Thursday music selections.

New Year's Eve has always reminded me of being trapped in a giant rave, everyone high off something, trying to either claw themselves, pass out, or fuck each other as they bounced and twirled under manic lights. So, in honor of such trainwrecked madness to be sunk into and spit back out of tomorrow, here are nine electro-dub-pseudo-techno songs from 2009 that charmed me in some way:

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Wednesday feel good.

Just because "nobody puts Baby in a corner", here's the gloriously over-dramatic "Time of My Life" from 'Dirty Dancing', which I spent many painful hours of junior high (don't you judge me!) reenacting scenes from:



Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

The first episode of the third season of Marvel/DC, "Zero Hour", from ItsJustSomeRandomGuy:



Enjoy!

Monday morning music.

The beautiful sound of Fleet Foxes with "White Winter Hymnal":



Enjoy!

Sunday inspiration.

The inspiring Morris Goodman (The Miracle Man) story:



Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

Not the best quality, but my favorite seasonal turn of hearts, here is "Love Actually":



Or if that isn't loading well, try this "Love Actually".

Enjoy!

Friday art.

An inspiring turn of art direction, here's the Art Street creations of Mudhouse, as well as the song "Christmas Steps" from Mogwai:





Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

So, for go team musicals and Christmas Eve, here is "The Nightmare Before Christmas":



Enjoy!

Wednesday feel good.

The beauty and splendor of Whoville in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", my favoritest of favorite christmas shows since I was very young:



And if the screen isn't showing up, as it doesn't appear to for everyone, you can access the same thing at the following link:

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

The Racial Draft from the Chapelle Show:

Enjoy!

Monday morning music.

In my ongoing efforts to get over the heartbreak of not having the right equipment (damn you body) to woo George Michael into loving me carnally forever and ever amen, we needs must bask in the Wham with "Last Christmas":



Enjoy!

Sunday inspiration.

This story charms me someplace down deep, particularly as this dog is more humane than most people I know and certainly all of those that just kept driving:



Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

Continuing my love of Christmas cartoon sorts, here is the glory of "A Charlie Brown Christmas":



Enjoy!

Friday art.

A different exploration of holiday art from the mind of Keith McGuckin, which he clarifies in the following interview:



Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

This week is a pre-Christmas week departure on music in a player, as the best way to entail the full scope of "The Nutcracker" is to showcase the full ballet as shown in this movie of Tchaikovsky's beautiful work or in the choice enacted by the Charleston Ballet Theatre:

Movie Ballet:


Theatre Ballet:


Enjoy!

Wednesday feel good.

One of the many moments of wonderfully phrased tumult and emotion between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy as they glide and dance in my favorite version of "Pride and Prejudice":



Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

For the girls, it's always all about making lists and how they can rule the world through them:


south park 11-14

Enjoy!

Monday morning music.

"No One Does It Like You" from Department of Eagles:



Enjoy!

Sunday inspiration.

The first part of four (the other parts are linked at the bottom in order), about the method of fiction that is most history as we know it, humorously told on the model of America in the first "Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl":



Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

My absolute favorite Christmas movie ever, "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" has made me want to beat up mean people since at least 1980:



Enjoy!

Friday art.

I'm hooked on the image of angels lately, so here's two pieces of angels in folk art being created by Annette, though fair warning the music on the video is painful, so you might want to leave on mute:



Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

The sky is reflective of tumult today, which makes me think of the tumult of certain jazz. Most of my favorite songs aren't found online, but here are some of my favorite artists instead:

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Wednesday feel good.

One of the last great black and white films, "Broadway Melody" shows the tapping beauty of Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire together:



Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

Jon Stewart points out the bizarre conservative measures of New York and California vs. Iowa, with regard to gay marriage. So pathetic and contrary, sometimes you just gotta laugh:

Gaywatch - Meredith Baxter & New York State Senate

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Monday morning music.

My favorite version of the Skeeter Davis classic, "The End of the World", done by Nancy Sinatra:



Enjoy!

Sunday inspiration.

A discussion excerpt on Free Will and Physics from the movie "Waking Life":



Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

The opening segment on "Chance" from the movie 'Magnolia':



Enjoy!

Friday art.

The astoundingly prolific graffiti artist Mear One painting "Free Tibet" on a building side in Los Angeles to "Paint it Black" from The Rolling Stones:



Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

One aspect of the high school and early 20s sound through hip hop. This one is the quiet struggle:

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Wednesday feel good.

