My name is not Hesher.
Mein Name ist René. Vor zwei Jahren habe ich meinen Vater begraben. The last Thing I did, to my Dad, was this: Ich habe meine Hand auf den Sarg gelegt und zu mir selbst gesagt: (Murmur, i will never ever tell you this. It’s a secret.)
My Name is not Hesher. But I think I like him. And my old one would aprove and he would punch you in the face, right in the middle. But he can’t, because he’s dead. (Oh man, I just so miss my dad!)
Danny Brown – Monopoly
(Youtube Direktmonopoly, via was lost along the way, I am not really sorry.)
Ich höre generell nicht viele Hip Hop-Tracks, die mich wegblasen, weil ich das Genre per se nicht wirklich mag (too much idiots) und es auch musikalisch nicht so richtig viel hergibt. Aber ab und zu kommt ein Song, ein Track, der mir die Hörgänge sauber macht.
This is one of them, because it spits in your face. When you’ve been thru what I’ve been thru, then we’ll talk. And unfortunately for me, this is the truth. You are so welcome to my blog, you must suck alot of dick.
[update] Hab grade Obst beim Händler um die Ecke gekauft und in die Sonne geblinzelt. Alles wird gut.
Genome of Marijuana Sequenced and Published
Wissenschaftler haben die Gensequenz von Shit analysiert und veröffentlicht. Ab jetzt wird alles gut.
A Netherlands-based company called Medicinal Genomics has just announced the successful genetic sequencing of Cannabis sativa, the highly regulated annual plant that has been widely consumed for centuries as an intoxicant and a medicine. The plant, known in the vernacular as grass, tea, or mooster, has been legalized in 16 U.S. states for use as a medical treatment for various disorders over the last decade, and according to Medicinal Genomics’ Kevin McKernan, the legal market for the substance is currently growing by 50 percent every year.
Genome of Marijuana Sequenced and Published, Original-Meldung auf Nature.com: Weed sequenced. No really – weed. – August 18, 2011
Scandybars: Candy cut in half, scanned
Scandybars. Sowas wie Catscan oder Scanwiches, nur mit Süßkram. Yummy!
Invasive Alien Species are Art now
Kris Verdonck hat verschiedene Tiere, die auf der Liste der Invasiven Arten in Belgien stehen, in einer Ausstellung zusammengepackt. Superspannend, echt! Die Ausstellung Exote wird noch bis Sonntag im House of Contemporary Art in Belgien gezeigt.
Theatre maker and visual artist Kris Verdonck selected terrestrial plants, crustraceans, insects, fish, amphibians, birds and other organisms in the list of IAS that live in Belgium. Then he put them all together in one big luminous garden on the first floor of the contemporary art space Z33 in Hasselt, Belgium.
The result is an artificial jungle of bamboo, parrots, bullfrogs, Japanese knot weeds, parrots and little trees carrying blue berries. Before entering, however, you are invited to wear white rubber boots, a pair of gloves, and a lab coat. As if you were about to enter a contaminated space? Or maybe it’s the space that shouldn’t be contaminated by you? After all, men are ultimately, the ones responsible for any ecological damage caused by non native species. They are the ones who introduced them into the new habitat, intentionally or by accident (when exiting Z33 with seeds that would further invade the local fauna for example.) What is sure is that the pristine antechamber in all its whiteness and sanitariness offers a striking contrast to the garden, all messy and multicolored. No one could have orchestrated the effect better than a theater maker like Verdonck.
Once you’re inside, it’s easy to forget that these are ‘invasive alien species.’ Take the green parakeets.
Lucius: Demonic Kid Game-Trailer
(Youtube Direktkids, via Superpunch)
Ein Game, in dem man Damien aus The Omen nachspielen kann. Mein Nickname, damals auf dem C64 bei Genesis*Project war… Damien. Freak, like me!
