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Diner: Impact on Movies/TV, Impact on Music
Written by Jimmy
In this month’s issue, Vanity Fair talks about Diner’s impact on Movies – we go further, linking it to serial murders and modern lovers.
The Coolest Oscar Winner Ever!
Written by Jimmy
Won for best song. Song sucks. But we love the man – Bret McKenzie. One half of Flight of the Conchords, which has been named the Abubilla Music Best Comedy…Read more
French Paintings in the Simpsons…
Written by Hannah
Writers for the show ‘The Simpsons’ appear to have had a lot of fun parodying famous French paintings within the cartoon..
These are a few of my favourite things….(except the song choice)
Written by Jimmy
Movies mash with song… a fun little idea.
This ain’t right
Written by Hannah
North Korean children (almost babies) playing the guitar – they’re freakishly awesome and the guitars look giant, you gotta see this..
Cartoon Skeletons – and a window on old photos, drawings, etc…
Written by Jimmy
Through the medium of cartoon skeletons ((a common medium!), we introduce you to two nice little websites….
Eduard Grau
Written by Hannah
I don’t know too much about film, but this cinematographer is definitely someone I admire. A beautiful film, A Single Man (I would recommend that to anyone!) brought him to…Read more
Remixes and Sampling
Written by Richmond - Hunter
Sampling, the direct use of another musicians’ work in your own song. Is it justified? I would argue yes, of course. Any piece of creative work feeds off of all works that have come before it, whether consciously or not.
The Original Angry Birds and other Pixar Shorts…
Written by Jimmy
We have this bird thing. You probably noticed. So worth a revisit to For the Birds and the best explanation for fall of the dinosaurs… And you can see Birdie!