I know that it’s Monday, July 5th and not Saturday (the title of the post for those of you not paying attention), but most people have today off as an official holiday from work so that makes today the “big chill out day”.  I am one of those lucky people.  For those of us recovering from the night’s previous adult activities it’s nice to be able to do nothing and hang out in loose clothing and eat hamburger magic to cure the hang over and listen to jams that soothe.

For mornings such as this, we need to retreat and let our minds experience Morcheeba.  I ease into a nice rhythm of sipping chilled coffee and Internet surfing as this penetrates through to my very happy bone and reminds me to take it slow.

If Morcheeba is not your cup of tee then I know what might do it for you,  Zoe Keating’s new album Into the Trees.  I love her music and the way she can make a cello sound alive and divided.  Each song gives me chills and makes my mind daydream.  She’s amazingly talented.  (picture courtesy of by Kirstie Shanley)

Enjoy and just Chill out.

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I don’t have cable so I was a little late in discovering Eric Wareheim’s genius. I get very few opportunities to catch up on my favorite adult swim programs. If I could, I would leave that on all night playing in the background allowing its twisted pleasantness to invade my subconscious while I sleep. I think it makes me a better person when I do. If you have cable and you like double chin humor than check out the Tim and Eric Awesome Show: Great Job!

However, if you're like me and you rely on the internet for all your entertainment than check out a new Video that Eric did for Health. Gotta say, I totally saw myself under that blond wig running through the forest. I think there is going to be a lot of that this summer.

Tags: Audiophilia, Videophilia by Gestalt
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Bloody hell.

I must admit I’m growing rather more impressed with Hulu than I’d initially anticipated being (which was pretty impressed, actually). Not only are they adding new anime offerings on a near-daily basis (not always great ones, mind you, but they do have 24 episodes of Gankutsuou, so I’m obliged to let them miss occasionally) but in a restless link crawl yesterday I discovered they’re also hosting the entire 1954 animated adaptation of Orwell’s classic Animal Farm!

The book is required reading nearly everywhere, but I haven’t encountered many people who’ve seen (or known) about the animated movie. WATCH IT! WATCH IT NOW!! WATCH IT BEFORE THEY BLOODY TAKE IT DOWN!!!

Though the animated version ends somewhat differently than the novel, I suppose it’s warranted.

That is why they call it revolution after all.

That is all.

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Sometimes the ‘tubes return the most intriguing items. Tonight’s strange and wonderful little treat comes by way of a few hours of random Google searches and link crawling, but having never encountered this before, I have to say it was worth it. A little something for everyone here, I should think.

Ani Kuri 15;  a brief series that aired on the Japanese public broadcasting network some time ago, features fifteen one minute shorts from some serious heavy hitters whose work we’ve featured here before. There’s entries from Satoshi  Kon , Mamoru Oshii, Shinji Kimura and the like, and it’s really interesting to see what happens when you give these world famous creators 60 seconds and no limitations or direction.

A huge variety of styles and approaches here, and the material ranges from whimsical to inexplicable. It’s like all my favorite US short animation collections, only so much better.

And yes Cash, it’s safe for your park rats. They may, at least, appreciate the cat thing.

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Oh, my world is complete Mother Fuckers!

This music video by Muse reminds me of a Bruce Campbell meets Fire Fly meets Bruce Lee meets Tom Petty meets Muse.  Seriously, why did I not know of this before?!$#*

This is amazing…I don’t think I’ve seen something that has appealed to all my geekery juices before.  All I can do is smile and let the geek flow!

Tags: Aesthetiophilia, Audiophilia, Videophilia by Nekogirl
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I’ve been holding onto this one for a while in the hopes that I’d be able to find more information on it trawling the interwebz. Strangely though, said ‘webz have proved to be uncharacteristically silent on the matter, all the mentions I encountered seemed to ape the same short plot summary, and nothing more. Which in and of itself is intriguing enough. I’d first heard it mentioned in a forum thread on experimental anime, which seems a bit off considering the titles that usually make it into such a conversation. Nevertheless though, it does have a somewhat peculiar style of animation (though certainly not without precedent), and the story itself is interesting. Normal bloke suddenly finds himself being haunted by phantom Toyko subway train.

Hmmm.

Have a look for yourself, here’s Take the X Train.

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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.

Tags: Aesthetiophilia, Audiophilia, I should probably go to bed, Videophilia by Gestalt
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