A few months back I wandered down to my usual watering hole, The Jazz Cellar, to see singer songwriter Jesse Harris perform. Normally a jazz venue, the Jazz Cellar is a remarkable live music venue of all styles. Harris played a a great set [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, April 7th, 2008
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I don’t know if this would qualify as a mature or informative post but hopefully will provide you with a quick distraction and laugh. It’s a Star Wars Rap. (NSFW) Enough said. (via Geekologie)
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, April 7th, 2008
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Do you have some vinyl records lying around collecting dust? Well, it’s time to bring them out and join Sleeveface. This widely popular online phenomenon is where people post creative images of themselves with their vinyl sleeves. To [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Friday, April 4th, 2008
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Arcade Fire is fairly awesome. We play them often at the studio. And their videos are often pretty darned cool, like this version of “Neon Bible” recorded live in an elevator. But nothing tops this interactive video for “N [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Categories: Design, Fun, Inspiration, Interactive, Pop Culture, We love, Websites | No Comments »
Looking back to my childhood memories, playing dodgeball was on of my favorite forgotten activities. Even the very first time I was asked out on a date at the tender age of 12 was during a dodgeball game. Oh Jordan… wonder where he is [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Thursday, March 6th, 2008
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Not sure how this escaped our blog until now. For the last while many of us here have been afflicted with sleep deprivation as a result of having access to complete seasons of the best episodic television has to offer. Case in point: Life o [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, March 6th, 2008
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Have you seen these Garfield comics with Garfield removed, rendering them insane nonesense? I can’t explain why I think this is so funny, but I almost peed when I saw them. [kudos to Kevin for the heads up]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, February 29th, 2008
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Some lovely Flash work, great infographics and an interesting idea, all mashed up.
Posted by: Andrew Ball on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
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People using desktops (complete with CRT’s) in Starbucks and zillions of people freezing in Grand Central. Urban Art by Improve Everywhere. Short and sweet this morning! (via Geekologie)
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
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Okay so I might not be the first to tell you that Indiana is back and so what if you already knew this last year – it’s new to me! So let me revel for a moment in the glory of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The [...]
Posted by: Claire Alexander on Monday, February 25th, 2008
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Here is something that’ll throw you back a few years and remind you of what it is that people do all day. Hope you enjoy the journey back to early childhood fantasmill-ville!! Don’t forget to send love out to Mr. Scarry while yo [...]
Posted by: Claire Alexander on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
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Keming. I give this about a week before it’s used industry wide. And it’s available as a t-shirt.
Posted by: Andrew Ball on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
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This blog has sure gone stale, hasn’t it? I wonder if we have any readers left? We sort of suck, you’re right. Anyway, I’m still blogging, which is ironic as I used to be the lame infrequent blogger at IBC. Here’s a [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, February 7th, 2008
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Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, January 7th, 2008
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Then, as if that weren’t enough, starting February 1st we get Sword of Doom, Kurosawa’s take on Macbeth, Throne of Blood and his samurai comedy, The Hidden Fortress, Seven Samurai (the most expensive samurai film ever made, later remade into The Magnificent Seven), Harakiri, the hard-to-find Three Outlaw Samurai, Samurai Saga and Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron.
If you have it in your head that these films are the Japanese cousin to the swashbuckler or just glorious displays of violence, it’s time for some schoolin’. These are some of the best films made anywhere, worthy enough to win at Venice and Cannes, funny, moving, occasionally deeply romantic and sad (Samurai Rebellion might be the best samurai date movie ever made).
Go. Just go.
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My passion for samurai films is really unreasonable. Well, for that and Yakuza films. And the films of Takashi Miike, Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli, anything Takeshi Kitano was ever in (especially Brother), Japanese serials like Lone Wolf and [...]
Posted by: Andrew Ball on Monday, January 7th, 2008
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