A Slice Of Life

I know there are lots of similar projects like this all over the net, but this is the most epic effort I have come across...
U.S. artist Karl Baden began taking photographs of himself in 1987...one a day, every day...and every day since !!...thats 1987 to now...he is still doing it each day right now.
...the same setup was used for all the photographs taken: a single camera, with a tripod, strobe lighting and a white backdrop...they were almost always the same, his face on the center, under the same lighting conditions, with minimal expression and distinct indicators of mood and/or personality.
He did miss one day though...on October 15, 1991 when he was running late for a class he was teaching....apart from that, it's been one photograph of himself every single day...
Every now and then he compiles them together and exhibits them like this, this being the most recent...a two minute, twenty-three year document of his ageing face..

The Great James Finlayson...

One of the unsung heroes of cinema history, having been cast into the shadow of Laurel and Hardy, in whose films he is best remembered for...
...a bit of trivia...Finlayson had an often-used catchphrase - "D'oh"....which was later used by the creators of The Simpons as Homer's famous catchphrase...

Here is a great little tribute to him I found on YouTube...

Elvis Presley and Jacqueline Feilich - I've lost you

Who is Jacqueline Feilich ?...Well, she is generally regarded as the best female Elvis impersonator there has been...and she really is quite good...she doesn't try and sound like Elvis {well, not too much anyway}, instead using her own style, and it works well...


more on her *here*

Woman tied up by robber sends out an SOS with her toes using a laptop..

39 year old Amy Windom, from Atlanta, USA was tied to her bed and hit over the head with a gun by an armed bugler who went through her belongings and then stole her car. She spent about four hours in panic, and then {in her own words}...

"Around 4:15 or so, I realized that he had left my laptop at the foot of my bed. I flipped my legs over my head and turned off my alarm clock so my radio wouldn't be blaring and block me from hearing anybody walking by that might be able to help me, and I was like, ‘wow, I guess I can do more than I thought with my feet,'" so I dragged my laptop over with my feet and I pried it open."
After struggling to simultaneously push the control, alt and delete keys to unlock her computer, "the wifi popped right up and it was a wonderful moment when I had the screen and realized my internet connection was live," she said. "I was worried that the guy had cut my phone line, so I was worried that I wouldn't have an internet connection."

Windom managed to send a message to her boyfriend to call the police who then arrived a few minutes later...


...but...police are investigating the break-in further to make sure the account is not a fabrication.....decide for yourself...

Danny Trejo...A Busy Man...

Look how busy the actor Danny Trejo is...


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001803/


..he's completed 11 films since 'Machete' {due out soon and looking most good from the trailers} and 'Predators'...and is at the moment working on 4 more !!...and he is 66 years old !!

..while i'm speaking about him...here is a short film he made with Nik James, who I follow on YouTube....he's a fan of Nick's stuff and did this to help him get noticed...

..they describe it as.."a film noir made about a transient caught between reality and schizophrenia"..

DELIVER ME TO HELL - An interactive zombie adventure

A short zombie film that lets you decide how it plays out...this short film is split into sections, each one a youtube video, at the end of each one you are given a choice as to which direction the film goes...
If you like 'Shaun Of The Dead' you may find this a little similar...

Kila in Ballyshannon

I went to see 'Kila' play in Ballyshannon, Co Donegal yesterday....what a superb place Ballyshannon is for outdoor gigs, I dont think I have been to another town so suited for that...
Kila are maybe best described as a fusion of Irish Tradional music and Rock music, and the result is a real thrill to hear live.
This is some shaky footage i got from one of my favourite tracks of theirs 'The Skinhead Reels'...it gets into gear about 2 mins in and really takes off at full pace around 3 mins in....(again, this isn't great camerawork)...

Jack and Betty

Jack is 81 years old, he has never forgotten his childhood sweetheart Betty who he hasn't seen in 62 years...he had found her through the internet and....well...