Lucius is the son of the devil who has to clear the mansion of it’s residents. To do this he must orchestrate “accidents” without anyone suspecting him of any foul play. The player starts as Lucius and must cleverly devise these incidents from simple household items. Every time he succeeds he will gain supernatural powers to help him take full control.
His growing supernatural powers may be used in various ways. He will eventually become able to control objects and people with mind power, move objects around without touching them. Lucius even has the incredible mind power to dictate weak people into causing destruction and pain.
He was born 6th of June in 1966 and when he had lived his sixth year on earth, he finally started to show signs of his true origin.
The mansion is full of unrevealed mysteries that paint a story behind the family and how it became tangled with evil, but what is already clear is that Lucifer had taken the soul of the boy and replaced it with his own blood.
50 more Scientists about God
(Youtube Direktscience, via Brainpickings)
Dr. Jonathan T. Pararajasingham hat nach seinem ersten 50 Scientists about God-Video nun Teil 2 zusammengeschnitten. Richard Dawkins ist diesmal auch dabei. Obvious Choice.
51. Frank Wilczek, Nobel Laureate in Physics, MIT
52. VS Ramachandran, World-Renowned Neuroscientist, UC San Diego
53. Bruce C. Murray, Caltech Professor Emeritus of Planetary Science
54. Sir Raymond Firth, World-Renowned Anthropologist, LSE
55. Alva Noë, Berkeley Professor of Philosophy
56. Alan Dundes, World Expert in Folklore, Berkeley
57. Massimo Pigliucci, Professor of Philosophy, CUNY
58. Bede Rundle, Oxford Professor of Philosophy
59. Sir Richard Friend, Cambridge Professor of Physics
60. George Lakoff, Berkeley Professor of Linguistics
61. Sir John Sulston, Nobel Laureate in Physiology/Medicine
62. Shelley Kagan, Yale Professor of Philosophy
63. Roy J. Glauber, Nobel Laureate in Physics
64. Lewis Wolpert, Emeritus Professor of Biology, UCL
65. Mahzarin Banaji, Harvard Professor of Social Ethics
66. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Professor of Practical Ethics, Duke University
67. Richard Dawkins, Oxford Evolutionary Biologist
68. Bruce Hood, Professor of Experimental Psychology, Bristol
69. Marvin Minsky, Artificial Intelligence Research Pioneer, MIT
70. Herman Philipse, Professor of Philosophy, Utrecht University
71. Michio Kaku, CUNY Professor of Theoretical Physics
72. Dame Caroline Humphrey, Cambridge Professor of Anthropology
73. Max Tegmark, World-Renowned Cosmologist, MIT
74. David Parkin, Oxford Professor of Anthropology
75. Robert Price, Professor of Theology and Biblical Criticism
76. Jonathan Haidt, Professor of Psychology, Virginia
77. Max Perutz, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
78. Rodolfo Llinas, Professor of Neuroscience, New York
79. Dan McKenzie, World-Renowned Geophysicist, Cambridge
80. Patricia Churchland, Professor of Philosophy, UC San Diego
81. Sean Carroll, Caltech Theoretical Cosmologist
82. Alexander Vilenkin, World-Renowned Theoretical Physicist
83. PZ Myers, Professor of Biology, Minnesota
84. Haroon Ahmed, Prominent Cambridge Scientist (Microelectronics)
85. David Sloan Wilson, Professor of Biology and Anthropology, SUNY
86. Bart Ehrman, Professor of Religious Studies, UNC
87. Seth Lloyd, Pioneer of Quantum Computing, MIT
88. Dan Brown, Fellow in Organic Chemistry, Cambridge
89. Victor Stenger, Emeritus Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Hawaii
90. Simon Schaffer, Cambridge Professor of the History of Science
91. Saul Perlmutter World-Renowned Astrophysicist, Berkeley
92. Lee Silver, Princeton Professor of Molecular Biology
93. Barry Supple, Emeritus Professor of Economic History, Cambridge
94. Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Professor of Law
95. John Raymond Smythies, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatric Research
96. Chris Hann, Max Planck Institute For Social Anthropology
97. David Gross, Nobel Laureate in Physics
98. Ronald de Sousa, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Toronto
99. Robert Hinde, Emeritus Professor of Zoology, Cambridge
100. Carolyn Porco, NASA Planetary ScientistFEATURED MUSIC:
J.S. Bach – St. Matthew Passion: Kommt, ihr Tochter, helft mir klagen 00:00
John Cale – The Ritual (American Psycho OST) 05:57
Ludovico Einaudi – Passaggio 09:06
Ludovico Einaudi – Andare 12:46, 21:42, 29:55
Philip Glass – The Poet Acts 18:13
Max Richter – Embers 25:19
Ludovico Einaudi – Dietro Casa 38:01
Gimme All Your Lovin’
(Youtube Direktlove, via Nils)
Aus einem YT-Comment: „I came for the music. I stayed for the dead hookers.“ So so good, oder nochmal ein YT-Kommentar: „So much talent. So much.“
T is for Toilet
(Youtube Direkt, danke Lee!)
