February 2010
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“Toodee, do you really have magic beans and can fly?”
– Plex (from Yo Gabba Gabba)
Friday Goodtimes Music
Maintenant - Gigi Sixties girl-group pop with an indie all-star cast of singers. Fred said he would eat a bag of pennies if I didn’t like it. He will not need to consume any coinage.
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TRON ARG Roundup
This week, the people behind the alternate reality game for Tron Legacy started up the second phase of the game (phase one was last year during San Diego Comic Con).
The game seems to be called Flynn Lives and is centered around a search for Kevin Flynn, Jeff Bridges’ character in the first film.
Relevant Sites:
homeoftron.com (used for SDCC phase, could come up again)
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New Gorillaz track →
Featuring Gruff Rhys (of Super Furry Animals) and De La Soul, this new track is a lot lighter and bouncier than Stylo.
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Stream Joanna Newsom’s Have One On Me (all 2 hours, 4 minutes, 8 seconds of it) at NPR
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WatchYeasayer kills it on Fallon. Watch the bass player—he’s playing a fretless bass that isn’t making anything close to “bass” sounds.
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Fred and I talk about TV
Frederick: I'm 2/5ths or so of the way through watching the Wire again
me: still holds up?
Frederick: yes sir
it's like reading a book the second time through
catch different allusions and foreshadowing and the like
it's hard to overstate how good that show is
The thing about television is that it's such an untapped medium in a lot of ways
even now
me: i read some article about that relatively recently
called some series...macro-films? that doesnt seem right
but its contention was that some modern tv shows, like The Wire or
Lost, are essentially films
that are hours and hours long
Frederick: right
me: that theyre stretching the definition of both tv and film
Frederick: they are like visual novels
me: so much more is possible with more time
Frederick: yeah
me: it's weird if you think about it
Frederick: that there's so much more time?
me: well, think of it like this
the Star Wars: the Clone Wars tv show is up to 2 seasons of 22
half-hour episodes each
well, theyre really ~20 minute episodes with commercials
Frederick: right
me: almost 15 hours of television
compared to 12 hours for all six films
Frederick: yeah
a television show should be capable of so much more depth than a
movie, or even a series of movies
but this is rarely, if ever, harnessed
me: very true
you know, i think DVDs are partially responsible
Frederick: I think you're right
me: before dvds, it was impractical to own an entire season of a
television show
Frederick: right, and you had to tell stories in a way that was episodic
me: expensive and unwieldy
plus before DVRs you couldnt really depend on viewers catching up if
they missed an episode
Frederick: if someone missed the first season of the show, you'd have
to keep everything shallow enough that they could pick up with the
second season
right
I think you've gone right to the root of it
the DVD has unleashed television
me: yup
well, and now
who needs dvds
netflix instant, hulu
Frederick: right
me: itunes, even
it's not even a matter of how anymore, just a matter of deciding what to watch
Frederick: yeah
me: we're enjoying Dexter
Frederick: I think we have the Sopranos partially to thank
me: yeah, i think so
strangely enough
i think Arrested Development and Firefly too
since they both took off after they were off the air
Frederick: sopranos showed that doing a show that told a story in
that manner could be successful
wildly successful, even
me: very true
and AD and FF showed that it could have a life after air
Frederick: yeah
so even shows with unimpressive ratings might not be cancelled
um, you know what I mean
me: well, they can get cancelled, but it's not the end for them
Frederick: makes it a little less risky
me: even if it has low ratings, it can sell dvds
i get the feeling that "direct to dvd" will be losing its stigma soon
i mean, there will still be crap
Frederick: yeah, there's room for niche television now
It's a little more possible
it's interesting
it's interesting that the golden age of television is in some ways its nadir
jersey shore, lost, the hills, the wire
coexisting
someone should write an article
me: yeah
i was considering copy+pasting this chat into my blog
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Cal Poly Hypermiler →
It’s funny, because when I was at Cal Poly, I felt like people were always doing crazy things like this. It just didn’t get much attention. Neat to see this at Wired.
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“Their Stars, both Wars and Trek.”
– Jack Donaghy, 30 Rock
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WatchThe Modifyers pilot. By alumni of Ren & Stimpy and the Powerpuff Girls
Barbers I Have Known, and Other Stories →
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This is awesome.
Featuring contributions from John Porcellino (King-Cat Comics), Sammy Harkham (Kramer’s Ergot), Ted May, Steve “Ribs” Weissman (Yikes!), and …
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Stephen Colbert Olympic Poster →
Stephen Colbert and Shepard Fairey create a Vancouver 2010 Olympic Poster. [pdf link]. And Stephen suggests to the Colbert Nation that they download, print, and post it all over for the games. (…
Art for the Tender of Heart →
Danielson Heart (Via)
The scales of contemporary art, in all of their massive tentacled complexity, are not tipped in the direction of sincere pathos. And no wonder… it’s really…
Couch Sitter - READ IT NOW! →
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Adorable.
More… I’m pleased to announce there’s a new storyline up! It’s called “Couch Sitter”. Click the image above to check it out!
Shocker! Roland Emmerich Will Film Asimov’s... →
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I’m worried.
This is a story with details so obvious and so easily expected that there is barely any reason to report them. Really, I’m just doing this to bum out…
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mel-*moth* the wanderer(s) →
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Gorgeous.
Moth trails. Long exposure shots of moths at night, twirling around lights. Elsewhere, in video form.
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Record Tripping is a lovely little game about wheels, records, and rabbitholes. It made me happy and I wanted to share.
LEGO Toy Story Green Army Men →
Photo by Anton Olsen
I may never understand why LEGO didn’t make it into the first two Toy Story movies, but they will definitely have a part in the 3rd one. What appears to be a geeky…
What did Wizard know about Watchmen 2? →
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Useful information—but hardly a relief.
Art Adams art for Wizard’s piece on Countdown: Arena
If you’ve been within a six-yard radius of a comics blog over the past…
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Kurt Vonnegut, meet Brenda Walsh. →
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This is great!
Slaughterhouse 90210, where erudite literary quotes meet TV screencaps. Brief interview with the author here.
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Achewood § January 31, 2010 →
Pat, I Am Like You Now. →
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“We talkin’ ‘bout makin’ dirt here, Pat! Dirt ain’t exactly nature’s choosiest substance when it comes to havin’ recently been other stuff!”
Achewood strip for Sunday, January…