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Cornelius: Pop Genius and Cat Lover
All of Cornelius's friends on MySpace are cats.
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Cinémoi
fancy some French films? got sky? from Feb 23, new channel Cinémoi is starting on channel 839 with lots of those films you've been meaning to get around to (or is that just me?) like Jules Et Jim, La Haine, Le Mepris, 400 Blows etc. think it's free at first (bon!), but then subscription later (boring)
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The Top 3 Albums of 2009
why wait? artist andrew kuo has worked it all out already in this handy graph
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Free Books, Or Google Domination Part 237
Google's book digitization project continues (more here) - and now they have an iPhone friendly site to let you read them easily while on the move.
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Free Police Woman
New video up for Joan As Police Woman's track Start Of My Heart, and a free download of the track too.
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Portable Bike Lane
Loving this light that throws up the lines of the bike line for approaching vehicles ....can't help but think of those portable holes they always had in Roadrunner.
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Trailer Park: Tales Of The Black Freighter
Trailer for the dvd Watchmen extra...
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Surf's Up
Ignore the cheesy music, but check out this excellent surfing short from Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Vincent Laforet.
Awesome cinematography, shot on the Canon 5D and Red One digital cameras, which we have discussed before - and also making use of tilt-shift video.
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Cheeky Bento
Nice photo feature on AnnTheRed's cheeky Bento boxes over at WIRED.
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King Freosote
King Creosote has a new album on the way - Flick The VS - and a new label in Domino Records. He's giving a way an mp3 from the album over at the Domino website.
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A Bright Idea For WIFI
Sounds like a sure-fire recipe for a headache to me, but Wired has an article about a possible future WIFI development which will use flickering lightbulbs to transmit the data - limiting access to that data to the throw of the beam and securing places like the White House from nosey bandwidth thieves who happen to be having a muffin in a nearby coffee shop.
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Star Status: Drew Barrymore
How does Drew Barrymore rate in the Chimpomatic Star Status Movie Maths Generator?
It's 10 points for a Hit, 5 for a Maybe and 1 for a Miss... No TV movies, just cinema releases to date.
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) (voice) .... Chloe MAYBE
Lucky You (2007) .... Billie Offer MISS
Music and Lyrics (2007) .... Sophie Fisher MAYBE
Curious George (2006) (voice) .... Maggie MAYBE
Fever Pitch (2005) .... Lindsey Meeks MAYBE
50 First Dates (2004) .... Lucy Whitmore HIT
Duplex (2003) .... Nancy Kendricks MISS
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) .... Dylan Sanders HIT
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) .... Penny HIT
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) .... Beverly Donofrio HIT
Freddy Got Fingered (2001) .... Davidson's Receptionist MISS
Donnie Darko (2001) .... Karen Pomeroy HIT
Charlie's Angels (2000) .... Dylan Sanders HIT
Titan A.E. (2000) (voice) .... Akima MISS
Skipped Parts (2000) .... Fantasy Girl MISS
Never Been Kissed (1999) .... Josie Geller HIT
Home Fries (1998) .... Sally Jackson MISS
Ever After (1998) .... Danielle De Barbarac HIT
The Wedding Singer (1998) .... Julia HIT
Best Men (1997) .... Hope MISS
Wishful Thinking (1997) .... Lena MISS
Scream (1996/I) .... Casey Becker HIT
Everyone Says I Love You (1996) .... Skylar Dandridge HIT
Batman Forever (1995) .... Sugar MISS
Mad Love (1995) .... Casey Roberts MAYBE
Boys on the Side (1995) .... Holly Pulchik-Lincoln HIT
Bad Girls (1994/I) .... Lilly Laronette HIT
Inside the Goldmine (1994) .... Daisy MISS
Wayne's World 2 (1993) .... Bjergen Kjergen HIT
Doppelganger (1993) .... Holly Gooding MISS
No Place to Hide (1993) .... Tinsel Hanley MISS
Guncrazy (1992) .... Anita Minteer MAYBE
Poison Ivy (1992) .... Ivy MAYBE
Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992) .... Vampire Victim #1 MISS
Motorama (1991) .... Fantasy Girl MISS
Far from Home (1989) .... Joleen Cox MISS
See You in the Morning (1989) .... Cathy Goodwin MAYBE
Cat's Eye (1985) .... Our Girl, Amanda (all segments) MAYBE
Irreconcilable Differences (1984) .... Casey Brodsky MISS
Firestarter (1984) .... Charlene 'Charlie' McGee MAYBE
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) .... Gertie HIT
Altered States (1980) .... Margaret Jessup HIT
HIT 17
MISS 16
MAYBE 9
So that's 258 points out of a possible 420
Drew Barrymore: you have scored (a perhaps surprising) 61.66%
If you dare make a purchase, you can do so here, allowing Chimpomatic to profit from her loss. Check back soon for more Star Status movie maths. Same Chimp Channel, same Chimp Time...
