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pop

• Oct 30 2008
  Internet Killed the Video Star by David Goligorsky
  Film, Music, Pragmatism, pop, video

  MTV posts every music video online! This news comes as a surprise because I had thought that MTV had nothing to do with music since the mid-90's. Maybe someone at headquarters found the key to that hitherto "secret closet" and discovered that they used to do music videos and thought it would be real "throw-back" to post them on the internet. Sarcasm aside, good job. It's amazing to have this archive available.
  
  
• Aug 30 2008
  Still got it by David Goligorsky
  Film, Inspiration, Language, Literature, Society of the Gentleman, pop

  Woody Allen wrote a mock diary for his filming of Vicky Christina Barcelona, which was featured in the New York Times. While the nature of his films has drastically strayed from his early work, his writing is right on target. [caption id="attachment_606" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Scarlett Johansson and Woody Allen"][/caption] By the way, Scarlett Johansson is just 5 days older than me. I think it's in the stars. Update: Woody Allen is 5 days younger than me (plus 49 years).
  
  
• Jun 26 2008
  Girl Talk - Feed the Animals by David Goligorsky
  Computers, Engineering, Music, Musician, Remix, pop

  Pittsburgh's premiere Biomedical-Engineer-turned-international-DJ-phenomenon, Gregg Gillis (aka Girl Talk), just made his latest album available. It's called Feed the Animals He's followed the example that Radiohead established by making the album available online at whatever price you think is worth it. Name your price and download it here! (via Kempt) In a 2006 interview by Ryan Dombal for Pitchfork Media Review, Gregg Gillis talks about how he had his Engineering day job where nobody knew about his rising fame as a DJ: It would just be weird that I've been hiding this huge part of my life from them. They always come in ...
  
  
• May 25 2008
  New Weezer Video Starring Inadvertent YouTube Celebrities by David Goligorsky
  Associative Thought, Music, Musician, Remix, pop, video

  My feelings for the band Weezer have been hot and cold throughout the years. When the "Blue Album" came out in 1994, I was headbanging to Say it Ain't So with the rest of 'em. I thought it was borderline hubris when they held off on a new album between 1996's Pinkerton and the "Green Album" in 2001. Somewhere during that hiatus, I happened upon an interview in a reputable music magazine (don't remember which one) where the interviewer poked at the astounding similarities between their Blue Album cover and the Feelies' cover for Crazy Rhythms (a ...
  
  
• Mar 08 2008
  We Brave Bee Stings and All by Christian Eager
  Music, pop

  What can I say? I'm loving Thao Nguyen and her relatively new album, We Brave Bee Stings and All right now. Video, Hype, instant gratification, etc, etc. Shout out for the Fresh Signals hook-up, CP.
  
  
• Feb 25 2008
  Iceland by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Art, Film, Music, fashion, photography, pop

  Iceland appears to have a magical landscape. This photo from Flickr user hjaltijakobs reinforces that claim. Sigur Rós, the fantastic band from Iceland, has a remarkable video for their song Glósóli-- embedded below. (You can also download it here, which I actually recommend because you can play it at full screen with higher resolution and without the YouTube logo, which takes something out of the experience.)
  
  
• Nov 03 2007
  Image to ASCII Art Converter by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Art, Data Presentation, Graphic Design, Software, Visualization, pop

  I know it's unbelievably nerdy to post about ASCII Art, but it has to happen. Using this tool, you can can convert any image with a web address to ASCII Art. Just pick the level of detail you want the ASCII characters to capture and how large you want the resulting image to be. Don't forget the Dog Name Generator.
  
  
• Sep 25 2007
  Michael Jackson Invented Anti-Gravity. by David Goligorsky
  Misplaced Thoughts, patents, pop

  Fat Joe invented leaning back. Michael Jackson invented leaning forward. (via It's Nice That.)
  
  

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