william gibson interview on media and celebrities from 1997
In an interview with Benjamin Woolley filmed in 1997 for BBC's The Net, science fiction author William Gibson anticipates the effect of the internet on celebrity culture. (via the cpc cyberpunk community, yes it is old, but you have to deal with that)
large helical device: japan creates its own star on planet earth
The good folks in Toki, Japan are busy plugging away at solutions to the energy crisis… with the largest superconducting stellarator ever made. According to Alexander Rose, this means that the Large Helical Device (LHD), "is the beginning of what you need to have your own little star right here on planet earth… without actually making our little blue marble into a star." (via dvice)
twitter gets hacked - use mobile clients for a while
Just putting this out to you so the word goes around - don't use the first and foremost Twitter.com for a while, only mobile clients (or play sad nun and untwitter everything!) - weird mouseover links will automatically make you go Jackson Pollock on your wall and you don't want that. Until further notice - use whatever else is there (and there's shitloads) and also go enjoy The Event.
fuggy fuggy: ninja, horses and blade rocket launchers
He who struggles and endures will be a ninja. Nuff said. One of the brightest stuff I've seen during the past months, spotted that at Function 2010. (fuggy fuggy at brothersmcleod.co.uk)
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frozen randomly in time
The pentagram presents itself to me lost in time, like tears in rain on a day God decides to amp up gravity just to see how hard you can try to carry your eyeballs from The Shelter to The New Frontier. The torrent is there and the pentagram is very much so, carved into the ground with a double circle of protection around it, if it is fun, it is geographically impressive, if it is serious, its impressiveness sways in other directions. Grass never grows that fast like those near the tracks, turn the camera slowly around, the vicinity changes. Subtle signs of reality hacking. Construction towers remain construction towers. There is something in that moment, out of reality. Still looking for it. Or a false, false alert.
more DIY: Russian Transformers test short film
My new video experiment, based on Michael Bay's Transformers, for you and myself. This short film was shot in 2 hours. Edited in month=) For shooting I used my new camera Canon 550D (+ kit lens 18-55mm + 50mm 1.8) and a little bit my friend's camera Nikon D5000 (+ kit lens 18-55mm). Thanks for Watching. (via teaser-trailer.com, thx to lumi - go and hire the man!)
unbuddhism: the week in objects 01
I hesitated / before building the first katamari of footsteps / the personality construct. A fake LOMO shot staged somewhere not an office nor a home anymore. Unbuddhism, from Saturday till Saturday, objects best presentable now, then lost later. "An autograph of Alec Empire" in his Berlin studio and "a set of two untouched pair of safety earbuds", remains of an unwavering attention. Motivation. Traces of anticonsumerism. "Zero History", making me think of all the brands and mechanisms we have stashed away but haven't finished or even started yet but the will to break all shackles and travel around the world is now stronger than ever. Always is genius, stasis is the enemy. "Procedural graphics entry card to Function-X" with The Girl In The Ono-Sendai T-Shirt and her bookcrossing find, "Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs" - must read and pass on, the cover and the format talk to me. About getting my book finished and getting it to print. A proverbial muse still looking at her hands, pondering about how to finger my precious brain meat. Ideas, rare commodity. An "Anonymous soft drink, Club Maté" with their unmistakable logo and their secret concoction the taste of fig, the color of off-lab carbamide, a bottled memory of the First Budapest Science Meetup. "The September issue of Mondo" with twelve new pages of The Damage Report in it and the "first hardcover, still print-odorous edition of Doktor Sleepless" with a metallic, nauseating perfume of oldschool BASF tapes from the nineties. The fine rain horizontal brought to you by Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, laughing, in the mechanism.
deus ex human evolution: tgs tokyo game show japanese trailer
The Vangelis Blade Runner Esper edition soundtrack plays in the background while I'm watching this Japanese cut of the new Deus Ex 3 trailer, making me think more about urban environments, architecture and civil unrest in infospace, rather than implants, grey licensed guns and cool mirrorshades. Look at the freeroamer urban games and two broken concepts will reveal themselves instantly: 1, you can only enter interiors that are crucial to storytelling or gameplay mechanisms (quest points or places to refill stats) and 2, cities do not breathe, they do not live. The easiest way to show off quantity would be swarms of people, not a dozen that walks around like they're being pushed around in wheelchairs. Cities need people. People will embrace the city virus.
