Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
Negative Nancies
ABC
1:00 p.m. EST/12:00 p.m. CST
Nancy Grace, Nancy Kerrigan, and Nancy Pelosi talk about how bad the environment's getting and how sad it is nobody knows their neighbors anymore.
From - The Onion
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
TV Log lines
Some TV log lines created by The Onion.
Show: The Parents
After a week of cuddling, homework help, and bedtime stories, which child will go back to the orphanage without a rose?
Show: The Real Housewives Of Mogadishu
Aasha is enraged when she finds out she's not on the guest list for Ugah's female circumcision.
Show: Follow That Dollar Bill
A dollar bill on a string must be followed for 30 minutes or else the contestant will not win it.
Show: The Parents
After a week of cuddling, homework help, and bedtime stories, which child will go back to the orphanage without a rose?
Show: The Real Housewives Of Mogadishu
Aasha is enraged when she finds out she's not on the guest list for Ugah's female circumcision.
Show: Follow That Dollar Bill
A dollar bill on a string must be followed for 30 minutes or else the contestant will not win it.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Anatomy of a Tear-Jerker - WSJ
See the full article here.
Twenty years ago, the British psychologist John Sloboda conducted a simple experiment. He asked music lovers to identify passages of songs that reliably set off a physical reaction, such as tears or goose bumps. Participants identified 20 tear-triggering passages, and when Dr. Sloboda analyzed their properties, a trend emerged: 18 contained a musical device called an "appoggiatura."
Twenty years ago, the British psychologist John Sloboda conducted a simple experiment. He asked music lovers to identify passages of songs that reliably set off a physical reaction, such as tears or goose bumps. Participants identified 20 tear-triggering passages, and when Dr. Sloboda analyzed their properties, a trend emerged: 18 contained a musical device called an "appoggiatura."
The Wall Street Journal (illustration) Associated Press (photo); Universal Music Publishing (score)
Adele slightly modulates her pitch at the end of some long notes, adding to the tension.
An appoggiatura is a type of ornamental
note that clashes with the melody just enough to create a dissonant
sound. "This generates tension in the listener," said Martin Guhn, a
psychologist at the University of British Columbia who co-wrote a 2007
study on the subject. "When the notes return to the anticipated melody,
the tension resolves, and it feels good."
Chills often descend on listeners at these moments of resolution.
When several appoggiaturas occur next to each other in a melody, it
generates a cycle of tension and release. This provokes an even stronger
reaction, and that is when the tears start to flow.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Powerpoint alternative (well done) delivers
The message is quite obviously significant. The presentation delivery technique is outstanding. Well done.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
A Collection of Starlings is called a "Murmuration"
Kiele found this. You gotta say "whoooooaa - nice"
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Dirty Night Clowns
I had a chance to chat with Dirty Night Clown's Director - Ryan Gibeau at the NH Film Festival yesterday. Ryan is from NH and does his work from Brooklyn, NY. Pretty cool stuff huh?
The story behind the song is one of child abuse. Apparently, the pedofiles would dress up as clowns and lure victims. Yikes. Accepting that as the premise, the lyrics speak about the pain of the experience. "I will never be dirt free." Wow.
Also check out the behind the scenes - making video here below.
Quite an effort here. Fabulous work.
Chris Garneau - Dirty Night Clowns from ROCK*iT FiLMS on Vimeo.
The story behind the song is one of child abuse. Apparently, the pedofiles would dress up as clowns and lure victims. Yikes. Accepting that as the premise, the lyrics speak about the pain of the experience. "I will never be dirt free." Wow.
Also check out the behind the scenes - making video here below.
Quite an effort here. Fabulous work.
Chris Garneau - Dirty Night Clowns from ROCK*iT FiLMS on Vimeo.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Semi-organized, general complaint
I'm not judging - just observing.
