{ eric joyner’s ‘robots + donuts’ expertise, link below. } … work-in-progress Note: This was our preface piece, written the night before 28c3 began … and now we’re working on a 2ND musing, in response to the many inspiring insights gathered thus far. Cory Doctorow’s incredible talk the first night, has triggered many thoughts… and many concerns and […]

( CC+C , #27 ? } < 27.12 – 30.12 > 28C3 : Chaos Communications Congress : Behind Enemy Lines, BCC at Alexanderplatz, Berlin … :: RESOURCES + NEWS :: LIVE Streams : http://28c3.fem-net.de/ ( from anywhere : ) – Thx Fem-net !!! :: Twitter resources : #28c3 | @cbase | exiledsurfer | … :: CCC site, full 4-day schedule, speaker abstracts, etc. ( site currently down, see Mirror ) :: View with your friends in your town, follow remote locations here : #nonerdleftbehind

{ Cern } … { latest Banksy } … { evol jam } … Incredible stillness. The white hole in the sky reaches for 2133 and her (sterilized) holster. Art undoes the clothed essentialists and leaves em out to freeze overnight, while the artificial intelligentsia sucks this hairball of tactical bandit poetry. We slipped out long ago, Not in protest… like 2-d ducks at a shooting gallery. But to burn the […]

{ Georg Von Rauch-Haus seit 1971, great flyer art by andrea fusco ! } … < 8.12. > Ausstellungseröffnung mit ehemaligen Rauchhausbesetzern und Erzählkaffee. Draußen Lagerfeuer und Punsch. Ab 18.00 Uhr Vokü und Rauchhausfilme im Keller, später Bar und Mukke… < 9.12 > Konzert mit freunden der rauchhaus, Stereo Total, Brueder und Kronstaedta, […]

{ borrowed from geebee2007 } {.} You Too Can Participate In An Offline, Off-The-Grid Autonomous Healing Network. Path Of The Sacred Warriors ! … We’ve just finished TWO new ‘emergency’ time+space traveling music mixes, perhaps the most important in the whole “pan optic radio” series ( now over 12 years in the making, and, HUNDREDS of mixes in all […]

{ From Esteban Sapir’s La Antena, 2007 } … “If a dept. of sock puppets create fake and deceptive bits, are there also ’sack puppets’ who make important bits of info disappear ?!” A. … For some weeks now, some of our XLterrestrial colleagues have been experiencing strange things on the Zuckerborg’s Fedbook. AND now with things heating […]

… { Nov.15 at Zuccotti, more pics from Cryptome } As we write this, the Nation Blog ( Greg Mitchell ) is reporting: “4:04 Thousands marching in NY from Union Sq to Foley Sq, to be joined by labor there in massive rally (see livestreams below) Wild scene– thousands marching on streets, police cannot […]

{ Due out in English by … Summer ? } Generation Facebook, About Life in the Social Net The title certainly lacks the appropriate fury. It’s a little like calling a book on Fukushima, “Life Today in A Nuclear Family”. There are essays here by people we respect – Geert Lovinck, Anne Roth and ?? – and get […]

{ From Citizen Kino’s The Screen Is Not The Territory } … The 7th Globale Film Festival has Begun ! Nov. 3-9 ! We are a non-profit collective utilizing grassroots film and media to confront the brutal effects of neo-liberal globalization, and to seek another possible world. Since 2003 Globale brings […]

{ from Bendito Machine part 3 by ZumbaKamera } … ******************************** 7th *Globale* the *Media Implosion* press release ******************************************* To all the peeps ! The 7th Globale Film Festival is Here! Nov. 3-9 ! We are a non-profit collective utilizing grassroots film and media to confront the brutal effects of neo-liberal globalization, and to seek another possible world. Since 2003 * Globale* […]

Press Release Posted at Spectre List, Here Dear Spectre film-goers and mediaheads, The 7th *Globale* Film Festival begins next week in Berlin at Kino Moviemento and runs November 3-9. Since 2003, *Globale* brings pressing political issues to the screen and provides a space for dialogue with filmmakers and special guests. Themes in focus this year include: ENERGY MIGRATION FEMINIST FILM AND MOVEMENT RESISTANCE IN LATIN AMERICA ARAB LANDS IN FOCUS CRISIS LAND GRABBING IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA LABOR CONDITIONS ROMA/DEPORTATION See the full list of topics and program here:

