[you'll have to order the files yourself but here they are!]
1. Heaven Can Wait † Charlotte Gainsbourg
2. Soda St. #1 † Thee Oh Sees
3. Sleep All Summer † St. Vincent and The National
4. There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve † A.C. Newman
5. I’m An Animal † Neko Case
6. Antonia Jane † Lightning Dust
7. Home † Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
8. Dreams-Come-True-Girl (Ft. Karen Black) †
Cass McCombs
9. Run This Town (feat. Kanye West & Rihanna) † Jay-Z
10. The Walls Are Coming Down † Fanfarlo
11. Too Many Birds † Bill Callahan
12. EOL † Islands
13. Take a Minute † K’naan
14. Actor Out of Work † St. Vincent
15. Way Down (feat. RZA, Barbie Hatch, & John Frusciante) † N.A.S.A.
16. Bad Romance † Lady Gaga
17. Bell of Doom Ft. Doom † The Prof
18. Bay of Pigs † Destroyer
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Manohla Dargis on Women Film Directors
Here’s a little history: Only three women have been nominated as directors by the academy in 81 years: Lina Wertmüller for “Seven Beauties” in 1976; Jane Campion for “The Piano” in 1993; and Sofia Coppola for “Lost in Translation” in 2003. None won. At a glance this year looks promising, with high-profile titles like Kathryn Bigelow’s “Hurt Locker,” Nora Ephron’s “Julie & Julia,” Lone Scherfig’s “Education” and Ms. Campion’s “Bright Star,” all of which have been too successful, critically and commercially, to dismiss.
[...]
It’s hard to know why women have fared so badly in Hollywood in the last few decades, though any business that refers to its creations as product cannot, by definition, have much imagination. The vogue for comics and superheroes has generally forced women to sigh and squeal on the sidelines. Even the so-called independent sector, with its ostensibly different players and values, hasn’t been much better, as we know from all the female directors who have made a splash at the Sundance Film Festival only to disappear. New digital technologies and the Internet have leveled the field — though usually it seems as if it’s sheer grit that pushes filmmakers like Kelly Reichardt (“Wendy and Lucy”) along the hard road from idea to distribution. [emphasis courtesy d'me]
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See also Guerrilla Girls (get yourself some sticker paper for Crimbo)
[...]
It’s hard to know why women have fared so badly in Hollywood in the last few decades, though any business that refers to its creations as product cannot, by definition, have much imagination. The vogue for comics and superheroes has generally forced women to sigh and squeal on the sidelines. Even the so-called independent sector, with its ostensibly different players and values, hasn’t been much better, as we know from all the female directors who have made a splash at the Sundance Film Festival only to disappear. New digital technologies and the Internet have leveled the field — though usually it seems as if it’s sheer grit that pushes filmmakers like Kelly Reichardt (“Wendy and Lucy”) along the hard road from idea to distribution. [emphasis courtesy d'me]
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See also Guerrilla Girls (get yourself some sticker paper for Crimbo)
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Requited #2!
C. L. BLEDSOE
JASON BREDLE
ELIZABETH CROSS
LAURA GOLDSTEIN
BECCA KLAVER
LIVE CAPTURE REMIX
KRISTI MAXWELL
AARON PLASEK
NATE PRITTS
ALBERTO RIOS
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Sometimes I Get Criticized for "Just" Reading the Signs
but now I can claim a lineage:
In the 1930s, Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas, on their American lecture tour, were driving in the country in Western Massachusetts. Toklas pointed out a batch of clouds. Stein replied, “Fresh eggs.” Toklas insisted that Stein look at the clouds. Stein replied again, “Fresh eggs.” Then Toklas asked, “Are you making symbolical language?” “No,” Stein answered, “I’m reading the signs. I love to read the signs.”
—Catherine R. Stimpson, “Stein and the Transposition of Gender,” in The Poetics of Gender, ed. Nancy K. Miller
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Things You Learn on Wikipedia While Researching Sadomasochism in Literature
Sacher-Masoch [whence "masochism"] is the great-great-uncle to the British singer and actress Marianne Faithfull on her mother's side, the Viennese Baroness Eva Erisso.
One more time, that scary/awesome Marianne Faithfull version of Neko Case's "Hold On, Hold On":
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Charlotte Gainsbourg, "Heaven Can Wait"
Here's what you sing about if you are lucky enough to be the daughter of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin but unlucky enough to have a water-skiing-accident-induced brain hemorrhage:
Fam portrait:
Fam portrait:
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Found Poem (Sony Cybershot)
Smile Shutter Technology
The popular Smile Shutter technology
automatically detects and captures a smiling face.
Simply activate
by pressing the Smile Shutter button
and the camera will capture a smile
the moment it happens.
You can also select subject priority
(Adult or Child Priority
or using the cross key buttons on the camera)
and indicate the degree of
Smile Detection Sensitivity
to high (small smile),
medium (laugh)
or low (grin).
Great substitute of self timer,
smile once all are ready
and the camera will capture the smile.
The popular Smile Shutter technology
automatically detects and captures a smiling face.
Simply activate
by pressing the Smile Shutter button
and the camera will capture a smile
the moment it happens.
You can also select subject priority
(Adult or Child Priority
or using the cross key buttons on the camera)
and indicate the degree of
Smile Detection Sensitivity
to high (small smile),
medium (laugh)
or low (grin).
Great substitute of self timer,
smile once all are ready
and the camera will capture the smile.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Does Anyone Watch TV on TVs Anymore
Have you seen these Walt Whitman Levi's commercials?
Whatever I love them.
They are the pomo expo!
Text of poems: ["Pioneers! O Pioneers!"] ["America"]
Whatever I love them.
They are the pomo expo!
Text of poems: ["Pioneers! O Pioneers!"] ["America"]
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