Singularity Behavior

The Strokes

2011-06-24T11:59:00.000-07:00

The Strokes

Active for over than a decade now, the garage band "The Strokes" holds a place in the list of the '00s best albums with its critically acclaimed debut
"Is This It".

The frontman and songwriter Julian Casablancas was born in New York in 1978, at a place that would define the concept of his lyrics. One boarding and two private schools later, where he met the rest of the bandmates, Julian became the connecting link to the formation of one of the most influencial bands of the past decade and brought a transistion of interested from britpop to the indie rock scene carving the way for bands like "Arctic Monkeys" and "Franz Ferdinand".

Unfortunately the band's three following albums, while notable, never surpassed their first worshiped by fans and critics work of "Is This It". So, this is it! You can enjoy a taste of their discography and watch the short rockumentary "In Transit" following them while on their sold-out European tour.

Last Night

Reptilia

You only live once

The Strokes Movie - In Transit (part1)

Youtube Movie: Nosferatu

2011-02-26T05:26:00.000-08:00

Is this your wife? What a lovely throat!

Silent films are by definition not character-driven but rely on the power of image alone.
In 1922, when computer-generated imagery and bluescreens were terms still undefined, German director F. W. Murnau created the first vampire movie based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula" novel. His main tool to upset the audience's stomachs; modulation between shadow and light.
"Nosferatu" is a creature lurking in the dark, making people fear that for the sudden appearance of his imposing shadow alone.
Nowadays, given that you have seen horror movies like "The Exorcist" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street", Nosferatu will probably leave you apathetic with respect to your nightmares. But, you cannot at least gasp that the sight of a terrible blood-thirsty walking dead coming out of his coffin.

Watch the whole movie

Shorts by Pixar

2011-01-05T08:44:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

The holiday session might be over, but the magic doesn't have to go away.
Pixar, pioneer in computer animations, has given us some sparkles of that magic over the years with imaginative creations like "WALL-E", "Toy Story" and "The Incredibles".
Watch some of its short films that may lack of runtime, but it not the fun of creation.

Partly Cloudy (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1425244/)

Lifted (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0945571/)

Geri's Game (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131409/)

The Lady of Shalott

2010-12-09T02:48:00.000-08:00

"The Lady of Shalott", is a famous poem written by Lord Alfred Tennyson in 1842.The poem tells us the story of the Lady of Shalott,who lives in an island castle in a river which flows to Camelot.She has been cursed to endlessly weave a magic web and she can not look outside,directly at the world.
She can only see the world reflected through a mirror;she can only see it's shadows.
One day she sees Sir Lanchelot through the mirror and she stops weaving.She leaves the castle,gets to a boat,where she writes her name and floats to Camelot.
She dies before getting in the palace and when Lancelot sees her dead,he praizes her beauty.
There has been much analysis of the poem.It shows the contradiction between art and life;the Lady is the artist that weaves her art and is isolated by the world,which is believed is what Tennyson thought of himself.
It can also be interpreted as the rebellion of a girl who is locked in a tower , protected from real life.
Or we can even see ourselves today,waching the world through internet or tv,not facing what is real.

You can read the poem in the link
http://ebooks.gutenberg.us/WorldeBookLibrary.com/shalltwo.htm

The poem has inpired many painters

John W. Waterhouse,"The Lady of Shalott"

John W. Waterhouse,"I Am Half Sick of Shadows' said the Lady of Shalott"

William Maw Egley,"The Lady of Shalott"

                  Sidney H. Meteyard,"I Am Half Sick of Shadows' said the Lady of Shalott"

                                             John Atkinson Grimshaw,"The Lady of Shalott"

                                               John William Waterhouse,"The Lady of Shalott"

Check out Lorenna MCkennitt singing "The Lady of Shalott"

Lord Arthur Saville is a Murderer

2010-12-07T03:19:00.000-08:00

"Lord Arthur Saville's Crime", is a short mystery story
written by Oscar Wilde(1854-1900).
It's the story of Lord Arthur Saville, who gets his hand read by a chiromanist, who tells him that he will commit murder in the future. Lord Arthur, takes this profecy seriously and decides to postpone his soon to be marriage and commit murder...
It's a brilliant,strange, ironic story with Wilde playing a game of fate.

