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LCD Soundsystem’s SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS trailer

aaron cohen — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:36:01 +0000

Well, I'd watch this twice. Sounds like Chuck Klosterman doing the interviewing.

On April 2nd 2011, LCD Soundsystem played its final show at Madison Square Garden. LCD frontman James Murphy had made the conscious decision to disband one of the most celebrated and influential bands of its generation at the peak of its popularity, ensuring that the band would go out on top with the biggest and most ambitious concert of its career. The instantly sold out, near four-hour extravaganza did just that, moving the thousands in attendance to tears of joy and grief, with NEW YORK magazine calling the event 'a marvel of pure craft" and TIME magazine lamenting "we may never dance again.' SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS is both a narrative film documenting this once in a life time performance and an intimate portrait of James Murphy as he navigates the lead-up to the show, the day after, and the personal and professional ramifications of his decision.

Directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace

Via Senator John

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Daft Punk’s Derezzed as disc drive music

aaron cohen — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:28:24 +0000

Youtube user MrSolidSnake745 makes pretty awesome floppy disc music. Here's Daft Punk's Derezzed, which I think is his newest.

If this isn't enough for you, see also

Super Mario Remake,

Imperial March on three floppy drives, and Party Rock Anthem on five floppy drives.

Via Stellar Interesting

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Rodney Mullen 1984

aaron cohen — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:34:33 +0000

This old school skate video from 1984, featuring Rodney Mullen, is so bad ass. I love it.

Via Pud

Incidentally, 1984 was an awesome year in pop culture and here are some folks talking about it:

Me.

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Not just for skating

aaron cohen — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:22:57 +0000

I always like the videos where the skateboard is used for more than just skating on.

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Happy birthday, Bo Jackson

aaron cohen — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:58:19 +0000

Today is Bo Jackson's 49th birthday, so I thought I'd watch a Bo Jackson video and then I watched about 10. The first video shocked me because I'm never ready for how big he is or how fast. And he was both.

Here are some videos and articles including football Bo, baseball Bo, Letterman Bo, Sesame St Bo, ect. The articles are interspersed with the videos. Make sure to watch the Tecmo Bo.

First mention of Bo in SI from 1982

The tackle that ended his career

Ralph Wiley suggesting Bo will have to choose

Bo on the go

On homering in first game back after injury

A hip injury

All Bo's SI covers

Maybe the first profile

Gammons

Bo Jackson, the Heisman winner

Where is he now, from 2003

Bo must choose

If Bo Jackson doesn't return

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Here, have some owls

aaron cohen — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:22:28 +0000

You need more owls in your life.

Via Stellar / Reddit

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New way to see surfing

aaron cohen — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:01:43 +0000

I've been posting a lot of surfing videos lately, considering I don't like going in the ocean. But this is cool. The crazies at Rip Curl and Time Slice Films built an array of 52 DSLR cameras on a scaffolding in a wave pool in Malaysia.

And then when they wanted more, they built a rig of 30 Go Pro cameras so that someone could hold it on the back of a jet ski.

Via @aarn_

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Making a snowboard movie is easy

aaron cohen — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:01:34 +0000

I posted the trailer for Art of Flight on Kottke back in August. Thought the making of bloopers were worth watching, too.

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Video games are hard

aaron cohen — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:32:28 +0000

This is remarkable just for the narration. Give this guy a contract. Watch this if you like good stuff. He sounds like Christopher Walken from time to time.

Via David Jacobs

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Ian MacKaye is really not impressed

aaron cohen — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:10:31 +0000

I don't know what this video is from, but Ian MacKaye is not impressed with your interview questions.

Via Rob

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Method Man’s Sour Patch Kids commercial

aaron cohen — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:57:44 +0000

Here's Method Man's Sour Patch Kids commercial. It's awesome. If you like Wu-Tang Clan, Method Man, Sour Patch Kids, or awesome stuff, you'll like this.

Via Jay Smooth / David Jacobs

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1440 Slow Motion

aaron cohen — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:07:30 +0000

You KNOW how I feel about slow motion.

Via Jason

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Being Elmo trailer

aaron cohen — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:43:21 +0000

This movie looks great.

Via Stellar

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The Amazing Lyrebird of Australia

aaron cohen — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:20:56 +0000

I'm not sure why this unseen footage of The Amazing Lyrebird of Australia is just going around now, but I'm glad it is. I laughed out loud. If you liked Honey Badger, you'll also like Lyrebird. If you want to watch a version with a commercial, you can do that here.

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CLEAR EYES FULL HEART

aaron cohen — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:06:22 +0000

Kyle Chandler finally won an Emmy last night. To celebrate, here's an Emmy trailer video. I don't know if it's official, but it officially gave me chills. So there's that. Watch it if you want to run through a brick wall.

Texas forever.

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Slow it down

aaron cohen — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:05:20 +0000

Daily reminder that everything is better in slow motion.

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How duct tape is made

aaron cohen — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:51:32 +0000

Tour the biggest duct tape factory in the world, in London Ontario, with Red Green. I would have thought unicorn blood would be an ingredient. This video could be cooler, I need more details, Red.

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Back to the start

aaron cohen — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:17:18 +0000

This spot for Chipotle featuring Willie Nelson, it's Pixar-ly poignant. Not bad for a fast food company, eh?

(Via Stellar)

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Waves

aaron cohen — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:16:18 +0000

It only takes a second to start watching this, but then you'll have to watch the whole thing. These Phantom HD cameras sure are something, aren't they? But also, what is this doing on Youtube vs Vimeo? Earlier.

(Via Stellar)

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Slow motion BMX

aaron cohen — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:48:23 +0000

Slow motion makes things cooler (sometimes).

Thanks, Dominik!

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