Our itinerary

Apologies for not getting this up sooner. Things have been so hectic.

There hardly seems to be enough time to sit in front of the computer to get it all down.

Anyway, here it is:

Paris: December 21 - 26
London: December 26 - 30
Edinburgh: December 30 - January 2
Rome: January 2 - 5
Bruges: January 5 - 8
Paris: January 8 - 10

I might have to just get the rest of the (good) photos up once I'm back home, because there really isn't enough time otherwise.

Jim.

Paris in winter.

One hell of a cover. - Gonzales - Teardrop

Trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen's new movie, Dictator.

Amorphophallus titanum (the Titan Arum)

More here.

re: Persepolis

Le Queloune

Word of warning: this gets weird, quick.

That scene from "The Girl Can't Help It".

I need to make more of an effort to explore the videoclips put out by artists signed with Ninja Tune.

This is so cool. It reminds me of late nights spent watching Liquid Television.

[EDIT]
After a bit of poking around, I've just found out that LIQUID TELEVISION IS BACK.

Keep it together, man. Keep it together. People might be watching.

/flattens hair down.

Okay. So Liquid Television might be back.

Let us first understand what they plan to do with it, before we get too excited.

One hell of an acceptance speech.

Starts at around the 4:30 mark.

Archerfish always seem to remind me of wine tasting.

On Salvador Dali

Leopard attacks villagers in India

Source.

Haeckel, you magnificent bastard.

Feeling lonely? Audiobooks are super effective!

how to lose $2400 in 24 seconds from Kurtis Hough on Vimeo.

David Lynch's thoughts on mobile media devices

Hero by Miguel Endara

Hero from Miguel Endara on Vimeo.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Traffic in Frenetic HCMC, Vietnam from Rob Whitworth on Vimeo.

Surfers Paradise 11.09.11

Tremoctopus Violaceus (blanket octopus)

More here.

Also, does anyone know where the clip came from? I'd pay good money for a high-res poster of the bait ball at around 1:37 in this clip. No joke.

Kiwa Puravida (Yeti Crab)

More info here.

Diary (2010) from Tim Hetherington on Vimeo.

re: James Nachtwey

Such an incredible career. I didn't realise just how many of the iconic photos I've seen were his work.

Tehran, Iran

I don't want it to sound like I'm taking the piss, but this guy really is an awesome dad.

re: Outrageous Cherry

shut up and take my money

From the Prague national library

Le Saut dans le Vide

All the better to see you with, my dear.

Works well enough the other way round too

[edit]Whoops the track by Pulp is Sunrise. Sunrise. Sigh.

More particles dancing

Troxler's fading

More about this bizzaro black magic here.

re: Skinemax

 This is awesome. To many old favourites in there to list.


Skinemax from Smash TV on Vimeo.

A fair appraisal.

One step closer to the creation of the Science Vessel IRL

Source.

This looks promising: Chronicle

Tell me if I'm wrong but this sounds a whole lot more like someone on keys.

Such a damn haunting sound. Brilliant!

I submit that this is one of the best obnoxious, drunken Karaoke songs out there.

Dammit I love Jon Stewart.

The Heavy Rain Soundtrack is awesome!

I suspect many people who came into contact with Mr Tiers dismissed him as a hopeless alcoholic who was largely to blame for his unfortunate circumstances. Such a superficial assessment of the complex contributory causes of the social dislocation of Indigenous people such as Mr Tiers is largely worthless.

Inquest into the death of Matthew Maurice TIERS
Michael Barnes
State Coroner
29 September 2011

The degree of NSFW-ness in the link below is summarized effectively by this contemporaneous chatlog.

Don't hit the link to this at work. You will have a hard time explaining that shit away.