Project Gutenberg link of e-book:
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/ldasc10h.htm

Free youtube Movie of the Day: Lola Montès

2010-12-07T03:10:00.000-08:00

Lola Montès (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048308/) is the last, butchered-by-studios-then-restored film by German director Max Ophüls. The story follows the life of a woman once worshiped, from wealth and greatness to total humiliation. It's one circus attraction you definately want to see.

Lola Montès (part 1/11)

Μy Love Is Like a Red Red Rose

2010-12-07T01:20:00.000-08:00

Passion Flower

Green Echinacea

Spider Flower

Scarlet Pimpernel

Blue Bell Tunicate

Blue Murraya Flower

Cannas Flower

Blue Gem

Tiger Orchid

Astronomy Picture of the Day

2010-12-04T10:53:00.000-08:00

Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer in Nasa Official website www.nasa.gov in order to discover and be impressed by the beauty of our and other planets and the stars.
So, we can find several fascinating and astounding pictures in the site such as:

Spiral Galaxy M66

Anticrepuscular Rays Over Colorado

Frosted Leaf Orion

M33: Triangulum Galaxy

Sunset at the Spiral Jetty

What's on the Menu?

2010-12-04T07:38:00.000-08:00

From Da Vinci to Andy Warhol, famous artists all over the world have portrayed food either as still life or as part of rich dinning scenes and turned them into masterpieces.

For food can be an art of its own.

Leonardo Da Vinci, "The Last Supper"

Frans Snyders, "The Pantry"

Paul Cezanne, "Still Life with Plate of Cherries"

Abraham van Beyeren, "Stillleben mit Geflugel und Fruchten"

Pierre-August Renoir, "Luncheon of the Boating Party"

Andy Warhol, "Campbells Soup Cans"

Rene Magritte, "L'Avenir"

Willem Claesz. Heda, "Nachtisch"

Edouard Manet, "The Lemon"

Konstantin Makovsky, "The Boyars Wedding Feast"

Guiseppe Arcimboldo, "The Market Gardener"

The Beast with Five Fingers

2010-12-03T06:15:00.000-08:00

1928, horror writer W.F. Harvey creates the evil creature with the five fingernails in his book "The Beast with Five Fingers"
(Project Gutenberg free copy: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15143/15143-h/15143-h.htm#Beast).
Since then it has made numerous appearances in film.

"Filmography"

The Beast with Five Fingers (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038338/)

The Exterminating Angel (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056732/)

Doctor Terror's House of Horror (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059125/)

The Addams Family (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101272/)

The Hand (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082497/)

Evil Dead 2 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092991/)

Cursed Couples

2010-12-02T08:56:00.000-08:00

Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald

The beautiful and damned

Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine

Attempted murder, absinthe and hasish

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

Who's afraid of Elizabeth Taylor?

Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes

Death by oven

Nancy Spungen and Sid Vicious

Love meets drugs

The most reliable tech brands

2010-12-02T06:51:00.000-08:00

Every year, the magazine PCWorld makes a poll to find which companies are providing the best tech support and service. So we learn a great deal about the companies that make laptops, desktops, smartphones, HDTVs, cameras, and printers. Here's the mile-high view of what they found.

--Put simply, products made by Apple, Asus, Brother, and Canon are typically reliable and well supported.

--Products made by Dell and Hewlett-Packard often aren't, especially if you're a home user.

--Laptops are slightly more reliable than before, and have fewer serious problems than desktops.

--Business PC customers are generally more satisfied than their consumer counterparts.

Free youtube movie of the day: Life of Brian

2010-12-02T04:48:00.000-08:00

Not the Messiah!

- I'm not the Messiah! Will you please listen? I am not the Messiah, do you understand? Honestly!
- Only the true Messiah denies His divinity.

Monty Python's (whole different post) "Life of Brian" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079470/) is a grand justification to the term "British humour". Countless memorable quotes, the funniest cast that could ever exist in a movie, but beware it's as politically incorrect as it gets (not for the weak-hearted)!

Life of Brian (part 1/9)

Beautiful photos from physical phenomena!!!

2010-12-01T05:25:00.000-08:00

Six Degrees of Separation

2010-11-30T07:15:00.000-08:00

Find the Bacon

Contrary to popular belief "Six Degrees of Separation" wasn't a game Kevin Bacon's fan club invented, but an application to the idea that everyone anywhere in the world is approximately six steps away from any other human being.

