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[Django]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6kHN92Yv48This is my favorite Christmas story by William S. Burroughs








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[Jimaz]

Thank you so much, Django. Your post sent me on a search for long lost memories of William S. Burroughs.

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William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within is a 2010 independent American documentary film directed by Yony Leyser about William S. Burroughs, featuring previously unreleased footage and interviews with his friends and colleagues.

The film uses archival footage and interviews with John Waters, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Gus Van Sant, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Sonic Youth, Laurie Anderson, Amiri Baraka, Jello Biafra, and David Cronenberg. The film is narrated by Peter Weller, with a soundtrack by Patti Smith and Sonic Youth.

• William S. Burroughs

The defiance by the elderly should never be ignored. They have much to teach us.

Merry Christmas.

[Jimaz]

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How To Tell If You're Dreaming

Oneironauts are "dream travellers": folks who say they can become aware of, and control, their dreams. But how do you tell if you're dreaming? Well, there's this one weird trick.

• TomScott.com

[G-DDT]

[G-DDT]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KTvuFDKCjk

I like that he has a "Dr. Detroit" poster in the background.

[Jimaz]

Heh. That Jack Lord Cult piece came from Mr. Mike's Mondo Video [[1979), 1 hour and 11 minutes. Low budget, high camp.

<Sigh> They don't make crap like they used to.

[G-DDT]

I'd put the clip of Soupy with the stripper [[but it gets a "little blue"-that is, not for the shorties).
Instead, here's something for you Gearheads out there--

Always thought that was the Kipper Kids-guess not.

[G-DDT]

Here's another old chestnut I dusted off.


Y'know when it came to filling out the '84 cast of SNL, Pamela Stephenson
may've been a talented cutie, but I think Martin Short was right for
lobbying to get the very talented Andrea Martin in as a host performer.

[G-DDT]

When I visited the amazing city of Pittsburgh, it seemed so post-modern [[I expected a giant Slinky to come dropping down the buildings or to have Mummenschanz come up to hit me up for change) to me. I went to three art galleries [[one had a theme on death, one had awesome African American artist's works, and one had a collection exhibit, and the oddest was the Lynchian-pagan video stuff of Bob Labobgah).

Anyway, the stand out was this, as it was making it's tour through the U.S. at the time [[2004):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_harp
and here is a sample of how it sounds [[I mostly heard chirps and slow, deep, eerie, bassy backwards shoomping sounds when I was in Pittsburgh in the Ohio River Valley):

[G-DDT]

Oh, did I mention Ohio? Can't forget this one. Please watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-6fGP1Df_k
Yes, he plays them all.

[G-DDT]

Oh, I hope this one loads up, as I'm loading it up on a junky library computer that doesn't operate on the right plug-in:

[Jimaz]

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Humans Mocking The Human Condition
Try not to laugh 3 [[Vine Edition)

[G-DDT]

One has got to love these appearances and wonder just what was Chuck Barris up to behind the scenes at the Gong Show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW0Le-L3DNE
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/903499/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4CZczzAkSo

[G-DDT]

Yes, yes, no, yes-blind guessing games with a man who specializes in fracturing reality.

[Jimaz]

Ha! Seeing Shari Lewis always reminds me of The Song That Doesn't End.

It must have been a poignant event when they sang it the final time — a metaphor for the defiant urge to deny an end to life.

And yet it lives on forever on the internet. Ding!

[G-DDT]

I know someone probably beat me to this, but this is what came up recently when I was merely trying to track down videos with black kittens in them. It's far more funny if one knows the original [[and just as amazing) "Kittens Inspired by Kittens" video it is riffing off of...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45HNY-juno8

[G-DDT]

I'm a big fan of drone, ambient music, and the Melvins, so finding a goldmine on youtube of slowed down pieces really appeals to my hyper-turtle sensibilities. This is how Zeppelin should be played. Cue it in the morning as you get ready to go to work and see if it sets the day straight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MPIGj9Y7Dg

[G-DDT]

Here is an interpretative piece about some flamewar that happened a while back [[-that is, just shy of posting Mr. Roger's Henrietta Pussycat).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSMCRD35ch4
If you are a cat owner, turn up the volume and watch the reaction your little fuzzy will make.

[Jimaz]

Algorithm - Trailer

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ALGORITHM: The Hacker Movie

ALGORITHM Behind-the-Scenes

[Jimaz]

An epistemological pretzel:

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Cheryl's Birthday Problem - It depends on your point of view

Cheryl's Birthday problem was a question in a recent Singapore Maths Olympiad. Here is the problem:

You have Albert, Bernard and Cheryl. Cheryl says "my birthday is one of these ten dates"

May 15 May 16 May 19
June 17 June 18
July 14 July 16
August 14 August 15 August 17

She gives Albert the month of her birthday. And Bernard the number.

Then the following conversation occurs:

1) Albert: I don’t know when the birthday is, but I know Bernard doesn’t know too.
2) Bernard: At first I don’t know when the birthday is, but now I know.
3) Albert: Then I know the birthday too.

From that information, work out Cheryl's birthday.

• singingbanana
• James Grime

The correct answer is: July 16 [[select that space to expose its content), but why is this the correct answer?

[Jimaz]

Wait for the flush:

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Texas City Mayor Forgets to Turn His Mic Off

Mayor in Texas forgets to turn his mic off when he excuses himself for a bathroom break.

• Georgetown, Texas
• Mayor Dale Ross

I guess a viral video is one way to make your city famous.

[Jimaz]

Happy Mother's Day!

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What Happens When Kids Hook Their Moms Up To Lie Detectors

Mother's Day: the one day a year when we put our selfishness aside and turn the spotlight on Mom. Or in this case - strap her to a lie detector and bombard her with uncomfortable questions.

[Jimaz]

Yet a fifth, what has now become a traditional, link repair: Archimedes' Secret Horizon Discovery History Science documentary 1

[Jimaz]

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FIRST AEROBATIC FLIGHT LEA

This is the first aerobatic ride of my 4yo daughter. She asked me to go in flight and do inverted things. So, we discussed, review the figures and went to fly

[Jimaz]

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The man with 1,000 Klein Bottles UNDER his house - Numberphile

• KleinBottle.com
• Klein Bottles - Numberphile
• Numberphile

Yes, I do possess a real glass Klein bottle. And yes, it does contain my entire plastic ant collection. What possible harm can that cause? <Ernk>