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Stephen Worth is a man of many talents. Not only is he an Animation Archivist for The International Animated Film Society: ASIFA-Hollywood, he is the recognized expert on Hot Dogs in Los Angeles!
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New release at archive.org: The Hoodlum (1951)
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/16/new-release-at-archi.ht...
» Show detailsDid you know archive.org has lots of cool old feature films in the public domain you can download for free? Here's one they just added to the archive that looks promising: The Hoodlum, from 1951. I'm downloading it now. (Here's the RSS feed for recent additions to the movie archive.) [ 200805161402.jpg]Lawrence Tierney ("Reservoir Dogs")
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Greg Dulli sings Sam Cooke
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/16/greg-dulli-sings-sam.ht...
» Show details[ Dullirodd] Here is an old soulful cover of Sam Cooke's "Having A Party" by Greg Dulli, former frontman of one of my all-time favorite modern rock bands, Afghan Whigs. The first national magazine article I ever wrote, for Alternative Press, was about the Whigs, who I knew growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio. And Cooke's "Having A Party"
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frog Design's electronic facemask re-skins reality
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/16/frogdesigns-electron.ht...
» Show details[ 200805161320.jpg] frogDesign's concept facemask would let you escape reality by augmented or replacing what you see, smell, and hear with sensory inputs of your own choosing. In a troubling future, these augmented reality devices would offer a new dimension - a virtual layer that could be used to “re-skin” the troubling outside world
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Mechanical gas-pumps choking on $4/gal gas
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/16/mechanical-gaspumps.htm...
» Show detailsRichard sez, "Apparently there are still places in the US where people are still using the old-fashioned analog gear driven pumps to meter gas instead of the common digital ones. The old pumps will need new gears to go past $3.99/gallon for gas and those parts are getting harder to come by. It is strangely like having a Babbage Difference Engine
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Funny Will Elder photo
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/16/funny-will-elder-pho.ht...
» Show details[ ANGELWILL.jpg] Eric Reynolds of Fantagraphics writes: "I came across this incredible Will Elder photo this morning, looking for some nice Elder photos in our MAD PLAYBOY OF ART files, to give the Los Angeles Times for its obituary, which I'm told will run tomorrow. Was there ever a man who embodied the vivaciousness of his work more perfectly?
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Mid-May Linkorama
http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/mid-may-linko...
» Show detailsAnother round of animation tidbits ... Time Magazine hossanahs the new DreamWorks opus Kung Fu Panda: KFP, from a clever screenplay by ex-King of the Hill writers Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, is a tribute to the literally hundreds of '70s Hong Kong martial arts dramas that flooded Saturday-morning U.S. TV in the wake of Bruce Lee's success
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Spitting contest participant dies
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/16/spitting-contest-par.ht...
» Show detailsA 29-year-old Swis man died in a spitting match with a friend, reports the daily Blick newspaper. Apparently, the two pals were up late at a hotel in Cadempino, Switzerland when they decided to see who could spit the greatest distance off the balcony. One of the men took a running start and, well... Link (via Fortean Times)
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Pretend To Work poster
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/16/pretend-to-work-post.ht...
» Show details[ Pretendwork] This poster sure beats most motivational office posters. Created by artist Andy Smith, it's hand-printed in a small edition and sells for £25. Link (Thanks, Koshi!)
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Will Eder and Harvey Kurtzman's "Goodman Goes Playboy" comic
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/16/will-eder-and-harvey.ht...
» Show detailsYesterday, I posted the sad passing of Mad cartoonist Will Elder, one of the undisputed giants of comic book artists. Today, The Comics Journal blog has made available a scan of a Harvey Kurtzman / WIll Elder story from Help! magazine that Archie Comics took from Help! in a copyright infringement battle. [ goodman-archie.jpg]
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Kooky 60s comic book scan: Super Green Beret
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/16/kooky-60s-comic-book.ht...
» Show details[ 200805160939.jpg] Here's another comic book gem from Ethan Persoff, outré ephemera scanner extraordinaire. Vietnam month continues with a great mid-month snack. Tod Holton was a school student from the 60s who fought the Vietnamese through use of a magic beret. Presented here is every Tod Holton story ever produced
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