The idea was initiated in "Chains" (1929); a short story by Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy. The story would later inspire scientists to put the idea into research and the experiments showed that people in USA were chained by three friendship links.

Then came along playwright John Guare whose homonym play added the "six" in the term and familiarized people with the concept. Since then applications and games grew by dozens, such as "Bacon number" that finds the connection between Bacon and any another Hollywood actor.

One of them is "Erdős number" in honor to the mathematician Paul Erdős who has published the most papers in his field. Itinerant Erdős co-writed at least 1400 papers with colleagues (those have Erdős number: 1) that provided him food and shelter. Erdős number "calculates" the authoring distance between Erdős and the authors that have collaborated with Erdős direct co-writers. For example, philosopher Noam Chomsky has Erdős number: 4, which means that he has collaborated with someone with an Erdős number: 3, who was collaborated with someone with an Erdős number: 2, who was collaborated with a person that has directly worked with Erdős himself.

Trivia: Few people in the world have an Erdős-Bacon number.

Play the game to find out the connection between Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Steve Buscemi:
http://findthebacon.com/

Free youtube movie: Night of the Living Dead

2010-11-29T08:05:00.000-08:00

Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 American independent black-and-white zombie film directed by George Romero.A true horror pioneer, it bridged the gap between the old style horror and the new.
Romero put the movie industry on notice with his graphic shots of blood, guts and gore.
It truly deserves the praise and acclaim that has been showered upon it over the past few decades. If ever a horror movie were a masterpiece, this one is it. An important milestone in cinematic history and proof of what independent filmmakers can do, Night of the Living Dead is the seminal zombie movie.

Book Club: A People's History Of The United States

2010-11-28T15:46:00.000-08:00

Maybe it's old fashioned to look for heroes in a history book. Maybe it's sentimental to focus on racist attacks against poor and proud people, like american indians and african slaves, at a beginning of a new empire. Maybe it's not literary correct to read about a writer's sources while he is telling a story.

But it sure is refreshing when history can be put in front of you in a way different than you are used to, even if you do feel yourself disagreeing on parts. People's History Of The United States, by Howard Zinn is not only a fresh account of the american history but actually worth a read.

Grandma Moses: When The End Is A New Beginning

2010-11-28T14:16:00.000-08:00

Remarkable things don't happen when we least expect them. Remarkable things are the products of a life's direction, and when this direction is driven by passion, remarkable things are inevitable. Grandma Moses, had lived most of her life as her situtation in it ordered. A hard worker, a faithful daughter, a good wife, a loving mother. Her talent though, asleep only for a small period of time, say around seventy years or so, did manage to get across. Too old to help with any farm work, this amazing woman took up painting, a childish fascination, at an age when most of us are supposed to retire. Her hobby turned out not only a solid good use of time, but a cultular legacy which still leaves an exclamation point on our faces.

Link for more of her works: http://www.gseart.com/exhibitions.asp?ExhID=480

Ken Loach: A Great Director Makes A Difference

2010-11-27T03:14:00.000-08:00

I bow not only in front of Ken Loach's films, but also in front of his disposition towards life. The director of "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" and "Sweet Sixteen" has always been consistent in his beliefs and his work. Most directors wouldn't even think about distributing their films for free and that is why Ken Loach is a rare exception. The director of social consiousness has uploaded many of his films on youtube, one of which is "Cathy come home" that resulted in the formation of the housing charity 'Shelter'.

Click here to tranfer to his channel

http://www.youtube.com/user/KenLoachFilms

Peter Schlemihl: The Shadowless Man

2010-11-26T02:40:00.000-08:00

Peter Schlemihl's Remarkable Story (“Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte”) written in 1814 by Adelbert von Chamisso, is the story of a bohemian scientist called Peter Schlemihl, who sells his shadow to the Devil for a wallet always filled with money, only to wander the earth alone.
Chamisso (1781-1838), who will not only be remembered as a poet, but also as a botanist left a classic book to the German literature.

Project Gutenberg link of e-book
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21943/21943-h/21943-h.htm

Candy Candy: An Outdated Optimist In The Manga World

2010-11-26T02:12:00.000-08:00

Candy Candy, is a Japanese novel that was first serialized in magazines and later adapted into an anime manga series. The TV show (1976-1979) gained international popularity in the mid-80’s in Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America. It is a cult, soap-operish animation that follows the story of the orphan girl Candice White from a baby to a grown woman.

