brains

appleness

some more procrastination....

what a time waster. but a pretty cool one at that. how could you say no to a basset hound that can scratch?

check it out here: http://www.beatbox.tele2.se/

lucas with the lid off

"An excellent music video that aired briefly on MTV in 1994 and soon became largely forgotten. This one was filmed in B&W to produce an old-timey ambience that works very well with the ragtime sound. Pay close attention to the continuity. The whole video was filmed with a steadycam, in one continuous shot...an unbelievably difficult task that only someone like Michel Gondry could pull off."

"black" kids

newish band from jacksonville florida. pretty sick if i do say so myself. who do they sound like? mmmmmmmmm a little bit of The Cure and a little bit of Arcade Fire, maybe? a little Go Team too? i don't know. check them out at the link below. enjoy!

http://www.myspace.com/blackkidsrock

radiohead "on" conan

what do they feed those kids....

i love the kid on the left. breaks character only twice and smiles but other than that, a focused robot. i'm sure the programmers will fix that and those smiles will be gone.

DJ Sara and DJ Ryusei

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happy jackie robinson day.


Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia in 1919 to a family of sharecroppers. His mother, Mallie Robinson, single-handedly raised Jackie and her four other children. They were the only black family on their block, and the prejudice they encountered only strengthened their bond. From this humble beginning would grow the first baseball player to break Major League Baseball's color barrier that segregated the sport for more than 50 years.

Growing up in a large, single-parent family, Jackie excelled early at all sports and learned to make his own way in life. At UCLA, Jackie became the first athlete to win varsity letters in four sports: baseball, basketball, football and track. In 1941, he was named to the All-American football team. Due to financial difficulties, he was forced to leave college, and eventually decided to enlist in the U.S. Army. After two years in the army, he had progressed to second lieutenant. Jackie's army career was cut short when he was court-martialed in relation to his objections with incidents of racial discrimination. In the end, Jackie left the Army with an honorable discharge.

In 1945, Jackie played one season in the Negro Baseball League, traveling all over the Midwest with the Kansas City Monarchs. But greater challenges and achievements were in store for him. In 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey approached Jackie about joining the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Major Leagues had not had an African-American player since 1889, when baseball became segregated. When Jackie first donned a Brooklyn Dodger uniform, he pioneered the integration of professional athletics in America. By breaking the color barrier in baseball, the nation's preeminent sport, he courageously challenged the deeply rooted custom of racial segregation in both the North and the South.

At the end of Robinson's rookie season with the Brooklyn Dodgers, he had become National League Rookie of the Year with 12 homers, a league-leading 29 steals, and a .297 average. In 1949, he was selected as the NL's Most Valuable player of the Year and also won the batting title with a .342 average that same year. As a result of his great success, Jackie was eventually inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.

Jackie married Rachel Isum, a nursing student he met at UCLA, in 1946. As an African-American baseball player, Jackie was on display for the whole country to judge. Rachel and their three children, Jackie Jr., Sharon and David, provided Jackie with the emotional support and sense of purpose essential for bearing the pressure during the early years of baseball.

Jackie Robinson's life and legacy will be remembered as one of the most important in American history. In 1997, the world celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Jackie's breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier. In doing so, we honored the man who stood defiantly against those who would work against racial equality and acknowledged the profound influence of one man's life on the American culture. On the date of Robinson's historic debut, all Major League teams across the nation celebrated this milestone. Also that year, on United States Post Office honored Robinson by making him the subject of a commemorative postage stamp. On Tuesday, April 15 President Bill Clinton paid tribute to Jackie at Shea Stadium in New York in a special ceremony.

jackierobinson.com

also check out this video of les payne on jackie robinson...

do the test

album of this year since i missed them in 04

pick up their album "Bright Like Neon Love." this is the first album i've heard in a long time where i actually enjoy every song on the "disk." i don't think you'll be disappointed. you might be. but i don't think so.



thanks (*breath) lightfoot.

know richie stefanacci....

CLICK HERE to buy a shirt and at the same time donate to his foundation www.go-for-the-goal.com.



my previous post about richie.....

