Rockstar Games has just released a trailer for Grand Theft Auto V, and it’s taking place. . . in San Andreas.

Specifically Los Santos.

Rockstar Games

Grand Theft Auto V on Wikia

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on Wikia

I can’t wait.

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Telepathic cat ears that waggle when you think about them? Japan will live on forever.

The Necomimi are still in the prototype phase, but will be available soon from Neurowear.

I look forward to living in a world where everyone is wearing them.

Neurowear Official Home Page

Neurowear on Facebook

Necomimi at a Convention

Necomimi Test

NeuroSky on Vimeo

NeuroSky

(Found via PhysOrg)

It’s so future.

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This Saturday, May 14, artist, photographer, and Electric Child Leslie Reed will be hosting The View From Here at The Galaxy Lounge in Johnson City, Tennessee. The View From Here is an interactive art show which will be featuring paintings, sculptures, photography, live music, short film screenings, and more, together all at once for a true pop art happening.

Leslie Reed and everyone involved have been doing some amazing work on this show. The View From Here is looking brilliant and it’s already been receiving a lot of very cool press.

The Johnson City Press: Leslie Reed Enjoying “The View From Here”

Leslie Reed’s bohemian lifestyle has led her around the world, from a position as assistant director of a contemporary art gallery in Santa Monica, Calif., to a year-long stint teaching English to young children in South Korea.

Upon returning to the Tri-Cities last August, Reed felt the desire to share her life’s experiences in a way that reconnected her with her roots.

. . .

“The idea of bringing together as many art forms as possible and inviting the viewer to interact physically with the work and create collaborative new pieces is the goal, and what I think sets the show apart,” Reed said. “People tend to look at art as something up on the wall, something separate from them, something that may not have anything to do with them or their lives. It may be something they can appreciate or look at, but it’s at a distance. What I like about people making their own work and people coming together and all participating is that it brings it so much more into people’s lives. This doesn’t have to be just for a select few, gifted, incredible people. I can get something out of this myself. I can enjoy this process because it’s so much fun.”

From A! Magazine

Musicians from Johnson City include Allison Mullins (blues and spiritual chanting); Thee Birds OV Paradise; and SKA band Demon Waffle. Others are Catie Quiroga (country and folk) and Gabi Palekid, both from Abingdon, Va.; Allison Mullins, Kingsport, Tenn.; Jen Rock, Knoxville, Tenn.; and Her Band of Gold, Santa Cruz, Calif. Bellydancer Kahleena Smith will also perform.

Bristol, Tenn. artist Tammy Carter will exhibit her glass sculpture. Johnson City artists will include Adonica Supertramp (paintings), Little City Collective’s Suzie Kelly (photography), Crystal Hill (jewelry and found object art), Suzie Kelly (drawings), Charis (recycled art), Andrew Austin Conner (chainsaw sculptures), and Colleen Lowe (feather art).

Independent film maker Nikki Hamblin from Knoxville, Tenn. will screen her latest project, Built By Slaves. Also participating will be members of Electric Children: Leslie Reed from Johnson City and Larissa Mueller from Santa Cruz, Calif. (photography); Dean Verheyen from Santa Cruz (How to Make a Baby Cry); Yun Bai, Atlanta, Ga. (painting); and B.A. Crumm (painting, photography, and performance art).

The show will be running from 8 at night until 2 in the morning. It’s going to be a blast.

Come and enjoy The View From Here.

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jBot showed this to me a few years ago. It’s an anime music video featuring footage from Neon Genesis Evangelion cut to the song Engel by Rammstein. It just popped back into my consciousness and I had to post it online.

I always thought this video was amazing. Very well cut and definitely a favorite. While I was searching for it though, I came across another AMV that I might be loving even more. It’s Neon Genesis, this time set to Sæglópur by Sigur Ros.

The two songs are very different, but both videos do a fantastic job at capturing the feel of the series. It would be an understatement to say Evangelion had a profound effect on the consciousnesses of people all over the world. Fans really connected with the series and its characters, and videos like these definitely show it.