Even if today’s audiences should find the series outdated or cheesy, it is nevertheless a moving story that portraits a character - certainly lacking in the modern animation-of an unselfish, optimistic, kind girl that follows her heart but can also make great sacrifices.

You can check out the Candy Candy movie:

http://www.youtube.com/user/blackkittie#p/a/u/2/inxfzGothHo

Violent Femmes

2010-11-25T15:33:00.000-08:00

The American alternative folk punk band

"Violent Femmes" is a trio with singer, guitarist and songwriter Gordon Gano in the lead. Gano wrote most of his songs during puberty, therefore his lyrics bring out his troubled youth's frustration, confusion and lust. Their compositions are never-ending improvisations and The New York Times consider Gano to be the "oldest representative of teenage rage".

Trivia: Gano was only in 10th grade when he came up with "Country Death Song" after reading a 1862 news article about a man who intentionally threw his daughter into a well and then hanged himself in his barn.

Kiss Off

I need someone a person to talk to
someone who'd care to love
could it be you could it be you
situation gets rough then I start to panic
it's not enough it's just a habit
hey kid you're sick well darling this is it
you can all just kiss off into the air
behind my back I can see them stare
they'll hurt me bad but I won't mind
they'll hurt me bad they do it all the time

Country Death Song

I had me a wife, I had me some daughters.
I tried so hard, I never knew still waters.
Nothing to eat and nothing to drink.
Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think.
Well, I'm a thinkin' and thinkin', till there's nothin' I ain't thunk.
Breathing in the stink, till finally I stunk.
It was at that time, I swear I lost my mind.
I started making plans to kill my own kind.
Come little daughter," I said to the youngest one,
Put your coat on, we'll have some fun.
We'll go out to mountains, the one to explore.
Her face then lit up, I was standing by the door.
Come little daughter, I will carry the lanterns.
We'll go out tonight, we'll go to the caverns.
We'll go out tonight, we'll go to the caves.
Kiss your mother goodnight and remember that God saves.
A led her to a hole, a deep black well.
I said "make a wish, make sure and not tell and
close you're eyes dear, and count to seven.
You know your papa loves you, good children go to heaven.
I gave her a push, I gave her a shove.
I pushed with all my might, I pushed with all my love.
I through my child into a bottomless pit.
She was screaming as she fell, but I never heard her hit.
Gather round boys to this tale that I tell.
You wanna know how to take a short trip to hell?
It's guarenteed to get your own place in hell.
Just take your lovely daughter and push her in the well.
Take your lovely daughter and throw her in the well.
Don't speak to me of lovers, with a broken heart.
You wanna know what can really tear you apart?
I'm going out to the barn, will I never stop in pain?
I'm going out to the barn, to hang myself in shame.

Gone Daddy Gone

Beautiful girl
Lovely dress
Where she is now I can only guess
Cause it's gone daddy gone
The love is gone

Add it up

Going down the kitchen at the top of the stairs
Can I mix in with your affairs
Share a smoke, make a joke
Grasp and reach for a leg of hope
Words to memorize, words hypnotize
Words make my mouth exercise
Words all failed the magic prize
Nothing I can say when I'm in your thighs
Oh ma mumma mo ma mo ma muther
I would love to love you lover
City is restless, it's ready to pounce
Here in your bedroom, ounce for ounce
Oh ma mumma mumma mo ma muther
I would love to love you lover
The city is restless, it's ready to pounce
Here in your bedroom, ounce for ounce
I've given you, decision to make
Things to lose, things to take
Just as she's about ready to cut it up
She says wait a minute honey, I'm gonna add it up

Blister in the Sun

Let me go on like I
Blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands, I know you're the one

Coral Castle: A Tale of Love Or Science?

2010-11-25T14:48:00.000-08:00

Edward Leedskalnin was not a simple man. He was not wealthy and his was not educated. But he did manage to fall in love. The girl, however had a change of heart and broke their engangement. And that is how, supposedly the whole story of his life began. Over a period of twenty years, he dedicated his time into handling and building massive blocks of coral in what would eventually become a whole castle. Reminds of a Scott Fitzgerald novel, hey? Well, that's where some scientists have a different point of view. Putting aside the story, and just examining the tones of this monument one cannot but reconsider. How could a single man manage to lift a pyramid like stone, when the principals of physics are against any such venture? There are certainly many theories, including that Edward Leedskalnin had solved this problem by the use of anti-gravity! True or not, his life story is a fascinating one and there is a coral castle out there to prove it.