Transcript from Steam:

Freshie: check it
Freshie: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlnz3u_dye-fantasy-official-video-by-jeremie-perin_music
Faustus: lol wat
Freshie: pretty much
Faustus: pretty fuckin cool
Faustus: gonna have to get more of this dude's music
Faustus: WOAH
Faustus: WOAH
Faustus: WOAH
Faustus: WHAT
Freshie: ahaha
Freshie: i wondered when youd get to that part
Faustus: MAN
Faustus: I was like WUUUUUUT

Think Trucker's Delight, but with giant ... pants ... demon... things. I don't want to even try describing it in writing.

[edit] As it turns out, the clip was actually done by the same guy who did the Trucker's Delight clip, Jérémie Perin.

O.O Pontypool looks awesome!

IMDB

[edit]
Meh it was alright. Innovative enough to be worth trying if you have an appetite for this kind of thing. Falls apart a bit at the end.

Maximum banter.

The clip below contains some fairly expressive (read:NSFW) language, too.

New Favourite: Moving Cinemagraphs

[ ... ]

More here.

Ctenophora at 2:40

New Creature Cast: Male Giant Australian Cuttlefish

CreatureCast - Passing Cloud from Casey Dunn on Vimeo.

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble on Jools Holland.

Dusted off SH3 over the weekend. I forgot how much Yamaoka brought to the table.

...and now that I think about it, I'm pretty damn sure she had an orange sweater under that thing.

and I immediately start thinking about Star Wars

Oh and the Avengers trailer is out, too.

Seriously, why can't we have more video clips like this?

[edit] And while I'm at it:

BOOM!

Fidel's Vest

Source.

Like jazz for cows

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Antennas to Heaven

...to attempt to intervene in an official capacity to counter 

attitudes and ideologies which fall short of criminal activity,

points us down a long, dark tunnel which ends with the 

creation of a Thought Police.

Preventing violent extremism
Robert Grenier

Worth a burl

Pretty damn motivational alright.

Winning, in the post-meltdown Sheen kind of way.

Full tilt geek happy times

My god, it's fulla stars.

Greg Mirzoyan - Bombing down the salt mine in Poland. from Rollerblade on Vimeo.

Genius Party Beyond - Toujin Kit (soundfix) from John Smith on Vimeo.

re: stuxnet

Stuxnet: Anatomy of a Computer Virus from Patrick Clair on Vimeo.

Oscillations, baby yeah!

See you soon,

Internet Superheroes

Oh, I gots to get that DVD

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs from Merge Records on Vimeo.

Taken from the short film "Scenes From The Suburbs" directed by Spike Jonze.

That dog has an appetite for trouble

The track featured in this clip is:

(a) awesome
(b) 'oye el consejo' by Ibrahim Ferrer
(c) (a) and (b)
(d) a bag of walnuts

WATCH THIS: Can we eat to starve cancer?

So simple, so awesome.

New York City underground tube exploration

And here I am, crushin' on Geeks again.

An open letter to Terry.

G’day Terry,

Glad to finally say hi to you after having followed your blog for what seems like quite a fair while now. I wish that this day came to pass under happier circumstances. 

I’ve redrafted this thing more times than I care to admit. It now feels more like a matter of just saying what bloody-well needs to be said.

First, I’ll happily admit that generally I’d have no business commenting in others’ affairs, particularly in view of the sensitivity of the topic at hand. 

However, in reply to that general policy I would submit that this is countered by the fact that your very frank and commendably candid disclosure was made in a public forum. In that regard, it could be seen as entirely necessary for someone who might be able to help, to do so in the same manner, so that others might also benefit.

Forgive me if I forgo any entry into religiously inspired rhetoric, because in the affairs of man, it could be no less welcome.

Mate. I feel for you. Depression is nothing if not cruel.  

There are limits to how sincere a stranger’s words can sound, but at least know this: to the extent that your life has affected mine, my knowledge of the insurmountable feats people are capable of has been enriched by your story. You've made it through harder days. You can make it through this too, and you'll come out better for it.

Jim.

Also, sorry if that sounded too pompous. I can’t bloody help it. It always happens when I mean to be serious.

