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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Rant of the day- I Love Vimeo!!!
Well the net equivalent of that for me is Vimeo. Forget that back-alley prostitute quality you get from You Tube. Vimeo is about quality on-line video- hell, they even do HD! There are some amazing videographers and film-makers out there and I know that Vimeo will always deliver the good stuff for me. I once spent 8 hours straight on Vimeo, and you can do it easy, trust me! There are the options of downloading the videos as well (if the artist allows it) and the layout is more art gallery than drug den...
The internet is filling up rapidly with crappy camera phone clips showing dogs licking balls and old grannies doing, well, nothing special and it all shits me to tears. Have we really got to the point where quantity overrules quality just because it's easy? The philosophy behind Cult-of-Pop is that we seek out quality (even it is happens to be on YouTube on the odd occassion) because we are tired of crap. Period. We must be one of the first generations in history ever to be brought up on absolute crap. It's time to install some quality back into the market and that, my friends (in a round about way), is why I love Vimeo......
Nyle "Let The Beat Build" from Nyle on Vimeo.
Oil in Water from Shawn Knol on Vimeo.
The video quality here is outstanding, and with full screen mode and HD level recording there is finally something worth watching on the net!
Daily Pick- Mousevomit
Mouse vomit....
Not the projectile type that comes hurtling out of mouse holes in the middle of the night much to the surprise of sleeping cats, rather the photoblog of a nameless artist (at present) that has us bookmarking like crazy every image he has put up- his work is a mixture of simple line illustration, 3d work, photo manipulation and self portraits and throughout all he displays a well contructed, yet insanely warped sense of humour.....
Check out his works at "www.mousevomit.com"
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Cult Movie- "Nothing" (2003)
"Nothing"
Canadian director Vincenzo Natali of "Cube" fame, has brought us another surreal existential displacement flick in the fun and thoughtful "Nothing".
WTF? Ray Romano must die.... apparently.....
Though NOT everyone loves Raymond apparently. Although perhaps the tattoo on this chic is a misguided sign of affection? "I'm Going to Kill You, Ray Romano." I mean, come on- for the cost of the tattoo you probably could have hired a low-grade hitman to do the same job and maybe have enough left over for a cute tattoo of a teletubby or something....
Sadly, that's not the worst tattoo I've seen... Type Brighter is a blog that has managed to track down some of the most F@#@ed up tattoos I have ever seen..... If you have a morbid facination with the things people do to their own bodies (for the worse) then I recommend you check this site out.....(beware that there are some graphic images contained here, perhaps not for under 18s??)
Daily Pick- "Rain- Prepare to be defeated!"
Today we're liking-
Rain....
Well, more specifically we're liking the opportunity to go out in the rain with our new kick-arse umbrella.... Before you go "WTF?" let me explain....
Think Geek is a great online shop for all those gadgets and toys and "stuff" you never wanted, or needed, or thought existed until you saw them here. One such creation has caught my eye after a few crappy days of rain here in Melbourne. It's an umbrella that thinks it's a samurai sword in disguise (or perhaps it's vice versa? either way- it's cool...). Hell, I'd wear this around town on my back (courtesy of the shoulder strap) even if it were 40c and mid summer.... I'd buy 100 and encourage mock battles in the middle of town when all the suits are having lunch. Move over Chuck Norris, we have a new weapon in town... and he has an umbrella......
If you want one, check out "www.thinkgeek.com"
Monday, April 27, 2009
WTF? Don't lick and drive...
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Daily Pick- Freebord
Freebord...
And no, that's not a typo. If your a fan of hitting the slopes on a snowboard and want to do the same when you get home and run out of snow then this one is for you...Freebord are based in the U.S. of A and are the creators of one cool looking board. Imagine a skateboard that can carve it up just like a snowboard, allowing greater control on slopes and tricks never before possible on the flats. I don't skate, but I do have a mountain board and I can see the similarities but I also see where this board comes into its own....I like it, I like it a lot...
Check out the Freebord site "www.freebord.com" for more details...
There are some excellent video clips on the website and one of my favourites was from a guy called Corey Lucero. I found some more of his videos on Vimeo. You can check them out at the Vimeo website "www.vimeo.com"
team sub? from Corey Lucero on Vimeo.
Daily Pick- Banksy & Street Stickers
Today we're liking-
Street Art...
