creativity = perspective

Lately, Ive been following the RISD blog by the new president, John Maeda.

excellent post: http://our.risd.edu/2008/07/08/but-is-it-art/

'Fresh Air' follow-up 2

And some more I remember hearing from before 2006 :

JOHNNY CASH

DAVID BOWIE

MAURICE SENDAK

'Fresh Air' follow-up

To follw-up on the last post, here are some great 'Fresh Air' interviews from 2006:

Thom Yorke

Ricky Gervais

Inside Walt Disney

A History of the End of the World

The Architect: Karl Rove

Tom Petty

Talking Right

Pee Wee's Playhouse

Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power

Willie Nelson

Leonard Cohen

Nick Hornby

Robert Smigel's TV Funhouse

Who Controls the Internet?

Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors

Rescuing Dogs

producer of The Daily Show

Belle and Sebastian

Niel Young

Hustle & Flow

Grizzly Man

'Fresh Air' Interviews

Having just listened to a fantastic interview with the film maker Guillermo del Toro on NPR's Fresh Air, I thought it would be a good idea if I post the good shows I hear. I am something of a talk radio junky--I am usually listening to some sort of streaming radio talk show/music/news. Terry Gross, the host, is by far the best interviewer I have heard. She asks great questions; she is relaxing to listen to, and I can only assume talk to (based on how guests are responding to her questions.) I just get the sense that she knows exactly how to conduct a good interview. One thing I've noticed is that she will never let a guest ask her a question: she simply ignores the question and moves on with the interview without interrupting the flow of the show. Listen to Words that Work from this month and you'll know what I mean. As another example of this, there was an interview with Jeff Goldblum where he was constantly trying to become the interviewer, and she just wouldn't have it. Another classic is Bill O'rielly's interview where he simply hung up and left the show (Lou Reed did it as well but I can't find that one in the archive).

So, I will start to create links to some of these interviews, and other shows I hear through the web. I hope you have time to listen to some of them... Here are some great shows from this month: Clint Eastwood , Sacha Baron Cohan, Leonard Cohan.

Enjoy.

Chicago + Texas

Chicago from the Hancock Bldg.

Texas Christmas Lights.

A Texas Dance Hall.

Spooky.

Young Game Fan

This was taken at a restaurant in Texas; it was surrounded by regular children's drawings of people, pets, rainbows, etc. He's obviously a big video game fan to be thinking of all his favorite systems while eating out with his family at a restaurant. Truly amazing.

LINK: how the wii works

A friend sent this article on the Wii and how it works. Not sure if you are interested in that, but I think it is neat. The Wii is amazing.

Countdown to Halloween!

My roomates and friends downstairs are currently prepairing for this year's Halloween Party. Here is the invite:

Incredible Machines

Some of the best kinetic machines I have ever seen..

Super Mario Bro. Skills

A video taking advantage of the numerous glitches and secrets of Super Mario Bros.