I can’t make up my mind about David Lynch’s Interview Project. On the one hand, I find the concept irritating and full of shit (the idea of the road trip and meeting and interviewing “real” people along the way, in search for the heart and soul of America snore blah snore) — to top it all, Lynch’s video intro is rather lifeless and awkward. One the other hand, I could as easily imagine Alvin Straight at the helm of this project as he tours the country riding his John Deere lawn mower, and that, my friend, is and idea I’d find much more appealing all of a sudden.
Well, If anyone finds an interesting interview in there, give me a shout, as I haven’t found one yet (not having browsed the site for very long it has to be said).
…To be revisited.
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My Private Screening with Pauline Kael — by Wes Anderson (via thisrecording)
“Her Parkinson’s makes it difficult for her to write. That’s why she quit The New Yorker. I asked her if she’d ever dictated a review, and she said, ‘I think I wrote more with my hand than with my brain.’ She said she would never write again.” — Wes Anderson
I find the piece rather moving, I must say.
Here’s another great piece by This American Life, or when life is stranger and more exciting than fiction. But really, what I love about this show is how each piece is produced and edited (the rhythm of the narration, the subtle musical dressing and the clever editing of the interviews, particularly how the producers juggle with the many voices and points of view being heard without ever confusing the listener)…To me, and so far, it’s just perfect story telling.
This American Life is yet another great American public radio show that came to me highly recommended by The Once and Future Blonde. Switched at Birth is the story of Sue and Martha who were switched at birth and what happened when both families finally learned the truth - the show features interviews with the two mothers and the two daughters. Powerful stuff.
Provided by WNYC and distributed by NPR, Radio Lab presents thought-provoking, often funny, one-hour long science essays.
My usual source sent me a link to this radio show a month ago, not quite sure if its whimsical production style would appeal to me. I loved the format instantly, but she’s right, it’s easy to see how one could be put off by the quirky production and editing. I think Radio Lab strikes a perfect balance between style and substance. It’s fun, original, poetic at times and it handles interesting topics. Anyone who’d like to get a taste of Radio Lab could start with the Parasites episode for example — my favourite so far.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Eve online
I’ve never been on Eve but it’s not a place for me, for, you see, you need to be a super geek to survive in that virutal world i.e. you need to be seriously smart, have a warrior mentality and be able to dedicate 8 hours+ of your day to the game. Eve is a place where industrial espionage and theft are rife (Billions Stolen in Online Robbery reports the BBC), where you have triple agents, where alliances get created and broken several times a day and where there’s always a psycho geek who’s out to destroy the entire world of Eve just out of spite or fun.
A couple of years ago, a friend and I found refuge in a London pub for a pint, only to find ourselves surrounded by Eve’s super geeks who had come to town for a meet and to plot to take over the world. We hooked up with two of those kids (one from the north of Britain and one from Spain if I remember correctly) who talked with real passion about the game. Hours later we left in awe of their brain power and passion but secretely relieved that they were spending their potentially dangerous talents in the virtual world and not in the real one…well, for now at least.
On youtube but not yet embeddable. Very cute. I think we all agree that Pixar’s shorts never fail to amaze.
Full-length documentary film about the guys behind the cartoon characters, streamable on babelgum.com. Great stuff.
As an interviewer puts it, “It’s a parallel universe - these guys aren’t in the band but they know the animated characters who are”.
Such a cool toy. I guess I don’t need to go buy a tenori-on after all.
(via flickering pictures)
I recently realised that Digforfire.tv was no longer. I did throw an internal tantrum for I really liked that site but seeing that they’ve moved their content to a Vimeo channel does make me feel a tad better. And I’m trying very hard to forgive the digforfire.tv channel creator for ignoring the basic rules of the apostrophe.
