In his own words:
Sensology is a short animated film that visualizes in abstract form, an improvised musical session by two leaders of the avant-guarde jazz movement, Paul Plimley (piano) and Barry Guy (bass).The music was recorded on November 9th, 1995, at the Western Front in Vancouver, Canada [sic]
Watch it in HD. Watch it fullscreen. Most importantly, watch it now. (You’re probably also better off watching it on YouTube for faster loading, though I’ve linked Michel Gagné’s site so you can read about the work itself. via)
Some of this is immensely useful stuff, though my favorite one isn’t useful for much besides diversion. (via)
Kevin Spacey does impressions. My favorite is the Walken. Also check out this completely random but dead-on impression: Matt Damon as Matthew McConaughey (whew! That was a spelling challenge). Ha! (via)
My mouth’s still hanging open. So, so impressive. And try this on for size. These demos will, of course, only work in a recent WebKit-based browser like Safari 5 or Google Chrome 5.
Simply stunning. And the first in a series!
The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.
Check out the original video page to see it in HD, which I highly recommend. Just stunning. Unbelievably, it’s almost entirely CG.
Props to the careful editing, as well, without which the video would lose much of its impact. (via, pointed out by Matt)
A reality check of the best kind.
Oh, and speaking of Conan, check this out. Heh.
from laughing so much. First: ta-dah! What amazes me is that they found a guy with a falsetto that could handle that song. Second, there’s this gem, whose vocals are competent though not nearly as good as the first one, but which made me nearly lose control of my bladder. HA.
was my score on this incredibly difficult quiz requiring you to guess the movie title from just one movie poster letter. How well can you do? (via)