"Born Sexy Yesterday" is a trope in TV and film where a "fish out of water" plot is used to frame an adult woman as an inexperienced child. Think "Leeloo Dallas Multipass." It's a science fiction convention in which the mind of
Maybe even pro gamers have to worry about job displacement from automation: MarI/O is a neuroevolved program that learns to beat video game levels.
Another fun Kendrick video: "HUMBLE." with the audio removed and rescored in film style.
For your weekend pleasure: Music video for "Bersu d'Oru" by Cape Verdean singer Elida Almeida, from her 2017 EP Djunta Kudjer. Don't know about you, but we'll be honest and say we don't watch enough music videos from far away
At some point today, take a moment to appreciate the multi-screen performances of Texas cellist Cremaine Booker, whose YouTube channel is a pleasure dome. Barber's Adagio for Strings. A Vivaldi double cello concerto. The theme song from The Jetsons! Too much fun. H/t The Kid Should
Like Bathochordaeus, I also float along, carried by the current wherever it will take me, content in the huge mucous house I build.
This satirical (but loving) video runs through the engineering tricks Kendrick Lamar relies on.
The famed, extremely fast Swiss mountaineer Ueli Steck died yesterday while training on Everest. As a climber, he set several records, including the fastest ascents of the north face of the Matterhorn and the Eiger; he was generally considered all-around amazing. As his New York Times obit notes, "
Of all the great work by director Jonathan Demme, who died this week, one of our favorites is his live video for New Order's "The Perfect Kiss," where he captured the excitement of an unexcited band.
New evidence in California suggests that humans arrived in the Americas much earlier than previously thought—predating the best evidence by about 115,000 years. "I know people will be skeptical with this because it is so surprising," says team member and archaeologist Steve Holen, "and I
