tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86019080443329137012024-02-07T09:11:32.782-08:00Flotsam & JetsamA selection of cultural debris, oddities and curios from the forgotten corners of the interweb.Darran Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108444093394817982noreply@blogger.comBlogger174125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601908044332913701.post-42708661086239572552011-03-08T10:23:00.001-08:002011-03-08T10:23:47.090-08:00<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DVUfV0oNKqc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Darran Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108444093394817982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601908044332913701.post-67087779009281649282011-02-07T15:02:00.003-08:002011-02-07T15:02:37.304-08:00<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/w5qf9O6c20o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Darran Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108444093394817982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601908044332913701.post-80052868733428702392011-01-27T11:36:00.001-08:002011-01-27T11:37:15.242-08:00Chris Marker & Walerian Borowczyk - 'Les Astronautes' (1959)<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="437" height="392" id="viddler_45ea9c72"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/45ea9c72/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/45ea9c72/" width="437" height="392" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_45ea9c72"></embed></object>Darran Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108444093394817982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601908044332913701.post-38280633566740112352011-01-25T11:28:00.000-08:002011-01-25T11:30:21.634-08:00<iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qoyKe-HxmFk" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen></iframe><br />
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<b>'This place is not a place of honour. No esteemed deeds are commemorated here. This is not a place for you. What is here is dangerous and repulsive. The danger will still be present in your time, as it is in ours.' </b><br />
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- <a href="http://www.intoeternitythemovie.com/"><em>Into Eternity</em></a>Darran Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108444093394817982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601908044332913701.post-60525909117391263582011-01-18T12:39:00.001-08:002011-01-18T12:39:27.838-08:00<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XXC8DWkw4hg?fs=1&hl=en_GB"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XXC8DWkw4hg?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object>Darran Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108444093394817982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601908044332913701.post-28897480041383060772011-01-17T06:58:00.001-08:002011-01-17T06:58:33.386-08:00<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" 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Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108444093394817982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601908044332913701.post-53291325576028068392010-10-02T05:40:00.000-07:002010-10-02T05:41:05.350-07:00<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EGI52iiIcxg?fs=1&hl=en_GB"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EGI52iiIcxg?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object>Darran Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108444093394817982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601908044332913701.post-1536342391091886582010-09-26T06:14:00.001-07:002010-09-26T06:14:37.099-07:00<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6l5jI4iO4-g?fs=1&hl=en_GB"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" 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Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108444093394817982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601908044332913701.post-73871756896709633452010-09-16T12:06:00.000-07:002010-09-16T12:07:09.090-07:00<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ILuV6gSpeMA?fs=1&hl=en_GB"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ILuV6gSpeMA?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object>Darran Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108444093394817982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601908044332913701.post-25005894302039813292010-09-11T18:06:00.001-07:002010-09-11T18:06:39.148-07:00<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zGci5Tlur9o?fs=1&hl=en_GB"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zGci5Tlur9o?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object>Darran Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108444093394817982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601908044332913701.post-12951579635606294492010-09-11T05:30:00.000-07:002010-09-11T05:35:42.762-07:00Gavin Bryars - The Sinking of the Titanic<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DScTBJ74Q5U?fs=1&hl=en_GB"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DScTBJ74Q5U?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br />All the materials used in the piece are derived from research and speculations about the sinking of the "unsinkable" luxury liner. On April 14th 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg at 11.40 PM in the North Atlantic and sank at 2.20 AM on April 15th. Of the 2201 people on board only 711 were to reach their intended destination, New York. The initial starting point for the piece was the reported fact of the band having played a hymn tune in the final moments of the ship's sinking. A number of other features of the disaster which generate musical or sounding performance material, or which 'take the mind to other regions', are also included. The final hymn played during those last 5 minutes of the ship's life is identified in an account by Harold Bride, the junior wireless operator, in an interview for the New York Times of April 19th 1912<br /><br />"...from aft came the tunes of the band..... The ship was gradually turning on her nose - just like a duck that goes down for a dive. I had only one thing on my mind - to get away from the suction. The band was still playing. I guess all of the band went down. They were playing "Autumn" then. I swam with all my might. I suppose I was 150 feet away when the Titanic, on her nose, with her afterquarter sticking straight up in the air, began to settle slowly.... The way the band kept playing was a noble thing. I heard it first while we were still working wireless, when there was a ragtime tune for us, and the last I saw of the band, when I was floating out in the sea with my lifebelt on, it was still on deck playing "Autumn". How they ever did it I cannot imagine."<br /><br />- <a href="http://www.gavinbryars.com/Pages/titanic_point.html">Gavin Bryars</a>Darran Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108444093394817982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601908044332913701.post-19571220024865126652010-09-04T04:39:00.001-07:002010-09-04T04:39:56.286-07:00Down with Demon Rum<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DVuwREbGh3w?fs=1&hl=en_GB"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DVuwREbGh3w?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object>Darran Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108444093394817982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601908044332913701.post-24545803498915483232010-08-12T14:47:00.001-07:002010-08-12T14:47:43.232-07:00<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Lt_OS54FFFE?fs=1&hl=en_GB"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Lt_OS54FFFE?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object>Darran Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108444093394817982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601908044332913701.post-60262482667464728572010-07-29T14:24:00.000-07:002010-07-29T14:25:09.887-07:00The Calligrapher<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fgA0WBKQUqM&hl=en_GB&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fgA0WBKQUqM&hl=en_GB&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object>Darran Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108444093394817982noreply@blogger.com