… { by Donatello Losito, from the Baum der Parliament, Berlin Wall Memorial } Notes on “Media Implosion”, our XLterrestrials media psychoanalysis projects for the GLOBALE FILMFEST, Nov.3 -9, 2011, Berlin : … … < 6.11 > Citizen Kino: “The Screen is Not The Territory” at Moviemento, 20:30h < 8.11 > “Media Implosion” Seminar at C-Base, 19:00h < 9.11 > Added: “Occupy […]

… Dear XLterrestrial friends, collaborators and visitors, : THESE TIMES are precarious and incredible ! Our XLterrestrial laboratory for investigating Arts + Praxis as tools to transform ourselves and our society began around 2005. And while it might seem a bit absurd with all the problems the planet faces today, we have never been so optimistic as NOW! WE are witnessing a TIPPING POINT ! Not the ones so much talked about – the economic crises and the environmental collapse – but rather the unprecedented opportunity for WE THE PEOPLE to suddenly awake on a mass scale to our predicament, arise to the challenge, and decide that we will act together to create a more intelligent GLOBAL COMMUNITY.

Added : XTRA : XTRA > The XLt NEwsletter, Fundraiser + Invitation: The TIPPING POINT is HERE ! < Now ONLINE ! … … There’s a mountain of science, musings and market research on Tipping Points ( from Malcom Gladwell’s best-seller to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute study, above ) and there’s plenty of debate about the details, but even common sense will tell you that the time has come to react to the myopic morons who built their global-scale house of cards !

+ + + GLOBALE FILMFEST, Nov.3 -9, 2011, Berlin + + The XLterrestrials have been working with the Globale team to present films this year on the Energy Crisis and also to premiere a new Citizen Kino called ” The Screen Is Not The Territory” < 06.11 > and a special seminar on “Media Implosion” < 08.11 > . Other topics in the festival include : Migration, Focus on Arab Countries, Land-grabbing in Sub-Sahara Africa, Labor Conditions, Resistance in Latin America,and more.

Dear XLt friends + visitors, we are in a fundraising mode for some current projects : We are working with Globale Documentary Festival in Berlin – Nov.3-9 – and will be premiering a new Citizen Kino program called “The Screen Is Not The Territory!” And hosting a seminar on “Media Implosion” w/ very special guests. Also we’ll be continuing our reports on the inspiring critical mass of the Occupy movement, something Naomi Klein calls THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HAPPENING ! We agree!

… … Added: Occupywallst.org OccupyTogether.org ((i)) Global Rev Livestream … The Occupied Wall Street Journal hits the streets. Read about it here … and we’re looking for an online PDF issue … anybody have a link yet? Added: pdfs of issue #1 + 2 Now available ! Also an (initial) list of demands has just been created at Liberty Square assemblies, here at CoupMedia… The renowned Reverend Billy, a civil disobedient who knows a thing or 2 about NYC ( after running for mayor against Bloomberg in 2009-?

{ blogpost about DVA w/ video links } Added: < 27.9 > DVA / Melioso – short films and live soundtracks : Miracle Research #2, at Keller / Kamine und Wein, Prinzenallee 58. Wedding, 20h – 23h. < Fedbook invite > … < 26.9 > DVA w/ dj/xj Podinksi at Szimpla Badehaus, 21h DVA are two. Sometimes more… DVA sind Zwei. Manchmal mehr. Bára KRATOCHVÍLOVÁ und Jan KRATOCHVÍ. Analog und Digital zugleich. Durch und durch Pop. Allerdings für Radiostationen die nicht existieren, aus Ländern die auf … keinen Karten zu finden sind und in Sprachen die keine Herkunft kennen.

{ Is this another Tahrir moment ? } Added: “Currently the turnout in NYC is very disappointing, but that certainly doesn’t mean that people should not find ways to continue to build and spread this movement. Our rage will continue to seek whatever forms are necessary to bring justice to the thieves on Wall Street, and sanity back into the political discourse.” a concerned XLterrestrial. And still there’s a media blackout, same as it ever was … like in the current popular uprisings / ongoing resistant occupation forms in Israel, Spain, etc.

… + + + Mindpirates’ Female Directors month … + the grand opening of Szimpla’s new Badehaus – this month w/ Bea Palya, Gyass, Nadara, Dva + Podinski … + (s)Elections in Germany and Danemark … and … and … and…. + + + < September > Mindpirates’ have another great theme of films, this time weds. And thurs. nights. Check their site for all the juicy program details! + + + < September > Szimpla’s new Badehaus, venue + cafe, is launching with a focus on live bands from the east.

