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Road Trip Stop 1: Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, California.

Photo by Eva Luedin / CC BY 2.0 I'm taking a road trip to points of interest in Southern California! My first stop is the Griffith Observatory , in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles. The most ...

feed item - whytewolf - 02/21/2010 - 21:47 - 0 comments

Roger Ebert rages against takedowns of his Siskel tribute

Hal sez, "Near the end of his long and touching Esquire article about the career and illness of Roger Ebert, Chris Jones writes about Ebert's discovery that somebody (probably Disney) had disappeared the YouTube videos of his tribute to Gene Siskel on ...

feed item - whytewolf - 02/20/2010 - 00:39 - 0 comments

Disney's Takedown Of Roger Ebert's Tribute To Gene Siskel

Esquire's moving article about famed film critic Roger Ebert is worth reading for many reasons -- detailing the unfortunate medical circumstances that have caused him to lose his voice, his jaw and his ability to eat, among other things, but not ...

feed item - whytewolf - 02/17/2010 - 12:33 - 0 comments

Debut EP from Hannah-Rei (aka Rocky from Rocky and Balls)

I've posted several videos by the vocal duo Rocky and Balls, featuring Sophie Madeleine and Hannah-Rei . I was happy to learn that Hannah has a debut EP available for download at Bandcamp. It's called Reminisce . Hannah has a lovely voice. ...

feed item - whytewolf - 02/15/2010 - 13:33 - 0 comments

High School teacher creates neat presentation of the things he did in 2009

Dan Meyer, a high school teacher in Santa Cruz, kept of record of his activities in 2009, such as cell phone use, beer consumption, movie watching, sleep, and so on, and made an entertaining movie from the compiled statistics. ...

feed item - whytewolf - 02/15/2010 - 11:06 - 0 comments

Once Again: The iiNet Decision Did Not Make Unauthorized Downloading Legit

Duncan points us to an article written by Australian actor Roy Billing complaining about the recent iiNet decision and going on to bitch about all the people "stealing" from him when they download an unauthorized copy of a film. What's nice is ...

feed item - whytewolf - 02/12/2010 - 09:44 - 0 comments

Kevin Smith May Try Crowdfunding Horror Film, Red State, After Fans Offer To Do So

We've already pointed out how director/writer/filmmaker/entertainer Kevin Smith is a great example of a filmmaker embracing the model of connecting with fans and giving them a reason to buy , even to the point of saying that unauthorized ...

feed item - whytewolf - 02/09/2010 - 09:08 - 0 comments

Donate your old yoga mat to Haiti

This sign, spotted by James Fallows of the Atlantic in the Marina district of San Francisco, reminds me of that scene in Clueless where Alicia Silverstone donates her skis to the Pismo Beach Disaster. (via @1bobcohn ) ...

feed item - whytewolf - 02/08/2010 - 11:28 - 0 comments

Adventure 11: Jammin' The Blues

"Jammin' the Blues" with Lester Young Quick Note: I uploaded the legendary short film, "Jammin' The Blues" starring Lester Young to YouTube to share it with you. But Warner Bros has seen fit to disable the audio in my ...

feed item - whytewolf - 01/23/2010 - 20:39 - 0 comments

Adventure 09: Buddy And Shirley At The Codfish Ball

Shirley Temple and Buddy Ebsen: "At the Codfish Ball" from Captain January 1937 Music and Dance are sisters. They go together. They both know how the other one moves. And they're able to seamlessly meld together to create ...

feed item - whytewolf - 01/23/2010 - 19:45 - 0 comments

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