Hard Ton – “Earthquake”
I know I’ve been conspicuously absent these past weeks. I could describe an elaborate sob story about how busy I’ve been, but the truth is these guys have me locked up in their basement. Enjoy.
Entries Tagged as 'Aesthetiophilia'
Friday Night Anime Block: Fist of the Northstar
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Tonight’s tip comes by way of the illustrious Nekogirl, and frankly I can’t believe I’d overlooked it this long. A classic anime from the mid eighties, Fist of the Northstar is about as dystopian as they come. We’re talkin’ the Mad Max of anime here. Seriously, Give it just the first five minutes of episode 1 and you’ll see what I mean.
Actually, on second though, that may literally be the opening to Mad Max. Except in Japanese. And about 7 years later. And with the addition of more head-explody.
Really though, who wouldn’t want more of that?
Naturally though the plot thereafter strays a bit, but the balance of drama and sheer violence is astonishing.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Avril Lavigne
The following is an excerpt from transcript of KahrlZero’s NeoCon AM Radio Talk Show, “Zero Hour,” episode 46: ”Fiduciary Controls and how they are a cover for the Leftist takeover of Real America.”
Segment guest: Cash Money
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Kahrl Zero: …and that’s how fiduciary controls are a cover for the Leftist takeover of Real America.
Cash Money: Wow, I hadn’t really thought about it that way before. Personally, I have recently found myself obsessed with Avril Lavigne. Not her music or even her so much as her career.
KZ: How so? Because I know fuck-all.
CM: Well, you know her brand of music. Vacuous, if upbeat. Marketed as “The AntiBrittany,” though she really is the same thing with a different coat of paint and a different time signature.
KZ: (ugh) And more eyeliner.
CM: Right. Which is fine. Or was. She has, at time of recording, three albumns on the market with a fourth set to drop this summer. However, she is now 25. And has an impending albumn. The question is, when does society demand something more from her.
For your Sunday Morning Consideration
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A short but lovely, STOP MOTION ROBOTIC APOCALYPSE TRAILER!
Just the thing to go with boiling coffee over a dessicated can of sterno. The street finds its own uses for things, after all.
From Andy Goralczyk via Twitch.
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Friday Night Anime Block: Darker Than Black
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Tonight we have an interesting twist on the classic “Mysterious portal causes people to develop superhuman abilities” riff.
Darker Than Black from Tensai Okamura. Ignore, for a moment, the somewhat common Disaster Strikes Tokyo and The Paranormal Is Unleashed On The World themes.
The really fascinating thing here is the premise that for each of these characters, at every instance where they exercise their abilities, a subsequent correlation must be made. Be it compulsion, obsession, neurotic tick, general lack of sociability, what have you. As a general rule I tend to skew towards the anti-hero scale as far as protagonists go, and by and large I’ve eschewed many of the more traditional Supers in favor of more offbeat fare. This, though, has caused me to rethink a few of those considerations. Certainly, you’ll find much here that is familiar, and possibly hackneyed, but I think the potential is there for something that works on a much deeper level if explored in full.
Friday Night Anime Block: Gankutsuou
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Also known as Dumas’s timeless classic The Count of Monte Cristo. Re-imagined.
I have Cash to blame for this one, although blame is probably not the most appropriate term. More applicable would be “Damn you word monkey! Why have you not spoken of this earlier?!” Followed closely by the strident sound of coffee mugs colliding unceremoniously with glass desktops, and massive erupting plumes of cigar smoke.
That said, his taste thus far has yet to steer me wrong, and only the vagaries of decimal mathematics prevent a perfect score. To wit: tonight’s feature. One of the most singularly creative uses of the animated form I’ve seen in years, and one that simply Had to be featured, if only for it’s remarkable treatment of such historic subject matter.
(ed. If you get dizzy, it’s because you’re not looking at it properly. Shape up, or we’ll send the narwhals after you.)
(ed. They’re hungry. And also slightly belligerent.)
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Musical Interlude: Splitting the Atom
“What to my wondering eyes should appear?”
Just a little perk for your Sunday morning.
A new video. Music by Massive Attack; directed by Edouard Salier. And absolutely wonderful.
No critique needed, just grab the headphones, and pump up your screen resolution.
Doesn’t that feel better?
Found via Popwhore
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- is PBR, cheese crackers, and Hulu.
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