Well folks, the LHT has been around for two years. 730 days' worth of blog posts, podcasts, loving and hate things that range from lifechanging to mindless minutiae. Thanks to everyone on Posterous and Twitter who follows me. Thanks to everyone who's taken the time to comment on a post or retweet.
I never thought that I would get so much joy and satisfaction from communicating in this manner, but I'm thrilled that it's working. I don't know what lies ahead for the LHT as it has gone through several evolutionary steps already, but I hope you're all there to go through it with me.
Thanks for a great 2 years, and high hopes for many more.
Anthony
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I just found this amazing short film on Vimeo called Descendants and had to share it on the LHT. It is twisted and dark but with a very thoughtful ending and a look that is captivating. I am continually impressed with the content creators on Vimeo and their ability to transcend the LOLcat and other Memes of the week.
I know that 15 minutes is a lot to ask for in this world, so instead, give it one minute and I'm betting you'll make the right choice.
I'm a day late on a music podcast this week, but not a dollar short. In fact you're really in for a treat if you are an aficionado of the acoustic guitar because every song in the podcast features the instrument. Some are mellow, some are groovy, some are just downright weird, but the all are wood and wire.
While almost everything else on lovehatethings is Creative Commons, this is not, and if the RIAA, CIRA or any of the artists ask me to take this down, I'll gladly comply. But until then, if you dig it, maybe you'll go and buy it, which will make everyone happy in the end.
When I read about advanced technologies and flying cars and other prototypes that are decades away, I have to wonder what is really controlling the advancements of society and the creativity of an artistic class.
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I wish I could wax poetic about this near-perfect 3 minutes of storytelling. I know that I often ask you to devote time to watching video clips that I share about a number of subjects. Even though the message here is obvious, the delivery is captivating.
It's only 180 seconds; give it a shot!
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Hans Rosling, TED presenter and stats man extraordinaire shows that the best presenters do not need projectors and screens. They simply need a good idea and a creative way to present it. Of course it helps if you're charismatic and smart as hell.
In fact, by the time he moves to the projector and screen, he seems to disconnect with the audience because he's largely facing away from the audience. That's not to say Rosling talking with a screen is bad. But it is at that point the talk becomes more about content than delivery, and I refuse to believe either is better, but simply different.
It DOESN'T MATTER what he talks about - I'm engrossed. A great example of delivery matters as much or more than content, but, in this case, where the content is also relevant and interesting.
Here are some of my choices of television scenes where I thought music was used in a particularly inventive fashion. If you have others, please drop the links into the comments or just recall them from memory. Hope you enjoy these!
Beatles - All You Need Is Love - The Prisoner
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms - West Wing
Grateful Dead - Ripple - Freaks and Geeks
Patti Smith - Horses - Millennium
I'm not sure when Entertainment news turned completely to the lives of celebrities, but apparently the domestic crises of the infamous have become as interesting as reality shows: Survivor - Hollywood.
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Blu from www.blublu.org has done some incredible time lapse/real world animations over the past few years. I remember watching That's Incredible when I was a kid and seeing the epic domino runs thinking about how much time it must have taken. Then I saw some of the videos for OK Go and thought the same thing. For me, Blu takes it to an entirely new level.
Kudos to the execution of an amazing Combo.