Synchronized eyebrow dancing is a skill few possess. If you remember the Cadbury Chocolates advert featuring the two children who bust into an eyebrow dance, and how weirdly impossible, yet fun it was to try to mimic.
Well I guess this poor girl missed out on all the fun of trying to, because she can just do it. Aussie’s got talent alright; meet Sarah folks — she’s going to be a star someday:
Musician and street performer, Natalia Paruz aka The Saw Lady plays the original Star Trek theme song on the musical saw:
I shall add ‘saw’ to my list of approved instruments worthy of playing the Star Trek theme. All this time I thought the only way the theme could be played right was on the theremin, while in Starfleet uniform standing on the transporter deck. Silly me.
I could hero-worship this guy. cTrix is a musical blip-master who makes 8-bit inspired music for the masses using oldskool computers from 1977 – 1992.
Musician/tech-whiz cTrix hacked together an Atari 2600, three effects pedals – a bass equalizer, flanger and delay – along with a custom joystick track selector to create a chunky chiptune axe! Watch his insanely nerdy performance at Blip Festival 2011 in Tokyo:
cTrix intergrates a Gameboy, C64, Atari 2600, Lynx and beloved Amiga 500 & 1200 to work together, not limited to one style or sound. While you might not know what to expect at a show, you can expect one thing: to have a f**king awesome time!
Woke up and made porridge-yoghourt-fruitsalad for seven with none to spare for myself; had stink Weet-Bix instead. Washed the dishes then frustratingly argued over ‘now screening’ and ‘coming soon’ movies with mother and partner who weren’t even coming to the movies. Drove to cinemas with minutes to spare; took kids to see Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn and spent a fortune on candy, popcorn and more 3D glasses to add to the collection. Missed the final third-act resolution/battle sequence of Tintin because a little miss needed to go to the toilet (I actually liked being the adult in that situation.)
Drove home having to put up with Rihanna telling me in song about S&M. Made two delicious pizzas and lit leftover fireworks. Went with uncle back to the cinemas to see Mission Impossible 3 because he didn’t come to Tintin and I felt bad but also had a guilty urge to watch the third instalment in the series (I was surprised; it had lots of really great action set-pieces.) Picked-up some oily fries on way home. Everyone is asleep now. Spent my last few moments awake writing about my awesome day.
Mission accomplished.
Good night bright screen.
FADE TO BLACK:
Over the Qatar desert, extremely creative artist Cai Guo-Quiang fires off explosive microchip-controlled colourful clouds in place of split-second sparks, complete with loud explosions and fireballs!
This embedded video of artist Cai Guo-Qiang’s ‘explosive event’ at the Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, Qatar, is an impressive testament to how a volatile black powder explosion can be controlled and shaped by computer chips:
For the first few frames I wasn’t sure what I was feeling towards this crazy idea and its warped imagery, but now I know; I like it, A LOT! (I was sold by Deagle Gremlin and Robo-Jose-Cop)
If you look past the copyright infringements, they’ve basically created a brand new style just like rotoscoping in both Richard Linklater’s ‘A Scanner Darkly‘ and ‘Waking Life;’ only this is a few dozen decibels less serious and easier to laugh with. I think their catchy, upbeat song helps bridge the fuzzy line between weirdness and comfort too:
It’s a crazy thing but I was experimenting with the opposite technique a few years ago and replacing the heads of animated sprites with human faces, ie, my less than impressed friend’s faces. Some turned-out creepy as well. Haha I’ll try to find those screenshots, somewhere…
I’ve been digging this video since the day it induced a smile on my face. Thanks Chris “Guerrilla Monkey” Tan for screening this for me, it’s awesome!
Totally loving the universalness of the lyrics.
From the Austin, Texas theater company that brought you such theatrical masterpieces as Robocop the musical, here’s your favorite xenomorphs in a dazzling icecapade.
Michel Gondry sweded Martin Scorcese’s “Taxi Driver” in homage to Scorcese and his new family-friendly release “Hugo,” which played prior to its French premiere:
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