Top Movie Vampires

2010-11-25T11:19:00.000-08:00

1. Max Schreck, Nosferatu

The real deal?

2. Gary Oldman, Bram Stoker's Dracula

The charming one

3. Kirsten Dunst, Interview with a Vampire

Who's afraid of a pretty little girl?

4. Bela Lugosi, Dracula

Cult fang

5. Lina Leandersson, Let the Right One In

Can't choose your neigbours

6. Robert Pattinson, Twilight

Our guilty pleasure

Of course our list wouldn't be complete without...

7. Leslie Nielsen, Dracula Dead and Loving It

Free youtube movie of the day: Young Frankenstein

2010-11-25T08:51:00.000-08:00

Mel Brooks knows good comedy*

"Young Frankenstein" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/) has been repeatedly voted as one of the "Funniest Films of All Times". Of course, you can never go wrong with cast such as Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman. If you haven't already, click below to watch this classic horror movie parody and find out what's the sweet mystery of life!

Young Frankenstein (part 1/10)

Places: Elafonisos the pirate’s island

2010-11-25T08:13:00.000-08:00

Elafonisos,Greece was the base for foreign and local pirates and corsairs in the 16th and 17th century, due to its particular geographical location in the sea roads of Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
It is a beautiful place and fortunately not yet taken by hordes of tourists.

Click here for more:
http://www.elafonissos.gr

Book Club: Three Men In A Boat

2010-11-24T16:53:00.000-08:00

It is hard to believe, but the last, laugh out loud, novel was published in 1889. Sure there have been written many a funny and smart and elaborate stories since then, but try to take away the irony and the half-witted hero out of them, and what do you get? Jerome Jerome's book is a winner because its honesty lasts all through its pages and the reader doesn't get mixed feelings at the end, like someone had played tricks to get their attention. Enjoy this delightful journey, and of course do not forget the dog!

Link to free e-book

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/308/308-h/308-h.htm

Best and Worst Celebrity Neighbours

2010-11-24T05:26:00.000-08:00

"Who would you rather have as your neighbour?"

Intellectual actor Stephen Fry or musician/troublemaker Peter Doherty?

People have voted Fry as the one who they are more likely to borrow sugar from and Doherty the one to stay away from, even if he does bring Kate Moss over.

Check out the whole article below:

http://blog.zoopla.co.uk/2010/02/06/best-and-worst-celebrity-neighbours-revealed/

The White Stripes

2010-11-24T04:38:00.000-08:00

Jack and Meg White shocked the world by claiming to be brother and sister, but the true story is that Jack adopted Meg's surname after their wedding. Although the couple got divorced, they formed the critically acclaimed duo "The White Stripes" that led the garage rock revival movement during the early '00s. Guitarist, pianist, and lead vocalist Jack and drummer Meg, brought mainstream into the raw underground post-punk and punk-blues genres. Their single "Seven Nation Army" reached the top of the European charts. The White Stripes declaire the band is still active, but have stopped performing due to Meg's acute anxiety.
We expect to see more of them, until then enjoy their previous work.

Seven Nation Army

Fell In Love With A Girl

The Hardest Button To Button

Free youtube movie of the day: Eraserhead

2010-11-24T04:02:00.000-08:00

In my opinion, the best David Lynch movie out there. An expressionistic horror, which Kaufka himself would find too claustrophobic, this first attempt of the brilliant director demands to this day the audience's full notice and interpratation.

Eraserhead (part 1/9)

Graffiti: An underappreciated art

2010-11-24T00:53:00.000-08:00

There are certainly those who have a strong objection to seeing color on grey buildings. It somehow throws them off guard when they meet with an unexpected face on a wall or a written message that has a strong claim on the passerby's thought of the day. I have often met with people who complain about museum prices, about not having enough time to visit an art gallery, and all the while passing by some new idea, outside their own building. Of course, they have objections as to the art form of the graffiti techique, but I think one can not but change their mind if they just look a little closer.

