A nifty 2012 short written and directed by Dublin animator Conor Finnegan in which a bird tries to avoid heading south for the winter.
Making of feature here.
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The entire north of Russia. Yeah, he pretty much owns that.
Ryan Duffy of Vice spends a day chopper-joyriding and hog-hunting with the billionaire oligarch.
Vancouver based Irish animator Eoin Duffy (he of the wonderful On Departure and The Unconscious Homeless Man) writes:
Myself, a small team and the legend that is George Takei teamed up to create animated-short The Missing Scarf. The film received its world premiere last Saturday (13th July) at the Galway Film Fleadh nabbing up the James Horgan Award for Best Animation – rendering the film oscar eligible. In addition the film has also been invited to screen at LA Shorts Fest’s opening night!
G’wan the Eoin!
The film is starting its festival run now.
Levels Of Tetris by talented New York pianist Scott Bradlee. Sez he:
I’ve always believed that modern electronic dance music was heavily influenced by old school NES games. Since stride piano is kind of the piano equivalent of electronic dance music, I decided to create this ragtime mashup of Korobeiniki (the Russian folk song that is also the ‘Tetris’ theme song) and Levels by Avicii.
Evolutionary psychologist Nicholas Humphreys asks why – if we can effectively cure ourselves by taking placebo medicine – do we not just heal ourselves straight away?
How d’ye like them sugar pills?
Does the Geezer of Rock – currently recording an album of 70s covers – favour the folky-rocky stylings of the likes of Mumford And Sons?
You will be stunned to learn that he does not.
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Horizontal Bar Gymnast Robot No.16 – built by robotics enthusiast Himanitetu – nails a quadruple backflip and landing.
Wait for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPDWEjjN3Q
Amanda Palmer’s somewhat NSFW ode to the Daily Mail’s coverage of her appearance at Glastonbury.
The teaser gameplay trailer for massive open-world ass-kicker Mad Max: Soul Of A Man currently in development by Avalanche Studios in Stockholm and due out on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC next year.