boing Boing
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Cool stuff! A movie proposed and possibly scripted but never ultimately made, Brotherman was the brainchild of a group of Chicago ad men turned would-be producers who never got their project off the ground. But they did get far enough to commission a soundtrack in 1974 Brotherman by The Final Solution (via The A.V. Club)
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I read this on Chicagoist: Chicago native Robert Zemeckis, who hasn't made a decent movie since 1992 (and that was Death Becomes Her by the way!), is negotiating the necessary rights to remake the 1968 animated classic Yellow Submarine. Agreed that this is a HORRIBLE remake idea. But NOT AGREED that DBH was Zemeckis’ last [...]
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“Weird Al” and Jib Jab teamed up to make this awesome music video about CNR …that’s Charles Nelson Riley to you n00bs!
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Thanks to an old Tony Millionaire interview on The Sound of Young America, I just noticed Elvis Costello‘s very cool new website by iWeb Solutions. It’s a horizontally scrolling affair with interstitial illustrations by Millionaire himself. Costello’s new album, “Secret, Profane & Sugarcane,” also features a cover illustration by Millionaire.
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This is a bummer, but also shows how out of the loop I am: Beastie Boys have been working on a new album?!? Beastie Boys have canceled all upcoming concert appearances to allow time for Yauch's surgery and recovery. The release of the band's forthcoming album Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 will also be pushed [...]
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YouTube – My Obama Neurosis (In The Key Of C)
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