Great little film by Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp

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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Better than solo Belew,
His smile and warmth?
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Oh these kids today
What with their King Crimson-ing
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On the subject of rants…

This one has to rank up there, for sheer righteousness and unfuckwithable passion. Point by point, the inertia of Cassavetes’ convictions build into a kind of rambling logic, that place one can arrive at only when it’s felt on the deepest of levels (often aided by inebriation).
Here his […]

I came across this video on the excellent Kurungabaa blog. Reminded me of my university days, as I spent a considerable amount of time one quarter researching and writing a paper on the sand mandala ritual as practiced by Tibetan monks.
Below the fold is that term paper. There are a few rough patches, […]

Written and performed by the wonderful Jim Broadbent, directed by Mike Leigh. In this, maybe my all time favorite short film, a member of the British landed gentry, the 23rd Earl of Leete, tells of his family history.
Hint: the real story is found between the dialogue; in the gazes, gaps, and pauses. […]

Sony Pictures is doing the humanitarian service of finally getting John Cassavetes’ Husbands released on DVD. Netflix, buy, steal, Youtube it, do whatever you gotta do to see this work of art. Just know that unlike 99% of all other films, your hand will not be held as you watch and navigate through […]

Come check out the new branch to Campbell Brothers Surfboards, Bonzer5.org. We will be auctioning off two surfboards online. All proceeds will be donated towards Water 1st International, a non-profit organization based in Seattle that is dedicated to bringing safe water and sanitation to those in need around the world.
Find out all the […]

Staukul model, version 2.0.

Leonard Cohen
Antony & The Johnsons
My Bloody Valentine
Tinariwen
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Last weekend was another successful Coachella excursion. We had the privilege(?) of providing overpriced hydration, electrolytes, and whatever Red Bull is to a mass of humanity that supposedly passes as youth culture. Got to check out some pretty neat music in the midst of it all, a […]