Maybe I’ll think twice about portraiture…
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Feb 12
Starry Night – Interactive Animation
When today’s technology is used to “improve” masterfully created artwork from the past, the results are normally disastrous. The old form of manual creativity flowing from mind to eye to brush to canvas is an intimate engagement that yields results no computer could ever duplicate even in the hands of the most skilled graphic designers.
There are exceptions.
Greek artist Petros Vrellis took the iconic panting of the night sky over Saint-Rémy in France and applied a combination of creativity, interactivity, and subtle enhancements to bring the painting to life in ways we’ve never witnessed before. Using openFrameworks, an open source C++ toolkit for creative coding, Vrellis takes one of the most famous interpretations of movement and flow ever created and allows it to realize the extent of its motion.
Instead of desecrating the masterpiece, it is brought to life.
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Feb 12
Von Johin at The French Quarter in Second Life
Von Johin is one of my long-time favorite artists. He’s had a successful career in the music industry, but now chooses to play only in Second Life.
Major and his best girl, Harris, attended this fan-appreciation concert on February 4, 2012. And what a concert it was! A three-hour marathon, Von played and sang his heart out. Many of the songs I’d never heard him sing before. Much to his fans’ delight, he seldom adheres to the normal one hour time slot and this was no exception!
You can friend Von on Facebook… http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1493545055
These vids were from the live fan-appreciation concert… just crank up your speakers and enjoy!
Watch live streaming video from vonjohin at livestream.com
Watch live streaming video from vonjohin at livestream.com
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Jan 12
Great song, Amazing performance
This group is so innovative… check out their other YouTube videos.
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Dec 11
Bimbo
I woke up this morning with this song stuck in my head…
Bimbo, Bimbo, where ya gonna go-e-o… Bimbo, Bimbo, whatcha gonna do-e-o?
What a blast from the past… 1956.
Fifty-five years ago and I still remembered most of the lyrics!
The term “bimbo” took on a whole new meaning in later years, but Bimbo, the wide-eyed little boy in the song, was loved by millions in 1956.
I wonder how many more old songs are rattling around in my sub-conscious mind. I love it when they come out of hiding! What memories!
Bimbo
Jim ReevesBimbo, Bimbo, where ya gonna go-e-o
Bimbo, Bimbo, whatcha gonna do-e-o
Bimbo, Bimbo, does your mommy know
That you’re goin’ down the road to see a little girleo.Bimbo is a little boy who’s got a million friends,
And every time he passes by, they all invite him in.
He’ll clap his hands and sing and dance, and talk his baby talk,
With a hole in his pants and his knees a-stickin’ out,
he’s just big enough to walk.Bimbo, Bimbo, where ya gonna go-e-o
Bimbo, Bimbo, whatcha gonna do-e-o
Bimbo, Bimbo, does your mommy know
That you’re goin’ down the road to see a little girleo.Bimbo’s got two big blue eyes that light up like a star,
And the way to light them up is to buy him candy bars.
Crackerjacks and bubblegum will start his day off right,
All the girlies follow him just a-beggin’ him for a bite.Bimbo, Bimbo, candy on your face-e-o,
Bimbo, Bimbo, chewin’ on your gum-e-o.
Bimbo, Bimbo, when you gonna grow
Everybody loves you, little baby Bimbo.You never catch him sittin’ still, he’s just the rovin’ kind,
Altho’ he’s just a little boy, he’s got a grown-up mind.
He’s always got a shaggy dog a-pullin’ at his clothes,
And everybody calls to him as down the street he goes.Bimbo, Bimbo, where ya gonna go-e-o
Bimbo, Bimbo, whatcha gonna do-e-o
Bimbo, Bimbo, does your mommy know
That you’re goin’ down the road to see a little girl-e-o
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Nov 11
One Very Happy Owl
This short video is so cute it’s no wonder it went viral in the Internet…
I’m just doing my part to make it even more viral…
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Nov 11
Gotta love those infomercials…
Saturday Night Live’s Shake Weight parody
The actual Shake Weight infomercial already seemed like a parody. SNL managed to take it one step further.
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Nov 11
Roy Rogers: Born on This Day
Roy Rogers
November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998
Roy would have been 100 years old today.
Roy Rogers, born Leonard Franklin Slye, was an American singer and cowboy actor, as well as the namesake of the Roy Rogers Restaurants chain. He and his wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino, Trigger, and his German Shepherd dog, Bullet, were featured in more than 100 movies and The Roy Rogers Show. The show ran on radio for nine years before moving to television from 1951 through 1957. His productions usually featured a sidekick, often either Pat Brady, (who drove a Jeep called “Nellybelle”), Andy Devine, or the crotchety George “Gabby” Hayes. Rogers’s nickname was “King of the Cowboys”. Evans’s nickname was “Queen of the West.”