Ünnecessary Ümlaut

Whoa. (Thanks, Mel!)

Awfully gorgeous. Jeff Desom created this film for experimental piano musician, Hauschka. (via FecalFace)

UPDATE: Read how it was created (Thanks, Jack Haye!)

“The finished animation is mostly made from early twentieth century photographs that I found while browsing through the vast collection of the U.S. Library of Congress. I also used old postcards from New York that I purchased at a flea market in Paris. Most of the time I would only zoom into a tiny portion of the picture and utilise that as my frame.

“The hardest part was to make it look as if it had been pasted together from a lost reel depicting this curious experiment where they’d lightened up a piano and thrown it off a building only to see what would happen. The kind of unnecessary crash test executed under the sole purpose of drooling over the beauty of slow motion.”

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Brazilian house duo The Twelves are getting tons of noise for their white-hot remixes, from club kids and indie nerds alike. Not just Furries, like the pic suggests.

A-Ha “Take On Me” (The Twelves remix)

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For the full experience, watch this on Vimeo. This is the first mess-with-the-page placement I’ve seen on Vimeo. Pretty cool. (via AdverBlog)

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Sesame Street Podcast featuring Jonah Hill. Download the MP4.
(Thanks, Hilary!)

Amazing what a diff’rent track can do. (via Coudal)

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Ever throw a lit bottle rocket up so it takes off in mid air? This is kinda like that. Except the report is just a teenie bit bigger.  

An oldie but goodie, The “Javelin” Launcher vs 45 Ton Russian Tank. (via Digg)

Gorgeous and hypnotic. This is the SprintCam v3 showreel created for NAB 2009 from David Coiffier. Most of these are 1000fps, but the cam can handle up to 2500fps. 

Have to agree with my friend, Matt, the jello shot’s the money shot. Serious. (Thanks, MattO)

Lil’ Friday flashback for ya. GOOD Mag did this a while back and it’s still an eye opener today. (Thanks, Dalia)

Stop motion photos filmed in stop motion. Love the elevator and winding stairs. (Thanks, Dylan)

Nicely done piece on Steampunk by G4TV (via Make).
Rather than treat it like a jokey fad or freakshow, they do a pretty good job showing off what makes the stuff so damn cool.

Which reminds me, the 2nd Annual Handcar Regatta is Sept. 27th in Santa Rosa. Mark it down, punk!

These’ve been floating around for a few months, but worth a second look …

AntiVJ & Crea Composite: Nuit Blanche Bruxelles.
Watch at 3:50. That’s when this stuff’s potential reaches out and slaps you in the face. (more from AntiVJ).

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Looks pretty serious. From the OG skater-turned-documentary filmmaker Stacy Peralta; the guy behind the excellent Riding Giants and Dogtown & Z-Boys.  Watch it big. (via Goapele)

Official Site: www.cripsandbloodsmovie.com

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The two biggest culprits are my least fac Disney pics ever, the Rescuers and Robin Hood. The latter giving birth to one of the first memes I can remember. (Thanks Fang.)