 Chaos often breeds life, where order breeds habit.  (Henry Adams)
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Cauliflower: Photos Of One Of Nature’s Fractal MiraclesSaturday, 28. January 2012 |
An interesting take on the beauty of this vegetable comes from famous American humorist, lecturer and writer Mark Twain:
Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
(Mark Twain)
Photos: Freedigitalphotos.net
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The Beatles Rock Band’s Stunning Psychedelic Animation VideoFriday, 20. January 2012 |
Brilliant psychedelic animation: The Beatles Rock Band's music video.
'The Beatles: Rock Band' is a music video game being developed by Harmonix Music Systems. The intro animation to the game is a thrilling ride into psychedelic magnificence. Excitingly creative, technically spotless, simply brilliant. Within two and a half minutes, the animation provides a brief representative history of the band's rise to fame, interspersed with numerous references to other songs from The Beatles, followed by more metaphorical scenes reflecting their studio albums. Make sure you watch it at least till minute 1:20 – that's the point where the absolutely amazing psychedelic action starts.
By using controllers shaped like musical instruments, the game will allow players to simulate the playing of rock music. It will consist of 45 songs by The Beatles spanning the band's career, along with virtual depictions of the band members performing the songs. Shortly after the game's release, future downloadable content for the game will be available, such as the entirety of the Abbey Road album.
Former Beatles members Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr gave critical input and their blessing to the game. George Harrison's son Dhani championed the game's creation and helped to bridge discussion between Harmonix and Apple Corps. The Beatles: Rock Band will feature virtual representations of the popular quartet and their ten-year career as a band. The game will be published by MTV Games and distributed by Electronic Arts.
Coinciding with the release of new, remastered CD versions of The Beatles albums, the game will be released internationally on 9th September 2009.
Produced by: Harmonix Music Systems and Passion Pictures
Director: Pete Candeland
Animator: Robert Valley
Background graphics: Alberto Mielgo
A high quality version of The Beatles Rock Band animation intro video can be seen at:
Thebeatlesrockband.com
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Future of Fractal Art : Andrew Ostin’s Computer ArtworksTuesday, 8. November 2011 |
Digital artist Andrew Ostin shows us a glimpse into the future of fractal art.
Cyberpunk
The future has imploded into the present. With no nuclear war, the new battlefields are people’s minds and souls. Megacorporations are the new government. The computer generated info-domains are the new frontiers. Though there is better living through science and chemistry, we are all becoming cyborgs.
The computer is the new “cool tool,” and though we say “all information should be free,” it is not. Information is power and currency in the virtual world we inhabit, so mistrust authority. Cyberpunks are the true rebels. Cyberculture is coming in under the radar of ordinary society. An unholy alliance of the tech world, and the world of organized dissent. Welcome to the cybercorporation. Cyberpunks…..
"Billy Idol 1993"
Thing On A Spring
Giger’s Twist
(Inspired by the Swiss horror artist H.R.Giger. Yes that’s the guy who designed the "Alien"-monster.)
Spiral-Itus II
Dreamscape Sunset
Guardian Angel
A fractal is a self-similar geometric shape that can be subdivided into parts, each of which is a reduced-size copy of the whole. The term ‘fractal’ was coined by Benoît Mandelbrot in 1975 and was derived from the Latin ‘fractus’ meaning or ‘fractured’ or ‘broken’.
Andrew Ostin’s fractal and psychedelic art (on Deviantart.com)
(c) by Andrew Ostin. Publication needs agreement of the artist.
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Epic Warplanes Dogfight Short Movie: The German (By Nick Ryan)Monday, 31. October 2011 |
| What a great warplanes dogfight short movie!
"During the greatest conflict man has ever known, an epic duel unfolds between two ace pilots, each willing to take the match to it’s ultimate conclusion." Simply an awesome camera work, powerful screenplay and explosive special effects! Direction and concept: Nick Ryan |
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AC/DC – The Antichrist Feels Safe In New York City On September 11th (And AC/DShe)Sunday, 11. September 2011 |
Famous hardrock group AC/DC released their song ‘Safe in New York City’ in the year 2000… All over the city and down to the dives The song is about a man’s journey through New York (probably at night) and identifying it as a scary place. It’s about the man trying to convince a female companion to accompany him. He mentions the potential risks associated with going through the city, and describes an approach from a local woman wearing "tight assed jeans". ‘Safe in New York City’ is found on AC/DC’s ‘Stiff Upper Lip’ Album. This video shows the whole painful mess! |
Does AC/DC represent the antichrist?
