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Wall-E

Posted in Movies on July 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Animation is a funny art form. Since most animated films are made with children in mind, it seems that many still view them as strictly infantile entertainment. Speaking with my mom last week, I reccomended that she go see WALL-E, the fantastic new creation from the geniuses at Pixar. She replied, “but [...]

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Foreign-owned Bud a wound to Americana

Posted in Misc on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

(CNN) — Philip McClary was grilling out at his home in suburban St. Louis, Missouri, on Sunday night when he heard hometown brewer Anheuser-Busch would be bought by the Belgian company InBev.

The deal would create the world’s largest brewer and put the U.S. beer maker in the hands of Belgian-based InBev.

“I was actually [...]

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Encounters At The End Of The World

Posted in Movies, tagged , on July 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Why in the hell would anyone ever want to go to Antarctica?
There probably isn’t a worse place to visit right? What do we know about Antarctica? All I really knew about the forgotten continent before I saw Werner Herzog’s wonderful new film, ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD was that it was [...]

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Hancock

Posted in Movies, tagged , on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Superhero genre has come to dominate the summer film slate and Will Smith in particular has come to dominate the July 4th weekend. The genre itself has gone through cosmetic changes as studios have attempted to infuse it with prestigious directors (Ang Lee, Christopher Nolan) and non-traditional “respected” actors (Robert Downey Jr, Christian [...]

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House of Lasers

Posted in Music, tagged , on July 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Here is the new Radiohead video for “House of Cards”. This was filmed with lasers, not cameras. Since the video contains only digital data, it can be manipulated through a visualization. Neat.

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