I never thought something so beautiful could come out of anything involving Simon Cowell. Here's a longer version without the annoying speech bubbles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
Her tears at the end of that video just break me. I have trained with so many actors and singers that will never have a shot at true success because other people will judge them before they open there mouths. Just think, if the beauty standards we apply today were applied in the past we would not have had Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, etc.
Just too amazing. EDIT: Ack, it won't let me embed. Here is thelink.
I'm struggling to like this video, even looking at it from different points of view:
1. She's a good singer. Pity the audience doesn't shut the fuck up so we can really hear her.
2. She's a good singer. And yet nothing special compared to many, many other singers I've heard before.
3. She's a good singer. But I never listen to that kind of music by choice, so probably won't listen to her again.
4. She's a good singer. But she's old/ugly. I want to look at young/pretty people on stage.
5. She's a good singer. But she's old/ugly. "I bet you weren't expecting that!" Actually, I know talent exists independently of looks. Don't try to manipulate me by your presumptions of my prejudices.
6. She's a good singer... and she's old/ugly! Great, so now we have inverse body fascism where we reward this one woman with attention and money over other, more talented singers, exactly because she defied the stereotype.
7. She's a good singer. But she decided to go on Britain's Got Talent. Fuck me, I hate that show! I'll now associate her with Simon Cowell and hate her music if I ever hear it again.
8. She's a good singer. But the entire theater is full of people who disagree with me on one, some, most or all of the above points. Fuck them too.
Towards the end of the latest episode of Co-Op they talk about/show new stuff from the game Love. It looks really good, and sounds it too even more now. The fact that he is doing it completely on his own, and made his own software tools to do it is really impressive. This link will play just that part of the show.
Towards the end of the latest episode of Co-Op they talk about/show new stuff from the game Love. It looks really good, and sounds it too even more now. The fact that he is doing it completely on his own, and made his own software tools to do it is really impressive. This link will play just that part of the show.
I literally jizzed my pants. I want this game so bad.
Ew, Andrew. Literally? The procedural environment creation system he's doing is fantastic, and the fact that he's a solo developer is astonishing, but going [censored] is a little much...
The most recent Intelligence Squared podcast. If anyone is unfamiliar with the program, it is an Oxford-style debate and is consistently outstanding. The motion for this particular episode: Blame Washington more than Wall Street for the financial crisis.
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EDIT: Ack, it won't let me embed.
Here is the link.
Here's a longer version without the annoying speech bubbles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
1. She's a good singer. Pity the audience doesn't shut the fuck up so we can really hear her.
2. She's a good singer. And yet nothing special compared to many, many other singers I've heard before.
3. She's a good singer. But I never listen to that kind of music by choice, so probably won't listen to her again.
4. She's a good singer. But she's old/ugly. I want to look at young/pretty people on stage.
5. She's a good singer. But she's old/ugly. "I bet you weren't expecting that!" Actually, I know talent exists independently of looks. Don't try to manipulate me by your presumptions of my prejudices.
6. She's a good singer... and she's old/ugly! Great, so now we have inverse body fascism where we reward this one woman with attention and money over other, more talented singers, exactly because she defied the stereotype.
7. She's a good singer. But she decided to go on Britain's Got Talent. Fuck me, I hate that show! I'll now associate her with Simon Cowell and hate her music if I ever hear it again.
8. She's a good singer. But the entire theater is full of people who disagree with me on one, some, most or all of the above points. Fuck them too.
Conclusion: it was all right.
This link will play just that part of the show.
And the making of gallery looks cool too.
To go beyond the music is to be enlighten.