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Katharine Hepburn (by CBS)

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Mr Leonard Bernstein echoing the Mike Skinner quote about trying to artistically reach a truly large audience of ordinary people.

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Gilbert Bécaud

Quand tu danses - Gilbert Bécaud

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Accidental Chinese Hipsters

Blogging awesomeness

Another HK dude takes the stage here, this time ~in the future~. Who has the most fun (and extra time) getting dressed in the morning? You do!  Accidental Chinese Hipster Bonus Points: >Resembling a Chris Ware character (evoking bittersweet melancholy) +2points>”Green” canvas shopping bag +1point>Readiness to perform ironic dance art +3points>Normal-looking haircut -1point  Mike from Hong Kong took this photo in the APM Mall Food Court, Kwun Tong (by the MOS Burger and Curry in a Hurry).

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Too many words lately, so here is a picture I took a couple of days ago.
Shanghai 02/2010

Too many words lately, so here is a picture I took a couple of days ago.

Shanghai 02/2010

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It was weird. It wasn’t until I got to the second album that I really felt like I hit the people that I was aiming to with the first album, and that was just normal people. But actually the only way you can get to normal people is by… being big.
Mike Skinner (The Streets)

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I discovered that what’s really important for a creator isn’t what we vaguely define as inspiration or even what it is we want to say, recall, regret, or rebel against. No, what’s important is the way we say it. Art is all about craftsmanship. Others can interpret craftsmanship as style if they wish. Style is what unites memory or recollection, ideology, sentiment, nostalgia, presentiment, to the way we express all that. It’s not what we say but how we say it that matters.

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What is for the eye must not duplicate what is for the ear.
Robert Bresson

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The Top Ten

I’m always asking people to name their favourite movies to find something great that I haven’t seen yet. So I figured I should share mine. A list like this is so personal, it doesn’t attest to their greatness on any objective level, just a subjective response, which is all one can really hope for.

Anyway here is my list, I would love for you to send me yours.

1.     Andrei Roublev – Andrei Tarkovsky

2.     Le Grande Illusion - Jean Renoir

3.     The Beat My Heart Skipped – Jacques Audiard

4.     Nights of Cabiria - Fellini

5.     Badlands – Terrence Malick

6.     The Good, The Bad and the Ugly – Sergio Leone

7.     La Dolce Vita – Fellini

8.     The Bicycle Thief – Vittorio Di Sica

9.     Army in the Shadows – Melville

10.  Sweet Smell of Success – Alexander Mackendrick

 

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Sesame Street - Dogs bake homemade bread (via mstatz)

Claris found these hilarious dog skits from sesame street by conceptual artist William Wegman.

No blue screens here.

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Beat The Clock

Shevelles

Beat the Clock - Shevelles - 1960’s NZ 

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Auckland Harbour Bridge, 17/06/2010

Auckland Harbour Bridge, 17/06/2010

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Life is just a party and parties weren’t meant to last.
Prince