Free youtube movie of the day: A propos de Nice

2010-11-23T09:30:00.000-08:00

A propos de Nice (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021576/) is a silent film directed in 1930 by the -25 year old then –French director Jean Vigo.
In the short duration of the film, Vigo captures with surrealism and humor the Borzois and tourists walking around Nice, France displaying their dresses and moving endlessly, so that they can emphasize their existence. Amazing are the scenes, showing the contradiction between the dancers and the statues. The instant opposite the eternal.

I would suggest watching it in mute in the link below.

À propos de Nice (part 1/2)

À propos de Nice (part 2)

Free book of the day

2010-11-22T14:06:00.001-08:00

Pride and Prejudice is a classic novel which rises from the mechanics of a pleasant plot to the level of great art, written from Jane Austen, a novelist with an extremely narrow focus that extends, surprisingly, into a wide range of concerns. It's a story about society,the relationships of family,the pride of a man and the prejudice of a woman. It is saturated with sarcasm, humor, romance, and thought-provoking issues of the time and Austen captures the attention of her readers with the wit, insight and well-flawn characters.

Here is the available link:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1342

The Smiths

2010-11-22T09:28:00.000-08:00

As common might be the name of this rock band from Manchester, "The Smiths"'s distinguished melodies have played one of the most influential roles in the alternative scene. Lead singer and songwriter, Morrissey, has made history with his unique voice and meaningful poetic lyrics written straight from his vulnerable heart, expressing best the suffocation and loneliness of the misunderstood. Morrissey would often display dark humor to describe the complications of human relationships with songs like "Girlfriend in a Coma" and "Bigmouth Strikes Again". The short-lived band (1982-1987) left behind only four studio albums: "The Smiths", "Meat Is Murder", "The Queen is Dead" and "Strangeways, Here We Come".

There is a light that never goes out

And if a double-decker bus
Crashes in to us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well the pleasure, the privilege is mine

There is a light that never goes out

How soon is now?

I am the son
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does

Still Ill

And if you must, go to work - tomorrow
Well, if I were you I really wouldn't bother
For there are brighter sides to life
And I should know, because I've seen them
But not very often ...

Under the iron bridge we kissed
And although I ended up with sore lips
It just wasn't like the old days anymore
No, it wasn't like those days
Am I still ill ?

Bigmouth Strikes Again

Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking
When I said I'd like to smash every tooth
In your head

Oh ... sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking
When I said by rights you should be
Bludgeoned in your bed

The Boy With the Thorn in his Side

The boy with the thorn in his side
Behind the hatred there lies
A plundering desire for love
How can they see the Love in our eyes
And still they don't believe us ?
And after all this time
They don't want to believe us
And if they don't believe us now
Will they ever believe us ?

Panic

Burn down the disco
Hang the blessed DJ
Because the music that they constantly play
It says nothing to me about my life
Hang the blessed DJ
Because the music they constantly play
On the Leeds side-streets that you slip down
Provincial towns you jog 'round
Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ

Free youtube movie of the day: Heathers

2010-11-22T03:28:00.000-08:00

Boy meets girl, girl hates schoolmates, boy decides to do something about it. An acidic comedy, where high school becomes a battlefield and the battle is won by any means.

Amazon Changes Movie Making

2010-11-21T11:20:00.000-08:00

Apparently, after taking over the e-commerce Amazon tries for another profitable industry. The first steps been successful with the IMDB venture, Amazon Studios are now a reality. What really makes the difference, however, is that anyone, and I mean anyone, over 18 years old, can have a go at it, and maybe make his dreams come true in the movie industry. So, if you think you can top Twilight or Harry Potter or if you have tried every other studio in town to make your indie make it at Sundance, you can send your script or film today at the link below and maybe, just maybe, your talent will at last be apprecciated!

http://studios.amazon.com/

Worst lyrics of the year

2010-11-21T06:14:00.000-08:00

5. Nicki Minaj - Right Thru Me

You see right through me

How do you do that shit?

4. Katy Perry - California Gurls

I know a place
Where the grass is really greener
Warm, wet and wild
There must be something in the water

3. Trey Songz - Bottoms up

Cheers to the girls

Throw duece to the guys
Now I got a chicken and a goose in the ride

2. 3OH!3 ft. Kesha My First Kiss

My first kiss went a litttle like this

(Smooch)

And twist

(Smooch)x2

And twist

1. Colette Carr- Back it up

Yeah, I got the bread for the seagulls

It's hot at the spot up top desert eagles

Joyce - Dujardin; the charm of semicolon

2010-11-21T03:22:00.000-08:00

Who was the inspiration behind James Joyce's "Ulysses"?