The beautiful ballerina, Polina Semionova, dancing to the instrumental version of "Demo" by Herbert Grönemeyer:



Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

Three excerpts from 'The Sweetest Thing':







Enjoy!

Monday morning music.

The younger version of Elvis Presley singing "Love Me Tender":

Sunday inspiration.

The first part of eight (the other parts are linked at the bottom in order), of Irena Salina's documentary investigation pertaining to The World Water Crisis in 'FLOW - For the Love Of Water:



Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8

Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

The first part (the other parts are linked at the bottom in order) of the animated sequence telling Marv's "The Hard Goodbye" story from 'Sin City' in four parts:



Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Enjoy!

Friday art.

A beautiful moleskine notebook from Stefano Faravelli as seen from the Detour exhibition:



Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

The imbalanced melding of joy and tragedy in sound:

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Wednesday feel good.

The glorious Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor singing and dancing to "Moses Supposes" from 'Singin' in the Rain':



Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

Jon La Joie with Pedophile Beards, Rapist Glasses, the Serial Killer Van, the Public Masturbator Trench Coat and assorted gems from Sex Criminal Fashions:



Enjoy!

Monday morning music.

The XX singing "Heart Skipped A Beat":



Enjoy!

Sunday inspiration.

The poet Rives talking about deaf art and expression in "Sign Language" from Def Poetry Jam:



Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

The animated sequence from 'The Mystery of Rampo':



Enjoy!

Friday art.

Steve Cleff painting a watercolor figure painting, "Veronica", from FluidBeauty:



Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

Only one run today, as finals week has me too busy for the rush of all else. So, in honor of the new Pedro Almodóvar movie, here is Cat Power with "Werewolf":



Enjoy!

Wednesday feel good.

Two interpretations of the ballet "Le Jeune Homme et la Mort (The Young Man and the Death)". The first is with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Florence Faure in the opening of the movie, 'White Nights', and the live version featuring Nicholas Le Riche and Marie-Agnès Gillot.





Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

Nick Frost is suffering from the dreaded and dastardly "Man Cold" from 'Man Stroke Woman':



Enjoy!

Monday morning music.

This morning comes from SweetBack featuring Amel Larrieux with "You Will Rise":



Enjoy!

Sunday inspiration.

The eulogy of Bobby Kennedy, as given by his brother Ted:



Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

A montage of certain U.S. history as evinced from 'Bowling for Columbine', played to "What A Wonderful World":



Enjoy!

Friday art.

The first finished Moleskine from thesigner75:



Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

A run of music for thought and shadow, traveling in mood:

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Wednesday feel good.

The Axe Gang shaking their violent shimmy in 'Kung Fu Hustle':



Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

Family Guy presents Seth and Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show, doing a Marlee Matlin bit:



Enjoy!

Monday morning music.

The hauntingly playful "What's A Girl To Do?" from Bat For Lashes:



Enjoy!

Sunday inspiration.

Ray Anderson speaking about corporate responsibility and the environment, from the wonderful documentary, 'The Corporation':



Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

A cobbled view into one of my favorite movies, 'Malena', featuring the divine Monica Bellucci in the tragic story of the most beautiful woman in town:



Enjoy!

Friday art.

Dali Goddess offers the background insight of her painting "Into the Looking Glass" as it is created:



Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

A 70s rewind of war related rock music:

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Wednesday feel good.

The T-Birds and Pink Ladies at the high school dance, shakin' it to "Hound Dog" and "Hand Jive" from 'Grease':



Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

South Park tells us all about Cherokee hair tampons:



Enjoy!

Monday inspiration.

Today is traditionally known as All Souls' Day, so here is bit short video about Dia De Los Muertos from photovato, with the words of Olivia Garcia:



Enjoy!

Sunday morning music.

Though Sunday is traditionally inspiration, and Monday is music, I'm going to invert the days this week. Today is traditionally known as All Saints' Day, so here is a song by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, "All St. Day":



Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, in three parts:







Enjoy!

Friday art.

A moleskin sketchbook from dizajnerica:



Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

A largely metal take on Halloween:

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Wednesday feel good.

The final dance from 'Center Stage':



Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

Robot Chicken shows us Misery, the Charlie Brown version:

Enjoy!

Monday morning music.

The fabulous video of Miho Hatori's "Barracuda":



Enjoy!

Sunday inspiration.

