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Last nite we saw Star Wars in Concert. A live orchestra playing select pieces from the Star Wars movies.

Anthony Daniels was live and narrated the event. He brought charm and wit to separate the individual pieces.
During each piece, huge screens played select scenes from the movies and gave more emotion to the pieces played and brought the music to life.

Nothing could match the adrenaline rush when the orchestra started up.
Blasting drums with the trumpet fanfare. Then the immortal words flashed up on the screen "A long time ago in a galaxy far away..."... a brief pause as the stadium faded to black... the audience held its breath.. and the opening blast of the Star Wars theme filled the chamber with power and emotion. I think everyone in there wanted to cheer and hoot but we were struck silent by the music we all love.

The entire event was absolute mesmerizing blend of music and visuals. We were entranced for the entire show and wished it could have gone on longer.

What a great way to spend an afternoon... blowing anvils into the sky!



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Captain Hammer from Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog has his own comic line and it's great. Read and enjoy!

I wanted to tinker a bit with Microsoft's new Bing so I decided to egosurf and lo-and-behold but one of the various links is a link to a Wikipedia Page (and I didn't create it even).

Cool! I've made it to Wikipedia :-)

Here's a great video by "Playing for Change".

Starting with a musician in Santa Monica, the artist took the base recording all around the world and recorded musicians adding their rifts to the song. The end result is a wonderful and eclectic and very touching combination of talents and worth the watch.


Playing For Change | Song Around The World "Stand By Me" from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.

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http://www.giantgayrepellentumbrella.com/

Funny response to those "gathering storm" idiots (I won't link to them because I don't want to give them any more credibility they don't deserve).

They can exterminate me anytime....

Big funny. Seems these guys in Pennsylvania knew Google street view was coming in for a look and they decided to give them a show.

Start the show here and just follow the car down the road and watch the fun.




After watching it, check out this link of a creepy kid in the window...


UPDATE:

On May 3rd 2008, artists Robin Hewlett and Ben Kinsley invited the Google Inc. Street View team and residents of Pittsburgh’s Northside to collaborate on a series of tableaux along Sampsonia Way. Neighbors, and other participants from around the city, staged scenes ranging from a parade and a marathon, to a garage band practice, a seventeenth century sword fight, a heroic rescue and much more...

Street View technicians captured 360-degree photographs of the street with the scenes in action and integrated the images into the Street View mapping platform. This first-ever artistic intervention in Google Street View made its debut on the web in November of 2008.

An incredible cast of real-life characters contributed their time, energy and talents to creating pseudo-street life on Sampsonia Way. Please check out the scene breakdown, the participant page and the video documentation to learn more about the artists, groups and participants that made Street With A View possible.

From http://www.streetwithaview.com/

Cool amateur sci-fi video. Borrows sound and some elements from games and puts them together in a real cool short with damn nice effects.

I've been a long-time collector of Galactic Heroes minis. They're just so gosh-darn cute I can't resist looking for new ones whenever I'm in a toy isle.

So now there's news that there will be a line for Doctor Who. This is _not_ going to be good on my wallet!

I don't watch much TV, but I think I'd start turning on the tube if we had more shows like this!

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This guy took time lapse tilt-shift images and created amazing movies that look like animated miniatures. Enjoy.

A beautiful sculpture honoring H.G. Wells in his home town.



If I ever make it over the pond, I'm going to have to go visit.

Way cool do it yourself project!

Gonna sit down with Wublette this weekend and decorate her room! :-)

http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Vinyl-Wall-Art/

In 1945 the Nazis fled to the moon. In 2018 they are coming back.

A new movie from the people who brought us Star Wreck.

You've got to watch the new Trailer. This could be interesting...