… Ok, a dreamy preface, Imagine: 1. Landlords are Obsolete 2. Elections become choices for Community Actions, Not about Installing Figureheads. 3. No one EVER gets to take more of your hard-earned income Than YOU. … < 03.09 > Mietenstopp Demo , 14h at Hermannplatz … your neighborhood organizes street festivals together … … < 03.09 > Torstrassen Festival, multiple venues on the border of Mitte + Prenzlauer … And Music is Eveywhere! … … Culture fans from everywhere come out to support, and artists + organizers get paid for their labor !

+ + … < 3.8 – 4.9 > Piranha’s annual multicultural Ramadan festival ! Full program here. … < 31.8 > Die Nacht nach Ramadan w/ Aziz Sahmaoui & Gnawa University, Hassan Abul Fadl, Malika Zarra, and Visuals by XLterrestials. Our Vj/design crew this year is Modul8 and madmapper master – Pedro Zaz, Michal Shilo from Red Channels outta NYC, and Podinski. … … We are honored and proud to support Piranha’s massive multicultural efforts to represent all these brilliant artists from islamic cultures around the world, and in solidarity with those lands which are so often these days opportunistically misrepresented!

{ Modul8 + Tagtool + Polish poster art, Die.Puntigam vs. Podinski c.201o } Added: < 20.8 > Szimpla Cafe’s new “Badehaus Musiksalon” Pre-Launch Fest w/ dj/vj POdinksi + Akos (aka Glideside ), at the R.A.W. gelaende, across from Cassiopeia, Fhain ab 22h. Szimpla opens a new venue + restaurant with a great program of eastern flavors beginning in Sept. : < 26.9 > DVA (cz), < 20.9 > Nadara (Ro), < 23.9 > Foltin ( Mazedonia ) , < 17.9 > Gyas ( Serbia ), stay tune for links + a new site, but for now check the Szimpla site for news, and Der Ungarische Schnurrbart programming crew ( recently 2nd place winners of Karneval der Kulturen ).

+ + + { 3rd pic, seeking foto credit , others XLt } … An XLt Review coming soon ! Damn, it’s hard to make the bridge between the hacker spirits and the animal spirits, but we’ve been having lots of great discussions with CHaos Campers who are still in town and other close friends, and we’re taking time to write the definitive analysis of … the world wrapped in the coils of a technological redemption dream. And other possible scenarios!

URGENT: XLterrestrials are seeking funders/supporters/investors to bring CiTiZEN KiNO to schools and various community centers this fall. A Media Self-defense Program which will encourage a more inhabitable and supportive cultural environment in the challenging scenarios ahead. Any amount can help ! If you’d like to become a C-KiNO patron, get in touch now. Our planet can’t wait much longer ; ) … And we’re developing some cool new premium gifts for Podopolog “subscribers”. … { Chaos Camper in the day-2-day wild ?

{ Addi’s new ‘Impossible Is Nothing’ advert * ? } “London’s burning, and i liiive by the river…” ” It’s awful funny when politicos belch “this mindless violence must cease” when their city’s burning, but never when innocent people get killed or beaten by those in a uniform ! ” A.nony A few resources: Vision On Tv w/ UK Riots Map London Indymedia Analysis: Panic In the Streets of London by Penny Red 11 Notes on the Disturbances by John Hutnyk

{circus poster by Kaja Renkas, Pigasus Galerie} < 5.8.> “Solidaritaet Fuer Nachbarn“, Vernissage, Pigasus Galerie meets Buchhandlung Cafe, 20:00h -26:00h : ) or later… It’s Polish Poster Art month in August at Buchhandlung ! w/ Djs Manio + Podinski – podopolog beats ! < 16.08 > dj/vj/xj Podinski’s kaleidescope mix of polish poster art ( as presented in the spring at Polnische Institut in Dusseldorf ). < 30.08> Finnisage, w/ special guests, tba Fedbook invite here ( at yur own risk!

