January 2011
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-30) →
Roomful of Blues (24)
Daniel Martin Moore (22)
Jonathan Byrd (20)
Mumford & Sons (12)
Fitz and The Tantrums (11)
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Rumor: Amazon to Offer Netflix-Killing Movie... →
An Amazon Prime account costs $79 a year and primarily gives you free two-day shipping on almost any item sold directly from Amazon (and a big discount on overnight shipping). Basically, if you buy a lot of items from the retailer, it’s already a great deal. Now imagine having access to 5,000 movies and TV shows in addition to the heavily discounted shipping rates at no additional cost.
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WatchProduct Placement.
Short film based on the short story of the same name from Chuck Palahniuk’s Haunted.
The opening credits are a bit of a Dexter rip-off, but it’s still a pretty well-shot adaptation. I’d like to see more of the stories from Haunted adapted.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →
Carter Burwell (17)
Tom Waits (17)
Clint Mansell (6)
Bright Eyes (2)
The Mamas & The Papas (1)
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“In the old days, 200 years ago, if you were a composer, the only way you could...”
– Francis Ford Coppola
Watchhitchcocklovedblondes:
Be amazed by this BLACK SWAN VFX reel.
Watching Black Swan, I knew that there were a lot of scenes that could be done in no other way than with CGI, but watching this VFX reel revealed to me just how many scenes used CGI where I had no idea.
It’s pretty incredible. I wish more filmmakers would use CGI as more of a tool as Aronofsky does, as a way to enhance the film...
countryandwestern:
The Louvin Brothers - I’m...
Don't go outside: Bruce Lee on Limits →
seanbonner:
“Bruce had me up to three miles a day, really at a good pace. We’d run the three miles in twenty-one or twenty-two minutes. Just under eight minutes a mile [Note: when running on his own in 1968, Lee would get his time down to six-and-a half minutes per mile]. So this morning he said to me “We’re…
“One of the things I learned the hard way was that is doesn’t pay to get...”
– Lucille Ball (via worldssmallestgiant)
“Always be yourself… unless you suck.”
– Joss Whedon