6/12 - Today was incredibly peaceful - at one point Christopher (Richard's youngest brother) called everyone into the room. All of Richard's grandparents, uncles, aunts, brothers & sister came in while Christopher told Richard it was ok to let go...........pretty insightful for a 7 year old. But, Richard was truly a great teacher to of all. Teacher is a consistent word that comes from friends & family to describe him. That certainly does cover it - for this 14 year journey lead by Richard has truly taught us a great deal about living life.

As everyone came together at Richard’s side he let go just a few minutes after a visit from very special visitors from St. Peters - Fr Murphy, Sister Alice & Sister Rose who came to give Richard his last rights to assure Richard's place in heaven although there was little question of that.

So after a long year battling cancer, a year filled with challenges, some sad times but many many happy times which were only made possible because of all of you - Richard took his final trip and with him all of his family and friends - this happened at exactly 16:16 (4:16pm) today June 11th 2006.

But of course our work is not done in fact it is only beginning because despite the fact that we all feel a certain emptiness we should all be happier knowing Richard is in the happiest place - no not Disney although this was a happy place for Richard and his crew but heaven. So our work continues, to take each and every day, as a gift, which now has us helped by a little guardian angel named Richard.

As part of our work we ask that you all check in at the website over the next 24 hours for information regarding a memorial mass at St. Peters. Also please do not send anything (flowers, balloons, fruit baskets, etc) rather collect your thoughts and special memories of Richard and send them to us either in the mail or email. And also please consider a donation to Go4theGoal (www.Go4theGoal.org) which will continue to be guided by Richard’s spirit – in a way that only Richard could lead us.

Even in dying Richard is leading us as he donated his corneas which unfortunately because of Richard’s disease was all that he could give. As he would as he had always to friends, family and strangers alike given of his all.

We truly miss you Richard……but will carry you always in our hearts.

READ RICHIES STORY HERE

just like everyone else....

"freshest move i've ever seen."

straight-up awesome. in SO many ways. the execution on this is super tight. the editing, the choreography, the sfx, the choreography, the film style, the choreography is just so..... tight.

higher quality vid HERE.

chocolate rain

i know this is old news by now but (*breath) somehow i'm not in the same loop as 15 other million viewers....

check it out! lyrics are sick!



(*breath)

THEN check this parody.... even sicker!

"Double poop on Mondays are the worst."

no shouts no calls.

new electrelane album. definitely not for everyone. some say "dreary." i say AWESOME!

pete mitchell illustration

another, different level of line drawing. you can check out his site HERE.

the pyrotechnic imagination

pretty awesome. CLICK HERE to see the video.

director: yael staav
line producer: jacqui "jac-QUI" wilkinson
cinematographer: ken seng
editor: ross "can't play pool" birchall
music: tom third

obama

http://obeygiant.com

chris berman = pissed!

stranger than fiction

what's this? a REAL blog post? have i gone back to writing about.. stuff rather than posting youtube videos? for this second, yes. well, i guess i just did that in the previous post, but whatever.

so i finally got around to watching 'stranger than fiction' tonight/this morning (2 years later, i know) and i have to say without any hesitation, one of the best movies i've seen. not quite sure why i haven't heard anything about it from anyone or anywhere, but yeah, pretty incredible. there are so many things that make it awesome that i can't even go through them all. great soundtrack (quite a bit of Spoon), great design (watch the opening sequence, see link below), great writing....... if you haven't seen it, see it. you will watch the entire thing from beginning to the end of the credits, i guarantee it. just a great movie that has done so without the gazillion dollar budget and the over-the-top, unnecessary CG overkill.

you can check out the opening sequence done with MK12 by clicking HERE.

rent it, buy it, download it, whatever. enjoy.


.... just watched it again (haha) and it's great, but i have 2 questions.

1. can't ask this one because of you that haven't seen it........ has to do with the author and the phone...
2. why queen latifah?

sea lion woman

so i have to admit, i wasn't a huge fan of feist after her first album. i really wasn't impressed with an album of a bunch of covers as her premier album but her latest album does have its moments. found this the other day randomly. it's always nice to see an artist/band that is as good or better live. when they're worse, it's like a hot girl smoking..... instant rejection.

RIP Bobby Fischer..

Remembering Bobby Fischer, chess's Cold War warrior

triumph of will - recently discovered director's cut

hancock

another fresh prince blockbuster. see the trailer HERE

scotch mist

auto-play? you're right!