Lee Hardcastle hat mir grade seinen neuen Knet-Animationsfilm geschickt, den er für den Kurzfilmcontest „The ABCs of Death“ produziert hat, vote for it here. „The ABCs of Death“ wird am Ende zu einer Horrorfilm-Anthologie zusammengeschnitten, darüber hatte ich schonmal bei den Filmfreunden vor ein paar Wochen gebloggt:
The ABCs of Death wird eine Horror-Anthologie bestehend aus 26 Kapiteln, für jeden Buchstaben des Alphabets eines. Bislang haben unter anderem die Regisseure Jason Eisener (Hobo With a Shotgun), Nacho Vigalondo (TimeCrimes), Ti West (The House of the Devil), Srdjan Spasojevic (A Serbian Film), Angela Bettis (Roman) und Ben Wheatley (The Kill List) zugesagt, außerdem sind Banjong Pisanthanakun, Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, Bruno Forzani und Helene Cattet, Gadi Harel, Thomas Malling, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Simon Rumley, Tak Sakaguchi und Yuji Shimomura, Marcel Sarmiento, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Jake West und Adam Wingard an Bord. Ich kenne die wenigsten davon, habe jetzt aber auch ihre Filme nicht gegoogelt.
Lost The Smiths-Promo-Video
(Youtube Direktschmidts, via Marc)
Rhino UK haben dieses 17minütige olle Smiths-Promovideo online gestellt: „Continuing our search of The Smiths video archives we’ve uncovered this previously “lost” ‘for press’ video documentary about The Smiths! We believe this was commissioned by the label in 1992 to support the ‘Best’ album…“
Minecraft-Creator challenges Elder Scrolls’ Copyright-Trolls for Quake 3-Deathmatch
This is awesome. Vor zwei Wochen bekam Markus „Notch“ Persson, Erfinder von Minecraft, einen Brief der Anwälte von Bethesda, Entwickler der Elder Scrolls-Games, weil Notch an einem neuen Game namens „Scrolls“ arbeitete und den Namen als Marke anmelden wollte. Mehr Infos dazu auf dem Blog von Persson und bei Joystiq. Jetzt will Notch Bethesda zu einem Trademark-Deathmatch in Quake 3 herausfordern und wenn die gute Berater haben, sagen sie zu. Eine bessere Werbung für ihr bald erscheinendes Game werden sie nie kriegen.
Remember that scene in Game of Thrones where Tyrion chose a trial by battle in the Eyrie? Well, let’s do that instead!
I challenge Bethesda to a game of Quake 3. Three of our best warriors against three of your best warriors. We select one level, you select the other, we randomize the order. 20 minute matches, highest total frag count per team across both levels wins.If we win, you drop the lawsuit.
If you win, we will change the name of Scrolls to something you’re fine with.
Hey, Bethesda! Let’s settle this! (via MeFi, Bild: Tower of Quake, Minecraft)