It was french writer Edouard Dujardin who used the stream of consciousness literaly technique and the interior monologue in his works. With the use of the semicolon mark Dujardin was able to continue his train of thought uninterruptedly. According to Joyce's confession he was particularly influenced by Dujardin's novel "Les lauriels cont coupes" (The Bays are Sere), 1887.

Free youtube movie of the day

2010-11-21T02:20:00.000-08:00

Having completed an extraordinary body of silent films in 1929, Fritz Lang entered the sound era with this bold masterwork, an expressionist thriller that captured the ugly mood of Germany just before the Nazis came to power, and was banned as soon as they took over.

Fritz Lang's films are marked by an uneasy tension between moral opposites: light and dark, innocence and evil, order and chaos.
M is often cited as the first and greatest of all psychological thriller. I think that this movie using an expressionist style to create a sense of panic, suspicions and shadows manages to always catch your breath.

Here is the available link with the movie subtitled in four different languages:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jewTfVC7XD4

Best Movie Dresses Of All Time

2010-11-21T01:23:00.000-08:00

I recently read about a pole concerning the best dresses of all times, in movies. I have to agree that most of them have become so classic that one remembers them as well as the leading ladies. Here are my favorite ones.

The attonment

Gone with the wind

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Grease

Rear window

Annie Hall

First Americans 'reached Europe five centuries before Columbus discoveries'

2010-11-20T17:07:00.000-08:00

Yes it's true. While Colombus paraded his newly discovered American Indians in the Spanish towns,he didnt know that he was not intrducing in fact the first native Americans to Europe, according to research.
Scientists who have studied the genetic past of an Icelandic family now claim the first Americans reached Europe a full five centuries before Columbus bumped into an island in the Bahamas during his first voyage of discovery in 1492.

Researchers said today that a woman from the Americas probably arrived in Iceland 1,000 years ago, leaving behind genes that are reflected in about 80 Icelanders today.

The link was first detected among inhabitants of Iceland, home to one of the most thorough gene-mapping programs in the world, several years ago.

Adorable kitten snuggle pile

2010-11-20T16:59:00.000-08:00

Be sure to wait for the cute surprise at the end.

Favorite Photographers: Richard Avedon

2010-11-20T13:18:00.000-08:00

Time magazine, among others, has praised his unique portraits, as well as his cutting edge, fashion photos. Οver a career of sixty years, Richard Avedon managed to stay true and consistent to his idea of human nature and beauty, so much so, that to this day his work hasn't lost an inch of its freshness and originality. His art might have been controversial to some, but I think no one can describe his vision better than himself, "All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth".

http://www.richardavedon.com/

Jack the ripper: Get a clue!

2010-11-20T05:30:00.000-08:00

If you want to test your brain powers, if you love a good mystery, or if you just have to know how most of it begun, the greatest villain of modern times can be within your reach...or can he?

http://www.casebook.org/

Game of the Day: Nancy Drew

2010-11-20T05:24:00.000-08:00

Be a detective and solve mysteries in this highly realistic and interactive game series. Step on the shoes of Nancy Drew and challenge yourself with puzzles and riddles. Visit haunted mansions, work undercover in the jungle or drive around isolated islands to invest mysterious disappearances, chase twisters, interview suspects and enjoy hours of gameplay choosing one of the twenty-three games available.
But be careful: A single mistake could cost your life...

Official site

http://herinteractive.com/index.php

Free youtube movie of the day: A day at the races

2010-11-20T04:50:00.000-08:00

"Either he's dead or my watch has stopped"

One of marx brothers's funniest, wittiest comedies, the best medicine against lazy days, even if the doctor is actually a...vet!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE0oEQEgMGU&feature=related

A new planet enters our galaxy

2010-11-20T02:59:00.000-08:00

Astronomers have announced that a new planet discovered in our galaxy coming from another one, which is bigger than Jupiter,the largest one. This planet has already gone through the red giant phase of stellar evolution, a milestone our sun should reach in 5 billion years or so. The fact that the newly discovered exoplanet survived this dramatic event suggests some planets in our solar system might, too.

