Lunar Perigee 2010
Pet Project:
Capture images of Lunar Perigee - love it when it looks like it twice its size and glazed in color,
Schedule from http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/pacalc.html
And in the center of the universe
Effective sampling from cult 60's horror/scifi in the Ministry's cover of Supernaut
From the film clip used in the song: 2:29 - 2:57
March 1st
Give me strength - team meeting on Monday AM. Another useless and pointless day not doing anything of value and now we are going to talk about it...
I just want to curl up in a ball and make it stop
Counter Culture Commercials
An organization dedicated to the rapid response to the inanity of right-wing beliefs and their manifestations within the mainstream media. When Fox News or any other outlet starts spouting out conservative beliefs either implicitly or directly then this organization responds with viral satire in response. When war coverage focuses on the humanitarian basis for violence, the CCC will be there; when republicans champion state rights to prevent social services and to preserve institutional poverty in the service of white elite – and then demand a civil debate on this skewed platform then CCC will be there to call it out. When there is (as there actually was) a commercial for M&Ms that used Buddhist temple themes to sell its product then I think there should be someone that responds with Christ dragging the cross to the mount and who then promptly does a jig when Mary gives him a candy.
I have no experience in the media but there is a need for some targeted and well positioned satire to demand intellectual integrity in our society. The Daily Show has the content but not the format – it needs to be more subversive and viral.
Well I feel better now
http://pinktentacle.com/2010/02/video-tiger-on-the-loose-at-ueno-zoo/
This year’s simulation involved a tiger that escaped after an earthquake. The runaway animal — played by a person in a suit — caused some chaos and took down a couple of onlookers before the zoo staff chased it down, surrounded it with nets, and shot it with a tranquilizer dart
Political Theater
Health Summit on break but dear God! Please let the Public recognize that the Republican tactic is to deny, delay, and distract.
This has a clear problem and resolution.
The problem is well-defined: growing disparity of care; untenable rise in costs; no benefit for the cost.
The benefits are clear: Lower cost and improve care by leveraging risk against 300 million people and consequently lower administrative and operational cost. We need this not only because the current situation is cancerous to our collective health but for pragmatic reasons of cost and national debt - and not the inverse.
I understand, I suspect, the republican agenda but I do not understand why unaffiliated individuals, like I am hearing on C-Span, are so against their own benefit.
The Who
I don't get it. Why again for the Superbowl halftime show? I didn't watch the game but I did watch the show on You Tube later - so maybe I am not the target audience - but I don't get it. They or their music is not relevant now to anyone - even to the Who.
And I like the Who - not as much as I did - but I respect their music for the energy and passion it contained. But live now - its a dry rehash.