Showing what unity in diversity can bring, unspoken and unknown, in "Strangers" by Erez Tadmor and Guy Nattiv.



Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

A short film from Kurt Kuenne, speaking to the magic of "Validation":



Enjoy!

Friday art.

Exploring the astounding process of creation from the autistic savant, Steven Wilcher:



Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

And the continuation of my Radiohead love, finishing L-Y:

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Wednesday feel good.

Those rascally Puerto Ricans singing "America" from 'West Side Story':



Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

A friend asks his buddy to take one for the team and help him fulfill a woman's fantasy for a threesome:



Enjoy!

Monday morning music.

The wondrous emotion of "Roads" from Portishead:




Enjoy!

Sunday inspiration.

Talking about the relationship between a mother and daughter, from the perspective of the latter. So this is Florence Ayisi, speaking on her mother Isange:



Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

Today would have been her day, as well as her mother before her. Both celebrated through the following two videos. First, "Todo Tiene Su Final" from Hector Lavou and Willie Colon, and second,' the video 'A Day's Journey:





Enjoy!

Friday art.

A speed painting of Bette Davis, done using only mascara, from EclecticAsylumArt:



Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

My love affair with almost every song Radiohead has ever created, seen here through the #s and the first half of their playlist, A-K:

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Wednesday feel good.

Some amazing swing dancing from 1941's 'Hellzapoppin'':



Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

Danny DeVito putting the creators of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in a compromising contractual obligation:



Enjoy!

Monday morning music.

Here is Nina Simone, singing "I Put A Spell On You":



Enjoy!

Sunday inspiration.

An inspiring short film by Christian Letruria, showing Blue Cranes learning how to fly, called "Learn to Fly":

Learn To Fly from Christian Letruria on Vimeo.

Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

A short film directed by David Hamilton, entitled "Touch":



Enjoy!

Friday art.

More of the moleskin art of yardapeart:



Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

Songs of soul, jazz and some heartbreak, sung so beautifully:

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Wednesday feel good.

Today is my birthday, and I just want to say - Jake Ryan, I still heart you and am still waiting. So hurry the fuck up already.







Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories, featuring Rick James, from The Chappelle Show:





Enjoy!

Monday morning music.

This is Barbra Streisand, singing "The Way We Were":



Enjoy!

Sunday inspiration.

Featured in Nic Askew's 'Soul Biographies' series, this is Lisa Evans with "The Girl Who Looked in the Mirror":

'the girl who looked into the mirror' from Nic Askew on Vimeo.

Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

From Scoot Prendergast and Gabriel Rho, this is "Anna is Being Stalked":

Anna is Being Stalked

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Enjoy!

Friday art.

DaliGoddess showing her efforts with "Scanner Art":



Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

This week is all about moody introspection, which usually comes in hand with the listening to mostly instrumental music, such as the following:

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Wednesday feel good.

Chayanne and Vanessa Williams dancing to "Baila Conmigo" from 'Dance With Me':



Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

Flight of the Conchords singing "Business Time" from their self-tilted tv show:



Enjoy!

Monday morning music.

The incomparable Margaret Avery singing "Miss Celie's Blues" from 'The Color Purple':



Enjoy!

Sunday inspiration.

A spoken word piece from Amalia Ortiz about the "Women of Juarez":



Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

A part of the play Pina Bausch's play, "Café Müller", from Pedro Almodóvar's movie, 'Hable con Ella':



Enjoy!

Friday art.

Pencil sculptures from Jennifer Maestre:



Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

As I'm down with the ill right now, I shall veer from the norm to leave you with five videos today instead. They are five of my favorite songs from Yann Tiersen. In order: "La Valse d'Amelie" | "La Noyee" | "Comptine d'un Autre Été" | "Summer 78" | "Sur le Fil":











Enjoy!

Wednesday feel good.

An 'Inspiration Tango', featuring a medley of dancers from an undisclosed play:

Inspiration from Inspiration Tango on Vimeo.

Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

The creators of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, introduce "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" episode and answer why Kenny always dies:



Enjoy!

Monday morning music.

Bathtub IV, video by Keith Loutit and music is "Clementine" by Megan Washington:

Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Enjoy!

Sunday inspiration.

The story of Patrick Henry Hughes:



Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

This is a French animated adaptation of Plato's Symposium, directed by Pascal Szidon:


Speech Of Aristophanes (Plato, Symposium 189d-191d) - The most popular videos are a click away

Enjoy!

