Cartoon musicals at the Walter Reade Theater this month. This looks like an amazing program. LOTS of great stuff. Also Red vs Blue on the big screen. Very cool.
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Paranoia Agent
I started watching Paranoia Agent yesterday. I watched the first four episodes. So far, so good. It definitely feels like a Satoshi Kon creation. (That’s a good thing.) The structure of the show reminds me a bit of David Lapham’s Stray Bullets. Interconnected stories with a bunch of interconnected characters, with the focus shifting from episode to episode, while maintaining certain common threads throughout.
TiVo Developer Challenge
Nifty Java applications for TiVo. I may have to get a network adapter soon.
Puffy AmiYumi
Looks like Puffy AmiYumi will be playing in NYC on 8/18.
Silkworm
I just found out that Michael Dahlquist, drummer for Silkworm was killed in an auto accident a couple of weeks ago. To quote from their web site, “While stopped at a traffic signal, his car was struck intentionally by another car traveling at a very high speed. Also killed were his good friends and fellow musicians Douglas Meis and John Glick.” These guys were a great band, and Michael was a great drummer. It’s horrible to think that someone would just randomly crash into a stranger’s car at high speed like that.
Ramble
I took a walk through the Ramble in Central Park yesterday. I just stumbled into it, honestly, but it turned out to be pretty nifty.
Looking for some info on it today, I stumbled across Forgotten NY. Aside from some interesting info on Central Park, there’s also a lot of other stuff there.
Flickr
I set up a Flickr account for myself a few days ago. My pictures shoud be here. All I’ve uploaded so far are my Gates pictures.
Steamboy
I just picked up the Steamboy DVD. I’m still kind of annoyed that I didn’t get around to catching it while it was in the theaters.
The Aristocrats
I have to admit I’m curious about this movie. Maybe I can talk someone into going to see it with me this weekend.
HD Radio
I’m kind of curious about HD Radio. There was an article in Wired a while back, and one in the NY Times today. It looks like quite a few stations are broadcasting in HD now. These guys make an interesting radio that picks up HD. It isn’t shipping yet, though.