haiku hero
There was a whole week when we only communicated via haiku, all the guys on IRC on our secret channel, not so secret anymore, a handful of eager, vibrant bodies bursting with hormones, smartness or an unlucky combination of both, handful meaning something close to thirty people. There was even a saying if you cannot say it in seventeen syllables, it doesn't exist. I know, because I made it up. And I still approve. And here's this game now, Haiku Hero, giving you a chance to boost your haiku writing skills on the clock - be fast, be sure to include certain words or avoid certain letters - great stuff. Put in on a Chumby, port it to a damn Android app! (Haiku Hero, via indiegames.com)
the event (tv series trailer)
The Event (stylized THE EVƎNT) is an upcoming American conspiracy thriller television series created by Nick Wauters for NBC. (...) It is scheduled to premiere Monday, September 20, 2010 at 9 pm/8c. (...) The series is a thriller, love story, and mystery with an element of science fiction. Producers promised timely answers to mysteries, with some answers provided as early as the second episode. Executive producer Evan Katz stated that "everything is designed to answer questions so you're not frustrated or feeling like we're making it up as we go along" and the writers intend to keep the viewers guessing in a "fair way." (via wikipedia)
amgod - dreamcatcher (promo trailer)
This is the official amGod "Dreamcatcher" promo-trailer from the German electro/industrial project. Release will distributed in two ways: as normal double edition (containing the "Creeped & Bloody" and "Harsh & Dirty" cd's) and as limited triple edition (containing the "Creeped & Bloody", "Harsh & Dirty" cd's and the "Remixes" cd). It will be distributed via the Belgian label Alfa Matrix and will also available via amGod itself. (amgod @ myspace)
the atari teenage riot budapest live videos
Három órának tűnik az ATR zajba, dühbe, tesztoszteronba és újrakilencvenes anarkipunkba tekert koncertje a Trafóban, @razZ0r orra vérben úszik, a Speednél valami elpattan, ahogy @_moire végtelen felületek között pattogó pisztolygolyóvá változik, a Revolution Actionnél a moshpit megnyúlik kétszer olyan hosszúra, crowdsurfing van meg amúgy teltház, vetkőzünk és félszemmel Nic Endo rackszekrényét, bár ez félreérthető, de majd mindenki magának. Még nem tudom pontosan visszaelemezni a színpadi dinamikát, jobb-e három emberrel ugyanazt visszaadni, mint amit néggyel és milyen rejtett kulturális (vagy szexuális vagy szexuálkulturális) változásokat okoz egy lány hiánya az eredetileg 2F2M felállásban, mindenesetre Nic Endo hangja szinte frekvenciapontosra követi azt, amit Hanin Elias követett el és a felvételen talán még látszik is az a fejoldalrakapós signature move, ami kicsit easter egg, ugyanakkor öt méterrel közelebb hozza a csapatot a megszokotthoz, CX Kidtronik meg a lelkes outsider, akit nem vettek még be igazán, de majd egyszer csak felnövi magát a szerephez meg Carl Crack utódjának lenni amúgysem kis feladat. Húsba gyolcsolt bontóvas az Atari Teenage Riot, akik tízmásodperces blokkokban emelnek át a digital hardcore fülsüketítő erejéhez junglet, reggaet, a dubstep hiányát viszont hosszabb (másfél percben a világot is el lehet pusztítani egy igével) hardtechnoval orvosolják, annál több pedig már csak tisztító erejű zajzuhanyból érkezhet, amitőltöbb napja nem hallok tökéletesen, a Revolution Actiont bevezető anti-gov beszédnél meg felnevetünk, beköszöntött a boldog atemporalitás aszinkron időszaka, újra boldog nineties, még elkapom, ahogy @honeymooncroon magyaráz a zajról valamint, közben motollában jár a környéken a fuckyeahkru (áldjuk a @d0raa @toyclouds @voodoo_violet @hikarieszter négyest, de valaki ellopta tőlük aznap este a képkészítés különleges képességét, könnycsepp), mi meg tele kézzel kívánjuk, hogy nagyszínpadra az egészet, lőn este, lőn reggel, második nap.
