http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/95nut/text_a_girl_and_ask_if_her_if_you_can_tap_that/ -

 text someone and ask if you can "tap that"

Unfortunately, some of the quality was dropped on youtube. Colors, etc, seem kinda muddled. Anyhow, here it is.

Yes, I did this. No, it is not finished. I am currently working on it. However, I figured I'd post a sample for those of you whom of which may be interested in what I've been up to during the term. This is a snippet of a video I'm doing for a class based on the song "Blood on our Hands" by Death From Above 1979. Supposed to be the middle "break down" section. Enjoy.

cave a little
notion and
bring back pain
as a higher grade token
of mid-life fame
and maybe
dedicate the notion
to a higher cause
named

naked and embraced
you come full
circle between belief
and regret
come spoken, in turn,
your absolute
virtues become
absolutes ignored
i'd love to hear you speak
if only you didn't
echo past consents



-jmd

For those that care about every little delegate counted. In a way, it reminds me of celeb gossip blogs that watch for every time Britney drives drunk or every time Angelina whisks away another child from Africa.

Seriously, it's like Al Franken said several years back - the process will become a horse race. Interspersed between delegate counts, percentage points and opinion polls we get the Rev. Wright "scandal" and Clinton "dodging sniper fire". The sad thing is that, despite knowing all of this, I find myself caught up in it. Why? Because it's entertainment. The whole thing somehow taps into our brains the same way professional wrestling and reality television does. As Danny Elfman (of both Tim Burton and Oingo Boingo fame) once put it:

"Here we go watching CNN,
the adrenaline rushes through my veins.
Don't you know it's a feel good show,
electronic bliss.
It's a video, video..."


The reason I *do* pay attention is because there's a lot at stake with this election. Sadly, I believe the Democrats (as well as politics in general), sooner or later, will suffer from overexposure. Hell, I'm suffering from overexposure. I mean, I'd love to bury my head in the sand until the convention comes around. Staple blinders and ear muffs to my head. Lock me in a sensory deprivation tank and shoot me full of tranquilizers. I just don't want to care any more. And I'm afraid everyone else will, eventually, feel the same way. When the good television ends and actual debates headed by real moderators are televised, will anyone be watching?

I think most of you can make that out. If not, then...basically it states that I’ve been accepted into the Digital Arts program at UO.


I now have a license...to be pretentious!

Seriously. It’s about goddamn time.Check it out at this guy’s blog - http://internetisseriousbusiness.com

I alread love this song a whole hell of a lot. The video is icing on the cake. From what I gather, it’s actually an animated film called "chronopolis" by Pitor Kamler set to Tobin’s music. Nevertheless, the two match each other rather well. 

More Alex Rutterford stuff

Monocodes:

Alex Rutterford - Monocodes

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Autechre's Granz Graf:

Autechre - Gantz Graf

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Radiohead's Go To Sleep:



3space:


3space from lostinspace on Vimeo.

A video done by one of my favorite visual artists, Alex Rutterford.

A three part image series, I've posted it up on deviant art.

snow and shadows 1
snow and shadows 2
snow and shadows 3

Feel free to drop a line if you have an account, or just shout back at me here.

-John

This is part two of a short arc via XKCD. Taken by itself, it encapsulates my previous relationship (i.e. the "what the hell?" factor).

And no, I'm not exaggerating in any given way. I owe the artist over at XKCD a pizza.