Never gets old.

That voice sample at the start of the Battlefield 3: Thunder Run video sounds familiar.

The sample of the kid saying "Come on, Dad." and a couple of other indistinguishable words. It sounds just about identical to the lead in to this track...

IdrA whyyyyyy?

...and subsequent post game analysis.

Little Big Brisbane

Little Big Brisbane from Anders Goberg on Vimeo.

Beware The Mist!

A couple of other titles from this years E3 that have me weak in the knees.

So the Battlefield 3 multiplayer trailer is out...

And I am struggling to maintain my composure.

oooo-eee

Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'

Sweet, sweet metal.

Black Sabbath - War Pigs

Holy shit I've neglected these guys.

The seat of my envy of astronauts: the slow panning view of Eath.

Fright Night remake is out soon!

And the trailer for the remake in case you haven't seen it:



Double lol for using the Howie scream.

Swoon!

Dem haters.

“The worst thing is to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive. I don’t understand 
this person so they’re crazy. That’s bullshit. These people are not crazy. They are 
strong people. Maybe the environment is a little sick.”



                                                                                                                                                                          The Actor's Studio
                                                                                                                                                                              Dave Chapelle

Spectacular shot of Abbottabad at night.

Source.

re: SANJURO (Spoiler)

SANJURO

Attachment A to Dr Smith's Letter of Termination of Employment

re: whale fall

More info here.

Mimosa Pudica

Source.

Tomorrow morning is gonna hurt.

Brian Jonestown Massacre - Wisdom

The following is an excerpt from the user comments that follow the video on YouTube.

Ugh, I'll never get tired of this.

This series didn't last anywhere near long enough.

Reverse psychology win!

The animation is doneee!

As a bibliophile, this actually made me salivate.

Terrible zoning indeed.

Spoken like an 'effing Boss.

Source

MF DOOOOOOOOOOOM

Right on, right on.

Source.

And what do you make?

Do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed.

There’s a danger, though, in regarding the Western Suburbs as a kind of food court, like a series of little China- or Viet- or Korea- or Lebanon- or Serbia-towns, enjoying the cuisine but disregarding the cultures that cooked them up, leaving “them” to deal with the mess between “authenticity” and “assimilation.”

Country and Western

Sunil Badami

re: Catfish.

This is a follow up post concerning the movie Catfish.

Yes it was awesome.
Yes I was surprised by how it ended.
No, I'm glad I didn't know much about the movie before I saw it.



If you've got a feel for the kind of stuff I like, and if you think there is a consistency between our respective appetites, I would very strongly recommend that you take steps to see this movie.

CreatureCast: The Stomatopod Strike

The Secret of the Stomatopod Strike from Casey Dunn on Vimeo.

If you're interested, you'll find more info about the little guy over here.

And a quick video of a particularly beautiful specimen:

Archosargus probatocephalus (Sheepshead fish): where is your God now?

A little more info.

Oh shit, you sneaky bastard.

What a delicious coincidence.

Hate to sound like a grouch, but I kinda miss the old days.

[EDIT] Upon reflection, I think that's what the old days are for.

Maybe all this nostalgia business is just a function of life.

She Strikes Again!

Radiohead - Codex

Like a boss.

Too 'effing cool.

Emiliana Torrini - Gun. Featured in Season 1 of Luther.

Gotta admit, they would have been fun to work on.

Ending of Dr. Strangelove. //MAXIMUM SPOILER ALERT

Dude, things have been pretty slow 'round here. Y U NO POSTING?

Well shit, I've been busy.

Ricky Gervais' reply.

Good Vibrations - The Langley Schools Music Project

Gonna keep riding the anime wave.

Akira Soundtrack - Kaneda's Theme

Wire - Ex Lion Tamer

William Trubridge, the first human being to dive completely unassisted to 100 meters.

The HECTOMETER freedive from william trubridge on Vimeo.