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Bruce Lee Plays Ping Pong with Nunchucks
This is just such a perfect Internet meme. Who doesn’t love all three things: Ping pong, nunchucks and Bruce Lee?
A Nation of Suckers
Glen Beck’s hoedown (”Restoring Honor”; has it gone somewhere?) at the Lincoln Memorial this weekend puts me in mind of this film from the 50s. It’s a good lesson in the need for equality and how we all must work for it. Mr. Beck demonizes so many people to be “the” problem while right-thinking Americans are like him. He is with a doubt sincere however I think he’s a pawn of bigger interests.
Take for instance the chilling article on the Koch brothers and their decades long right-wing campaign in this week’s New Yorker (Covert Operations: The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama). The story tells how these billionaires have been systematically buying influence with astro-turf (fake grass roots) groups to further their own ideological agenda. Definitely worth reading.
11-year-old Does Parody of the Old Spice Ads
An amazing new meme on “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” by a budding star of the Internets.
Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers
This just lights me up. I’m celebrating all the good energy I’m feeling today. Cheers!
“Up”: The Mashup
This video mashup Upular is from Pogomix, a Perth, Australia-based DJ who uses both audio and video to amazing effect. This mashup is the one of three he has re-created into another form of entertainment from Pixar films. (There are also Toyz Noise and Buzzwing made from Toy Story clips.)
His first major hit was a hugely popular video/song from the Disney movie Alice in Wonderland. Regrettably, it has been taken down from YouTube.
Copyright issues aside, Upular has attracted video tributes as well. I love that the Internet makes such delightful re-imaginings something we all can see (mostly).
Update: Apparently I am mistaken. Alice is still available on YouTube. It’s pretty dang good.
Radiolab: Words
The NPR show Radiolab’s most recent episode is titled, “Words.” It contains several amazing stories:
It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without words. But in this hour of Radiolab, we try to do just that. We speak to a woman who taught a 27-year-old man the first words of his life, and we hear a firsthand account of what it feels like to have the language center of your brain wiped out by a stroke.
The podcast is available on iTunes or at the Radiolab site.
This video accompanies the episode. I’ve watched it several times and it really makes me smile. [Tip o' de hat to Kottke.org.]
