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Record sleeves remixed as Pelican books

Here’s another retro redesign of a series of album covers (you may remember the re-imagined Wu Tang album covers or the modernist visual remixes that Andrew posted). Littlepixel mashed classic album covers with the iconic art style of Pelican books. View more here. [Via]

American Idol meets organic food

If singing isn’t your thing, and you’d rather not have Simon Cowell dress you down in front of millions of people, the Organic Institute and Organic Trade Association are holding a greener, friendlier version of American Idol. These organizations have taken their search for a consumer ambassador on organic farming and products to YouTube, and invite you to submit a thirty-second video “explaining the moment you realized organic products are worth it.”

DIRTY DANCING, David Lynch style

In the spirit of this month’s Sundance Channel spotlight, here’s one of the better movie mashups I’ve seen recently: a DIRTY DANCING trailer edited in the style of David Lynch. Pretty excellent:

Republicans as clowns

A liberal coulrophobia’s worst nightmare: Notable republicans painted as clowns. This one is particularly frightening. [Via]

Study shows even cheaters’ guilt is selfish

photo by optimal_tweezers

The other week we explained how evolutionary psychology can be so annoying sometimes, what with all its assumptions about modern-day dating and mating behavior based on hunter-gatherer societies. Sure, sometimes those theories are fascinating and even enlightening, but sometimes they’re just plain wrong.

On Nom Noam

Defined by Urban Dictionary as an “onomatopoeical adjective based on the sound emitted when something is ‘oh so tasty,’” OM NOM NOM is a classic Internet meme whose ancestry traces back to Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster who would utter “OM NOM NOM NOM” typically through a mouthful of (delicious) cookies to express his satisfaction. It [...]

Juxtaposition

Conceptual home for a family in Namyslow, Poland. Versus The M House in Setagaya, Tokyo.

Allan Holdsworth – Backstage at Iridium Jazz Club (Part 2)

Guitarist Allan Holdsworth onstage at Iridium with Chad Wackerman on drums

BETWEEN SETS WITH ALLAN HOLDSWORTH (PART 2):

Sundancechannel.com caught a few minutes to chat with legendary British guitarist, Allan Holdsworth after a fierce concert at Iridium Jazz Club in New York City. Be sure to check out Part 1 of our conversation with Holdsworth if you missed it.

Read Part 2 inside.

The English language as a first-person shooter game

Check out this amazing ad for Inlingua, an international language-training company. It’s a spot for the company’s Business English service, and it presents the English language as a literal battlefield. This is some of the best motion typography I’ve ever seen:

SUNFiltered music videos (05/08/2009)

Here’s your weekly round up of music videos circulating around the Internet tubes:

Matt and Kim strip down naked in Times Square in this music video for “Lessons Learned.” Watch until the very end for a little surprise.

More videos inside.

How f’ing romantic

comic by Dani Lurie This is what the internet is for: How Fucking Romantic is a brand new, wicked cool blog that’s illustrating the Magnetic Fields album “69 Love Songs,” one by one: We are a loose collection of mostly London-based comic-artists, illustrators and writers, who have grown up listening to  the Magnetic Fields and [...]

Scott Campbell Mother’s Day limited edition tattoos

In honor of Mother’s Day, famed Brooklyn tattoo artist Scott Campbell is offering a limited edition set of “Mom” tattoos this Sunday, May 10th at his Manhattan location on Bond Street.

Robert Pattinson interview – HOW TO BE star

Starring British sensation Robert Pattinson of TWILIGHT FAME, HOW TO BE tells the story of a young musician trying to figure out where he belongs in a complicated world. In this interview – his only one about the movie – Pattinson talks about how he is nothing like the character he plays in the film [...]

Clay Ketter at the Moderna Museet

Garage Workshop, 1999

Just in time to plan my visit to Sweden, Clay Ketter’s retrospective opens this month at Moderna Museet in Stockholm.

Chalk animation

1900 chalk drawings resulted in this amazing music video directed by Lucinda Schreiber and Yanni Kronenberg. Firekites – AUTUMN STORY – chalk animation from Lucinda Schreiber on Vimeo.

