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Lindsay Lohan
Read more . . . →Hmm, I'm not sure why this post is here
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Happy New Year
Awesome graphics courtesy of our friend Phil Retrospector Happy New Year Kitteh Wishes you Happy New Year!Read more . . . →
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Merry Christmas from Little Boots
Read more . . . →Little Boots records a special merry christmas song. I love how she made a Christmas video specially for the Internet. Awww
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Class 4: Simulated Realities
While I personally feel that cyberpunk is a very interesting genre because of its depictions of humans interacting with virtual spaces, the only cyberpunk film that I included in my syllabus was the Spanish film Sleep Dealer (2009). ... Digitextuality is an amalgam of this concept, fused with the understanding that digital media is breaking off from traditional media, and new media is being constructed and used in different ways than traditional media was.Read more . . . → -
Class 3: Simulated People
5 Dec 2009. <http://www.ted.com/talks/david_hanson_robots_that_relate_to_you.html>. **very cool 5 min clip** Continuing with the theme of simulation by technology I decided to show Spielberg’s A.I. ... While both readings appear in the same anthology, the Clarke reading does a good job of looking at the development of talking head machines, dating back as far as the 1830s.Read more . . . → -
Best Mash-UP of 2009, Easily
Read more . . . →This has got to be the most amazing mashup of video and music, and poetry; total art. Remixed and Revived By: Phil RetroSpector - A Thousand Secrets Download the mp3 of this song free!.
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Little Boots Laser Harp Part 2
Read more . . . →Little Boots is building a special light based synth, it looks almost like percussion at this stage, pretty cool@
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Class 2: Avatars and Simulacrum 2
My second week’s film is a recent sci-fi film that borrows many elements from classic science fiction films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). ... Henry Jenkins often writes about how films create worlds that can then be broken down and used by fans within fan culture or even borrowed by other filmmakers.Read more . . . → -
Class 1: Avatars and Simulacrum 1
I felt that this might be an important study to read because it looks directly at the way technology is able to substitute for a first impressions via social media. ... While the material in the article doesn’t teach anything directly related to media studies I think it shows how other disciplines are taking note of the importance of these imaginary “cyber-social-spaces.”Read more . . . → -
Lady Gaga Monster Ball
Read more . . . →On the Nov. 27 stop in Montreal of her Monster Ball tour, Lady GaGa was joined onstage by opener Kid Cudi. It's somewhat obvious that this collaborative stage performance would occur -- Cudi's "Make Her Say" samples Gaga's piano version of "Poker Face." And it's kind of funny to hear people in the crowd scream, "I knew it! I knew it!" when Gaga jokingly asks "who the fuck is on my stage?" as Cudi's drawl is heard over the speakers.