Role Playas

Fridays have more of a typical significance these days, in the life of this Mepper. That being the case, this animated piece screams Mep Friday, despite the fact that I uninstalled World of Warcraft last night. Oh noes, the Alliance is doomed!

Regressing into the Future

Here’s an amazing conceptual piece by video artist, Keiichi Matsuda. In it, he depicts the fusion of computer interface with actual reality. Continuing with the trend of human reliance on machines, Matsuda’s futuristic first-person protagonist doesn’t know how to make a cup of tea on his own without looking up the recipe. Eerily prescient.

Why Everything Sucks

Craig Fergusen with some unusual insight into the demographic targets of our consumer culture. Leave it to a Scotsman to solve our problems of perception for us.

Echoes of Hibernia

This short film was shot with the eye of a wayward soul returning home. It is worth watching.

the causeway from ben joyner on Vimeo.

It’s Called Defense

To the best NBA analyst on the planet, go the spoils of Cool & Dre.

Winning!

This pretty much sums up what is occupying the attention of Americans these days. Sorry, Libya.

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The President’s Speech

Is it possible that Charlie Sheen has plunged so far into the depths of celebripravity that there isn’t enough crazy mojo left out in the ether for Mike Tyson anymore? This is a potentially transformative time for Iron Mike.

You are a Cyborg

Unless you’re the Grizzly Man, or some other luddite, malcontent living in a cave. Anthropologist Amber Case explain exactly why.

CGI-gasm

This is one of the most beautifully crafted CGI pieces I’ve ever seen. Great theme, great storytelling, great music. Before I over-kvell, by the way, the theme of this video is dependence, and the burden that we bear in carrying it around. Which is, of course, why I live in a void-vacuum where nothing may distract me from my internet studies.

Between Two Points

Waxing Philosophically with Eddie Lauter

Went to the park last weekend to catch up on some reading. One of my little known habits is that I prefer to sit on the bleachers, in view of an empty baseball field. For some reason, I’ve always found baseball fields to be a very calming presence, and good for doing serious thinking. I was sitting there pouring through Joseph Campbell’s Occidental Mythology, when an older man in a tracksuit walked over, glanced up at me, and said, “They got any chinning bars around here?” Read More »