links for 2009-01-23

Jesus (to the latter).

I didn't even know I wanted to send emails with bomb and dripping syringe icons until right this second.

"Out of 26 nominated films, an incredible 23 films are already available in DVD quality on nomination day, ripped either from the screeners or the retail DVDs. This is the highest percentage since I started tracking."

"For years we have been dissatisfied with the large expensive art history textbook… So, it finally occurred to us, why not use the personal voice that we use when we teach online, along with the multimedia we had already created for our blog and for our courses, to create a more engaging "web-book" that could be used in conjunction with art history survey courses. "

"REBIRTH OF A NATION is Spooky’s multimedia remix of D.W. Griffith’s 1915 epic BIRTH OF A NATION, which is widely regarded today as a monumental breakthrough in both style and form of motion picture storytelling, but also as a brutally racist document of intolerance in early 20th century America. It is a brilliant application of DJ-technique to the motion picture- part multimedia art installation, part film, part concert- an incredible project, and we are honored to have the artist himself live in the theater to discuss the process." Whoa, am going!

Watch it over here instead.

Holy shit, it's Armando Iannucci on Jon Stewart's old show! (not to mention Craig Kilborn, in some sort of would-be Day Today/Daily Show matter/anti-matter supernova)

One of the best I've seen in the past several weeks. Who doesn't love winter (apart from this new cedar fever thing)!

More lomo-tasticness from the makers of Toy Camera.

I wish I could post something new from Animal Collective every single day. (UPDATE: This video, on Domino Records' own YouTube channel "is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Domino Records." — wicked work, Domino!)