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links for 2009-12-17: TV-as-art, Copenhagen fudgerama

Emily Nussbaum on When TV Became Art – The 00's Issue — New York Magazine Whatever else the '00s might or might not have going for them, it was beyond serious doubt the most amazing time for (some) television. Odd, … more…

Posted on December 17, 2009 by pilgrim
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100 Greatest Quotes from The Wire

Ten minutes very well spent. Makes me want to watch it all over again. (via kottke)

Posted on November 17, 2009 by pilgrim
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Another Downfall parody: Hitler finds out

Hitler finds out about another Downfall parody from dawsonbros The funniest thing I’ve seen in, well, waaaay too long. Also, it should be mentioned, this clip checks a record number of categories on this blog, which I should probably restore … more…

Posted on September 4, 2009 by pilgrim
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Stanley Unwin’s Deepest Joys. Oh yes.

I’ve been picking up audio clips by Stanley Unwin (1911-2002), at long last — the stimulus being listening again to certain morsels used as interstitial material in a mix I picked up from Tom Raworth’s blog, many moons ago. I … more…

Posted on March 9, 2008 by pilgrim
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links for 2007-11-22: Adam Curtis interview

Adam Curtis: The TV elite has lost the plot | The Register Andrew Orlowski interviews Adam Curtis. (via LinkMachineGo) (tags: BBC blogs documentary politics sociology tv)

Posted on November 22, 2007 by pilgrim
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links for 2007-11-05: Anomalist, BBC1 Controller

THE ANOMALIST A journal of anomalous phenomena. No RSS feed, which is pretty anomalous all by itself. (via Post Human Blues, I think…) (tags: paranormal weird news unexplained forteana) What price Putin or Murdoch as the next controller of BBC1? … more…

Posted on November 5, 2007 by pilgrim
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links for 2007-10-15: David Simon

Profiles: Stealing Life: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker Lengthy profile of David Simon, anticipating season five of The Wire (tags: newyorker culture tv thewire)

Posted on October 16, 2007 by pilgrim
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Intel Inside: musical meanings in an ad and a jingle

Here’s an example of one of the ways that YouTube should be genuinely valuable: in decoding and deconstructing propaganda. This particular instance, a thirty second ad for the Pentium processor from 1995, examines the jingle especially closely. (via Madame Lévy)

Posted on July 29, 2007 by pilgrim
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links for 2007-07-23: Sopranos

A Northern New Jersey of the Mind – NYRB via Robot Wisdom (tags: Sopranos TV-drama NYRB)

Posted on July 24, 2007 by pilgrim
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Olbermann, 5th July

Already widely acclaimed about the place, this clip should be inserted into online reference works under “Incandescence”. Comments have included anxious injunctions about driving cars, getting into private planes, so forth. Enthusiasm wishes him all the best, even if it’s … more…

Posted on July 8, 2007 by pilgrim
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