Gods Must Be Crazy

Wonderful movie. So unique.

I had seen the series on TV when I was very little. I had only vague impressions left from it in my mind. I just saw the first, original movie once again. It's amazing that a film like this really exists, must have been a very interesting production.

Some more details here:
http://67.118.51.201/Gods/GodsMustBeCrazy.cfm
http://www.dvdactive.com/reviews/dvd/gods-must-be-crazy-1--2-the.html

And 6 years ago, our hero died apparently:
'Gods Must Be Crazy' star N!xau dies

I think seeing the stark contrast between two lifestyles like at the beginning of the movie is really something worthwhile. It's very meaningful, it's enlightening and thought-provoking. Actually thanks to YouTube you can already see it here and now:



Not the best quality, but it's not bad either. I recommend seeing the whole movie in a better quality though. And I'm not sure why but I really love how the children dance and sing at 4:10. If I can convince a few friends I'll try to do the same dance with them. It looks like fun.

Daito Manabe

He's a japanese, innovative, high-tech artist-like person. I found his work quite impressive.

This is his website: http://www.daito.ws/

I didn't yet check it out but I looked at his Youtube channel and seeing some of his videos convinced me that he'll be a much more famous guy one day, if he can keep doing his thing. He plays with the muscles' signals and uses the body's electricity to make noises/music for example:







And vice versa:



It's all still pretty experimental obviously, they're works in progress, but I think the potential is also obvious. He has many more videos on YouTube.

P.S. Discovered through Derren Brown's blog: http://derrenbrownart.com/blog/?p=1026

And this is also interesting:



Pjotro.

Where The Wild Things Are

This looks promising:



This is the official Website of the movie:
Where The Wild Things Are.com

The song used in the trailer is from Arcade Fire's first album, titled Wake Up.

Sarah Silverman

I had heard about her before, and I had seen a few clips of her in the past, but recently I started watching her show* and I'm impressed. The Sarah Silverman Program is probably the smartest and the most creative TV show I've seen since Arrested Development. Actually I didn't watch any TV shows since then. :) At least not in their entirety, just a few episodes of certain shows to get an idea. But I keep an eye on new stuff, so I guess I would've caught if there were any other excellent things out there.

Silverman has a very active, productive mind, for all kinds of ridiculously silly stuff. But she'll never ever be taken seriously about serious things after all this again, not in the near future. :) I used to be a more silly person myself. It's a lot of fun, but has its difficulties sometimes...

*: What triggered my interest in the show was this: SS at AME

Soulseeking

I might comment on this article some time in the future:
Losing track...

I had similar experiences and thoughts at times... Nick Southall has written a series of "Soulseeking" articles apparently, the others may be interesting too.

P.S. Oh, wow: Baby born with foot in brain (actually more like another fetus)

Processing

I could use a book like this:
Learning Processing

I wonder if I'll ever be able to dive back into that kind of art stuff as deep as before...

Animal Collective > New Sigur Rós, New Múm

I hereby claim that both the last Múm and the last Sigur Rós albums were inspired strongly by Animal Collective's "spirit". And I like both of those albums better than I would've otherwise probably. So... well inspired... it is a more exciting, dynamic, healthier "spirit".

P.S. I also like things like these:

"Monkey Jazz" BEARDYMAN & mr_hopkinson™ from David Hopkinson on Vimeo.



Maybe I should use this blog mainly like this instead of just talking about my own stuff, since I don't really produce that much regularly... Alright, makes sense, I continue: Although I don't watch as many movies or listen to as much music nowadays there are certain pieces I can't dare miss, i.e. I loved "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and I'm looking forward to "Synecdoche, New_York".