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DAFT PUNK TOUCHED MY ROBOT SOUL

Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 4:32 PM | Posted by shaggy duck

Last night I saw one of my all-time favorite music groups, DAFT PUNK, at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. It was the most disgustingly awesome thing I have ever seen. The attendance had to be somewhere around 15,000 people. Just incredible. Here is a review in the LAist with which I couldn't agree more. Here is an excerpt:

Unlike so many other electronic artists who basically mix their album tracks together like a DJ, Daft Punk completely de-constructs the tracks from their three studio albums, creating a brand new soundscape that builds up huge climaxes using portions of their songs which tease the crowd just long enough before dropping into full blown dance floor burners. This allows them to cover a lot of ground, using elements of dozens of songs without ever playing any album track in its original form. The ecstatic crowd of around 15,000 people were all dancing, and most were literally jumping up and down at various times throughout the show.

Here's another review in the Los Angeles Times.

Full live set @ Coachella on 04.29.06 (.mp3)

A great article about my two favorite robot humans.

Here are some video highlights that I found on YouTube.

I've also added a variety of other longer sequences and various angles from the show in the videos below.

Opening Sequence

I was probably about 20-25 feet in front of where this video was taken.

Helmets very visible... TELEVISION, RULES THE NATION

Da Funk! (This posters blog has parts of the concert in 21 YouTube videos.)

Robot Heaven

Video from another angle PRIME TIME OF YOUR LIFE

Here is another video with the entire Encore peformance. SWEET!

If I find any better quality videos I may add them.

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The Global Warming Swindle

Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 9:50 AM | Posted by shaggy duck

No one is arguing whether or not the Earth is warming. The argument is whether or not man is responsible for the warming. If you believe man is responsible for global warming, please take the time to watch this video. It just might change your mind.

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Homo Erectus Outtakes!

Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at 11:02 AM | Posted by shaggy duck

Here are some outtakes from a film I worked on a few summers back. I think they might be funnier than the movie.

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There's a saying...

Monday, June 18, 2007 at 7:08 PM | Posted by shaggy duck

There's an old saying that goes "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." I'm pretty sure I first heard it used in the cult classic Kevin Spacey flick The Usual Suspects. It's hard to argue with this saying. It gets it's point across. However, if I was so inclined to disagree, and maybe I just am, I'd have to say the greatest trick the Devil ever played was Television and the false realities it provides the subconscious. The masses are suggestively induced into making certain perceptions about what is "normal" and in my opinion not for the better.

"That's ridiculous!"

Yes, it is ridiculous. It's ridiculous how much of our current "real" reality, our real existence, is subject to the plays and theatrics presented to us through a funnel that is made up of various media including radio, newspaper, but most importantly television, all owned by a few companies. Our understanding of what our society is comes from this little box in every home. It is our connection to the collective. Unfortunately this half century old technology has become an instrument of brainwashing, controlled by few and watched by many. Ideologies, opinions, emotions, biases, and notions of reality are fed to the hoards in a constant bombardment of what is and what isn't, of what's normal and what's not, of what's important and what is trivial, what is wrong and what is right.

Sure, it's obvious the shows we watch aren't real. YES, we know the news is looking for ratings just like everyone else. IF IT BLEEDS IT LEADS! Right? (Actually, I think the new saying is "if it's a bubblegum pop celeb it leads.") But this isn't the only factor. Your consent is much more the detriment. You can expect the toob to be littered with fiction and fairy tales, but if you do nothing to actively consider the suggestions, if you do nothing to counter the effects, if you willfully consent to the suggestion the television entrances you. You become an open slate ready to be shaped and fitted. Knowing that cigarettes can kill them doesn't stop smokers from smoking. They know. It's a choice.

Nearly everyone in my generation is brainwashed. I am brainwashed. I've watched television my whole life. Some are worse than others. My parents generation was also brainwashed, but the technology and the programming is only getting bigger and better.

We do have one saving grace though, the one vehicle of mass communication that can prevail through the fog of suggestion. We have a place that you can roam free, say as you wish and do as you please (almost). The internet. Here you are definitely threatened by suggestion, but you are an active participant and you can dissent, you can say otherwise. You are no longer the passive servant of suggestion. In this medium you can be as powerful as your own ideas. Here you can enter a marketplace of opinion and that's good for everyone. Let's not let them take that from us. Fight internet regulation.

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George Carlin - Life is Worth Losing

Friday, June 01, 2007 at 2:57 PM | Posted by shaggy duck

Some of the best shit I've seen in some time.

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American Drug Lords

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 1:38 PM | Posted by shaggy duck

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Have No Fear

Monday, March 19, 2007 at 1:12 PM | Posted by shaggy duck

I know it's been far too long since I've made a posting, especially one that I have written myself, but have no fear...I will update again soon!

Until then, I hope that this video will induce you to find it in your heart to forgive me. Cheers!

Trapped In The Drive-Thru

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BBC ANNOUNCES COLLAPSE EARLY!

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 9:50 AM | Posted by shaggy duck

Recently discovered footage from the BBC Archives on September 11, 2001 shows reports of WTC7 (Solomon Building) Collapse over 20 minutes before it actually did.

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