Catching that thing was as impressive as the robotaxi was laughable.

Okay, so I finished all 112 videos that Jenny Nicholson has posted on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/@JennyNicholson/videos

One of my favs is the Dear Even Hansen breakdown that is almost as long as the movie. 

So I guess now that I am hooked I will be heading off to Patreon for more...  (with 54,180 other people)... 

 

Been waiting for this interview for a while - Rick (B) has been posting shorts last week or so.. 

Sweet!

November Basho Time!!!

I will have to look for some streaming - but for now - highlights (three days so far)

They don't allow embedding - so for the one person interested - link to day one:

https://youtu.be/BeLHG5VuSjY?si=qygeCLPePOVTJMwI

 

 

Joanne wanted "something fun" to watch last night, so rather than the antics of a superannuated  pugilist, I recalled Kate mentioning this on the couch on a recent episode of Graham Norton, so.

 

 

An early Christmas movie, with implausibly cute young looking leads.

(Edit: Sony product placement, and a very sparse looking Google homepage)

Fitted the bill, with some surprisingly meta exposition from a sprightly Eli Wallach as an aging Hollywood screenwriter. 

Picture postcard English scenes. 

Fun.

 

Edited November 16, 20241 yr by Grahame

A post pandemic "Rear Window" for the smart speaker generation.

 

 

^I watched that one some time ago and I don't even remember what it was about. I'm getting old I guess.

 

This is one of the most upsetting things I've watched in some time

 

The Substance. Unbelievably Megalopolis may have competition. Okay, I know others enjoyed and there was some fun nudity, but why did everything have to be so obvious? Made it almost half way. 

Possible Brent Biscuit influence detected.

But insufficient for a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly with an improbably large blast radius.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 19, 20241 yr by Grahame

 

Orientalism: Desert Level Music vs. Actual Middle-Eastern Music

 

 

 

 

 

Ah the Irish 

 

They seem drunk before starting.

Silicon Graphics Indigo2 with Extreme Graphics:

 

I used to have one of those 

 

 

Finishing up the 20+ hours of song by song analysis of The Wall (52 videos).

 

The ChatGPT wine problem. I had not heard it before, more of a philosophy.

{Also "AI does not exist, but it will ruin everything anyway" - Angela Collier}

I love this thumbnail

...anyway, here's Elvis Costello:

 

Delightful.

Retrospective on its creation: https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/san-francisco-sony-bouncy-ball-ad-20204385.php

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