that 70s show

"There are really two versions of the “pre-Code cinema” myth. They tell the same story but interpret it very differently. One held sway for about as long as the Production Code itself did, from the mid-1930s until the late 1960s. Like the Code itself, this “official” history served the industry's interests. According to this version, Hollywood was established by immigrants untutored in the finer manners of corporate capitalism, who occasionally had to be reminded to their civic responsibilities. One such reminder occurred after a series of scandals among leading Hollywood personnel, and led to the establishment of the MPPDA in 1922, with Hays as its first president. During the 1920s, Hays worked with civic and religious groups to improve their opinion of the movies, a policy that culminated in the writing of the Production Code in 1930. But as every Hollywood melodrama requires, a misfortune – the Depression – intervened. Needing to maintain income in the face of declining audiences, producers returned to their old sinful ways, exploiting their audiences' baser instincts with a flood of sexually suggestive and violent films. Without adequate powers to enforce the Code, the MPPDA was unable to prevent this, and the crisis was only averted by the Catholic Church, which established the Legion of Decency in April 1934 and threatened to boycott Hollywood. Almost immediately, the producers surrendered, agreeing to a strict enforcement of the Code under the administration of prominent Catholic layman Joseph Breen."

candle night

[nice feature with the html already in the post field on regenerate. was that dave?]

..or How to put a laptop inside a regular frame and hang it on the wall!!

homebrew ac

Okay, so those commencement speeches weren't very interesting, but this is a good story. Honest. To Cuba (almost) by Outrigger Sailing Canoe.

"Cradle to Cradle desisn rejects the assumption that human industry inevitably destroys the natural world. instead, C2C design emraces abundance, human ingenuity and positive aspirations."

Cradle to Cradle new housing competition.

whats in a......brand-naming quiz?

Two commencement addresses if you're bored:

Senator Barack Obama at Knox College and Steve Jobs at Stanford.

caught a few minutes (which is all anyone should ever watch)of this the other day. for me, its all about the tube socks. for you, maybe its linda blair in hot pants. or not.

Google maps has international satellite imagery. The detail of this image of Buckingham Palace is stunning.

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coo coo ca-choo

Downing St. memo daily media targets

"it's J.R.R. Tolkien reading and Singing his Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers/The Return of the King it's a magnificent piece of audio and was recorded before the books publication.On this Lp Prof. Tolkien reads from his notes for the books as well as sings and chants verses of prose in elfish!, read the books in High School but I'm not a big LOTR fan boy by any stretch yet this recording always amazes me. "

cupcakes!

does dr wilson know all of the secrets of prospect park ?

purdy funny - dear lindsay

aclu p1zza

cant find the serge gainsbourg thread

In two current exhibitions of paintings, short videos, and seven-inch sound-effects records from the mid-‘70s to the mid-‘80s, the work of Jack Goldstein (1945–2003) is just as conceptually acute as it is easy on the eyes. At Metro Pictures, Goldstein's gorgeous yet dissonant paintings seem to be based on photographs capturing nature at its most awe-inspiring (lightning flashes, volcanic eruptions). But does nature really exist in such luscious Technicolor? Uptown at Mitchell-Innes & Nash are several more paintings, nine handsome 7-inch discs, and an exceptional loop of his beautiful, spare videos. Obvious precursors to the work of contemporary artists like T.J. Wilcox, Goldstein's videos reveal the artist steeped in the same concerns that would later inform his paintings. White Dove, 1975, shows the futile attempt of a pair of hands to clasp a perched dove, which flutters away before it can be captured. The hypnotizing The Jump, 1978, presents rotoscoped stock footage of divers. The glitzy effect transforms the athletes into pixilated jewels, their lithe bodies spinning and twisting from highboards before disappearing with a splash into a black void. Goldstein's exceptional body of work elucidates a state in which beauty is experienced second-hand, inside the pages of magazines and television screens, and locates something more complicated than spiritual bankruptcy therein.

—Nick Stillman artforum

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first jessica alba, now this?

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during a promo on tcm, someone related the story of steve mcqueen spending hours getting in and out of cars in order to figure out what would look "the coolest." gotta appreciate that kind of commitment to craft.

junior bonner / this is always on my film recommend list