fuck me, ray bradbury (best nsfw sci pop song of 2010)
This sweetly horny tribute to the work of Ray Bradbury, starring Rachel Bloom as the girl who wants to fuck "the greatest scifi writer in history," is sure to put a smile on your face. (via io9)
pioneer one
Pioneer One is the latest project from Josh Bernhard and Bracey Smith whose previous indie feature The Lionshare, became VODO's biggest success to date with over 450,000 downloads since its release. The success of the project inspired the writer/director duo to develop this quality drama in collaboration with VODO and its distribution partners. With a successful distribution of the pilot they're hunting for the donors and sponsors that will make the continuation of the show possible.
The show's pilot was shot for just $6000, raised through the micro-funding platform Kickstarter. "This production was possible due in no small part to the willingness of talented, professional people working for free," explains Bernhard. "From actors to composers, they did this because they believed in the project and wanted to see it happen.The production was a journey in and of itself. Check out the video blogs that were posted to the web that tell the story from script to finished episode": vimeo.com/channels/pioneerone. (pioneer one @ vodo.net, via warrenellis.com)
SYNOPSIS
An object in the sky spreads radiation over North America. Fearing terrorism, U.S. Homeland Security agents are dispatched to investigate and contain the damage. What they discover will have implications for the entire world.
summer 2010: firing up the kickstart gun
I'm a sentient coffeemug cosplay. Japanese kissa with hand-painted Final Fantasy VII walls, past 6pm, quite the morning for my circadian cycle turned nocturnal and everybody around me is talking con con con as I'm wrapping my lips, nostrils, eyelids and headskin on the coffeemug, inhaling as much poison as possible to kickstart my brain into deviliciousity and fuckyou. I think I've also been appointed a co-editor for the Mondo mag now, turning the magazine concept inside out into more pages of gonzo, sarcasm and smiling cobra hate than I originally planned. So there's this guy who sells these neon sticks they use at parties for waving around and we could even get some from him real cheap and you know, we could do anything, says my chief editor, a real nice guy with a shrug that translates into Absolute Party Helplessness, not really hellbent on glowsticks, though, apparently. Stop right there, I tell him, I will have a hundred of those. There is confused silence first, then, confused laughter. Tension breaks. We are all a family now with The Jester making his first move in half an hour after fiddling around with his telephone, setting up the kissa on Foursquare and talking to everyone about the midnight havoc. Fuck you all, this was serious. I need a hundred. Blue and red. And then there is confused silence again.
Such is [summer 2010] and it's been a long time since I last drank glowstick juice. The glorious portrait above is the handiwork of Akos Stiller, I think, with his accurate depiction of me buying into the idea of living through another day without lightning hot motivation, lightning hot ideas and lightning hot porn. For apparent reasons, he was not around for the maniac mad scientist phase when life suddenly gets joyous and interesting. Reasons about his well-being and all that.
Well, yes. This is part of the Lesser Experiment, the one about tolerance, generally known throughout the world as Naga or Bhut Jolokia. It is evil and green and the three green points have a careful touch of symbolism and hidden meaning and whatnot. It also might have a few things to do with the HTC Desire's phone settings but hey, don't ruin the mood. We cut the first millimeterful of jolokia meat off the top and halved it with Mr. Biopunk. Uvula came back functioning in 10-15 minutes. Washed the paprika heat between nail and fingermeat, finger lost sensation for about 26 hours. Very potent. Cut bigger slices into food, because I felt bored. I wasn't bored for three days afterwards. Note: for any taste, must try chipotle next time.
For those who miss longer articles here, trust me, so do I. I'm writing long articles and reviews into The Dose (in English) and Mondo (in Hungarian) and the rest of the useful brain activity goes into reading up on all the stuff I've been neglecting in the past months (yes, yes, Vonnegut's Slapstick is the first in line, Neal Stephenson's Anathem is still on the table with age-old stuff by Robert Anton Wilson, Brian Greene, James George Frazer and even Katalin Barath's debut novel is here, because she writes so impressively in 140 characters on Twitter, I'm curious what she can do in 250 pages) and also, reading up on all that stuff I'll be teaching from September about media awareness, viral marketing, transhumanism and all that. But more about that later to keep you at a steady forty percent, guessing. And there is time spent at the midnight havocs. Join our midnight havoc.
And as a parting message.
rickrolling 2.0
So rickrolling is not funny anymore? Here's a new, slightly eerie Crysis version, as reported by Kotaku, recommended to all the 'channers. When I found the link early in the morning, the idea of me posting it here looked magnificent. I do not take the effort to doubt myself now. No no. No way in hell.
station ident: black nail cabaret
UPDATE 1: az interjú időpontja eltolódott, nem kedden, hanem szerdán lesz, 1800-
Lapzárta után érkezett: többször lőttem jelzőgyertyát az elmúlt években, hogy a Black Nail Cabaret lesz a fekete bársonyba meg new wavebe tekert magyar WTF-banda, a színfalak mögül jelzem, hogy készülnek a számok meg érik az első koncert, de addig is megmerítkeznek a hunmédiában. Szerda este (08.18, ha így könnyebb) jelenés/interjú a ClassFM rádióban 18:00 és 20:00 között a Jáksó TOP 20-ban, hallgatni vagy oldschool tekerős 103.3 vagy classfm.hu, megkattint zene, meghallgat, megnéz interjú a Dose párizsi számában, megrendel, followol Twitteren, lekövet FaceBookon, boldog, vérbuborékot fúj, ez a napi vérző mémparancs.
giants remystified: documentaries on warren ellis and grant morrison
So where do you get your healthy dose of fiction, really. The really inspirational, mindful stuff. Stuff that the nineties threw at us in large, hypnotic, swirling chunks, Liquid Television, Disinfo Nation, Hyperreal, Mondo 2000, Chris Carter's take on the alien conspiracy theories, anything that questioned your life around you and made you rethink your original ideas, shifted the focus of your associations into something completely different. William Gibson and Neal Stephenson were obviously inspirations back in the days, but even the lightning bolt brilliance of cyberpunk wore out after a time. And then came comics and it's interesting to note that all artists that ended up as household names are UK residents: Alan Moore, Warren Ellis or the newly re-found object of interest, Grant Morrison. And when they've successfully re-forged your interests, your way of seeing things and your wallet after finally directing all the Amazon shipments your way, it just turns out that all those artists have a huge interest in something we call magic. Or the way of manipulating reality. Which is a very interesting and multi-faceted subject. But we won't get into magic this time, we get into the joyful news of two documentaries being in the works - about Warren Ellis and Grant Morrison. Without further comments, check the trailers and shiver with glee. For more info, check out Sequart.org.
friday 13th zoetica strikes again!
photo: Allen Amato, latex: Blacklicorish, everything else: Zoetica Ebb (via biorequiem)
melbourne shuffle: csúszós törzsi nemződüh
Futó embertől a kvadra térdrúgásig. A lelkesedés és az univerzum titkos csípőmozdulatai a Google hitlist harmadik helyére dobták a tavaly áprilisi cikket, a Melbourne Shuffle több mint húsz éves mozdulatsorai pedig azóta kísértenek minket: ha nem színes-szögecses-tüskés fullonra gyártottuk a magazinunk párizsi számát, akkor a Qlimax arnhemi, harmincötezer embertől boldog és sikamlós partyvideói futottak valamelyik képernyőn - ha pedig ahhoz nem passzol a mosolygós vírusként terjedő csúszós törzsi ausztrál nemződüh, akkor semmihez. Tavaly április óta egészen sok anyagot gyűjtöttünk az érlelőhordóba, úgyhogy táncoktatás, szikrázó-pattogó shufflermacák és hangos veretés beljebb, katt.
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♫ harvest brothers - conan
and that was the evolution of our concept and then Eris came and we saw it got bad and way out of hand, 6C 3C KP
this is french music in infographics
under her banner of wounds, vodka and juicy love pulp, we present you a fine selection of french musicians we love and respect. incomplete as anything thriving to give perspective on an ever-changing landscape, this structured pupil porn infographism frames it into a crystallized bug of its own digital tulpa life frequency. be obedient information sluts, google them up and support the ones you really like. keep the warm web of ecological longtail interdepency alive. (via thedosemag.com)
...and then compiling all the Parisian and French bands that we love and came to love during the past months seemed like a good idea. The highly asymmetric feral claws katanamaid above with all the categorization is the handiwork of Livia @livililli Varga and she has done some highly contagious ROCK to begin with. Until the next issue of The Dose is out this year (and we are already pinging several cities throughout the globe to see where we should spawn next), check out her stuff on Flickr and order our PDF mag on French pop culture, because it's damn cheap for 4 euros and even Warren Ellis himself recommended that and in the eyes of a geek that is some sacred feedback.