2ne1.. és szöul visszanyal
Eyecandy, earcandy, cockcandy, dailykawaii és hajnal háromkor is vonalzóval lemérem kétszer, elmetszem egyszer, hogy lánnyal bármit mert vagy meg akarod dugni vagy olyan akarsz lenni mint ő (vagy mindkettő), enyhe utcai rím félrecsúszik sallang nélkül. Promózenekarnak indult ez is, CL, Bom, Dara meg Minzy és bár elvből nem veszünk komolyan lányt, aki darának hívja magát, így járt a tibetiek szent istennője, ha éppen dáthás vagy, viszont általános nyolcadikig el kell jutnod, ha le akarod betűzni a nevüket, 2NE1, to-a-ny-one, bármilyen rossz az obviousity, ez a kockacinkelt szöuli valóság, a lányok viszont motoron, sportkocsin és látványpadon tárogatnak, pattognak és szórják maguk körül a kokainnal lacelt rózsaszín powerpuff homokot, a négy örökmotolla vagánypetiteről meg kaptok képet és a legjobb videót, ami pontosan annyira nem cink, mint a japán buttshaker R&B vonalon Lisa (I'm all you), de róla majd egyszer később.
#musicfriday - scott brown (3 by 1, against the rain and all)
Producer from Glasgow, Scotland. Considered to be one of the most important figures in the Scottish music scene. His unique Bouncy Techno sound helped put many other artists on the world scene. As well as producing various material from Gabber to Trance, Scott has also hit the charts with his band Q-Tex and had numerous other recordings released all over the world. (via discogs, scott brown myspace)
mondo fotózás: behind the scenes, 2010 október
Ugyan csak tegnap került ki a standokra a szeptemberi Mondo, de kaptok némi behind-the-scenes előzetest az októberi számból, hogyan fotózzunk macskával, indiai fűszerekkel egy olyan lakásban, ahol a Foursquare egyetlen venuet dob ki, annak is az a neve, hogy anyád, utána az év legvállalhatatlanabb, de annál jószívűbb gyorshajtása úgy, hogy egyúttal unlockoljuk is a GTA it out in Budapest achievementet, Twitter alá (flutter!) összefoglalva: imádtuk. A modell Juhász Adrienn, a smink Fehérvári Orsi, a fotók Kassai Balázs, ezeket meg nem annyira titokban én. Sikerült végre írnom egy mondatot, amiben nincs igei állítmány, korona van a mai napon. Négy érzéstelenítővel.
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new tron evolution gameplay trailer
Tron: Evolution is an upcoming action-adventure tie-in video game currently in development by Propaganda Games, to be published by Disney Interactive. It was officially announced at the Spike Video Game Awards and will be released for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS platforms on 7 December 2010.
Olivia Wilde will be reprising her role as "Quorra" from the upcoming film, Tron: Legacy. (via wikipedia)
Mirror's Edge parkour in Machine City, really. With lightcycles. Obviously. Oh, the sheer horror of obviousness, the lack of inexplicable, mysterious gameplay elements. Go play Braid instead.
zero history looted
Thanks for this first-minute copy of Zero History to the Pendragon Bookstore where the guys just happened to have one spare copy left. Extra thanks for the rain making the bookstore trip real memorable.
