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]]> Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:45:36 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/15516449415 Doctor Who Theme Tune 1963-1969 by Ron Grainer and Delia Derbyshire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NPJ6GMXM3E&feature=youtube_gdata ]]> Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:36:30 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NPJ6GMXM3E&feature=youtube_gdata Kokomo video by Black Dice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9WSNMKf_Vw&feature=youtube_gdata ]]> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:05:30 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9WSNMKf_Vw&feature=youtube_gdata Cathy's House - Wonderful day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmWjQpBbEDY&feature=youtube_gdata ]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:01:52 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmWjQpBbEDY&feature=youtube_gdata The Fuccon Family - mikey being kidnapped http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PardfjrIXag&feature=youtube_gdata ]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:58:20 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PardfjrIXag&feature=youtube_gdata TV-Hat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SJsk1L2RUg&feature=youtube_gdata ]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 03:41:24 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SJsk1L2RUg&feature=youtube_gdata The secret messages written into the fabric of our world http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2010/sep/17/television-television I like the BBC test card, because it's a wonderful example of how practical industrial design can develop into an enigmatic work of art. But even better is knowing that the image isn't just art, it has an objective purpose worked into it, a secret meaning that reveals itself under scrutiny. The architecture of industrial design is filled with these subtle codes, and together they create a world around us filled with hidden meaning.

If we look at the BBC test cards, the colours and patterns framing Carole have a fairly obvious purpose, providing reference points for… ]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:40:00 -0700 http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2010/sep/17/television-television Entertainment Bear http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/1125850322

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]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2010 03:22:53 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/1125850322 Adam Curtis on 'Mad Men' http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2010/08/madison_avenue.html The widespread fascination with the Mad Men series is far more than just simple nostalgia. It is about how we feel about ourselves and our society today. In Mad Men we watch a group of people who live in a prosperous society that offers happiness and order like never before in history and yet are full of anxiety and unease. They feel there is something more, something beyond. And they feel stuck. I think we are fascinated because we have a lurking feeling that we are living in a very similar time. A time that, despite all the great forces… ]]> Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:55:00 -0700 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2010/08/madison_avenue.html CERN Podcast | Chris Morris http://www.cernpodcast.com/?p=43 Chris Morris is considered to be one of the greatest satirists ever and has been responsible for some of the most controversial, and let’s face it funny, programmes on television. In the UK, comedy writers and performers ranked him number 11 out of the 50 greatest comedy acts ever, above people including Bill Hicks, Peter Sellars and Eddie Izzard.

Apart from being a comedy great, he’s an incredibly interesting guy. He’s performed with Peter Cook, Stereolab used his sketches as lyrics on one of their albums, he won a BAFTA for his first short film and, for… ]]> Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:53:00 -0700 http://www.cernpodcast.com/?p=43 Stefania Rotolo Goldrake Live Appearance Tilt 1979 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvO_Fxfx16M&feature=youtube_gdata ]]> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:02:00 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvO_Fxfx16M&feature=youtube_gdata When the Meganovel Shrank http://nymag.com/arts/all/aughts/62514/ It seems significant, somehow, that Infinite Jest—the big buzzy signature meganovel of the nineties—was set at the end of the aughts. Most of the book’s action appears to take place in 2009, which means that we’ve all just survived the Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment. It also means that David Foster Wallace’s prophetic window has now (at least in the most literal sense) closed forever, in the same way Orwell’s did when we reached the actual 1984. And in fact Infinite Jest’s vision of the future does, these days, look slightly dated. One of the book’s nightmare scenarios is… ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:21:00 -0700 http://nymag.com/arts/all/aughts/62514/ Home Shopping Fail http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5woNs9WRE&feature=youtube_gdata ]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:49:00 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5woNs9WRE&feature=youtube_gdata TV Specs http://www.flickr.com/photos/huge-entity/4016607146/

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]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:13:00 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/photos/huge-entity/4016607146/ The Man Who Eats Badgers http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/entertainment/watch/v15061938RThZfXqp To many, the A30 is just a road, but to retired civil servant Arthur Boyt it's more like a delicatessen. Arthur eats roadkill. He has sampled cat, barn owl, squirrel, hedgehog and badger. But his lifestyle is under attack. His isolated cottage on Bodmin moor has started receiving abusive calls from disgruntled locals. His wife, a vegetarian he met in Watford, is so afraid that she refuses to leave her bedroom. But Arthur refuses to change. ]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:27:00 -0700 http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/entertainment/watch/v15061938RThZfXqp Is Star Trek A Religion? http://io9.com/5272441/is-star-trek-a-religion Star Trek has long been described as a cult phenomenon…but is it an actual cult? Some anthropologists think so. Following the example of anthropologist Margaret Mead, they lived among the natives and studied their rituals-that is, they went to Star Trek conventions and fan clubs. Here's what they found. Their conclusions? Writes cultural anthropologist Michael Jindra in the journal Sociology of Religion: When I undertook this research, my first intention was to focus on how ST [Star Trek] draws a picture of the future that is attractive to many Americans. But early on I realized I was dealing with something… ]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:22:00 -0700 http://io9.com/5272441/is-star-trek-a-religion 'Back to the Futures' Finally Compared http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2009/07/back_to_the_futures_finally_co.php In the years between Back to the Future and Back to the Future II, Michael J. Fox visibly aged and the actress playing his girlfriend was replaced by Elizabeth Shue. Thus, to show the closing scene from the first film as the opening of the second, it was necessary to completely reshoot it. Dig? Anyway, as you can see above, someone has made a side-by-side comparison of the sequence so you can now needlessly critique how well Robert Zemeckis and crew recreated the scene. The audio is layered together as well, and for some reason hearing a duet of Docs… ]]> Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:10:00 -0700 http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2009/07/back_to_the_futures_finally_co.php This Way to a Face Melting Face http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv1JFszHPy4 ]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:47:00 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv1JFszHPy4