Archive for January, 2006

literally on fire / destroyed by a smoke screen

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

Reader Chris D. submitted a double-whammy, first with the following:
American Chronicle
“Our Constitution has been literally destroyed by a smoke screen – literally destroyed. “
Then tracking down the source of the smoke screen:
Channel3000
“The Capitol is on fire — literally on fire…”

Stop Drop and Roll (A Book about Fire Safety)

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literally popping out of the soundscape

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

DVDFile
The mono tracks on Ride the High Country, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and The Ballad of Cable Hogue are appropriate and legitimate, but the real treat is The Wild Bunch’s Dolby Digital 5.1 mix. Whoa. Between the musical score literally popping out of the soundscape and an excellent manipulation and placement of sound […]

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literally a darwin award

Monday, January 9th, 2006

The Darwin Awards (Seed)
The final award comes a bit late for the late Philip Quinn of Kent, Washington. On November 30th, 2004, for some reason, the 24-year-old Quinn placed a lava lamp on his stove. Maybe he was disappointed with its meager bubbling and hoped that a slow boil would improve the effect.
Quinn’s plan literally […]

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