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Wonderful Adam Curtis parody
I love the documentarian Adam Curtis, so I was delighted to find this exquisite parody of his work. Enjoy.
Continue reading...Is the Bible still relevant today?
Thursday, May 12, 2011
I’m working on a new parody with a religious bent, and found this British talk show quite worthwhile. When they didn’t talk over each other. (The former Bishop of Rochester is a douchebag.)
Continue reading...Santa Monica’s Ocean Park neighborhood
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
I love Santa Monica so, so much. Here’s a lovely little documentary about one of the city’s neighborhoods, Ocean Park. (It’s about 20 blocks south of where I live.) BTW, anybody who tears down an amusement park or a pleasure pier should be shot. Part 1: Part 2: Part 3:
Continue reading...Alan Moore documentary: Monsters, Maniacs and Moore (1987)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
“I believe in some sort of strange fashion that the presence of the atom bomb might almost be forcing a level of human development that wouldn’t have occurred without the presence of the atom bomb. Maybe this degree of terror will force changes in human attitudes that could not have occurred without the presence of [...]
Continue reading...Who Killed Rasputin?
Friday, September 17, 2010
This documentary from BBC’s “Timewatch” uncovers that the British Secret Service had a hand in the death of the death of Gregori Rasputin. In the words of TopDocumentaries.com: The programme-makers re-opened the investigation into his death and found conclusive evidence to suggest that Rasputin was murdered in St Petersburg in 1916 in a plot hatched [...]
Continue reading...Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives: The King
Friday, May 14, 2010
Mel Brooks famously declared “It’s good to be the King,” but does Terry Jones agree? In this documentary, Jones profiles Richard the Lionhearted (a spendthrift psychotic who hated England); Richard II (actually quite reasonable); and Richard III (who wasn’t even a hunchback). As with the Emperors of Rome, it appears that our contemporary view of [...]
Continue reading...If We Had No Moon
Thursday, May 13, 2010
When was the last time you thought of the Moon? That long ago? After all it’s done for you? Listen pardner, no moon = no you, and this documentary explains exactly why. Every time Patrick Stewart says “ejecta,” it sounds kinda dirty. That’s how you know he’s a Shakespearean.
Continue reading...Strummer by Temple: The Future is Unwritten
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
When I was a kid, punk always left me cold–really cold. I didn’t dig the aesthetic of ugliness; I didn’t dig the discordance; I didn’t dig the alienation. It seemed like just another set of rules masquerading as freedom. And the supposed “sincerity”–what might have been absolutely vital and sincere in London in 1977, had [...]
Continue reading...Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives: The Monk
Friday, May 7, 2010
Here’s another excerpt from Terry Jones’ BBC documentary series, Medieval Lives. This one deals with that problematic figure, the monk. Problematic? Oh yes. As Jones explains, the monastic system (in addition to giving us Benedictine and other yummy things–there’s even one in Italy that still makes cologne) was at the heart of the corruption that [...]
Continue reading...At last! It's here!
For 30 years, Ravin fans wondered: What if Tom Larkin had survived? Now, the story can be told.
Mixing alternative history, hardboiled noir, parody and satire, Life After Death for Beginners is a must-read for every Beatles fan. "A cross between The Rutles and Three Days of the Condor. I loved it."—Jonathan Schwarz
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