… < 30.7 > OMFO w/ Primitive Equations, Chaikhana! Zentralasiatische Teestube – mit Goldfinger, Alamurad Rakhimov, Ensemble Mezherep, Fay Lovsky + Al-Asadi Brothers, beginning 16h at Haus Der Kulturen. See Program . … {Kaja Renkas, Pigasus Galerie} < 5.8.> Vernissage, Pigasus Galerie meets Buchhandlung Cafe, a collection of Polish Poster Art. more details coming soon. … { El Martillo } < 8-18.8 > Think like a Forest: Art, Activism and Permaculture w/ The Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination, Alfred Decker, Eclectic Electric Collective.

{ a dubscope snapshot from our XLt ^s. Dub Gabriel set @ Das Buro, now creating a visual frame for the next CiTiZEN KiNO at Chaos Camp 2011. } ” take the # of hours spent w/ a screen, subtract time spent w/ living creatures, multiply by the # of yur corporate-made belongings + work hours required to afford them = welcome to the new colony! ” XLt analysis, the dark theater math. … UPCOMING: Lots of Hotspots coming soon: Chaos Camp 2011 ( Aug.

Note: XLterrestrials apologize to Jonathan May-Bowles aka Jonnie Marbles, who appears to be a sincere artivist involved with projects like UK UNCUT. And Thx to the Guardian coverage for giving us a clear picture ! … { Watch Guardian clip HERE } … Though we think it will continue to be extremely valuable to analyze + debate (detournement) strategies, and so we are leaving our original story – “The Mysterious Plaid Man, Paid Pie Hitman ?!! ” intact below, for further consideration.

+ … < 15.07 > Wide Scope Of Dub, w/ Dub Gabriel, Djane Mohak, Shazam, Adam Atics + Ken Mutant , and vjs Tofa (tresor) and XLterrestrials’ Dr. Podinski on a 3-beamer + 6-screen surround-a-scope visual set ! @ Das Buro, Kunsthaus Tacheles, ab 22h. the fedbook invite ( at yur own risk ; ) Aside from it being an epic Brooklyn vs. Btown dub convergence, rumor has it we’ll be throwing down an afterparty til sunrise for the Red Channels (NYC) and the KuhleWampe Club ( inspired by the film collective co-founded by Brecht in the 30s ).

… < 09.07 > Eurozentrika vernissage at Leap, featuring dozens of artists i.e. Tanja Ostojic, Baruch Gottlieb, open for the next 5 days. see link for times. … { From REd Channels “As A Crowd Gathers” } < 10.07 > Red Channels in Berlin ( see full program) present “LESS FETISH, MORE ACTION! ALL POWER TO COLLECTIVITY! ” : w/ collectives in attendance: Global Alien, Ak Kraak and Metanationale… and XLterrestrials, Globale doc fest added. And YOU ! At New Yorck at Bethanien, 20:00h.

+ { cover from Jajouka’s Live . Vol.1 release in 2009 / Attar and friends somewhere in Morocco } < 02.07 > Master Musicians Of Jajouka w/ Dub Gabriel … w/ added visual set by XLterrestrials’ vj Podinski at Haus Der Kulturen , Berlin. And see Jajouka site for full tour info. And an interesting article at Generation Bass ( from feb 2011) about Gabriel’s projects with them, pulling together an incredible list of collaborators for some new Jajouka material. One project Transnational Dubstep is already out.

{ Art from Benjamin Lacombe } … News: Der Ungarische Schnurrbart ( the hungarian moustache ) and the Szimpla + Tuzrakter crew won 2nd prize at Karneval der Kulturen ( read about all the 2011 winners here ) … Fotos by Denis Beviz. And You can follow Schnurrbart news on Fbook. And Szimpla news here. Szimpla’s 2nd Berlin location is due to open sometime around August. … … … … + + { Fete / Solstice , La Plebe and Shaban & Capt.

{ Ton-Steine-Garten, Kreuzberg } This summer is going to be wild ! Will economic collapse ANd/OR unrest AND/OR pro-active citizen creativity rule the day ??! There’s incredible things brewing… we think big change is gonna come ! No, No definitely not in small amounts. The Spanish Revolution is heating up Euro-wide. The walls in the Middle […]

{ Jodo’s Sante Sangre } :: More Jodorowsky-inspired events in Berlin :: … < 02.06 > XXXLterrestrials present dj/vj Podinski mixing “Cirque Daughters of El Topo”, imaginary soundtracks for Jodorowsky sequels. An audio/visual mix PLUS psychomagick parlor tricks, to tap your carnival bodies and get in touch w/ your inner carny spirit. Bring all […]

