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his feet fell asleep, so they laid him down, and kept going

sh — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:21:46 +0000

found here . . .

möbius (s)tripping

sh — Wed, 12 May 2010 07:36:23 +0000

It seems ridiculous to pass something I saw on boingboing along; surely you’ve already seen it. If, however, you haven’t, please watch this in full screen mode—it is worth it:

Parallel Lines

sh — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:04:42 +0000

I found this on boingboing. Five directors were given the same dialogue and then made five completely different films. Even if the trailer looked horrible (it doesn’t; watch it), I would still want to see this. As it is, I really really really want to see this.

If you also really want to see this, and you haven’t seen The Five Obstructions, do so now.

three things

sh — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:45:14 +0000

Here are three things I recently consumed and enjoyed. They have nothing to do with one another. Or they didn’t until now. Feedback is always appreciated:

1. a text (“Under such an agreement, play proceeds, and a faintly flawed ennui comes to be.”)

2. a song (“Disneyland is a perfect model of all entangled orders of simulacra”)

3. a short film (“They said there was no maker. They said we were the maker.”)

How to Spot a Communist

sh — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:26:48 +0000

Former students of mine made this inspired bit of loveliness/insanity. I have to say I was really lucky as a high school teacher—I got to work with highly motivated, interesting, funny, and bizarre students. To wit:

landslide

sh — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:45:36 +0000

1. This is proof that sound can plumb emotional depths even if the soundmaker/s probably have no experience of those emotions (at those depths).

2. This is proof that emotional depths are not ever deepened by the “I’m singing soulfully and with great meaning” set of gestures (where did these children learn said set?).

3. This is further proof that nothing Stevie Nicks related can be bad.

(video via WFMU)

what are you doing here?

sh — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:39:32 +0000

I saw a teenager wearing an “Unknown Pleasures” t-shirt just the other day

sh — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:08:52 +0000

4 of hearts

sh — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:10:59 +0000

fremd und geheimnisvoll

sh — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:40:58 +0000

This in response to Selah’s blogpost from earlier today: