Amazing Paper Cutout Art by Mikito Ozeki

Visual FX from Boardwalk Empire

Boardwalk Empire VFX Breakdowns of Season 2 from Brainstorm Digital on Vimeo.

This video breaks down the flawless visual effects used in Boardwalk Empire season 2, the best season of any TV show in my opinion.  Seamlessly they transform location shots into a bygone era of America 90 years earlier at the birth of modern organized crime.

Fucked Up: Chinese Zodiac Singles

In anticipation of the Febraury 15th release of the newest in their yearly single collection that coincide with the Chinese Calendar (which has fallen a year behind), Canadian hardcore/metal giants Fucked Up are streaming all of their previous longplaying singles. They are all worth a listen and a few are my favorite Fucked up tracks.

Bringing Back the Gold Standard

If Ron Paul is able to receive the Republican nomination, one of the most appealing part of his campaign is to bring back the Gold Standard and in turn being stability to the US economy as well as the world economy while eliminating the world debt problem in one fell swoop.  In this clip he explains why a Gold Standard is needed and never should have been abandoned.

East Bound & Down Season 3 Trailer

Oh man I can't wait for the return of Kenny Powers.  I thought the second season wasn't as good as the first but now that he is back in America it looks as though this season will be a return to form with the over the top Kenny Powers being grounded by realistic supporting characters.  This is the conclusion of the series so will Kenny Power finish on top or end up riding his ego back into the ditch?

Cloud Nothings

 

Attack on Memory is the third album by the Cleveland band Cloud Nothings but the first album that can melt the paint off the walls.  This album is early 1990s grunge through and through.  The singer sounds like the guy from the Buzzcock on some song and like Phil from Sunny Day Real Estate on others.  The guitar is loose and sloppy but vicious like Nirvana.  Wasted Days is and will be one of the best songs of the year.

Cloud Nothings - "No Future / No Past" Official Video from Urban Outfitters on Vimeo.

The Truth about ACTA

Last week the internet was all about PIPA and SOPA and now that those have temporarily been put on the shelf due to public outcry (and many government and media websites being taken down by hacktivists).  Now there is ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which establishes international standards on intellectual property.  This was drafted mainly by US multinational corporations and the RIAA and MPAA (which were the sole beneficiars and supporters of PIPA and SOPA (there were a large number of multination corporations that stood against these two bills)).  ACTA establishes an international legal framework and would create a governing body outside established international institutions.  Canada was one of the first countries to join over 6 years ago and has been fully supportive of all the bills that see big businesses wants covered at the expense of their citizens and their privacy.

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