Ah, nice. The blog for the Institute of the Future of the Book has acknowledged a fan vid for the Grandaddy song “Jed’s Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)”—a clip that I just happen to be showing in my PCA/ACA panel this March. This piece, programmed entirely on a 1979 Apple, was eventually adopted by Grandaddy as [...]

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A friend pointed out this VT photo from Time.
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I’ve emailed back and forth with my friend Marie as the tragic Virginia Tech incident has played out. We’ve noticed a few things in the coverage:
In a way, one aspect of the coverage reminds me of 9/11: I just get the sickening feeling that each news organization is competing for the most up-to-date death toll… [...]

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Can studio software be an instrument in itself? Lasse Gjertsen thinks so. He can’t beatbox or play an instrument, but he can cut and paste video clips of himself. You gotta admit, he’s got some skills.

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This Reuters story reports on a new and dangerous procedure in China:
The operation, which involves breaking the patient’s legs and then stretching them on a rack, has become popular among young professionals “desperate to climb up the ladder in the country’s height-conscious society”, Xinhua said, without trying to pull anyone’s leg.
Ahem. Reuters is doing puns [...]

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