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Wow. Really blown away by this piece. Mobile Mobile, created by James Théophane Jnr is really clever and really well done. From the description:

Work asked me to do something for their Christmas card. I work for an Interactive Agency.

To cut a long story short, after a company-wide upgrade the agency had a lot of old mobiles gathering dust. We took these, built and hoisted a gigantic interactive chandelier/mobile that plays Christmas jingles in our reception.

If you feel especially sadistic this holiday, you can play the thing live from there website and annoy the people in the company’s reception area: xmas.lbi.co.uk

Here’s how it was made.

Hooray Uhhmmerica! Land of the plebe, home of the slave.

Science Fiction writer Peter Watts beaten up and arrested by US border guards.

Simple Desktops.

Even just calmly answering questions and smoking his cigar, Welles has such an imposing presence.

Simple and elegant concept. Extremely hard to pull off.

My Parents Were Awesome.

This week on Embedded, The Silversun Pickups, K’Naan and Arcade Fire.

Another great episode. Check it out at 11pm ET/PT, 10pm CT/MT.
Current TV can be seen on: DirecTV 358, Dish 196, Comcast 107 or 125, Time Warner 103 or 142!
If you’re a total douche (or your cable sucks), you can also watch it on Hulu. So no excuses.

So I’ve been working at Current TV since this past July and I was immediately thrown into the chaos of a burgeoning new show being created called Embedded. I’m one of two artists/animators on the project (the other is the talented Mike Beynart). Mike and I have been on the project since inception working on the graphics, animations, transitions, extras, you name it.

The best way to sum up the question of “What is Embedded”, would be to go to the source. Pulled directly from the show’s descriptor:

“Embedded is a six part special that puts you on the ground and behind the scenes with unrivaled access to your favorite musicians. We’ve traveled the world, going beyond performances to bring you the most intimate and unfiltered moments in artists’ lives. When others stop the cameras, we capture the real story of today’s top musicians.”

Here’s the trailer for the show:

This show is good. It’s a documentary, but not in the whole lame and intelligently barren MTV style “documentaries” on music and musicians. Whereas most TV docs will try to sell you something, or try to promote something, Embedded just focuses on the artist. It’s unhosted, meaning the artist is speaking freely of his/her/their mind(s). This show is for people who really love music. And not that mainstream Britney Spears crap, but real artists. I’m very proud to have been apart of this show.

In the three months I’ve been working here, my friends and family have been asking to see what I’ve been working on, but I haven’t been able to show anything since there hasn’t been an aired episode yet. Here’s a clip of something I did for one of the outtakes on the Silversun Pickups Episode: A sing-a-long to the song “Panic Switch”.

I hope you all get to check it out tonight. Embedded airs at 11pm (ET & PT) and is preceded by Vanguard, a show I also have been spending a lot of time working on for the new season. Check them BOTH out with Vanguard starting at 10pm (ET & PT), followed at 11pm by Embedded! It’s intelligent TV.

Current TV can be seen on: DirecTV 358, Dish 196, Comcast 107 or 125, Time Warner 103 or 142!

Healthcare CEOs Shoot Themselves in the Foot

Even if you pay your premiums for years, once you get dangerously ill, the bastards at private health care companies will do their best to find a way to cancel your insurance.

Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) said that a public insurance plan should be a part of any overhaul because it would force private companies to treat consumers fairly or risk losing them. “This is precisely why we need a public option,” Dingell said.

I would never ever kill anyone in my whole life, but if someone was to knock off these CEOs, I’d understand.