26 March 2008

inside sudan

Vice goes to Darfur. Five episodes.

Part 1:


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Part 5:

25 March 2008

the vice guide to north korea

Part 1 of Vice's video guide to North Korea. Pretty amazing stuff. The other 13 (!) parts can be seen here.




And here's a little history of Kim Jong-Il from GOOD Magazine:

nancy wilson anyone?

Video for Ladyhawke's "Back of the Van"

the new workout plan

17 March 2008

16 March 2008

southland tales



I finally saw Southland Tales. It's by the guy who did Donnie Darko. What a fucking trainwreck. It's terrible. But I've always believed that an epicc failure is better than mediocrity. So in that respect, I respect it. I'm not quite sure that it's so bad it's good, but it's definitely worth seeing. I'll watch it again to make more sense of it. The clip above with JT is actually one of the moments that I did like . There were a few good parts, but the sum of those parts amounted a bunch of nonsense.

Here's the first five minutes, which is actually kind of promising:

13 March 2008

awareness test

Pay attention.

12 March 2008

piñata

This ad is brilliant because they don't play down to us and explicitly tell us it's a piñata.

11 March 2008

beaver

10 March 2008

hercules

The video for "Blind" by Hercules & Love Affair, which, by the way, is a terrible band name but whatever. Song rules.