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Welcome to the Machine: Incredible animated Pink Floyd film from 1977
11.30.2011
03:25 pm
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This amazing animation was originally projected behind Pink Floyd when they promoted the Animals album on their “In the Flesh” tour in 1977. It was directed by Gerald Scarfe who also worked on the album cover, tour, film and theatrical adaptation of The Wall .

Eventually the record label turned it into a music video and it can been seen from time to time on Vh1 Classics. Can you imagine what this was like to see screened back then and with this number being played live and loud by Pink Floyd?

It’s still mind-blowing. I’ve always loved this song, but this film gave me a new appreciation for it. The film is included in the new Wish You Were Here Immersion box set in a 5.1 surround mix.
 

 

Posted by Richard Metzger
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11.30.2011
03:25 pm
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Death to Pennies: Why pennies should be abolished
11.30.2011
02:47 pm
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C.G.P. Grey argues “why Pennies are economically inefficient and should be abolished.”

I totally agree. However, without pennies, the world wouldn’t have a giant penis made from 100,000 pennies proudly erected at the Heritage Erotic Museum.
 

 
(via Laughing Squid )

 

Posted by Tara McGinley
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11.30.2011
02:47 pm
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Excellent Animated Comic Book Covers
11.29.2011
07:15 pm
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Awesome animated comic book GIFs by Kerry Callen. I’m digging on The Amazing Spider-Man #33!

 
More after the jump…

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Posted by Tara McGinley
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11.29.2011
07:15 pm
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Occupy Gotham City: Batman vs the 99%
11.15.2011
03:05 pm
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A rightwing asshole version of the caped crusader (did Frank Miller script this???) confronts the 99% with GOP talking points and general bullshit.
 

 
Animation from the folks at Dorkly/Via the Comics Alliance

 

Posted by Richard Metzger
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11.15.2011
03:05 pm
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Cosmic Clock: The passing of time visualized
11.09.2011
03:28 pm
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In this clip from the “Earth is Change” episode of the great PBS kids science series, 3-2-1 Contact, at just before the five minute mark, you can see Al Jarnow’s profound—and somewhat haunting—“Cosmic Clock” animation.

Jarnow also did animations for Sesame Street and The Electric Company. A DVD of Jarnow’s complete short films made for PBS and The Children’s Television Workshop, as well as his experimental animation work, is available through the Numero Group.
 

 
(via Kottke)

Posted by Richard Metzger
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11.09.2011
03:28 pm
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The Lifecycle of a Mushroom: Inspired by 1920s animation
11.03.2011
05:05 pm
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Brought to you by Spectacular Science, “a collaborative project between the University for the Creative Arts and the University of Kent, which aims to provide a wide audience with access to scientific knowledge and support the education of students in science subjects.”

Trippy Disney-style animation by Thomas Beg.
 

 
(via Mister Honk)

Posted by Tara McGinley
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11.03.2011
05:05 pm
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For those who don’t like Halloween
10.31.2011
03:32 pm
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The Scottish comedian, Limmy’s take on Halloween. I am sure there are few out there who can identify with this.

More Limmy can be found here.
 

 
With thanks to Joseph McKay
 

Posted by Paul Gallagher
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10.31.2011
03:32 pm
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In the style of Aubrey Beardsley: Alphabetic (The A to Z of Birth)
10.25.2011
04:08 pm
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Alphabetic (The A to Z of Birth), a fine animation, written and narrated by Jackie Wills, and illustrated in the style of Aubrley Beardsley by Mark Collington, James Merry, and Ali Taylor. Directed by Mark Collington for Project Poetry.
 

 
With thanks to Cherry McIntosh
 

Posted by Paul Gallagher
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10.25.2011
04:08 pm
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Nuclear Bomb slow-motion simulation
10.20.2011
11:54 am
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(via Publique.de)

Posted by Tara McGinley
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10.20.2011
11:54 am
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‘Basketball Jones’: 1974 Cheech and Chong cartoon
10.12.2011
12:48 pm
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“Basketball Jones” was a song/routine/character from Cheech and Chong’s 1973 Los Cochinos (“The Pigs”) record. The original album cover had a secret compartment where you could see how they smuggled pot, sandwiched in their car door. I bought this LP at a garage sale when I was about ten and just starting to get into comedy albums. I only half understood the idea of “drugs” at the time, I’m pretty sure, so I can’t imagine a Cheech and Chong album made much sense to me at that age. But I loved the routine “Basketball Jones” by Tyrone Shoelaces & Rap Brown Jr. H.S.” and would go around singing the musical part of it like ten-year-olds do.

The song is about teenager Tyrone (as in “tie your own”) Shoelaces and his love of basketball sung in a falsetto voice by Cheech Marin. It’s catchy as hell, but small wonder, dig the backing band: George Harrison, Klaus Voorman, Carole King, Nicky Hopkins, Tom Scott, Billy Preston, Darlene Love, Ronnie Spector and Michelle Phillips. The animation is by Paul Gruwell and was made in 1974.

This cartoon has also made some impressive Hollywood cameos over the years, in Robert Altman’s California Split, Hal Ashby’s Being There and in the 70s underground comedy Tunnel Vision. It was also parodied in a 2011 episode of The Simpsons (”A Midsummer’s Nice Dream”).
 

Posted by Richard Metzger
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10.12.2011
12:48 pm
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