countdown video to new william gibson book zero history
Sci-fi visionary and father of cyberspace William Gibson returns to the 21st century’s literary wasteland with Zero History. And he’s got the rocking teaser video to prove it. (on wired via @SciFiHeaven)
kromaia: explore alien worlds, then make them
Kromaia is an intriguing experimental action game, in which players must discover the rules of the provided universe. In this world, traditional interface elements - such as text - no longer exist, and players must use spatial awareness and quick reflexes to survive. The information on the Kromaia site is rather confusing, but it appears that while you are not playing the game, the universe continues to evolve, meaning next time you play, it may be completely different. (kromaia the game via indiegames)
halál, kétszázötven forintért (le cuisine of numb fingers)
A hétvége számos tanulsága között toronymagas a halált vettél kétszázötven forintért, közel egymilliónyi Scoville figyel két pici dobozban is a második képen (razZ0r szerint hárommillió alatt nem létezik a Bhut/Naga Jolokia, de nekem igazából mindegy, mert a tetejéből vágtam le egy tizedkörömnyit, amiben sem ér, sem mag nem volt, mégis kellett egy jó tíz perc ahhoz, hogy megint megtaláljam a szájpadlásomat és amikor a paprika egy érintése (mondom, sem ér, sem mag) becsúszott köröm alá, kb 26 órára vesztettem el az aktuális ujjamat, fájdalomcsillapítóként legközelebb jó lesz majd, de még van a hűtőben, majd felveszem kacagva és összevágom a két évvel ezelőtt Naga Sabi Bomb teszttel, a lényeg, hogy a Perc utcai Culinarisban jó esetben van még egy darab halál és most már a konyhában is last man standing. A Yum Nuea Naam Thokot meg sajnálhatja, aki kihagyta.
the damage report 006: pupillapornó, nyálkás állatokkal
2k10, hatodik szegmens. Az utcán harmincnyolc fok árnyékban, közelebb vagyunk a Naphoz, mint Ausztrália, a hangosan sistergő pergamenbőrű, térdzoknis férfiak országa, ahol amúgy kimutathatóan nem adnak el egyetlen árva darab kerti grillt sem, mert az emberek vagy kidobják az udvarra a nyers húst és már kész is a medium steak vagy kiszaladnak az utcára és letörnek egy szendvicsnyirevalót az óvatlan, hangosan sistergő járókelőkből. Ez itt a Damage Report, a másodmonitoron pedig a jövőt nézem, vízből meg neonmedúzákból áll.
Ez egy ideig garantáltan az utolsó gonzoköpet a Mondo japánkulturális tinimagazin hasábjairól: a téma most a Child of Eden, a remélhetőleg már idén boltokba kerülő, testtel-mozgással-herripotterrel irányítható japán akciójáték Tetsuya Mizuguchi (meg társai) kezei közül, akik még 2001-ben a Rez nevű csodával happolták be maguknak az összes beszerezhető játékművészeti díjat és szereztek a bolygó LSD-hívőinek boldog, kiegyensúlyozott perceket. Szóval egy darabig nincs Damage Report, majd a Mondo szeptemberi számában lesz egy nagy változás, hosszban is, témában is, addig shareljétek ezt a linket. Meg jó fesztiválozást.
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Italian low-budget sci-fi R.O.A.C.H. gets English trailer
The story takes place in 2068 and is set in a place very similar to Minsk, the capital of Belarus which sits nestled on the borderline between Russia and Europe, called New Minsk. In this future incarnation, corporations have near complete control of industry and communication. The story follows one man who rises up against one of the most powerful multinational corporations exposing the company’s genetic experimentation project code named R.O.A.C.H. (via quietearth.us)
free french cyberpunk cinema: jeunet-caro's apocalyptic debut short film THE BUNKER online
Jeunet and Caro’s trademark of magical realism pervades all genres they touch from the grotesque to hard edge science fiction. Their obscure first short, Le Bunker de la Derniere Rafale (available on Vimeo) appears in 1981 when Besson is having a comic liaison in a depressing future with no women. Incidentally Le Bunker has only bald males with a thankful infusion of goggle porn, concrete and claustrophobia with a countdown. Which sounds way too much like the last few months of 2012 in the cybergoth scene, but sssh! (:Wumpscut: also touches back to Le Bunker in his early days - anyone remember Bunkertor 7?)
Yes, more movies to come your way and this time it's early French hard-chiseled weirdness. Jeunet-Caro's first short The Bunker of the Last Gunshots is online on Vimeo and if you liked it, click up The Dose mag and order the mag (yes, we actually made that) for 4 EUR for more French cyberpunk and link and lovely perversion galore!
movie tuesday: primer is just like inception, only weirder - and now for free
Shane Carruth, writer and director of the lo-fi scifi flick Primer, has uploaded the entire film to Google Video so you can watch it for free. If you liked the time-twists of Inception, you'll love Primer - it's even crazier. (via io9 - head there for smart Primer infographics and more!)
