Last time it was a spooky castle and Frankenstein motifs and doppelgangers going to war with their human originals, but this week on Doctor Who, the war comes to end, in which “The Rebel Flesh” become “The Almost People” and we’re left hanging from quite the narrative cliff…
“Four legs good, two legs bad.”
-George Orwell in Animal Farm.
Mad linkage:
The 10 unanswerable questions answered.
The 10 songs most likely to make a man cry.
Compare The Onion AV Club’s 50 best movies of the 00s to those selected by your friendly neighborhood Counterforce.
The pictures in this post (except one) are all by Dave Eggers., from a portfolio of his entitled “It Is Right To Draw Their Fur.”
Inconceivable vs. unthinkable.
Geeks vs. hipsters.
Criminals steal Interpol chief’s Facebook identity.
The beginning of the backlash against Joanathan Franzen?
Tao Lin parodies that Franzen profile in Time.
The FBI is still all up in John Lennon’s junk, whose birthday would’ve been tomorrow. “Nobody told me there would be days like these!” See:
via Google.
This is no longer relevant, but still humor to me: Jared Leto hitting on Lady Gaga.
Tony Gilroy is directing the next Jason Bourne movie, which may or may not include Matt Damon.
Talking comics with Jason.
The first ten pages of The Social Network.
Also, Fincher close to getting a deal similar to that which gave us “The Night Chronicles.”
“I change shapes just to hide in this place but I’m still an animal.”
Mark Z. Danielewski putting out a 27 volume masterpiece about lost cats?
David E. Kelley working on a new Wonder Woman TV show.
Maria Diaz quoted in LA Times.
Mark David Chapman had to go into protective custody to have conjugal visit sex with his wife.
“There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them.”
-Voltaire.
I had this dream the other night: Picture the protagonist of some indie film as he drives in a car on a plain road in the middle of the nowhere. Either a cool new song by a not well known hip band is playing through the car’s speakers, or there’s an older song, at least 10 to 15 years old, equally hip and recognizable and slightly “ironic” and catchy is playing. The sun is low, the sky is dim. It’s either just after sunrise or just before sunset. The character is driving for a few moments before something happens…
Mad linkage:
And on Hilter’s birthday, the Hitler Downfall meme will now disappear from youtube because of copyright claims. Fitting?
Soldiers helping to build schools in Afghanistan.
Survey: 80% of librarians have had sex in an elevator.
Speaking of which, George Washington owes $300,000 in late fees to the NYC library system.
Obama clashes with gay rights hecklers.
Christina Hendricks in Esquire.
An interview with The Office‘s Ellie Kemper.
Remember her from this video? “I give the best blow jobs!”
Take a ride on Dr. Smith’s flying machine from 1896.
Time traveler caught in historic museum photo.
The next Bond movie on “indefinite hold“
Pictures from the music video for “Heaven Can Wait,” the first single from Charlotte Gainsbourg’s new album, IRM. The video is directed by the collective Keith Schofield. I like it because of it’s simple “weird imagery,” which feels almost like a visual throwback to the 90s style of music video’s “weird imagery.” You can find the video here and here.
Also, the name “Keith Schofield” is really just a combination of the names of the members of the directing collective, Keith Haverbrooks, Eric Schoman, and Jeff Mayfield.
I should also point out that all the songs on Gainsbourg’s new album are written by Beck, who also produces. Also, Beck really looks creepy, and appears to be entering a “looks like a terrifying old man with an option to possibly look like a child molester” face of his life and career.
Characters from Charles Burns’ Black Hole brought to life.
Terrorism studies and game theory.
Wired interviews Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse about the creation of Lost.