Links

Evangelion and Sigur Ros – Sæglópur

Evangelion and Rammstein – Engel

Evangelion and Rammstein – Feuer Frei

Rammstein – Engel

Sigur Ros – Sæglópur

Neon Genesis Evangelion at Wikia

Neon Genesis Evangelion – Platinum Collection

Neon Genesis Evangelion Movies – Death & Rebirth and The End of Evangelion

How to Marathon Neon Genesis Evangelion

Evangelion Manga Series

Evangelion Music

Neon Genesis Evangelion – The Shinji Ikari Raising Project

Neon Genesis Evangelion – Episode 1

The original creators of Neon Genesis are currently in production of a set of films remaking the original series. The first two have been released, and the third and fourth are still on the way.

It’s been a direct adaptation for the most part, but in the second film they introduced a new pilot named Mari Illustrious Makinami. . .

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone at Wikia

Preview for Evangelion: 1.0

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance at Wikia

Preview for Evangelion: 2.0

Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone

Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance

Preview for Evangelion: 3.0 You Will (Not) Understand

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If you’re a fan of rap music then then you need to be listening to DJ D-Sharp’s Sharp State of Mind Radio. It’s a great podcast, highlighting a different producer every week with hilarious commentary throughout by D-Sharp and rappers Nerve and F.L.O. Very cool stuff. New episodes broadcast live from 11AM to 1 PM. Click here to listen.

And check out D-sharp’s video, Definition of a Star, featuring Kev Choice and Tony Vic.

Sharp State of Mind Links

Sharp State of Mind at All Day Play

Sharp State of Mind at PodMatic

Sharp State of Mind on Facebook

Sharp State of Mind’s Channel on YouTube

DJ D-Sharp’s Official Homepage

DJ D-Sharp at Bandcamp

DJ D-Sharp on Tumblr

FLO on Twitter

DJ D-Sharp on Twitter

Nerve on Twitter

Nerve on MySpace

We did the Old School music video with these guys (along with Mickey Factz and Rathmatixx), and we’ve filmed their performances, so we know first hand how cool it is to see them live. These guys definitely know how to put on a show.

DJ D-Sharp is spinning records almost 24/7. If you’re in the Bay Area and you want to dance, you’ve got to go see his live sets.

Check out D-Sharp’s homepage for upcoming events.

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(Found via Stranger in a Strange Land)

Destino is a surrealist short film originally conceived and storyboarded by artist Salvador Dali in 1945 as a collaboration with Walt Disney. The project was left unfinished until 2003. Both men were great admirers of each others work so it’s a shame they weren’t able to collaborate together more. A full length feature would have been fantastic.

But at least we have Destino, which is definitely a short film worth watching. I’m glad it’s finally seen the light of day.

From The Art of Destino:

Walt Disney found an unexpected artistic soul mate in Salvador Dali, who he may have met as early as 1937. “We have to keep breaking new trails,” Disney said at the time. “Ordinarily good story ideas don’t come easily and have to be fought for. Dali is communicative. He bubbles with ideas.”

At a dinner party held by movie mogul Jack Warner in 1945, the concept of collaboration between Disney and Dali began to evolve. Disney had been compiling short features for theatrical release. “Destino” was the name of a Mexican ballad that Disney had envisioned as a vehicle for a musical short film project. Dali was attracted to Destino’s title and the concept of destiny attracting two lovers. In late 1946, Dali began arriving at the Disney Studio every morning at eight-thirty and working until five at night. Twenty seconds of film, several paintings, various pen-and-ink drawings and many storyboards came out of this eight month period during which Dali was an employee of Walt Disney Studios. He hinted in his own newsletter, Dali News, that the collaborative film effort would “offer to the world the first vision of ‘psychological relief’.”

From Wikipedia:

Destino (the Galician, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian word for “destiny”) was storyboarded by Disney studio artist John Hench and artist Salvador Dalí for eight months in late 1945 and 1946. . . Hench compiled a short animation test of about 18 seconds in the hopes of rekindling Disney’s interest in the project, but the production was no longer deemed financially viable and put on indefinite hiatus.