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Tell Me What You're Thinking
Nice photo set on people's thoughts over at Simon Hoegsberg's website.
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Career Suicide
More notes from the Joaquin Phoenix Art Project. Gawker has the low down on his bizarre Letterman appearance.
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Movie Maps
A website mapping movie locations. I wish I'd thought of that.
Here's another one. And another one.
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Seeing The Invisible
lots of activity from The Invisible coming up - a Valentine's party, a launch night for the debut album with DJ sets from Foals and Hot Chip, and then the album is out March 2 and lots more gigs
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Trailer Park: Inglourious Basterds
There's a ridiculous amount of buzz about for Tarantino's forthcoming Nazi-fest Inglourious Basterds (sic). People seem to have already forgotten what a turkey Death Proof was.
The jury's out on what this one will do for his Star Status, but you can make a preliminary decision for yourself by watching the trailer over at Yahoo.
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Life In Pictures
Google's ever-expanding consumption of the world's history continues and you can now search though the Life Magazine photo archive - which stretches from the 1750s to the present day and includes a huge range of immensely iconic images, as well as those rock star parents images we covered last month.
You can jump directly into the library here, or just add 'source:life' to any Google image search.
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More Heroics
It seems that ABC like the look of ITV2's No Heroics tv show - and have commissioned a pilot for a possible US remake.
Read more over at The Hollywood Reporter, via Aint It Cool.
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The Lamacq Daddy
Steve Lamacq seems to be growing old gracefully. I guess he'll always be in the same age range as most of the chimps, and as such will always be on a pretty similar music tip.
I've been enjoying his blog.
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Fuckin/Fuckin/Fuckin/Bullshit...
A&E are currently rerunning a censored version of The Sopranos in the states, but don't worry - here's a chap who's handily compiled every curse word. that Bada Bing swear jar must be doing quite well...
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Fly By Night
Outstanding video up from Flickr user Ettubrute (AKA James Leng), documenting a flight across the continental US. The clip was constructed using a stills camera set to take a frame approximately every 45 seconds, as the glow of towns and cities slowly pass under the plane.
Check out his Flickr page for more time-lapse and some great photos.
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Trailer Park: Observe & Report
Red band trailer up for the new Seth Rogan vehicle Observe & Report. Looks a lot heavier than his usual fayre....
By the way, not to be confused with Paul Blart: Mall Cop.
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Political Compass
There may usually only be two serious parties to vote for in most elections, but things are clearly not black and white in politics. Stalin and Gandhi could both be descibed as left-wing, but I don't think they'd attend the same student rallies.
Check out the Political Compass and find out where you lie. My nearest neighbours on the results graph are Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama? I think I'm lying, even to myself.
Via marmot.
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Axl Speaks!
It's been a while (9 years!) since Axl Rose last gave an interview, but he's been speaking to Billboard for a little Q&A.
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Promo Promo: Antony + The Johnsons
Pretty freaky new video up for the Antony & The Johnsons single - Epilepsy Is Dancing.
Not surprisingly perhaps, it's directed by the Wackowski Brothers - with help from painters Tino Rodriguez and Virgo Paradiso.
9th Feb 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Futura Is Now
Great article on Wes Anderson's continual use of the lovely Futura font over Mark Simonson's blog. Mark also has a great Flickr set of fonts spotted out in the wild.
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Half Exposed
Attention camera geeks. Check out this dissected Nikon D3 camera.
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Pink Mountaintops are heading Outside Love
New Pink Mountaintops album coming May 5. Great guest list: Sophie Trudeau (A Silver Mt. Zion, Godspeed You! Black Emperor), Ted Bois (Destroyer), Jesse Sykes (Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, sunnO)))), Phil Wandscher (Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, Whiskeytown), Josh Stevenson (Jackie O Motherfucker), Ashley Webber (The Organ, Bonnie Prince Billy), Amber Webber (Black Mountain, Lightning Dust), Matthew Camirand (Black Mountain, Blood Meridian), Joshua Wells (Black Mountain, Lightning Dust), Keith Parry (Superconductor, the Gay), and Tolan McNeil (Caroline Mark).
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Bush Map
No, not in the 'map of Tassie' sense. Check out this Google Map of George Bush's Greatest Hits.
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Ch-Ch-Check It Out...
Megamix Paul's Boutique Site up and running for the 20th Anniversary release, complete with videos, free audio commentary of the album, fish and beastie ping pong... do like the look of that 8-ft poster.
6th Feb 2009 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Bale-istic Not That into you
think this one's going to run and run (for another few internet minutes)
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Pinewood
With Pinewood and Shepperton studios set for recognition at the upcoming Baftas The Times have a good, albeit slightly sentimental, write up from Roger Moore on his experiences at the studios over the years.
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Ian McKellan Is Not A Number!
on set video from the new version of The Prisoner
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Star Status: Quentin Tarantino
So, should we be getting excited about Inglorious Basterds or not? Let's see what the Chimpomatic Star Status Movie Maths Generator has to say about Quentin Tarantino's career so far...
