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Cats with Guns

Pinky Show, “Cats with Guns”:

When Carbon Falls in Love

NPR’s Robert Krulwich teams with flashmaster Odd Todd for a “science-y” series of cartoons: NPR : When Carbon Falls in Love, the World Heats Up.

Frontier Psychiatrist

My bud and WFMU Blogger, Lukas posted the source of many of the samples in The Avalanches‘ classic audio collage “Frontier Psychiatrist.” They appropriated a 1959 comedy piece of the same name by Canadians Wayne and Shuster, “Frontier Psychiatrist” (mp3 at WFMU Blog). The Avalanches’ vid for their song is about as good as MTV ever got, “Frontier Psychiatrist:”

The 365 Days Project at WFMU also recently posted one of the most heavily sampled LPs of all time: “Virginia Belmont’s Famous Singing & Talking Birds.”

Kinetic Sculptures of Theo Jansen

Theo Jansen “is an artist and kinetic sculptor living and working in Holland. He builds large works which resemble skeletons of animals which are able to walk using the wind on the beaches of the Netherlands. His animated works are a fusion of art and engineering.”

From the videos at YouTube, “Theo Jansen- Wind Art:”

(Found at WFMU’s Blog.)

The Frug

Just ran across this ol’ KGLT fave, a killer tune by Rilo Kiley, from the movie “Desert Blue” (and hey, I think that’s Randy from My Name is Earl in the vid), “The Frug:”

How a Bill Becomes Law

Inspired by Josef’s comment, here’s Schoolhouse Rock on “How a Bill Becomes a Law”:

July 4- Vincent Collins

Have a happy July 4th weekend; here’s some exemplary government spending, for America’s 200th birthday, funded by a Bicentennial Project Grant, animated by Vincent Collins, this film was produced by the United States Information Agency:

Lemon Weather for Duck Jelly

Lemon Jelly “Nice Weather for Ducks” (from Lost Horizons) directed by Nigel Pay:

Matrix Ping Pong

This 2003 performance won the the annual Japanese show Kinchan and Katori Shingo’s National Costume Competition (欽ちゃん＆香取慎吾の新！仮装大賞); a ping-pong game played matrix-style using kurokos — stagehands in kabuki theatre — to hold up the actors and props:

What Taylor Mali Makes

High School Teacher & Slam Poet Taylor Mali on “What Teachers Make”:

Taylor Mali: @HV | Site | MySpace

6 billion Others

6 milliards dAutres, 6 billion Others, 6 miliardi di Altri– a global vox-pop project by Yann Arthus-Bertrand:

In 2008 you will be able to listen to the thousands of testimonies which have been collected, and add your own testimony to the site. In the meantime, take a look at the project, the team, and some interviews that have already been made.

Sent by Kerry Seed via Lu Olkowski.

Morphin’ a Half-Millennium of Masterpieces

EggMan Films morphs 500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art into a 3-minute movie, “Women In Art”:

Found at WFMU.

Guy from Boston Goes Global

Maybe his science ain’t quite kosher, but you gotta admire the conviction of The Guy From Boston, “Global Warming”:

The Perfect Photo

Jake Warga’s hunt for “The Perfect Photo” in Ethiopia ran tonight on NPR All Things Considered. Here’s the slideshow:
Jake’s: site | videos.

Le Grand Content

Pop Philosophy in PowerPoint-ese, a film by Clemens Kogler:

Found at WFMU.

Jesus Will Survive

I know everyone’s mother, brother and cousin’s dog has seen this already, but just in case some straggler hasn’t:

Film by Javier Prato.

YouTube- HearVox

We’re starting to build up quite a steaming pile of slideshows… I mean, streaming pile, at YouTube:

What is Poetry?- video

An HV video by Trent Harris: Carl Sandburg reads his poems and wonders “What is Poetry?,” with music by Skyward and audio by Barrett Golding:

Ken Nordine- Vids

Spoken-weird artiste Ken Nordine has a buncha videos posted. This one’s “Cliche Heaven”:

They’re from his DVD The Eye is Never Filled, all part of Word Jazz.

Fidel’s Candy

WFMU’s Beware of the Blog: Only Fidel Can Provide Candy posted four video “excerpts from what is possibly the greatest propaganda film ever, Ron Ormond’s 1971 commie-bashing If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do?. Be forewarned, the commies do some awful things to these poor kids, and it can get kind of revolting. Portions of this film have been sampled heavily by Negativland, including their classic Christianity is Stupid.”