The ‘collapse’ of the title is the imminent collapse of the modern industrialized civilization as a result of ignorance about the implications of peak oil. The film is an hour plus of watching a man smoking in a dark room, supported by graphs and stock footage. The difference that makes Collapse a standout in the [...]
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Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa
A friend pointed me to this documentary today, and so far I’ve watched it twice. It’s about a New Mexico community of war veterans, runaway kids, hippies and other outcasts living totally cut off from society. I expected it to be much, much darker than it actually is; These are some truly interesting characters with [...]
Gear review: Korg DS-10
We’d been waiting impatiently for the DS-10, an official Korg condoned MS-20 emulator for the Nintendo DS, for quite a while, so finally getting the box in the mail and unpacking it was somewhat of a religious experience. Now that the gadget honeymoon has been going on for a while, i feel i’ve got enough [...]
The Akai MPD24 and its crutches
Quick preface: I know i always sound like i hate everything. I don’t! I love some things! I recently had to get a quick replacement for my faulty M-audio Trigger finger MIDI control surface, and the cheapest/nearest alternative was the Akai MPD24. I haven’t used it so much yet, but first impressions are generally good. [...]
Movie review: Aliens vs Predator Requiem
Wow, just wow. Go to the movies and watch this oedipal train wreck of a film, hollywood’s latest and probably not last attempt at fucking its own heritage in the ass. I suppose we should be given to have some level of understanding that a film called Aliens versus Predator is inherently ridiculous from the [...]