{ Plaenterwald, Berlin. Foto – Doro Tuch} Loads of exciting things this coming weekend ! We’re going to just toss up a bunch of links and come back for a more detailed overview. And also put up a # of things on our radar for what looks to be a wild ride summer… “By the seat of our pants” as they say. We’re not sure what they meant, but it’s all part of the dada-or-die aesthetic. … { Ônibus Verde – a project by BIJARI during the SWU 2010 festival in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

… ALL WATCHED OVER BY MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE (trailer here) The new 3-part doc series by Adam Curtis airs on BBC , May 23rd Psychomedia analysis by the montage archives maestro, about”how computers have not liberated us but distorted and simplified our view of the world around us”. Part 1 – The story of two perfect worlds. One is […]

… Joanna Gorska & Jerzy Skakun’s polish El Topo poster, 2008 ( these and other Jodorowsky film posters -possibly- still available at Pigasus Galerie in Berlin. … Added : CALLING ALL JODO-HEADS and PSYCHOMAGICIANS!! < 12.05 > A “Holy Mountain afterparty” at Buchhandlung Cafe, Tucholskystr. 32 , B-Mitte, w/ dj/xj Podinski…a vj/window installation mix, puppeteer(s) + special guests + […]

… PENTAGON RELEASES BIN LADEN DVD BOX SET for MOTHER’S DAY !! Includes all those Golden Year Hits – with Bush and Bin Laden singing : “My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From ‘Titanic’)”, “Mama Said Knock You Out”, “U Can’t Touch This” , “Your Loving Arms”, “I’m Too Sexy” , “Whatta Man” , “I Like It […]

{ from the clip Extreme Osama Unicorn Attack , thx johannes! } … “LOOK, If you are willing to believe corporate media – especially when it’s being fed info from a Special Forces Operation ( JSOC ) – u might as well just stab yurself in the eyes with a fork now. I’m not saying […]

… Coming sooon to take over a theater near YOU ! < Tues : 26. o4.11 > Dr. Podinski + the XLT present CiTiZEN KiNO #9 : “Ground Control to Major Tom !” … A look at movements with their political feet ( and art atak ) on the ground. At Filmkunst im Roderich, Glogauerstr.19, […]

{ Abominable by Mark Ryden – in Japan } Part 1 : pre-re:publica-11 Let’s just get to the facts: The internet is creepy! It continuously reminds us of Mark Ryden’s paintings of fluffy ( white) infernos, which we might call the Los Angelesian bardo ( where he lives ) – that intermediate state of being between 2 lives […]

{ Mauerhasen 2009 } < 14.4 > HighLy REcOMMENded! Polska film fest begins on thursday, and we are very excited to be part of a special opening night of Bartek Konopka (present) films, Królik po berli?sku / Mauerhase + Ballada o kozie / Der Weg der Ziege at Club Der Polnischen Versager. ++ Afterparty […]

New additions : Japan Support Part 3 : … { radiation mappings } New: Crowd-sourced realtime radiation monitoring in Japan. ( Thx Denisa! ) We haven’t checked this out yet, but looks like a great resource for people to be able to monitor the data separate from the official stories/versions… feedback welcome ! … … Democracy Now has […]

{ by Stasys Eidrigevicius, from The Pigasus Shop/Galerie, Berlin} < 02.04 > Dj/vj Podinksi for the Nacht Der Museen at the Polnisches Institut, Düsseldorf It’s been awhile since we dug deep into our XLterrestrial polish poster digi-collection to create visual designs for Psio Crew + Eastblock Records in Berlin. For long museum night festivities we’ll be trying […]

{ foto by Mark Harris } < 25.03 > CiTiZEN KiNO #8: Don’t Just Click There, DO SOMETHING ! at Filmkunst im Roderich, Berlin, > 20:00h door, 20:30 films begin HUMAN ENERGY + MODERN HERETICS Added: We’ll experiment with that formula and see if we can’t produce, at the very least, one invincible Houdini-like smile in the audience. […]

Please send us links for our XLterrestrials Support page ! Categories: Donations, News, Maps, Weather (+ wind patterns), Radiation Emergency Assistance Guides, etc. This is just the very beginnings of a guide list… ::: ( last update 18:37h CET, 17.03 ) ::: (+ last additions 19:58h CET, 22.03 ) DONATIONS: Note: Red Cross ( given the example of Katrina […]

