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I Will Never Waste an Opportunity to Post the Cartoon Video for "Angie Baby"
And recent days gave me a good but sad one, as this past Friday, Alan O'Day, the songwriter who created "Angie Baby" (as well as the #1 hit "Undercover Angel" and the hilariously titled album Caress Me Pretty Music) passed away at age 72. Show More Summary
Some Really Good Food-Related Films at SIFF
After Winter, Spring - a film by Judith Lit from Judith Lit on Vimeo. SIFF has a dozen or so movies about food, or farming, or fruit, or wine, etc. this year, and of the ones that we were able to screen by press time, we REALLY liked...Show More Summary
The Birth of Partying
Electric Literature's blog The Outlet brings this to our attention: “Using ‘wicked’ as a term of approval” was first recorded in Fitzgerald’s 1920 novel This Side of Paradise, said Churchwell. And the act of partying (as a verb) was first used by E. Show More Summary
Good Morning, Television!
After 8 years, SNL regular Bill Hader—best known perhaps as the heeeeeelarious Stefon—is leaving the show. Fine, but don't take Stefon with you! Adult Swim is returning with another Greatest Event in Television History (last year's was...Show More Summary
Slog Drone vs. Seattle Parks Department
P.C. Not allowed!
Well. It turns out the Slog drone and its kind are not allowed in Seattle's parks. So, while I did not violate Paul Constant's civil rights last month by spying on him with the Slog drone in Volunteer Park, I did violate...Show More Summary
The Saturday Morning News
Posted by news intern Ansel Herz Good Thing He Didn't Use A Gun: In Port Angeles, an irate neighbor decided to express his anger using a bulldozer—not a "killdozer," thankfully. Four homes, a pickup truck, and power lines were damaged, but nobody was hurt. Show More Summary
Oh, the Good Art You'll Make!
Here's Neil Gaiman's 2012 speech at the University of the Arts:
And here's Neil Gaiman's 2012 speech at the University of the Arts:
One is a $12.99 book titled Make Good Art, with just shy of 3000 words spread over a few dozen brightly lit pages, designed by Chip Kidd. Show More Summary
Charles Ramsey Not Only Made TV History With the Greatest Interview in Living Memory...
Dan posted the must-watch interview ("I barbecued with this dude... We eat ribs and listen to salsa."), now listen to the 9/11 call. RAW 911 CALL: Charles Ramsey rescued Cleveland... by newsbreaker Ramsey is an American natural. [ Comment on this story ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Anti-Child-Abuse Organization Uses Cheesy Old Technology in an Awesome New Way
Remember those colorful '90s bookmarks (and rulers, binders, postcards) printed with weird plastic lines on them so that if you turned them one way or the other, a different picture would appear, or the picture would move back and forth? Like this Harry Potter one. Show More Summary
The Sunday Morning News
Posted by news intern Ansel Herz Outrageous: Just two years ago, 260,000 people died from famine in Somalia, the UN has confirmed. Half the dead were young children, and half of them had already died by the time famine was declared.Show More Summary
Short Film Fridays:
This week’s short is “No More Waiting,” a film by Pierce Adler, a 19-year-old filmmaker who is currently studying at NYU. The film, which is lyrical and intelligently edited, was shot in Seattle (Aldler’s hometown) with a one-person crew. Show More Summary
Mother of the Year
Watch for mom pointing a gun at her son's head. Guns never accidentally discharge, right? (Via Sullivan.) [ Comment on this story ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Best Architecture Film of the Year Screens on Saturday
Reconversão, which is part of the Northwest Film Forum’s superb The Built World series, is about the work and theories of Eduardo Souto de Moura, a Portuguese architect who won the 2011 Pritzker Prize. The greatness of the documentary...Show More Summary
Posthumanism Today: The Immortality Machines
I'm mesmerized... The Immortal - preview from Revital Cohen. It's an installation by Cohen Van Balen, a London-based artist. In the everyday world, each machine connects with some vital part of the human life system and history. In the installation, the artist connected the machines to support not humans but themselves... Show More Summary
The Science Today: They Ate Her
By intern Madeline Reddington Today, science is concerned about CO2, neutrinos and such are on the menu at Town Hall, a skull archaeologists dug up, and how IBM has made the world’s smallest stop-motion film. Jamestown skull confirms...Show More Summary
KeyArena's Days Are Numbered, Whether or Not We Get a Sodo Arena
Seattle Center
When the Sonics started agitating for a new arena less than a decade after KeyArena's publicly-funded $75 million renovation, taxpayers and politicians where rightly outraged. At its grand re-opening in 1995, NBA commissioner...Show More Summary
A House for All Seasons
From the Dailymail:There are houses for cold climates, which are designed to keep in the precious warmth; there are houses for hot climates where architecture allows for air to sweep through and keep inhabitants cool.However, until now,...Show More Summary
Emphasis on the Word "Talented"
Last night my daughter and I attended the opening night gala of NFFTY (the National Film Festival for Talented Youth), and once again it didn't disappoint. My daughter's favorite film last night was Brunch, an amusing short about a dysfunctional relationship from 20-year-old South African filmmaker Vaughan Coetzee. Show More Summary
Nerdy Slog Happy Hour, TOMORROW
The last Friday of the month is upon us again! It's time for our board-and-card-game Nerdy Slog Happy Hour, from after work until 9 or 10 at Gamma Ray. Thankfully, the cripplingly bright daylight should abate by then, so you won't have...Show More Summary
The Best Sci-Fi Movie in Town This Week
The other day, I caught a matinee of Oblivion at the Cinerama, and let me assure you: If you have to watch Oblivion, you should watch it at the Cinerama. The beautiful post-apocalyptic design of the film is crisp and almost overwhelming on the Cinerama's mammoth screen. Show More Summary
