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Fuck You, Warden Norton

Cee-Lo’s Shawshank Redemption from Dallas Observer on Vimeo.
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Marie Antoinette

I have no idea why I was so reluctant to check out Marie Antoinette. I guess it was something to do with Sophia Coppola’s track record. I loved Lost in Translation but hated The Virgin Suicides. Kirsten Dunst completely put me off that movie. I always thought she was really over-rated as an actress and [...]
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Tank Park Salute

All things considered, it probably wasn’t a great idea to listen to this song right now. Billy Bragg writes some beautiful songs, but this is really something special. One of maybe 5 songs that I can’t get through without crying like a child.
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When all you have is a hammer…

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Star Wars + Calvin and Hobbes

What do you get when you cross Calvin and Hobbes with Star Wars? Only the greatest t-shirt ever.
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Trailer for The Black Swan

Darren Aronofsky’s new film. Think The Wrestler meets Suspiria meets The Red Shoes. And throw in some By the Sword for good measure. *ahem*
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How to Use Textmate

Amazingly useful list of links on how to use Textmate properly, courtesy of Zeldman. For example, did you know you can write a blog post in Textmate, drag-and-drop an image into the textmate window and it will automatically upload and insert the image into your blog post? I didn’t. Mind = blown.
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You Say To-May-Toe, I Say FUCK YOU

I recently listening to an old edition of the Slashfilm podcast where they interviewed Armond White. I sort of recognised that name, but couldn’t place it. No matter. Anyway, in the interview, White said a few things that I found interesting. He hasn’t got many kind words for Roger Ebert, complaining that he’s more like [...]
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Mechanics

Christ, Metro 2033 is annoying. It’s annoying because it comes so close to being a genuinely good game. I mean, on paper, it’s exactly the kind of game I would love. All the things I like are there: monsters, guns, post-apocalyptic Russia1. It’s based on an award-winning Russian science fiction story, so its story should [...]
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Words

From the always-amazing Radiolab
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