static?

this time: The Wow! signal



The Wow! signal was a strong narrowband radio signal
detected by Dr. Jerry R. Ehman on August 15, 1977,
while working on a SETI project
at The Big Ear radio telescope of Ohio State University.

The signal bore expected hallmarks
of potential non-terrestrial and non-solar system origin.
It lasted for a total of 72 seconds,
the full duration Big Ear observed it,
but has not been detected again.

Location on Google Sky ►

Much attention has been focused on it in the media
when talking about SETI results.

Amazed at how closely the signal matched the expected signature
of an interstellar signal in the antenna used,
Ehman circled the signal on the computer printout
and wrote the comment "Wow!" on its side.
This comment became the name of the signal.

read more:
Wikipedia article ►

more:
The Big Ear Wow! Signal
(30th Anniversary Report)
by Jerry R. Ehman himself ►


plot of the Wow! signal:

that's how to do it

Trent Reznor did it again!
His new project "How to Destroy Angels" released its debut 6-Track EP
as a FREE dowload


Download over here ►


1080p


Make sure to check out the previous FREE Nine Inch Nails full-LP release
"The Slip" as well


Download over here ►

♥

invest

floating/flying/falling

Denis Darzacq is a French photographer
who works with street dancers and performers
to create the illusion of people floating, flying or falling through space.

examples taken from the series "Hyper" ('07)

the complete series ►
Denis Darzacq's other portfolios ►

new [*] release

* (insert random company name here)

I'm so excited!!!

demons to summon

...for every occasion


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Waldo where art thou

German film director Werner Herzog
reads the children's classic Where's Waldo



(it's actually not Werner Herzog... duuh!)

hey scenester!

your scene sucks...

(click to enlarge)


another 28 examples of stereotypes including further "information" over here

MOON8

Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon
arranged for NES by Brad Smith.
The entire album redone with 8-bit instruments and effects.
(created using Famitracker, sound rendered with NSFplug)


MOON8 1 of 6 - Speak to Me / Breathe / On the Run


MOON8 2 of 6 - Time / Breathe Reprise


MOON8 3 of 6 - The Great Gig in the Sky


MOON8 4 of 6 - Money


MOON8 5 of 6 - Us and Them


MOON8 6 of 6 - Any Colour You Like / Brain Damage / Eclipse

re-/defacing money

(...nothing to add)






more
over here
and here

Procr...

It happens to all of us

Procrastination
refers to the counterproductive deferment of actions or tasks to a later time.



Psychologists often cite such behavior as a mechanism for coping with the anxiety associated with starting or completing any task or decision.
There are three criteria for a behavior to be classified as procrastination:
it must be counterproductive, needless, and delaying.

Procrastination may result in stress, a sense of guilt and crisis, severe loss of personal productivity, as well as societal disapproval for not meeting responsibilities or commitments. These feelings combined may promote further procrastination.

While it is regarded as normal for people to procrastinate to some degree, it becomes a problem when it impedes normal functioning.
Chronic procrastination may be a sign of an underlying psychological disorder.
[Wikipedia] ►


next:
a nice little... whatever...



Graduation film from the Royal College of Art, 2007.

An investigative and exploratory study into the practice of putting things "off''.
Sometimes the only way to get something done is to do two dozen other things first.

Story, Animation, Direction: Johnny Kelly
Voice Over: Bryan Quinn

Know Your Enemy

How to Master the Video Games - published in 1981

Teaching the reader how to get the most gameplay out of their quarter...

You should know your enemy, concentrate
and most important: practice at home


Know your enemy !


Concentrate !


Practice at home !!!







so...
Pac-Man, Missile Command, Space Invaders, Keystone Capers... here I come!

angular, bleak, paranoid

helloooo sub-pop again...
this time:

A Frames



If it takes a worried man to sing a worried song,
does it follow that it takes a paranoid man
to sing a paranoid song?
As you listen to the A Frames, you’re left to reckon so.



angular, angry guitars; thick, rich chords of chaos
and bleak, deadpan lyrics march over
robotic trashcan beats
(minimalistic?, hypnotic?, droning?)



A Frames - Experiment mp3
(right click and save as)
from their album: "Black Forest"

two vids for "Experiment" (not official - but nice)





vid for "Black Forest" (official - very nice)



bonus track:
Drooling Hillbilly Metal,
Sea Urchin Psychedelia,
Yukon Freak Thrash,
Beatnik Swamp Drone

A Frames + Climax Golden Twins = AFCGT



AFCGT - Two-Legged Dog mp3
(right click and save as)

robot flash ♥

play: Little Wheel

an awesome robot-themed point and click flash-game!
some puzzles, not too hard - great to kill a few minutes



There was once a world of living robots.
But one day a bad accident occured in the main power generator.
The world fell into a deep sleep.
Bring life back to the world!



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In this context SK has to highly recommend as well:
a game called Machinarium by Amanita Design
simply: great gameplay, beautiful graphics
+ an awesome soundtrack

similar to Little Wheel though it's not free...
try the demo! ►

going cube

a post on music
was about time...

Brooklyn’s Goes Cube don’t really care what you call them.
Their music is a brutal blend of metal, punk and full-on rock.


the press goes:

"Double-bass drums collide with impossibly ballsy guitars and disarming chord structures - a provocative blend of Sonic Youth artiness and Slayeresque fury" - Pittsburgh City Paper

"These guys remind us of a simpler time in indie rock (circa 1994) when bands would scoff at the notion of using a synth. Get ready for some serious rock riffs like Slint" - Insound

"Brooklyn's latest bellow is a powerful volley for avant-punk...the energy is utterly captured. This is a band that has not forgotten the great mid-'90s Swedish group Refused, which took hard-core to a totally different compositional level" - Los Angeles Times

Call it metal, call it post-metal, call it quasi-metal-post-punk-pre-twenty-second-century-independent-art-sounds if you're into that kind of thing...

anyways: take a listen!




more:


Goes Cube - Goes Cube Song 57 mp3
(right click and save as)
from their album: "Another Day Has Passed"


Goes Cube - Loose Ends mp3
(right click and save as)
from their EP: "Hutchinson"


Goes Cube - The Only Daughter mp3
(right click and save as)
from their album: "Another Day Has Passed"


Goes Cube - Grinding The Knife Blade mp3
(right click and save as)
from their album: "Another Day Has Passed"

essential facts

learnsomethingeveryday.co.uk
provides you with
weird and wonderful facts, trivia and useless information.
updated daily!

examples:




(arguable)



although information drives out knowledge...
We don't care! - Right?
oh well... when did we ever.

literal music video #1

nothing to add... this time.

amusing ourselves to death

illustrations from Stuart McMillen's cartoon blog
Recombinant Records

words from
"Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business"
a book published 1985(!) by Neil Postman about the possibility that Huxley, not Orwell, was right.

fullscreen and enlarge it here ►






















- Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, published in 1932 ►
- Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell, published in 1949 ►
- Amusing Ourselves to Death, by Neil Postman, published 1985 ►

oh well...
...subtle irony?

who wins?
you decide!