Graffiti artists, God bless 'em, the scourge of uneducated middle class. Truth be told, their work is often more politically astute than the pollies that want it banned. Their work is controversial, daring, quite often visually stunning and the artists themselves have cohunas to be admired in the way they stick it to the authorities in the name of art....
Personally I think a city without graffiti is sterile and boring and it's sites like this that get my juices flowing..... Banksy "www.banksy.co.uk" A street/graffiti artist whose work is both beautiful and poignant. His work is really about making a point about social condition rather than pure artistic outlet. His large scale stuff is amazing and it's easy to see why he has developed a bit of a international following.... Enjoy....
WTF? No More Acid Until You've Cleaned Your Room
Cult Game- Space Invaders
A game that requires no introduction (and virtually no instructions)... Space Invaders. A cult classic, but hardly a game I'd go out to buy or download. So here's a little website I stumbled across today where you can play the original game and, if you get bored (how could you ever get bored of this game?!) you can learn a little about the history of the #1 arcade game in the world.... hmmm, fun AND educational....
Check it at "www.spaceinvaders.de" and save your quarters for another day....
WTF? Extreme Skipping
REALLY not sure what's going on here, but I kinda like it....
I could see this catching on here in Melbourne. Spice it up with a little Parkour skills and you've got yourself a truely extreme sport....
Check out more at www.extremeskipping.com
Daily Pick- Glennz
Today we're liking-
I have been following Glennz for a while and I love his work. An absolutely twisted sense of humour conveyed in some of the most effective illustrations I have ever seen. And with his on-line t-shirt store it's like have a newspaper cartoon on your chest..... Forget those department store, bulk issue "funny" tees- get one of Glen's and stand out from the crowd...
Seriously!..... check it out regardless of whether your a t-shirt wearing kinda person or not- his stuff will always provoke a smile... www.store.glennz.com
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Daily Pick- HydroSeventyFour
What we're liking today-
Well, it's the killa designs of Joshua M Smith. Vector based illustration combining retro themes and modern techniques his work is well worth a look at....
Check the website- www.hydro74.com
Friday, April 24, 2009
What the hell IS Pop Culture???
That's a damm good question....
Being well educated men ourselves we know the answer to this question; in a word.... Wikipedia.
Oh yes, Wiki is your friend and always has the right answer. So, here it is....
"Defining 'popular' and 'culture', which are essentially contested concepts, is complicated with multiple competing definitions of popular culture. John Storey, in Cultural Theory and Popular Culture, discusses six definitions. The quantitative definition, of culture has the problem that much "high" culture (e.g. television dramatisations of Jane Austen) is widely favoured. "Pop culture" is also defined as the culture that is "left over" when we have decided what "high culture" is. However, many works straddle or cross the boundaries e.g. Shakespeare, Dickens, Puccini-Verdi-Pavarotti- Nessun Dorma. Storey draws attention to the forces and relations which sustain this difference such as the educational system.
A third definition equates pop culture with Mass Culture. This is seen as a commercial culture, mass produced for mass consumption. From a Western European perspective, this may be compared to American culture. Alternatively, "pop culture" can be defined as an "authentic" culture of the people, but this can be problematic because there are many ways of defining the "people." Storey argues that there is a political dimension to popular culture; neo-Gramscian hegemony theory "... sees popular culture as a site of struggle between the 'resistance' of subordinate groups in society and the forces of 'incorporation' operating in the interests of dominant groups in society." A postmodernism approach to popular culture would "no longer recognise the distinction between high and popular culture'
Storey emphasises that popular culture emerges from the urbanisation of the industrial revolution, which identifies the term with the usual definitions of 'mass culture'. Studies of Shakespeare (by Weimann, Barber or Bristol, for example) locate much of the characteristic vitality of his drama in its participation in Renaissance popular culture, while contemporary practitioners like Dario Fo and John McGrath use popular culture in its Gramscian sense that includes ancient folk traditions (the commedia dell'arte for example).
Popular culture changes constantly and occurs uniquely in place and time. It forms currents and eddies, and represents a complex of mutually-interdependent perspectives and values that influence society and its institutions in various ways. For example, certain currents of pop culture may originate from, (or diverge into) a subculture, representing perspectives with which the mainstream popular culture has only limited familiarity. Items of popular culture most typically appeal to a broad spectrum of the public."
...Hmmm, I thought it was just cool people, cool clothes, cool movies and stuff.... who knew?
I think we'll just stick with the concept of cool stuff, thanks anyway Wiki......