Archive | August, 2010

“Doug” Enters Ghost World

As far as cameo appearances go, the character of “Doug” from Ghost World, played by a committed Dave Sheridan, would have to top my completely subjective list. The one-liners he reels off in the span of 30 seconds basically stole the whole movie … an amazing feat because this is a really good film. But [...]

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Tom Waits, Ken Nordine..”the Movie”

from the 1991 Lp “Devout Catalyst” put out there by Grateful Dead records.. here’s Tom and Ken.. just throwing out some ideas. “the Movie”.

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Marcel the shell with shoes on

Great little film by Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp

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Abbey Lincoln..Max Roach, “Driva’ Man”

one of the comments on this clip said “punk rock began at 3. 09″. Could be. But way deeper than that. 4 or 500 years at least. Contemporary with Odetta, Lena, Miriam; compared with Billie . God Mother to Gil Scott and Patti Smith. Thankful for her work, memory, and presence. The soul lives on.

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Mat Surfing..M. Thomson

I used to wonder if mat surfers could really make barrels..apparently, under the right conditions they do so, and rather nicely at that.

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Scattered Waves Approach Infinity…

Just for fun, freeze frame at 2.14. Regardless of anything else, this is an achievement. (first seen at K’baa blog).

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Marx Brothers..”Duck Soup”

the mirror scene.. from 1933. life is not always, what it seems.

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“the Surf Magazines Don’t Talk About Lapsed Catholic’s”..

The Surf Magazines Don’t Talk About Lapsed Catholics from Todd Stewart on Vimeo. This is brilliant, and even more so when you understand the background and context. Click over to ” the endless bummer” blog to find out whats going on. It will surprise you.

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