Monthly Archives: August 2012

Yes, it’s a another remix of Gotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know.

But wait. This one’s by Gotye himself, who sez:

Reluctant as I am to add to the mountain of interpretations of Somebody That I Used To Know seemingly taking over their own area of the internet, I couldn’t resist the massive remixability that such a large, varied yet connected bundle of source material offered.

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If We Dead Awaken, a one-off TV drama directed by irish director Luke McManus screens tonight at 11.40pm on Channel 4 as part of their Coming Up talent development series. The film tells the tale of a repentant KGB officer who comes to London in search of the Bolshoi’s prima ballerina who broke his heart 30 years earlier.

Sez Luke, who shot the film over four days on location in London in February:

“It’s a rich complex story about dark secrets, obsession and the impossibility of escaping your past. I had applied along with about 400 hopefuls and then got the news that I’d been selected for a three day director’s workshop in London. They had shortlisted 14 directors and were going pick seven of us, so it it was a bit of a director’s X Factor situation, but thankfully I got through. It was an incredible bit of good fortune and has already opened plenty of doors.”

 

Thanks Michael Le Cool

“The German slogan ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ is somewhat tainted by its connection with Nazi concentration camps, but its essential message, ‘work sets you free’ still has something serious to commend it.

 

Oh.

Daily Mail Deletes ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ Advice To Unemployed Graduates (Roy Greenslade, Guardian)

Arbeit Macht Frei?

An Army officer being promoted to brigadier general openly acknowledged her homosexuality on Friday by having her wife pin her star to her uniform, thus becoming the first openly gay officer of flag rank in the United States military. The officer, Brig. Gen. Tammy S. Smith, 49, a 26-year veteran of the Army, was promoted in a ceremony at the women’s memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. The star was affixed by Tracey Hepner, who was a co-founder last year of the Military Partners and Families Coalition.

Woman Becomes First Openly Gay General (New York Times)

Thanks Barry H