Randomized Cool: Orca Statue+

I prepared a great long post ready for today, but it needs to be edited, I had trouble coming up with anything else, and it's really late and I'm EXHAUSTED. So, I was skimming through wikipedia, just trying to find an idea for my next post, when i came to the article on killer whales and found this lovely statue from the early 1900's done by Bill Reid.




The picture can be found on the article here and the original photo on flickr here. I think I'll do a nice post on statues and killer whales and satues of killer whales and Bill Reid and ancient art (even though this doesn't qualify) and Haida art and etc. but for now...hope you like this pic...

...And these:




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And...



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Love Deprived: Tax Free by Jimi Hendrix

Don't know much about the guy, but I know this instramental rocks. And the top choices on youtube have less than 6000 views.

Yes, the pix involve mostly Godzilla, but think about it; it increases the awesomeness by at least 55%. At very least.

(Also, a note to my readers: I personally think that taking youtube videos off the web because they contain a song which viewers can listen to fully without paying for is stupid. If listeners know what the whole song sounds like, they will more apt to buy it, and thus will buy more songs than if they were being cautious. It opens up the market to people who would have never heard of or tried the song otherwise. It does not grant full access like a download does, and thus, if they like the song enough, they will most likely buy it anyway. It's like a free sample: it whets the listener's appitite. If it's good, it's what they're going to buy for dinner. Why am I telling you, the readers this? My argument only works if someone eventually purchases the song. It doesn't have to be you, I'm just saying; if you like it enough, you should probably end up buying it. It's best for the artists and for you. Sorry if that was heavy handed, but few things irritate me more than removal of youtube videos becuase of "Copy Right Infringment", when people clearly state that they do not own the song, so-and-so does. If the companies get more money from these videos, they are less likely to take them down. Okay, I'm off my soap box.)

Randomized Cool: Vocaloid Luka, Just Be Friends

Seriously, a computer singing. A person who programmed a computer to sing. Basically, a human acting as the parts of another human's brain which control vocolization, pitch, tempo, etc. but for a computer system. How awesome is that? Put it to a somewhat surreal video in an anime art style, and you've got it.

Randomized Cool: Socks

I've personally been obsessing over cool socks recently (though I won't say why just yet...), but that's all I'm gonna tell you regarding me and the subject matter.
Bottom line: these socks are sweet.

(note: the links to the sites are in the images.)

Love Deprived: Charmaine

Charmaine is an excellent artist, but most people have never heard of her, unless they heard her song "Run" on Airone. Most of youtube videos of her songs have <50000 views.

She works in the electronic music genre, I believe?

(If the videos aren't working, click this link for "Run" and this one for "Tokyo".)

Her website is here.

Love Deprived: New Age Improv on a Bench

Okay, I cheated a little, but...

I am seeking out things which are quite good or excellent, but which few appreciate: videos, art, songs, bands, theories (math, science...), etc. and letting the world know about. Well, okay, for now the occasional random person who stumbles upon this blog by accident and doesn't immediately click the "next blog" button or tries a different URL or something.

This one I found out about during a Philosophy group, on the subjects of Christianity and Relativism. More on that subject later, but for now...enjoy. (P.S. We Christians are not that cruel, it is not the love of God...but it's sure dang funny.)

(P.P.S. Most videos I post will have 10,000 views or less, but there are exceptions [i.e. I will sometimes post videos with less than, say, 100,000 views, but I prefer more under-loved. The more obscure, the better!]. also, if anyone has any suggestions at all, I'm open to it. However, be warned---I am far less open to any thing, videos, songs, or otherwise, with inapropriateness content of any kind. I am not open to anything obscene. At all. No exceptions.
[:P too harsh? Thought it sounded a little stiff... You know, in a hilarious kind of way...])

(Edit: I have discontinued Love Deprived, but I still post stuff that I think needs more love, and i will mention it when I post it. You may still enjoy. ^J^)

Mystos!

I felt, it being so late and I having many new posts on the rise, I should take a breather and write a short incosiquential post on MST3k (for the "uninformed", Mystery Science Theater 3000).

What can I say, in spite of its silliness (and occasional inapropriateness), it's one of my favorite shows. It has a cult following fo a very good reason--- it appeals either to normal people with a random streak (or perhaps, simply, a good sense of humor) or people who have unique tastes that are hard pressed to be fill anywhere else (unless there's some show out there I missed...). It's witty, as well as crazy; watching it the first time was kind of like, "I...have found...my show!" (after the initial, "What the heck is this?!")

For those of you who are unfamiliar with MST3k...

In the not too distant future,
Next Sunday A.D.
... You know what, just watch this.

Anyway, thought I'd start with what I know (moi), so, though I won't make a habit (hopefully) of raving about my personal opinions...

5 Things About Me and MST...3k that is (but I appreciated the rhyme of sorts...):

1. I liked some of the skits (in fact, the titular one is one of my favorite parts of the show. Take a Look. [long story short, network decided they didn't know what kind of people watched MST3k, so they just played dozens of ridiculous Mentos commercials over and over again between commercial breaks. The cast of mST3k caught onto this...]), but the riffing and the original songs were my favorite. (when I edit this post tommorow, I'll put in some links. Fave songs: normal view, killer shrews, the stock footage song, and more, but later [edit: seriously, I simply can't think of more...])

2. Be warned; it is very hard to watch tv or movies now without a snarky comment or two. This might become you after a few episodes, so, take care.

3. This is the first show I've seen (especially sci-fi wise) comfortable with the fact that it's a tv show and, truth be told, has a cheesy-ness appeal to the scenery.

4. Favorite short in the beginning---either Money Talks or The Puerto Rico commercial (I think Puerto Rico just might win out...)

5. Favorite Episode---it's hard to finish some of those awful, awful movies, even with the riffing, but I have fond memories of The Lost Continent, Killer Shrews, and the Santa Clause movie. I also liked what I saw of Monster A-go-go, but be warned, it is insanely mind numbing to endure, even for a short period of time. same with Beast of Yucca flats, which I liked but was bad enough that my brain didn't think right for the remainder of the day.


And that's it I guess. The links are quite a hassle, because right now I have to do them manually, so if you can be patient, I will try to set them up tomorrow. I have some more writing to do, and then off to sleep! Goodnight, my readers!