Th
e "protests" on Wall Street in Boston and other cities seem to be a little peculiar. I mean it's almost as if people come together to complain about things in general - more or less to express the idea that something isn't right here. The repeat-after-me chants are awkward. People aren't sure what the leader of the chant, is going to say. They're hoping it will make sense but often it doesn't. It's really quite odd isn't it? It would seem that the wants are fragmented, loosely defined, numerous and having variety even in scale. Wouldn't it make more sense to decide what exactly we (the group) would like to have changed and be very specific? It is very difficult to get a large group to agree on what might be a good thing to change and how (be specific) to change it. What will the new rules (laws) be? To get that done (in a broad sense - not to mention the details and the language etc) is really something people will debate over. That's what government and democracy and an orderly society struggle to do all the time. That's why we have a political system in the first place. It's a way to shape the world we want. It isn't easy - it's practically impossible but we try anyway. Smart people, stupid people, the tall and the short - we try to work it out. It seems like the current protesting groups - having no way to be "specific" without grinding, debating and considering the downstream consequences of things we'd like to change, have decided to skip the process all together and go directly to protesting "things in general".
In a way - I get it but have a tough time seeing how a non-specific argument can be won. Today I read Bob Lefsetz blog piece. Bob makes a lot of sense most of the time - and sometimes he makes none but after reading his thing today, I felt like it explains part of what I didn't really understand about the situation. There's a quote by Italian journalist Corrado Alvaro, quoted in the Sydney Australian:
"The blackest despair that can take hold of any society is the fear that living honestly is futile."
What the non-specific complaint is about is that people believe the game is rigged, that if they play by the rules they just can't win. And winning doesn't mean a private jet and an island vacation but the ability to put food on the table under your own roof after doing a hard day's work. It's not that rich people should cough up all their dough, but how is it that hedge fund management fees are taxed at capital gains rates when they're guaranteed?
What's up with that. Aren't we somehow getting hosed by this stuff - the people in the streets are saying.
I get that. I get it today better than I did yesterday. I still say that it would be better to be specific about what you want but I do get the general idea that if the game is rigged, we've got problems. The idea that a group gathers with the sole purpose of putting up a fuss - a general-fuss, just to bring attention... I think I get it.
Here's a link to Bob Lefsetz piece.
Th
e "protests" on Wall Street in Boston and other cities seem to be a little peculiar. I mean it's almost as if people come together to complain about things in general - more or less to express the idea that something isn't right here. The repeat-after-me chants are awkward. People aren't sure what the leader of the chant, is going to say. They're hoping it will make sense but often it doesn't. It's really quite odd isn't it? It would seem that the wants are fragmented, loosely defined, numerous and having variety even in scale. Wouldn't it make more sense to decide what exactly we (the group) would like to have changed and be very specific? It is very difficult to get a large group to agree on what might be a good thing to change and how (be specific) to change it. What will the new rules (laws) be? To get that done (in a broad sense - not to mention the details and the language etc) is really something people will debate over. That's what government and democracy and an orderly society struggle to do all the time. That's why we have a political system in the first place. It's a way to shape the world we want. It isn't easy - it's practically impossible but we try anyway. Smart people, stupid people, the tall and the short - we try to work it out. It seems like the current protesting groups - having no way to be "specific" without grinding, debating and considering the downstream consequences of things we'd like to change, have decided to skip the process all together and go directly to protesting "things in general".In a way - I get it but have a tough time seeing how a non-specific argument can be won. Today I read Bob Lefsetz blog piece. Bob makes a lot of sense most of the time - and sometimes he makes none but after reading his thing today, I felt like it explains part of what I didn't really understand about the situation. There's a quote by Italian journalist Corrado Alvaro, quoted in the Sydney Australian:
"The blackest despair that can take hold of any society is the fear that living honestly is futile."
What the non-specific complaint is about is that people believe the game is rigged, that if they play by the rules they just can't win. And winning doesn't mean a private jet and an island vacation but the ability to put food on the table under your own roof after doing a hard day's work. It's not that rich people should cough up all their dough, but how is it that hedge fund management fees are taxed at capital gains rates when they're guaranteed?
What's up with that. Aren't we somehow getting hosed by this stuff - the people in the streets are saying.
I get that. I get it today better than I did yesterday. I still say that it would be better to be specific about what you want but I do get the general idea that if the game is rigged, we've got problems. The idea that a group gathers with the sole purpose of putting up a fuss - a general-fuss, just to bring attention... I think I get it.
Here's a link to Bob Lefsetz piece.
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