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Mysterious mammal caught on film
An “extraordinary” desert creature has been caught on camera for what scientists believe is the first time.The long-eared jerboa, a tiny nocturnal mammal that is dwarfed by its enormous ears, can be found in deserts in Mongolia and China. Here
There are certain cites that are legal from the ROM -
So as I had reported here in September, there was a new Bjork music video coming out for “Wanderlust” from Volta. Then all of the sudden all the info stopped coming and even a behind the scenes interview from the set was pulled from Mtv’s subterranean blog and it seemed like B’s web site all but tried to cover up the fact that it even was it was ever a concept.
It was originally said that it was going to be directed by Michel Gondry, then after info about wander lust vanished, it came back with Gondry in the form of a video for “Declare Independence” – Which just released, you can watch below. Personally I think it’s soo boring. I’ve seen better from Gondry and B. in videos and concepts. Compared to the early concept art and footage of Wanderlust , this looks like a bad replacement.
Then I found some more info on Wanderlust here
Basically I think what happened is that they were going to do wanderlust, but production was taking too long. So then they called in Gondry to do a quickie video to ride the truncated hype generated by the announcement of a wanderlust video coming out. It was a bait and switch.
Looks like the wanderlust video will come out in February – pushed back due to an ambitious production of the 3D concept theme. Let’s hope it’ll be worth the wait. Anything would be better than the Declare Independence Gondry flop:
Also take a look at this video which shows Gondry and Bjork working with similar sound/paint theme from a while back – I think that explains where the music video idea came from.
More Artist need to step up in this time like Bansky and use their art to speak out. I’m not sure of Bansky’s political stance but taking it to this level is where art needs to be. Art ran aground in a society of consumerism and existentialism esp in the late 90’s and early 2000’s .Though it seems cliche’ to STILL have to be addressing issues such as war and poverty -they are STILL issues. Bansky takes it to another level by overly simplifying the issue in the style of street art. His art works well in this setting, and reaches to where the people are at. Also a western artist now acknowledging the problems on the “street” level in the middle easts suggests that the “street” is no longer New York or London but global. Western street art in Israel, thats a new spin, though he’s be there once before in this context it seems like the first time.
I have been looking for a tool for some time that would handle my to do list organization. I have yet to find a comprehensive tool that really allows you to manage all that you want a to do list to do. Here are some things i’ve tried that have fallen short, and also my list of requirements that I need in a task management software that would fit my needs as a user… Continue reading ‘To do list woes and wishes’