Did you know that AC/DC could be the abbreviation of one (or all) of the following expressions:
And yes, we have a female antichrist as well…:
| There is an all-female AC/DC tribute rock band named AC/DSHe.
The band, hailing from San Francisco, covers only pre-1980 AC/DC songs, thus those written while Bon Scott was the lead singer. The band was created in 1997 by Nici Williams and Amy Ward. AC/DShe has toured throughout Europe and the US and had a performance at the AC/DC tribute festival in Wales in 2004. Significant media coverage began in November of 2001, with a feature in Details Magazine and AC/DShe have had national and international press since. Other gender-specific tribute acts include groups such as Lez Zeppelin and Mandonna. |
Be prepared for a complete change of American urban technology. Grass will grow in Times Square within ten years. The great soil-murdering lethal skyscrapers will come down. Didn’t you know they were stage-sets? Didn’t you know they had to come down?
The transition will come either violently (by war) or gently, aesthetically, through a psychedelic drop-out process.
In any case, there is nothing for you to do in a collective political sense.
Turn-on, tune-in, drop-out.
(Timothy Leary)
| Photo: AC/DSHe Lead guitar Pamela Ausejo – "Agnes Young" More music from AC/DC on their site:
What do we decide to feel about September 11 in retrospect? |
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Anoushka Shankar with Joshua Bell play Sitar and ViolinSunday, 4. September 2011 |
| Famous Indian classical music master Ravi Shankar‘s daughter Anoushka played the sitar live at the Verbier Music Festival.
Anoushka played part of a raga named ‘Mishra Pilu’. (Raga = "colour" or "mood" in Sanskrit language, which refers to melodic modes used in Indian classical music.) Joshua Bell on the violin and Tanmoy Bose at the tablas. She is definitively the jewel in the crown of her father’s already exceptional talent. Enjoy yet another monu-mental and orgiastic performance of ‘The One Goddess’ – this time hidden behind a musical camouflage…! |
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 Anoushka Shankar born on 9th June 1981, is a sitar player and composer from India. She is the daughter of Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player, and Sukanya Shankar. Through her father, she is the half-sister of Grammy Award winner Norah Jones. After her mother reunited with Mr Shankar, from age seven on she lived in Encinitas, California, USA where she gave several charity performances as a teenager and graduated from the local public high school.
Anoushka began playing sitar under her fathers guidance at the age of nine and blossomed into a wonderful musician. She gave a public performance at the age of thirteen; since then she has become a world famous sitar artist. She is becoming increasingly known for not only her recital work but for her own classical Indian compositions. Her album ‘Rise’ was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Contemporary World Music category. This was Anoushka’s second Grammy nomination. She also became the first Indian woman to perform at the Grammy Awards when she performed during the pre-telecast ceremony of the 48th awards. Anoushka, in collaboration with Karsh Kale, has just released her most recent album, ‘Breathing Under Water’, a mix of classical sitar and electronica beats and melodies. India Times, Asmi and The Indian Television Academy chose her as one of four ‘Women of the Year’ in India in 2003. Time Magazine’s Asia edition chose her as one of twenty Asian Heroes in 2004. More of this musical goddess on her site: Anoushkashankar.com |
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Incredible Photo Of A Lightning In A Lake (By Thierry Galeuchet)Friday, 19. August 2011 |
Is this the most sensational photo of a lightning ever?
‘Storm in the lake’
Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity, which occurs during thunderstorms or sometimes during dust storms or volcanic eruptions. In the atmospheric electrical discharge, a leader of a bolt of lightning can travel at speeds of 60,000 m/s, and can reach temperatures approaching 30,000 °C (54,000 °F), hot enough to fuse silica sand into petrified lightning.
More of Thierry Galeuchet’s photography can be enjoyed here:
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