This is part 1 of Paul McCartney’s audiobiography The Life and Death of Paul McCartney, read by Paul McCartney and featuring the very first Beatles song “George’s Song #1″. It is a Reality™ Recording. the-life-and-death-of-paul-mccartney-pt-01
Art video by William Kaminski. The border is red because the emotion in the scene is red.
The thing about Van Gogh was that he felt compelled to paint the same painting over and over again. He only painted one painting and never painted anything else. When he painted it, he felt something very strong that is difficult to describe. And, anyways, it depended on the particular time he was painting that [...]
Ben Nyberg introduced me to this great radio DJ from Minnesota. I thought this particular clip on reality was appropriate for this site that has to do with reality. Bob calls in to joke around with Mischke, but little does he realize that his call to a po-dunk station in fly-over land, is about to [...]
Marty covers Tom Petty’s “Angel Dream”. angel-dream
The Future of Stuff: Vending Machine That Prints in 3-D
By Tim Maly, wired.comNo matter how fast postal delivery gets, nothing beats the immediate gratification of pushing a button on a vending machine and having your purchase tumble down into the delivery box. The Chinese live crab dispenser and Art-O-Mat…
Gesture Controls Get a Huge Boost with New ‘Leap’ Interaction System
By Roberto Baldwin, wired.comTechnology is always chasing after science fiction. Star Trek communicators became the cell phones in our pockets, and the wireless in-ear headset Uhura wore eventually became the Bluetooth headset. And now the futuristi…
Murder for fun and “morale”: Shocking video of lethal Israeli attack on sleeping Palestinian prisoners
Shahd Abusalama, electronicintifada.netThe camera follows heavily armed Israeli security personnel raiding a prison dormitory, shouting at the prisoners to get out of bed, and that they would be shot if they didn’t obey orders.
The prisoners can be heard screaming i…
These are scenes from a video that was shown in April 2011 by the investigative program Ouvda on Israel’s Channel 2 television station. The violent attack it records against the Palestinian prisoners on 22 October 2007 was real, but it was carried out as a “training exercise” for Israeli security personnel at Ketziot Prison to boost their “morale” and “motivation.”
Chicago terrorism charges part of NATO ‘climate of fear’
cbc.caDefence lawyers say Chicago police have vastly trumped up charges against three men arrested earlier this week, as part of a campaign to frighten peaceful protesters away from a NATO summit.
But defence lawyers shot back that Chicago police had trumped up the charges to frighten peaceful protesters away, telling a judge it was undercover officers known by the activists as “Mo” and “Gloves” who brought the firebombs to a South Side apartment where the men were arrested. “This is just propaganda to create a climate of fear,” Michael Deutsch said. “My clients came to peacefully protest.” On the eve of the summit, the dramatic allegations were reminiscent of previous police actions ahead of major political events, when authorities moved quickly to prevent suspected plots but sometimes quietly dropped the charges, or lost the cases in court, later. Toronto computer expert Byron Sonne’s ordeal stemming from the G20 summit there two years ago is just the latest example; Sonne spent 11 months in jail on bomb-plot accusations before being cleared of all charges this week by a judge who found he had no ill intent whatsoever.
NATO protests in Chicago: Police van drives into protesters, web video reporters detained, held at gunpoint (photos+video)
Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net“Occupy” movement participants and an array of protest groups are among those gathering in Chicago this wekeend to demonstrate outside the NATO summit. Sunday, protesters are ramping up for the largest demonstration of the weeken…