blade runner revisited >3.6 gigapixels
An experimental film in tribute to Ridley Scott's legendary film “Blade Runner” (1982). This film was made as a unique picture with a resolution of 60.000 x 60.000 pixels (3.6 gigapixels). It was made with 167,819 frames from 'Blade Runner'. (via dangerousminds.net)
mondo: rácsókoltunk a globális popkultra, tizenkét oldal, maradhat
Megszűnt az anime/manga vonalon mozgó Mondo Magazinban a kétoldalas Damage Report (az előző hat cikket olvashatjátok textben meg Scribden), helyette kaptam egy tizenkét oldalas rovatot, ha a lapker is úgy akarja, a héten már vehetitek/olvashatjátok is az újságosstandoknál, pagedumpokat azért kaptok: főzési tippek a koreai konyháról, zeneajánlók gótlánygitárokra feszítve, Starcraft 2, a filléres vámpírirodalom beindulása, Grant Morrison "The Invisibles" képregénysorozata (mint a Mátrix igazi ötletforrása), Alan Moore és Warren Ellis kevéssé ismert képregényei, női hackerek, valamint kettőezertízre komponált lánymotiváció Vadbarack kolleginától. (Igen, a főszerkesztő közölte, hogy fogalmazzak tíz évvel fiatalabbaknak, azt hiszem, minden mondat hosszát lefeleztem meg kivettem az utalásokat bármire, ez maradt. EAT IT.)
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the shadow broker reveals itself in the new mass effect 2 dlc, available today
Liara T'Soni is tracking down the mysterious Shadow Broker, and no one is safe. She'll do anything to recover the man the Broker kidnapped... and the Shadow Broker's agents will do anything to stop her. Team up with Liara and chase clues from the luxurious heights of Illium to the Shadow Broker's own secret lair. Adds the Shadow Broker intel center, new research, and five new achievements – and the chance to continue a relationship with Liara.
After some eight months of feeling all hyped up about the next most amazing space epic, it's time to actually buy a DLC, spank The Shadow Broker and bounce everyone out the airlock just once. It is 800 MS points, it is on and time for me to get offline and actually disappear for a few days to complete those missions as well. Among other things. Yes. Lair of the Shadow Broker will keep us fresh and sober.
zero history, the new william gibson novel is up for grabs from today
When she sang for The Curfew, Hollis Henry's face was known worldwide. She still runs into people who remember the poster. Unfortunately, in the post-crash economy, cult memorabilia doesn't pay the rent, and right now she's a journalist in need of a job. The last person she wants to work for is Hubertus Bigend, twisted genius of global marketing; but there's no way to tell an entity like Bigend that you want nothing more to do with him. That simply brings you more firmly to his attention.
Milgrim is clean, drug-free for the first time in a decade. It took eight months in a clinic in Basel. Fifteen complete changes of his blood. Bigend paid for all that. Milgrim's idiomatic Russian is superb, and he notices things. Meanwhile no one notices Milgrim. That makes him worth every penny, though it cost Bigend more than his cartel-grade custom-armored truck.
The culture of the military has trickled down to the street—Bigend knows that, and he'll find a way to take a cut. What surprises him though is that someone else seems to be on top of that situation in a way that Bigend associates only with himself. Bigend loves staring into the abyss of the global market; he's just not used to it staring back.
And the latest book of cyberpunk / atemporality social commentator, mastermind and grand patriarch William Gibson entitled Zero History is available now, so our minds are filled with sorrow and despair about just how much we have to wait until the postal service finally gets it to our doorstep. But we order it anyway with the boldest of clicks. (order it from amazon)
angelspit meets twist magazine
The Duke of ROCK, Karl Zoog Learmont of Angelspit is back with another septuplet (yes) of interview videos with Twist magazine, nice ideas about how interview is conducted, lighted, cut and gapped with all the gorgeous filth noise going haywire. I've linked the second part of the interview above, but you can start out with the first one here or check this playlist link for all seven parts.
And while we're at it, pre-order their new remix CD Larva Pupa Tank Coffin from their webstore Black Pill Red Pill 'cause it totally ROCKS.
dj palotai @ burning man festival 2010
Yes. One of Hungary's best and most prominent DJs, DJ Palotai rocking out in Nevada in the heat of the counterculture's shiniest fest, Burning Man. Curious to hear his set he played there, anyone care to share? (via @_moire)