I’m back after a work-induced hiatus from social media. And I return happily with a delightful trending confection — a tasty morsel only to be found in the faraway land of Turkey… Your attention is required at 4:00 for the Ninja cameos, and then again, at the dramatic turn of events at 4:27. I would [...]
The best part of Ridley Scott’s video pitch for “Life In A Day” is him slipping into the fact that a vodka martini makes him happy. This precious nugget, at 1:07 in the clip below might had been missed had it not been for the weird and suddenly useful subtitling provided. Before you throw me [...]
It was just a matter of time before the art gods found Youtube. In a time when the gap between the big cultural institutional powers-that-be and the masses has grown larger than ever, a reach into the wilds of the aggregated video world was inevitable. It is, for instance no surprise that the advent of [...]
The fact that CBS greenlit Sh*t My Dad Says, a sitcom based on a Twitter based meme is notable for a few reasons. First, in terms of the Hollywood machine, I believe this is a first – taking a fictional character from the social media world and creating a series around it. Second, I think [...]
I love Improv Everywhere and had been thinking of doing a post on them, when I saw this, courtesy of @laughingsquid. In this part-protest, part entertainment event, the members of Improv Everywhere re-enact the scene in Ghostbusters that takes place in this very library. An instance of art meeting life, perhaps? Or a layer of [...]
It may be of only passing interest you to know that as of this morning, Daniel Radcliffe was trading at $196.94, holding steady as he has for some time now and that Eva Longoria, recently saw a 2% decrease in her value and is now trading at $7.64. But of perhaps real interest is JJ [...]
NURSE: @Jess_nurse I’m devistated! What am I gna do? X JULIET: @julietcap16 You need to remember that he didn’t tell you the truth. Do you honestly WANT to be with someone who lies to you? Ok, that exchange between Juliet and Nurse is probably not the Shakespeare verse you remember from your high school English [...]
If you were at the New York DIY Days a few weeks ago, and stayed till the very end, you might be featured in this “Mad as Hell” Arin Crumley video below. First off, I have to say hats off to Crumley for putting all that heart into his work. I felt like I was [...]
Looking back at Moustapha Allassane, one of the earliest African animators, made this brilliant satirical animated film in 1966 – roughly the end of colonial era in most of Africa. Allessane who was born and raised in Niger, is the director of over 25 films and still works and teaches film in his home country.
Over the last couple of weeks, the murmur of a strong movement in interactive media properties aimed squarely at the target of social change seemed louder than usual. Perhaps it was my discovery of Impact Games’ Peacemaker Game which though over two years old, existed entirely outside my radar until I heard the creator and [...]
