On one level, this is a hilarious video.
But this is also a strangely fascinating dialogue.
2. (makes a movement as if he suddenly realized he was a snake)
1. (raises his hand awkwardly)
2. (saucily) Hang on. What’s going on?
1. Lost the audio.
2. No. What’s shaking?
3. Holy shit.
1. Yeah what’s happening. No the whole room is shaking.
2. Yeah the buil.
1. Is there an earthquake?
2. Is there a building shaking?
( all remain absolutely frozen in mid-reactionary positions )
2. Should we…
1. Get out of here.
2. … go somewhere?
3. Wow. Dude that’s an earthquake.
2. Thawuz
3. I’ve been in 2. That’s an earthquake.
2. Seems to be an earthquake.
3. Yeah, that’s, this is an earthquake.
( all remain absolutely frozen in mid-reactionary positions )
2. (EVEN SAUCIER) Lotta people… peeking up over heads there?
3. Thisis. Thisis what an earthquake is guys.
1. (raises hand awkwardly) Are we good?
3. I dunno.
( pen clicks rapidly )
3. Holy shit. Did you know that most of Manhattan is built on landfill?
2. YES I do know that
3. …and not on granite so if there was an 8.0 earthquake parts of Manhattan would just… just dis-in-te-grate? Did you know that?
1. ( still absolutely frozen in mid-reactionary position)
2. I did, I’d like to not be worried about that right now.
3. (Indiscernable)
We’ve got a real problem…this is a mathematical fact. Tens of trillions of dollars are being extracted from the United States of America. Democrats aren’t fixing it, Republicans aren’t stopping it — an entire integrated system, banking, trade and taxation, created by both parties over a period of two decades is at work decimating our entire country right now. MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan took it all on in this epic rant from his show today.
tUnE-yArDs - Bizness
so…
this is a cool song and a cool video and Tune Yards (excuse me… ahem… “69.XxX.tUnE-yArDs.XxX.69”) is super cool band and yadda yadda yadda.
but…
what REALLY interests me is that i just realized that they are signed to 4AD. on its face that might not sound particularly fascinating but let’s take a little gander at 4AD’s current label line up and see if anything anomalous shows up.
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti Atlas Sound The Big Pink Blonde Redhead Bon Iver Broken Records Camera Obscura Deerhunter Department of Eagles Efterklang Gang Gang Dance Inc.
Iron & Wine Joker The National St. Vincent Stornoway tUnE-yArDs Twin Shadow (Terrible Records in US) Scott Walker Zomby i’ve bolded the artists that really put the jalapeno in my musical salsa.
sweet sassy molassy that is a hell of a line up.
what the fuck do these guys put in the coffee at their office? are their A&R men made of charisma, charm and cocaine? how on earth does one little British indie label get SO MUCH FUCKING GREAT TALENT?
Coupon: The Movie
the problem with these glib, sticky phrases that go cross my mind now is that every one is a facebook status message.
every impulse and dialogue is the rough draft of a shiny new thought to put on display. look at this. does it contain beauty?
if I could pause time to compose my thoughts, jog back and instead say, if I could only compose my stream of conciousness like text,
every statement would be a question, itself an excercise. does this contain beauty? look at it, see what I stole. does it light up?
I was born to a fortunate family, the fortunate gender of a fortunate race. In a fortunate country at the most fortunate time. something’s fishy here.
I know it’s partially “I’m special” syndrome, but I really believe that we snuck in as the last generation to escape being psychologically decimated by the media.
Boy Meets World, Family Matters, Recess, even Power Rangers; normal people in middle-class situations dealing with human issues.
I haven’t kept up on what Disney is doing, but a cursory glance of the Disney Channel listings includes someone whose dad is the White House chef, someone about to become an emperor, a girl who is a secret pop star, more pop stars living in the hollywood hills, jesus christ more pop stars, some meta show where they prank their own actors,
oh, wait, they’re still playing recess.
Peter’s movie demo (by Mark Watts)
The Maria Bamford Show - 09 - Bread
(Source: youtube.com)
The Maria Bamford Show 04 Search for Meaning
(Source: youtube.com)
