Quad

So I was at this exhibition the other night where the above Samuel Beckett video was playing and I couldn't help but cheapen the experiance and be reminded of this 80's childhood classic.

Bacon

I don't care if you've already seen this, watch it again. It's my favourite thing on the internet.

As Ed Knock said 'Where's he gonna go?'

Ullmatic

"In 1992 Tracey Ullman filed a lawsuit against Twentieth Century Fox in Los Angeles Superior Court over profits from the later half hour incarnation of The Simpsons for $2.5 million of the estimated $50,000,000 USD in profits reaped from merchandising. Several years after her show went off the air, she said jokingly in a late night television interview that she hoped to one day have a regular two-minute spot on The Simpsons."

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What the fuck!? Joe Jackson... man, not cool.

The ever incredible Sexy-people.com have just done a feature on the evolution of a young Dustin Diamond from '78-88. Hopefully they won't continue to his lauded brief stint into amateur cinematics. Comes in parts 1 + 2... much like Dustin.

SUPERfluous

Curtis Deforest has sent the ordinary bicycle into hyperdrive

Asparagus officinalis

Ever since catching Suzan Pitt's animated short Asparagus as part of an ICO Essentials programme, Dreams, a couple of years back, I've not been able to think about the vegetable in the same way. It is, by turns, dazzling, bewildering and disturbing. Richard Teitelbaum's kosmische soundtrack is terrific (with special thanks in the credits to New Age goddess Suzanne Ciani).

You got your peanut butter in my chocolate!

Further adventures in modern advertising - this commercial for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups features music from proto-Hauntologists Plone.

Plantasia

1973 Animation Fantastic Planet soundtracked by Alain Goraguer. Major source of inspiration for Air apparently. Kinda like One Million Years BC mixed with some chrome and that dirty feeling you get when reading Robert Crumb. Disgusting Stuff

Parts 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 - All on Youtube.

The Pain Never Leaves

"That was one of the loves of my life. I think she loved me as much as I loved her, you know? We dated a lot. We, we went out a lot. Her pictures were all over my wall, my mirror, everything. And I went to the Academy Awards with Diana Ross and this girl walks up to me and says "Hi, I'm Brooke Shields." Then she goes "Are you going to the after-party?" I go, "Yeah." "Good, I'll see you at the party." I'm going "Oh my God, does she know she's all over my room?" So we go the after-party. She comes up to me she goes, "Will you dance with me?" I went, "Yes. I will dance with you." Man, we exchanged numbers and I was up all night, singing, spinning around my room, just so happy. It was great."

Michael Jackson on Brooke Shields, 2001

See how I fall, like the snow

As yuletide comes to its end, it's clear that nothing on TV this year was ever going to be as brilliantly bonkers as Kate Bush's BBC Christmas Special of 1979 (with added Big Pete Gabriel for good measure). Unsurprising really, as it's hard to imagine any of the Brit-female-BBC-Sound-of-2009-core talent vacuums being interesting enough to warrant one. Lady Gaga, however.......