Friday art.

A mixed media altered board book from Suzi Blu:



Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

This is a selection of singles I enjoy from albums released over this late spring through summer:

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Wednesday feel good.

From 'Singin' In the Rain', here are two videos of Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse dancing with wondrous sensuality together:





Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

A new series of tutorials on "How Not to Get Killed" from The Brand New Cool. This one focusing on, "How Not to Get Killed by Samuel L. Jackson":



Enjoy!

Monday morning music.

The aching passion of Billie Holiday, singing her version of Frank Sinatra's, "I'm A Fool to Want You":



Enjoy!

Sunday inspiration.

Showing the amazing work of Masaru Emoto, in four parts, on water and how emotions affect its structure:









Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

A gorgeous anime short from Yasuhiro Yoshiura, here in three parts, is 'Pale Cocoon':







Enjoy!

Friday art.

A moleskin sketchbook of drawn girls, from yardapeart:



Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

This is a return to my teens and early twenties clubbing days, with my deep love for reggae. Mostly dancehall, at that. So here are some of the gems from my memory then with a bare few from now:

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Wednesday feel good.

Moira Shearer and her incredibly vibrant red hair, in a beautifully surrealistic (especially for 1948) ballet scene from 'The Red Shoes':



Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

One of my all-time favorite commercials, "Terry Tate: Office Linebacker":



Enjoy!

Monday morning music.

The beautiful lilt of Blossom Dearie, singing "I'm Old Fashioned":



Enjoy!

Sunday inspiration.

A short film from Nik Askew's 'Soul Biographies, featuring Olubunmi Ogunyankin. This is "Smile", from the "Soul of Guatamela" series:

'smile' from Nic Askew on Vimeo.

Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

An excerpt from "Beyond the Clouds" with John Malkovich:



Enjoy!

Friday art.

A painting from start to finish, with explanations and discussions along the way, from Val of valsartdiary:



Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

The echoes of sound, pixeled through a sibling:

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Wednesday feel good.

The Barn Dance, which I could only find in its entirety in Italian, from 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers':



Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

"Procrastination", by Lev Yilmaz, from 'Tales Of Mere Existence':



Enjoy!

Monday morning music.

The incomparable Teddy Pendergrass, singing a classic with "My Latest Greatest Inspiration":



Enjoy!

Sunday inspiration.

The introduction on Law of Attraction from Bob Proctor on 'The Secret':



Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

The short by Gurinder Chadha, "Quais de Seine", from 'Paris, je T'aime':



Enjoy!

Friday art.

Beautiful art journal from Papplegrassbracelet:




Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

A host of songs that either are comedy, or seem to me like they should be parodies, including a variety of genres. With the end rounding out some of my Flight of the Conchords and South Park favorites:

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Wednesday feel good.

Dancing on skates, the non-7th grade skate party way, is Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, dancing to "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off", from 1937's 'Shall We Dance':



Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

Not everyone knows how to play "The Sex List Game", from Very Angry Neighbors:



Enjoy!

Monday morning music.

I love the slow build and then frenzy of Etienne de Crécy, with "Hope":



Enjoy!

Sunday inspiration.

The final conversation from "Waking Life":



Enjoy!

Saturday shorts.

The cast of characters, setting up for your sleep in "In Your Dreams":

In Your Dreams

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Enjoy!

Friday art.

The making of girl and octopus, a mixed media art painting on wood, by Tamara Laporte.



Enjoy!

Thursday music selections.

Today is all about grace with death and lament, largely focused in music on my mother. So the music is largely country, bluegrass and some folk. The link provided after, is a portrait series, said as being:

"This sombre series of portraits taken of people before and after they had died is a challenging and poignant study. The work by German photographer Walter Schels and his partner Beate Lakotta, who recorded interviews with the subjects in their final days, reveals much about dying - and living.

So fair warning before you click through, it is very heavy and might be disturbing for you to view. So bear that in mind before you choose whether or not to do so.

First, the music:

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And here's the link of portraits:

Life Before Death.

Wednesday feel good.

Cab Calloway doing "Jumpin Jive", with the limber badassery of the Nicholas Brothers to accompany and show up, from 'Stormy Weather':



Enjoy!

Tuesday funnies.

A Budweiser commercial, all about the cursing, which of course makes it close to my tepid and coarse heart:

Swear Jar--Funniest Commercial Ever! - watch more funny videos

Enjoy!