Gunkanjima-text-E: "I was twenty-two when I first visited the island I had dreamed about ever since childhood. Much like a fortress built upon the sea, surrounded by high walls,the island possessed an air of a small kingdom, where its denizens boasted 'There is nothing we don't have here.' They were right. They did have everything within their miniature kingdom - except a cemetery. But, the irony of it was proven by the passag e of time. Already, the island had been doomed to turn into an enormous graveyard."

ID ~ Interchangeable Disturbances:

"Interchangeable Disturbance (ID) consists of 60 color photographs centered on the desires and fantasies of a wedding cake figurine."

GrandGuignol.com :: Grand Guignol Online

Dokaka.com!:

Japanese a cappella beat-box. Come for "Smells Like Teen Spirit"; stay for "Ramblin' man."

wire vs. britney!

STRANGER a DAY : 2004

Big Ideas. Big Thinkers. Kirk Varnedoe | Thirteen/WNET

Die Anstalt

plush therapy

The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld: Lyrics and Clips:

"direct quotes from Rumsfeld's Pentagon briefings and other interviews ... [music] Written by composer and pianist Bryant Kong, the songs are in an accessible style based in classical music, with strong popular influences from cabaret to pop music. They are sung by soprano Elender Wall."

Welcome to McDonald's Asian Pacific Islander Americans - i'm lovin' it!

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i touch myself:

"by a choir of teenage girls from Belgium"

The Captain Beefheart Radar Station - Saturday Night Live:

"On 22nd November 1980 The Magic Band gave a storming performance of Ashtray Heart and Hot Head in front of a studio audience for Saturday Night Live. Here you can download excellent quality mp3s of the tunes, kindly sent to me by Hammy, and a video of the complete performance kindly sent to me by Benjamin Horrendous."

hairy diamond - givin' up:

music (for robots): Uaaaaaaaaaaa...:

Japanese dub.

Can the Subaltern Sing? Or Who's Ashamed of William Hung?:

Lays out some objections I have to this novelty-actification of the Other, but ends with crap about the redefinition of masculinity. So *that's* what Stepin Fetchit was ...

rush on torture:

"Folks, these torture pictures with the women torturers, I mean Marv Albert looking at those pictures would say, "Hey, that doesn't look so bad." You know, if you really look at these pictures, I mean I don't know if it's just me but it looks like anything you'd see Madonna or Britney Spears do on stage. Maybe you can get an NEA grant for something like this. I mean this is something you can see at Lincoln Center from an NEA grant, maybe on Sex in the City: the Movie."

via
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Raymondo's Dance-O-Rama:

"After World War II, many Japanese performers and recording artists had very successful careers adopting a variety of western styles ranging from Big Band to Cha-cha, but always with a distinctive eastern flavor. One vocal group that achieved tremendous popularity in this area was the duo of Emi and Umi Ito, better known as the Peanuts. Here in the west, we were treated to their vocal stylings in Japanese monster movies, wherein they played the tiny priestesses of Mothra. Here's one of their albums, a charming selection of pop tunes from 1963 (many sung in english)."

The Rasterbator:

"The Rasterbator is a web service which creates huge rasterized pictures out of relatively small image files. The pictures can be assembled into extremely cool looking posters up to 5 meters in size"

WFMU's Blast of Hot Air: May 2004:

"MP3s from the fringes: new sounds, obscure audio, found sound, and other sonic stimulants unique to WFMU."

oh, great:


Darwin-Free Fun for Creationists

""My kids kept recognizing flaws in the presentation," said Mrs. Passmore, of Jackson, Ala. "You know — the whole `millions of years ago dinosaurs ruled the earth' thing." "