Remember, it's 10 points for a Hit, 5 for a Maybe and 1 for a Miss... No TV movies, just cinema releases to date. NOTE: We're using the special QQQ factor on this one (Quentin Quality Qualifier), which allows the Generator to separate out his acting performance from the overall quality of the film.
Actor:
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) .... Ringo MISS
Planet Terror (2007) .... Rapist #1/Zombie eating road kill MISS
Death Proof (2007) .... Warren MISS
Little Nicky (2000) .... Deacon MISS
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) .... Richard Gecko MISS
Dance Me to the End of Love (1995) .... Groom MISS
Four Rooms (1995) .... Chester (segment "The Man from Hollywood") MISS
Desperado (1995) .... Pick-Up Guy MISS
Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995) .... Johnny Destiny MISS
Somebody to Love (1994) .... Bartender MISS
Sleep with Me (1994) .... Sid MISS
Pulp Fiction (1994) .... Jimmie Dimmick MISS
Reservoir Dogs (1992) .... Mr. Brown MISS
Eddie Presley (1992) .... Asylum Attendant MISS
Writer/Director:
Death Proof (2007) (written by) MISS
Grindhouse (2007) (written by) (segment "Death Proof") MISS
Sin City (2005) (special guest director) HIT
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) HIT
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) HIT
Jackie Brown (1997) HIT
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) HIT
Four Rooms (1995) (written by) (segment "The Man From Hollywood") MISS
Natural Born Killers (1994) (story) HIT
Pulp Fiction (1994) (stories) (written by) HIT
True Romance (1993) (written by) MAYBE
Reservoir Dogs (1992) Director HIT
HIT 8
MISS 17
MAYBE 1
So that's 102 points out of a possible 260
Quentin Tarantino: you have scored 39.2%
Doesn't look like he's "acting" in Inglourious Basterds though, so it might be OK. If you dare make a purchase, you can do so here, allowing Chimpomatic to profit from his loss. Check back soon for more Star Status movie maths. Same Chimp Channel, same Chimp Time...
5th Feb 2009 - 2 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: The Kills - Black Balloon
Glad to see somebody's still using Super 8.
New Kills EP Black Balloon out March 23rd.
1 – Black Balloon
2 – Crazy (cover) – iTunes session
3 – Kissy Kissy – iTunes session
4 – Sour Cherry – iTunes session
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Together We Can Forge A Better America
1977 anti-costumed vigilante government warning from Watchmen. Heard a great rumour that Bob Dylan's let them use a new version of The Times They Are A Changing for the opening sequence - and that the All Along The Watchtower moment ("Two riders were approaching/ and the wind began to howl...") does have Bob on the soundtrack as well
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A White Antelope
It's not just J Tillman that's got a Fleet Foxes side-project on the go, front man Robin Pecknold has a myspace page up for his new project A White Antelope. Quite a weird blend of medieval imagery and chit chat stolen from Lost.
Apparently it's going to be a place for cover versions and what not, and one of the tracks up at the moment (False Knight On The Road) appears on Bella Union's recent deluxe edition of Fleet Foxes - along with all the tracks from the excellent Sun Giant EP.
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John Frusciante Bonus List
The comments seem to have slowed - so as promised, here's a mini bonus-list to accompany CJ's excellent John Frusciante Cheat Sheet from a couple of weeks back.
This list is a little heavy on tracks from the excellent Shadows Collide With People - but if you're going to to start with one album that's probably the one you want....
Song To Sing When I'm Lonely
From Shadows Collide WIth People
The Past Recedes
From Curtains
Fallout
From To Record Only Water For Ten Days
Carvel
From Shadows Collide WIth People
Anne
From Curtains
Omission
From Shadows Collide WIth People
Time Tonight
From Curtains
In Relief
From Shadows Collide WIth People
Repeating
From DC EP
...and let's not forget that John has a fantastic new album, of from which many songs should make this list. For now:
Central
From The Empyrean
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Find Any Film
the Film Council have launched Find Any Film.com which lets you, er, find any film that's on in the UK in all usual available formats
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Wack-een Phoenix?
has Joaquin Phoenix really given up acting for rapping? or is it all a big situationist art prank? oooh he's a crafty one. nice beard though
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World Cinema
great selection of alternative movie posters from around the world over at Cracked.com - would like to see these versions...
3rd Feb 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
What's On Catchup
been waiting for someone to put all the catch-up TV in the UK together in one handy site - and what do you know? it's What's On TV that seems to have the jump on everyone... (ps anyone else notice that five - sorry - "FIVE" had got their own iPlayer?)
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Trailer Park: Super Bowl Selection
snowed in? why not catch up on this year's Super Bowl selection of trailers - including a warp speed five Star Trek, Jack Black and Michael Cera's new caveman romp Year One, Will Ferrell and Anna Friel in Land Of The Lost ("Space-Time vortexes suck") and more big dumb truck monster action in Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
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