Mike Gitter, Andrew W.K., Voyager 1, Scallops, Barnes & Barnes, Sports Insanity.
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A Grim View of George Lucas’ Ideology
Star Wars inconsistencies and contradictions have always drove me crazy. The difference between Yoda in the original trilogy vs the prequels is gigantic. This interview with author David Brin questions the ideology presented by George Lucas. While it may seem ridiculous to analyze a perceived pop corn movie this much, it is an interesting take on what people get from the movies vs what Lucas is pushing.
Stars Wars belongs to our dark past—a long, tyrannical epoch of fear, illogic, despotism, and demagoguery that our ancestors struggled…
This Week’s Links: Mötley Crüe, Conscious Universe, Lemmy, Kraftwerk…
- Did Mötley Crüe replace Nikki Sixx with a teenaged alcoholic satanist clone in 1983?
- Sheet music to play Kraftwerk’s ‘Pocket Calculator’ on a pocket calculator.
- “The Universe Exists Because We Are Here”.
- Boy Howdy! Killer merch for Creem magazine documentary.
- ‘Eat The Rich’: Cult rock and roll comedy with Lemmy, Shane Macgowan, Paul Mccartney, Angela Bowie.
- Amtrak vs snow, in slow-mo.
- The man in the Godzilla suit.
- The science backed ways music affects your brain and productivity.
Last week’s links: from album ads of the 70’s to a pin hole camera made of straws.
A Homemade Multipoint Pinhole Camera Made from 32,000 Drinking Straws
25 Amazing 1970s Album Advertisements
The Big Bang Theory but the studio audience is replaced by Ricky Gervais
Ride the Feedback: A Brief History of Guitar Distortion
‘A FOR ABBA’: THE STORY OF THE SWEDISH SENSATION AS TOLD BY JOHN PEEL, 1993