Tag: video
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Have a Jovial July 4
For the past few years, I have usually posted critical or cynical media and clips on my blog about these United States of America on July 4th. Mind you, that sentiment is still with me. But this year, I’m in a good mood. This year, I’m going to be a bit more lighthearted about the affair. […]
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io9 interview with Ken Macleod
http://static.bloggingheads.tv/maulik/offsite/offsite_flvplayer.swf This is an interesting discussion, also given that I just finished reading the Cassini Divison from Macleod. It was a good, if a little short, novel on how fleshy humans cope after the technological singularity. A flashback character in Ken MacLeod’s 1998 novel The Cassini Division dismissively refers to the singularity as “the Rapture […]
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My Pulitzer 2010 Favorites
There are some really good picks for this year’s Pulitzer Prize. Dallas Morning News on the inequality between North and South Dallas. Cartoonist Mark Fiore on his awesome political cartoon shorts. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCqQRflUWd4&w=428&h=343] Lords of Finance by Liaqat Ahamad. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2FVzw10BjA&w=425&h=344]
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Badu, and to the Left: Erykah Badu’s Window Seat video.
Dallas press is talking all about Erykah Badu’s video for the single Window Seat this week. In the video, she strips down near Dealey plaza and depicts herself getting shot and falling on the same spot that JFK was assassinated. The video features the words “evolving” and “Groupthink”, which Badu intended to get people discussing […]
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The Problem With… Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
The Problem With… Lady Gaga's "Telephone" – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night. This piece was a long time coming. I have a love/hate thing about Lady GaGa. I like the electroclash sound and visual aesthetic enough that I want it to have an audience as big as GaGa gave it. But I don't see […]