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Sigur Rós – Glósóli

Achingly beautiful. More Sigur Rós on YouTube: Svefn-g-Englar (1999) Starálfur (1999) Untitled (Vakka) (2002) Saeglopur (2005) Andvari (2005) (via wood s lot)

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J.G. Ballard – The Atrocity Exhibition: Crash!

I did notice this when Simon posted it to Ballardian, and I meant to go back and watch it, but somehow it got away from me. You know how it is. Anyway, I am grateful to Posthuman Blues for the … more…

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links for 2007-08-16: Elvis, PK Dick, Kevin Mitnick, Bowie

How Did Elvis Get Turned Into a Racist? – New York Times Up around the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis, there’s a number of contrarians in pursuit of cheap sensation by denigrating the man, one way or another. … more…

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Matrilineal Morph-athon 2: Women in Film

Undoubtedly you saw Women in Art, the previous morphing animation by Philip Scott Johnson of St Louis, if not here (Matrilineal Morph-athon) then somewhere around the place. This new one, as you see, is composed of movie actress photos, and … more…

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Mississippi Fred MacDowell – John Henry

Scorching electric slide blues. There aren’t too many that rock like this, more’s the pity. I tend to prefer my blues acoustic and countrified, delta style, but this is marvelous. (via a MeFi post featuring several outstanding performances by Bukka … more…

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Tuli Kupferberg reads from Snow Job

Shhh… you’ll wake the audience.

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Nova Express video mashup

As Posthuman Blues notes, there’s a very satisfying body of Burroughs-related clips appearing on YouTube, and this is the most notable amongst the recently made. It also has a branding flourish at the beginning which, while a tad over-long, is … more…

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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)

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links for 2007-06-29: Ballard’s Thirteen to Centaurus

YouTube – JG Ballard’s Thirteen to Centaurus (Out of the Unknown) 1965 production of Ballard story. via Ballardian, of course (tags: jg-ballard youtube)

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resonance

Rotary behaviours emerging from vibrating powder. The rotation is reversed at different frequencies. I expect something similar is at work to the “fountain” audio visualiser in iTunes, and I would assume, elsewhere.

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