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Skate or die: HD

Skateboarding has always been a fertile culture for creative types. My first films were inspired and based around the sport and the art/photo/film output of skateboarders never ceases to amaze me.

Things have come a long way since the VHS-C cameras of the 80's however. Check out Nike SB's (Nike? Skateboarding? Bah!) Debacle film above and check out a slow-mo skate clip shot on the new Scarlet 3K Red Camera below.

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20th Jun 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Trailer Park: The Muppets

Muppets with legs? A new voice for Kermit? Still, hopefully the kids will dig it. And Animal is still around.

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20th Jun 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet

RIP Clarence Clemons

E Street Band's saxman died yesterday. January 11, 1942 – June 18, 2011

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19th Jun 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Trailer Park: Moneyball

Trailer up for stats-based baseball movie Moneyball, where number cruncher Jonah Hill helps Brad Pitt objectively pick the most efficient baseball team. Based on a true story. According to the trailer.

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18th Jun 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet

Google Chrome OS

With the impending release of Google's online-only Chrome OS netbooks, they seem to be attempting to get us into the concept with a free Angry Birds plug-in for anyone using the Chrome Browser. Bizarrely, it also works fine in Safari. The only advantage to using Chrome seems to be that you can play .....offline.

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17th Jun 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Fincher and Nolan vs Malick

Here's a nice featurette on the Tree of Life, with Christopher Nolan and David Fincher discussing Terence Malick's work.

Via AICN

If you like Malick, you'll like this: He's allegedly already preparing a six hour cut of Tree of Life, as well as a complimentary IMAX movie documenting the evolution of life.

Don't worry if that sounds too much. His next movie is a romantic drama. Which is promised to be "More experimental that Tree of Life".

Via The Filmstage

Malick has also asked his crew to keep summer and autumn free for another possible feature shoot.

Via LA Times

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17th Jun 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet

Promo Promo: White Denim - Street Joy

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Beastie Boys Mystery Quiz

Here's a mystery: I was watching a Smiths concert on TV last night, recorded for German TV institution Rockpalast in 1984. As Morrissey and Marr were followed back to their dressing room, I spotted the above Beastie Boys sticker on the dressing room door.

As we all know, the Beasties didn't get anywhere near the mainstream until the build up and release of Licenced To Ill in 1986 - and research shows that they didn't appear on Rockpalast until 1998. A quick Google brought up the video below of them from 1984 (not from Rockpalast, from the Scott and Gary Show), so they were on the radar to some extent and Ad Rock even seems to have a similar sticker stuck on the front of his guitar.

Add your suggested explanation in the comments.

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