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Team Sleep — “Your Skull Is Red” [♬]
•July 8, 2015 • Leave a Comment
•July 7, 2015 • Leave a Comment
I don’t understand some people. Myself sometimes too. Why are we so afraid of each other? I just want to connect with someone. Where does this shame come from? Can’t we simply talk? All the tools in the world at our fingertips but none of it can bring us closer together.
Screenwriter Tom Schulman Deconstructs His Oscar-Winning Script ‘Dead Poets Society’
•July 6, 2015 • Leave a CommentThis is a very good film, and if you think so too, you may also appreciated this insight into how “Dead Poets Society” came to be so good, as told by the writer, Tom Schulman:
Darius Simpson & Scout Bostley – “Lost Voices”
•July 2, 2015 • Leave a CommentWatch Eastern Michigan University students Darius Simpson and Scout Bostley speak for each other, showing us a thing or two about privilege and individual voice:
‘Dawn’ Directed by Rose McGowan [short film]
•July 2, 2015 • Leave a CommentDawn is a quiet young teenager who longs for something or someone to free her from her sheltered life.
Rose McGowan Was Fired by Her Agent for Criticizing Hollywood Sexism
•July 2, 2015 • Leave a Comment
Sexism (contextual sexism?) on a (pseudo-)professional level. Actress Rose McGowan spoke out against a recent casting note for an Adam Sandler project that insinuated she flaunt her sex, after which Rose McGowan was dropped by her agent who essentially chose not to represent her interests and thus ignoring two very important issues; 1. sexism is not OK, and 2. Adam Sandler sux. Seriously, why all the yelling? Is it tourettes?
https://twitter.com/rosemcgowan/status/611378426344288256
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Here’s a good, candid interview with Rose McGowan followed by a clip from her directorial debut, “Dawn”
She became famous very quickly and went on a whirlwind journey through “Hollywood,” all the while working long hours on a TV show. After a couple very tough years, she is back with a short film, Dawn, and a new passion for the work and for life. Meet Rose McGowan (Shot in Toronto, September 2014).
Fascinating Portrait of Kite Fighting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
•June 29, 2015 • Leave a CommentWhen I was little, me and my neighborhood friends used to throw half-bird-eaten plums at each other across my back lawn between the garage roof and the plum tree, yeah, but this right here is some next level play — in the crowded favelas of Rio de Janeiro, flying kites is more than a leisurely escape; it’s also a playful form of battle:
After futebol, soltar pipas, is Brasil’s most popular sport. In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, pipa (kite) designs and airborne “cutting” strategies have been passed through generations, from rooftop to rooftop. Filmmakers Guilherme Tensol and Leandro HBL spent time in Rocinha, Rio’s largest favela, among its young pipa warriors and elder statesmen, absorbing their secrets and documenting their stories.
Watched that with a smile on my face. I love these mini-documentaries that show a different perspective of life, but facing reality of these kiters’ methods, this should be viewed as an activity filled with ignorance and I can only hope people are being responsible with their materials and that these young minds are being educated on the dangers of cerol or manja (manjha) — the name given to the mixture of industrial adhesive with ground powdered glass which is applied to the kite lines, making them abrasive and also deadly to the touch — because many innocent people have been hurt.
This blog avoids featuring human atrocities or graphic imagery, but sometimes to understand what is good, it helps to also understand what is bad — WARNING — the following pictures are of some bloody accidents of people coming into contact with neglected, modified, cerol/manja/glass-coated kite lines:
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Man Parks in Handicap Spot in Brazil, Gets His Car Turned Into a Blue PiñAta and Is Publicly Shamed
•June 29, 2015 • Leave a Comment
Dammmnnnn. Epic public shaming of a non-handicapped driver who should have known better than to park in a disabled parking spot. If this video is any indication, the people of Brazil take illegal handicap parking very seriously. With the help of the jeering crowd and this now re-playable visual scar, here’s hoping the message sinks in.
People who abuse disabled parking zones are the WORST. They think they’re entitled to park where ever they want, completely disregarding the inconvenience they are causing to someone that actually needs to park in the disabled parking zone. Often, these people go without punishment, but after this man decided to carelessly park in a disabled parking spot, he was taught a lesson he wont soon forget. Hopefully next time he’ll think twice before parking in the disabled zone. Things could have gone down differently for sure, so just don’t do it!
Grades “King” [music video]
•June 28, 2015 • Leave a Comment
Love it! A little girl with slick dance moves, lives out her superhero fantasies as she goes on a wild journey through the haunted halls of her school and beyond:
Dancer Laika Takasu as little girl. Directed by Taichi Kimura, with animations by Rapparu. Producer Takuma Hiramatsu / DOP Kohou Kotake / 1st AD Ryosuke Asano / 2nd AD Anam Sekiguchi / Choreographer Sayuki Kobayashi / Make up Rie Furuya / Runner Takumi Kidokou.
I ♥ WAYWARD (Image) [comics]
•June 27, 2015 • Leave a CommentWAYWARD by writer Jim Zubkavich, artist Steven Cummings and colorist Tamra Bonvillain is hands-down my favourite ongoing comic right now. I love it. The second arc will wrap up in issue #10 next month, which sadly means pangs of longing until I get to see the third arc, but it also means my WAYWARD five-part cover panorama will be complete, which I find is a very cool concept:
This isn’t the first time the creators have played around with the cover art either:
“My Neighbor Totoro” (となりのトトロ) 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
There are so many stories out there, so good artwork has become my deciding factor of whether I commit to subscribing to a comic or not. WAYWARD sold me in issue one; described as the camaraderie of Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Japanese mythology, which is a good selling line, but to me it is much more than that. The colouring, textures, detailed background work, youthful characters and their adversaries all make for a progressive narrative experience in each issue.
WAYWARD is a well-researched tapestry of monsters, magic, and myths. Mystical powers and genuine historical Japanese folklore collide in this underrated piece, I would definitely recommend to friends interested in getting into comics — it is a genuine comic experience executed to the best of each craftsman’s abilities, and again, I love it. Plus, you know, kids fighting a subculture of evil creatures in Japan; why not!?
Team Sleep — “Blvd. Nights” [♬]
•June 27, 2015 • Leave a CommentI love Deftones and every project lead vocalist Chino Moreno is apart of. Team Sleep released their first studio album way back in 2005 to mostly positive reviews, and I just got word of their announcement to release their follow-up album, ‘Woodstock Sessions Vol. 4,’ this coming July 10th; that’s a 10 year hiatus! Not sure if I’m breaking any copyright laws here, but I found this live recording of my favourite Team Sleep track “Blvd. Nights” through another page’s encrypted sourcecode. Not sure why they would want to keep it exclusive, so here it is (still protected) — this track is fucking incredible!
Moreno, band co-founder Todd Wilkinson, Chuck X (Crosses), CrookOne, Rick Verret and new drummer Gil Sharone (Marilyn Manson, Dillinger Escape Plan) < pledgemusic.com/projects/teamsleep>>
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