Radiohead’s “Nude (Big Ideas)” on Old Computer Equipment

You’ve probably all heard about Radiohead’s little game of letting anyone remix their single, “Nude”, but this one takes it to a whole other level. James Houston played forced the tracks out of old and abused computer equipment (or at least sampled them).

He had this to say about the idea:

This was quite a difficult task for everybody that entered, as Nude is in 6/8 timing, and 63bpm… …I decided to take the piss a bit, as the contest seemed to be in that spirit.

See for yourself (skip in to 1:09 for the music to start):

You can also catch it in full res and full screen at the source here.

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Time Lapse of Lunar Eclipse 02.20.2008

I shot this time lapse footage of last night’s lunar eclipse as a fun little experiment. Enjoy!

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Printing Is Alive

Print may be dead, but printing isn’t. Pazazz hopped on the viral bandwagon with this Dave Attell style rant:

Funny. And true. But mostly funny.

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Today is the Day

Today is the Day

Today is the Day.

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“Fully Flared” Intro Squence (Lakai Skate movie)

Apparently this is the intro sequence to a Lakai Footwear skate movie titled Fully Flared. Very well done. Be sure to stick around long enough to catch the finale:

This just in: Saw on some other posts that the explosion at the end is quite real:

“the most dangerous part of the introduction was Mike Mo Capaldi’s switch flip, which was followed by a staircase being blown up with napalm”

Also it was directed by Spike Jones, and as you’ve probably figured out by now, the music is by M83.

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3 Unlikely Drum Machines

What do soup cans, gum balls, and eggs have in common? Well, besides being round, they’ve all been used to trigger programmable drum machines:

The Drum Buddy
Triggered by light shining through holes in a large aluminum can.

Bubblegum Sequencer
Triggered by colored gum balls placed on a grid.

“Almost Certified”
Cumputer sequencer triggers hammers that hit various sized eggs… for some reason.

http://www.machineproject.com/kcain_bcrabtree/almostcertified/video/almostcertified.mov

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Funny (70s?) Moog Ad featuring Edd Kalehoff

You’ll never guess what this is an ad for. Stick with it for the last 10 seconds:

You couldn’t ask for a better tagline too!

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Kermit Does Talking Heads

This is either the coolest thing I’ve ever seen or I’ve just been staring at the screen all day:

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“Time Piece”, a Jim Henson short (1965)

Here’s a fun little nine minute short film from Jim Henson. From the IMDB:

Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this nine-minute, experimental film, which was written, directed, and produced by Jim Henson-and starred Jim Henson! Screened for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in May of 1965, Time Piece enjoyed an eighteen-month run at one Manhattan movie theater and was nominated for an Academy Award for outstanding short subject.

Enjoy.

(via Ze Frank)

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Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind: Dots Ad

Here’s an ingenious ad for the Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind:

A quick bit of googling found a clever print ad too.

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