A/V Disco: Archive

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Mar 30th

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Mar 30th

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An awesome 1960s car advertisement, complete with 8-track playa.

Mar 30th

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Public TV: What is it good for? →

Very interesting article about public television, arguing that it should get back to its original mandate, and to push boundaries more. I definitely would like to see some more locally relevant programming that isn’t total crap. There has to be a balance between producing programs cheaply, yet still having a high enough level of production value that you don’t feel like you could have...

Mar 29th

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Preserving a Revolution →

Article discussing the difficulties of preserving the social media output created during and about the Egyptian Revolution (including A/V stuff).

Mar 29th

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Mar 27th

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Mar 27th

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Elizabeth Taylor Leaves $600M Fortune To AIDS... →

minou: hman: sleeplessinsouthie: saint. My goodness. There aren’t many things that just make me go, wow, anymore. But wow. Like, let’s all be better people, you know? We can be.

Mar 26th

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prayingmantissss: THIS IS SO GOOD. OH MY GOD IM NERDING SO HARDCORE RIGHT NOW HELP ME. OMG BRB CRYING ^^the only working DTenns gif.

Mar 25th

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Mar 25th

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Newest Obsession →

Thank you, Netflix, for another epic miniseries. And a beautiful ginger in Eddie Redmayne (I wonder if that is his real last name).

Mar 24th

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Mar 23rd

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Mar 23rd

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William Shatner is 80 today!

siriuslystephanie:

Mar 23rd

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Audio clip of Eubie Blake’s “Baltimore...

Mar 22nd

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Mar 22nd

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Mar 20th

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Mar 20th

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British humour+science fiction=heaven

Mar 15th

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“…death, a necessary end, will come when it will come.”

– William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar

Mar 15th

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Love the original Depeche Mode, but this version...

Mar 14th

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"Source Code" Review →

To remind myself to see this: I really liked Moon (2009). PS: Director Duncan Jones is Davie Bowie’s son.

Mar 14th

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Mar 13th

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Mar 11th

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Earthquake Home Movies →

Collection of user-generated videos of the earthquake and the aftermath. First reaction: “Oh my gods, those poor people, that is terrifying.” Second reaction: “How do we preserve these moving images?”

Mar 11th

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Mar 10th

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Scopitone Archive →

I want me a “Scopitone”: a jukebox from the 1960s outfitted with a monitor on the top that showed musical performances on 16mm color film with magnetic soundtrack.

Mar 10th

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The Doctor Returns →

And good gods, how we have needed him! I will be the happiest camper in the world come the end of April.

Mar 10th

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Conservation of Nam June Paik's "Cinci-Mix" →

I wish I could go to this. I always wanted my very own video sculpture in my living room. And I find it fascinating that it is so involved and difficult to preserve such recently-created media.

Mar 9th

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Mar 8th

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Mar 7th

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Kevin Brownlow, Archivist and Filmmaker →

I need to read all his books, and see all his movies. File “Kevin Brownlow” under “People I Want to Be When I Grow Up”.

Mar 7th

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