Green tech finds (5/7/09)

In the spirit of Em and Lo’s “Naked News,” here’s a run-down of some of the latest green technology stories to come across the wires… not as hot, but definitely safe for work!

• Green on the go: 3rdWhale and Creative Citizen have developed a new iPhone app: the “Creative Solution” for sustainable living. Track your eco-friendly efforts, as well as the tangible benefits (savings of energy, water, and even money). Download the app for free. (via MNN)

David Lynch’s INLAND EMPIRE

David Lynch’s INLAND EMPIRE is in some ways the ultimate expression of a story he’s been writing for decades. Shot on digital video, Lynch (who’s said he’d never work with film again) was free to explore the subconscious of himself and his characters without regard to things like the cost of film stock or the unwieldiness of large cameras and lighting setups. INLAND EMPIRE was shot without a script, and out of order, with Lynch hoping that it would somehow come together in the end. For him, it did.

Social TV: Watch online with your Facebook and MySpace pals

Mashable, the site devoted to coverage of the social-media industry, posted a cool report about SplashCast, a widget that adds revolutionary commenting capabilities to offerings from Hulu and other online video providers. It’s easy to add a comment to the discussion thread on, say, a YouTube page, but SplashCast, or “Social TV,” as they call it, is different.

Patrick Hughes, SIGNS

A short film by Patrick Hughes for the Schweppes Short Film Festival, SIGNS falls a tad on the saccharine side, but it still left me smiling–reassuring me that yes, a love match can be found even when stuck in the rote, routine of life within the isolating habitat of a corporate cubicle. Another takeaway: always [...]

Top 10 things your mama inadvertently taught you about sex

photo by Lara604

It’s Mother’s Day this Sunday — don’t forget to call and thank her for all the wonderful advice.

1. Always wear clean underwear.
   
   
2. Trim your fingernails and wash your hands thoroughly and often. (It’ll help you avoid infection and make you less likely to tear delicate internal linings during manual sex.)
   
   

Mother’s Day blog roundup

Sunday is Mother’s Day. Take a look at some other blogs written by moms, for moms. Those without kids probably need not apply, but if you’re a mom interested in reading about other mothers’ adventures and misadventures, check these out: 1) Her Bad Mother – from author Catherine Conners. Bad is the new good. 2) [...]

The most dangerous species in the Mediterranean

A PSA from the Government of Catalunya in their effort at keeping the Mediterranean sea clean with this neat ad by Klas Ernflo. Click here to see larger version.

Hot and steamy: the Steampunk Vibrator

While most sex toy designers are striving to make their toys as technology advanced as possible, Ani Niow decided to take a different tack: rather that equipping her concept vibrator with a bunch of computerized bells and whistles, she decided to create something as simple as possible, developing a vibrator that could have been made [...]

The longest film you’ve ever seen

This is a weekly column written by Annie Howell and Lisa Robinson, two filmmakers and film professors who are wondering where modern storytelling is heading.

What’s the shortest film you’ve seen that’s been satisfying as a story?

In turn, what’s the longest screen story experience you’ve ever sustained?

I’m flashing back to my long long movie-going experiences … a five hour documentary on Cassavetes, A CONSTANT FORGE—THE LIFE AND ART OF JOHN CASSAVETES, dir. Charles Kiselyak, at SXSW in 2001. (After the movie, my husband Michael and I bonded with the five other people in the theatre, including Blaine Thurier of The New Pornographers, a Cassavetes fan and the winner of that year’s Best Narrative Feature for his film, LOW SELF-ESTEEM GIRL.)

The work of Hungarian director Béla Tarr. (Okay, that wasn’t me that endured the 7.5 hour SATAN’S TANGO, it was Michael again, and he stayed for the whole thing at Brooklyn Academy of Music — even after Gus Van Sant left.)

Trial lawyers go green: Florida “living building” nears first anniversary

Utter the phrase “trial lawyer” in public, and you may hear responses such “ambulance chaser” and “bottom-feeder.” Lake Worth, Florida’s Romano Law Group may either take umbrage or laugh off such labels, but they’re serious about another one they’ve acquired: green builders. The firm’s EcoCentre building turns one in June, and showcases a number of innovative technologies inspired by nature.