Watch how our sun will die!!!
http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=mm32_SunDeath

Users need to be cautious while using Facebook messaging

2010-11-20T02:41:00.000-08:00

I read that on Monday Facebook will launch a new messaging system, which includes Facebook's email adresses. So, you will possibly recieve spam messages in your email adress from your "friends", but be careful, because a lot of fraudsters are increasingly using hacked Facebook accounts.
Users also need to be aware that Facebook will be storing a complete archive of all their communications with one person. This raises concerns as to how this data could be misused if it fell into the wrong hands!!!!

Google's Boutiques.com, an online personal stylist

2010-11-20T02:26:00.000-08:00

Do you want to shop online, but you also need the advice of an expert? From now on, Google uses an algorithm for personal style with its new fashion retailed website boutiques.com.
One way to do this, was to "teach" the search engine to identify items of clothing and accessories by one of several basic style genres: classic, romantic, casual chic, edgy, street and boho. For example, if you're an "edgy" and you search for a black dress, you won't, in theory, be offered an ankle-length boho sweater dress.
So as Google gives us the ability to accessorize by algorithm, we're about to really find out if computers can acquire a sense of style.

And if they can't, you can always just shrug your shoulders and say your motherboard let you leave the house that way.

Black humour poetry

2010-11-19T15:36:00.000-08:00

Résumé

Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.

Dorothy Parker

Animation of Supernova Producing a Black Hole

2010-11-19T14:57:00.000-08:00

How a black hole may have been formed? The video from NASA which shows the collapse of a massive star after it has exhausted its fuel, is amazing and very impressive.
A flash of light from a shock breaking through the surface of the star is then shown, followed by a powerful supernova explosion. The view then zooms into the center of the explosion.

This is one of the major step towards unfolding deep and dark secrets in a black hole!!!

Top 5 Break-Up Lines

2010-11-19T14:43:00.000-08:00

Casablanca

"But I've got a job to do, too. Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that"

Gone with the wind

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"

War of the roses

"Because. When I watch you eat. When I see you asleep. When I look at you lately, I just want to smash your face in"

Who's afraid of Virgian Woolf?

"I swear, if you existed, I'd divorce you."

Say anything...

"She's gone. She gave me a pen. I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen"

Featured site: Looklet

2010-11-19T13:50:00.000-08:00

Check out Looklet a site where creativity and fashion is an endless possibility! Meet people from around the world, share views and just...have fun!

http://looklet.com/

Here's a glimpse of the diferent styles you can expiriment with

Free youtube movie of the day: Adventureland

2010-11-19T13:27:00.000-08:00

A feel-good movie staring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091722/

Adventureland (part 1/11)

Free book of the day

2010-11-18T08:08:00.000-08:00

"Great Expectations" is one of the most famous and much-loved novels written from Charles Dickens and is about love and rejection.This book has Dickens' brilliant use of characters and plot and offers a fascinating view about the differences in the class system in England, as well as a great sense of comedy.The novel is a fantastic read, full of romance and hope...

Here is the available link
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1400

Youtube movies of the day - 11/18

2010-11-18T03:40:00.000-08:00

If you wanted a powerful, caustic performance in the '30s, William Powell was your man. Unable to find "The Thin Man", where he portaits an alchoholic detective throwing witty lines at Myrna Loy's direction
on youtube, you can get a taste of his perfomance with the classic screwball comedy "My Man Godfrey".

My Man Godfrey (part 1/9)

The first two lines of "D.O.A" will nail you down in your chair until the catharsis of this '50s film noir.

D.O.A (part 1/8)

Υoutube movie of the day

2010-11-17T06:47:00.000-08:00

Click on the youtube link bellow to watch the tv film "Cold Comfort Farm" based on a book by Stella Gibbons. It's a parody of the 19th century English literature themes, adapted by BBC (= a waranty that it's gonna be brilliant), with smart dialogues and spectacular cast icluding Sir Ian McKellen and Stephen Fry.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112701/

Cold Comfort Farm (part 1/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozhb3ytlyVg

Leonids meteor shower: Very beautiful

2010-11-17T06:29:00.000-08:00

This week the Leonids meteor shower is appeared and this phenomenon is appaling and very impressive. So, go in dark places at Nov 18 and during night until the sunrise, you'll watch the most romantic and fascinating show of shooting stars.