{ PKd’s Electric Sheep, Japanese Cover } < 16.03 > In collaboration with the MindPirates‘ ( + the Vereinsheim ) weekly film program – this month is sci-fi themed “Into The Future” , this Weds. following the screening of BLADE RUNNER, Dr. Podinski of CITiZEN KiNO presents : Electric Sheep REvisited - a mixed-media presentation on 3 decades of PK Dick + Hollywood-made Replicants in a toxic upstream culture. Including previews […]

… “The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking… the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.” ~Albert Einstein … Note: this is NOT Hiroshima, and NOT the Fukushima nuclear facility, it’s an image of a burning oil refinery […]

… … What’s On Spock’s Scanner , Part 1 … from Black Moon productions Perhaps the one of the best psychomedia analysis pieces we’ve come across lately which hits home what the Web 2.o Plague is all about. Life in a leisure Panopticon doomsday machine! Just one of the clips we’ll be discussing in our collaboration w/ the Mindpirates: < […]

{ please do not be alarmed… thx to Michail at Dense Berlin for image } … < 25. 2 > Dr. Podinksi + the XLT present CiTiZEN KiNO #6 : “If not mutants, then who? ” psychomedia analysis at Filmkunst im Roderich. Glogauerstr. 19, Kruezberg. 20:00h , 3euros … Once a month, XLterrestrials present LIVE Media Interventions at Filmkunst im […]

+++ For CiTiZEN KiNO info + booking, contact the XLterrestrials : podinski (at) mailbox (dot) org +++ … XLterrestrials present **CiTiZEN KiNO** This is Not another program for more media consumption, Not another downloading of hypnotic bits in a deluge of irrealities. This is A DECLARATION OF MEDIA SELF-DEFENSE ! CiTiZEN KiNO is a (touring) film, internet and theater hybrid. We screen a rare collection of art films, tactical media, and a fresh harvest of the planet’s strangest and/or most relevant digital behaviors ( from the net ).

… < 25. 2 > Dr. Podinksi + the XLT present CiTiZEN KiNO #6 : “Berlinale Festival Decompression” + psychomedia analysis at Filmkunst im Roderich. Glogauerstr. 19, Kruezberg. 20:00h , 3euros … more info coming soon ! Meanwhile: … { Society Of Spectacle in 3d by Pascual Sisto } + - under construction - We attended a Berlinale Film Festival / […]

{ Honf, TM.11 award winners from Indonesia } Transmediale.11 Response : Ability an XLT Psychomedia Analysis coming soon ! A few things that were going on this week that we couldn’t help but tie into our thoughts + actions as we processed all the immensely confounding Transmediale.11 (festival for art + digital culture) inputs: The Maghreb Revolt […]

{ Future Replicant Cultures } … Added : Next CiTiZEN KiNO #5 at C-Base, feb. 3 !! < 03.02.11 > DISMALWARE : Toxics, Surveillance, Exploitation, Oh My ! A deep scan by monochrom and Telekommunisten, with an xtra-unplugged XLterrestrials CiTiZEN KiNO … and many special guests + a special article / investigative report coming soon! Replicant Culture, Enjoy! On P.K. Dick […]

{ Fuzzy Piano Trips al a Dr. Seuss } < 16.1 > GRAND PIANO SANCTIFICATION! 16 ARTISTS! at Filmkunst Cafe in Xberg, 17:30h ‘Doc’ Pushkin’s 5000 Fingers! Ok, not exactly 5ooo, BUt Sasha Pushkin curates 16 guest artists to launch the new grand piano at the Filmkunst Cafe !! That’s 160 fingers… from Bulgaria, Russia, Greece, Ivory […]

{ Danny Boon as Bazil fantasizing revenge in Jeunet’s MicMacs } In Jean Jeunet’s most recent masterpiece MicMacs, Danny Boon plays Bazil, a videoteque clerk/everyman who is the random victim of a stray bullet fired by some gun-toting gangs in the middle of the night. Lodged in his brain, it can’t be removed without rendering him […]

{ zeros, ones, and true blood in the hood } On Christmas Eve, a truck and some hooded bureaucrats arrived to our friends’ shop, and said they would be taking all their DVDs with them, until the proprietors provided the records of everything they have sold over X# years. The shop called Pigasus in Torstr. 62 sells eclectic cultural artifacts from eastern Europe, mostly Poland, found nowhere else in the city, nor just about anywhere else in the world. One day some weeks ago they received an email, that Philips has a (file/codex) patent on certain?