Month: September 2014
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Rage For The Green Machine
Still doing the rounds after many years is this Rage Against The Machine cover by Doctor Nix and The Green Machine, the pep band for George Mason University. As others have pointed out, go red, go! (via Scott TGA) And here it is during a game, where you can see the rapper better, although the…
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The Man Who Took A Lobster for a Walk: Status Anxiety
Watched all 6 episodes of Philosophy of Happiness series by Alain de Botton and the documentary Status Anxiety (which unlike the others seems to accessible in the UK). I really recommend them, especially the latter which includes Native Americans, Televangelist, The Theory of the Leisure Class, duels, Orwell, John Ruskin, naturists, Marx, members of Crass,…
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School of Life – Epicurus
Love this video from School of Life about Epicurus. That does sound great – living with friends, doing stuff you want to do, not worrying about money. Funny how the Church came along and converted them into monasteries, because hey, that layer of guilt was missing 😛 Also liked this old series by Alain de…
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Dancing Red Man
Essentially an advert for Smart, the electric small car maker, but if more companies want to make the urban environment safer for pedestrians and fun with it, I’m all for that.
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Starcadian – Saturdaze
Starcadian’s Sunset Blood was a big hit around here, and he has a new album out called Saturdaze inspired by Saturday morning TV watching as a kid, cartoons and weird films. Not sure about the ‘covers’ (I guess Dance or Die is a theme from the 1987 Troma film?) but I love Ultralove and Money.…