Top five avant-rock for 2006

Feel free to link your “Things of the Year”. Here’s mine: Top five avant-rock for 2006

James Brown RIP

This planet gets light and warmth from the Sun, protection from the atmosphere and funk from Mr James Brown. As of Christmas Day, one of those things is no longer with us. Hit it on the one in tribute!

Best film of 2006?

I’ve just watched Film 2006’s countdown of the public’s favourite films of the year. In this and other end-of-year round-ups, an important, critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning film is absent, maybe because of its complete lack of big-name actors, its limited publicity and its extremely depressing subject matter. I hope that United 93 (official site) is remembered as one of the most moving and important films of the year. Currently with an impressive 7.9 score on IMDB, it is surely the definitive filmed account of what unfolded on September 11, 2001. I can’t imagine any way the acting, direction and general story-telling could be improved upon.

In a year which has given us other harrowing dramas (Syriana, The Wind That Shakes The Barley and Pan’s Labyrinth all excellent films but with gut-wrenching, explicit torture), I hope the public doesn’t neglect United 93 because they lack the stomach to watch it.

YouTube - Amateur - Lasse Gjertsen

Thanks to Steve_Ri for forwarding this brilliant bit of musical video trickery.

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Charlie Rose

The Charlie Rose show is an hour long talk show on a PBS station in the States. For simple hour long discussion, it’s great and he gets some good guests; including film director Oliver Stone, fake TV newsman Stephen Colbert (2nd half), the cast of the West Wing and many more for your viewing pleasure.

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Paxman says the funniest things

Bit late for link of the year, but this had me rolling with laughter when I happened to catch it live.. finally tracked it down to share. Paxman at his best

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The Atheist Delusion

Nice little sardonic slide show here, inspired by Dawkins’ The God Delusion

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Doodz ‘n’ Chyx: Review of the Year 2006

http://doodznchyx.wordpress.com/review-of-the-year-2006/

Thanks to everyone who contributed!

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Animator vs. Animation (parts one and two)

Imagine the plot of Frankenstein, then imagine it with Dr F as a cursor and the monster as a wayward stick-man.

(Part 1)
(Part 2)

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A conversation with Stephen Colbert

An hour long discussion with Stephen Colbert at the JFK School of Government. Starts with a Colbert compilation of greatest hits and then Stephen subverts a rather lame academic interviewer for an hour, segwaying in and out of Colbert the Character. (Sadly needs RealPlayer)