In 1999, Walt Disney’s nephew Roy E. Disney, while working on Fantasia 2000, unearthed the dormant project and decided to bring it back to life. Disney Studios France, the company’s small Parisian production department, was brought on board to complete the project. The short was produced by Baker Bloodworth and directed by French animator Dominique Monfréy in his first directorial role. A team of approximately 25 animators deciphered Dalí and Hench’s cryptic storyboards (with a little help from the journals of Dalí’s wife Gala Dalí and guidance from Hench himself), and finished Destino’s production. The end result is mostly traditional animation, including Hench’s original footage, but it also contains some computer animation. The 18 second original footage that is included in the finished product is the segment with the two tortoises (this original footage is referred to in Bette Midler’s host sequence for The Steadfast Tin Soldier in Fantasia 2000, as an “idea that featured baseball as a metaphor for life”).

Destino premiered on June 2, 2003 at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in Annecy, France. The six-minute short follows the love story of Chronos and the ill-fated love he has for a mortal female. The story continues as the female dances through surreal scenery inspired by Dalí’s paintings. There is no dialogue, but the soundtrack features a song by the Mexican composer Armando Dominguez.

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These kids are amazing.

And this is part two:

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Merry X-Mas from Electric Children! It’s time once again for another collection of Christmas chaos to make your holidays extra magical. Click here to check out last year’s post.

Behold the Christmas goodness.

Christmas with 30 Rock

30 Rock – Christmas Attack Zone
Grizz and Dotcom’s Holiday Wrap
A Hornberger Christmas
Secret Santa
Christmas Special
Ludachristmas

The Adventures of Pete and Pete – A classic Christmas episode from a very underrated show.

O’Christmas Pete – Part 1
O’Christmas Pete – Part 2
O’Christmas Pete – Part 3

Disney’s A Christmas Carol – This was always my favorite growing up.

A Christmas Carol – Part 1
A Christmas Carol – Part 2
A Christmas Carol – Part 3

Dave Foley’s The True Meaning of Christmas Specials – I wrote about this in the Revenge of the Kids in the Hall post, but this special is far too cool not to mention again.

The True Meaning of Christmas Specials – Part 1
The True Meaning of Christmas Specials – Part 2
The True Meaning of Christmas Specials – Part 3
The True Meaning of Christmas Specials – Part 4
The True Meaning of Christmas Specials – Part 5
The True Meaning of Christmas Specials – Part 6
The True Meaning of Christmas Specials – Part 7

And even more Christmas goodness:

Run D.M.C. – Christmas in Hollis
Zooey Deschanel & Leon Redbone – Baby It’s cold Outside
Destiny’s Child – 8 Days of Christmas
Spongebob Squarepants – Christmas Who?
Spongebob Squarepants – Don’t Be a Jerk, It’s Christmas
Jor-El, Jor-El
She and Him (and Conan) – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
John Lennon – So This is Christmas (War is Over)
The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special
Psychedelic Shaman Santas
Run D.M.C. – Christmas in Hollis (Charlie Brown Style)
The Kinks – Father Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Conan O’Brien and The Basic Cable Band – Run Run Rudolph
A Bundyful Christmas
Alvin and The Chipmunks Christmas Song
Disney Christmas Song
SillyKid – A Very Silly Christmas
Wham – Last Christmas
Case Closed – Another Christmas Song
I Want a Dog for Christmas Charlie Brown
Bob Dylan – Must Be Santa
Pinnk Panther – A Pink Christmas

Merry Christmas from Electric Children!

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This is Damien Walters, blowing your mind.

(Found via jBot)

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Akihabara Majokko Princess is a music video produced by pop Japanese artist Takashi Murakami as part of an exhibit at the Tate Modern. The video stars Kirsten Dunst as a blue haired, ruby slippered, cosplay sailor scout running around Tokyo with a magic wand.

It’s very cool. Very anime.

Link

And here are a few videos from behind the scenes:

Kirsten Dunst Akihabara Making-Off

Taping of Kirsten Dunst

At the Exhibit

Bonus video:

Superflat First Love by Takashi Murakami for Louis Vuitton

Previously on Electric Children:

What is Kaikai Kiki? – Takashi Murakami in LA

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