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LEE MADGWICK
UNGENTRIFIED
ALBERTO MIELGO
MARATHON
Insanely talented animator and director.
Not always easy to find his work -
he's worked with a variety of companies,
including netflicks, Sony etc.That said,
enjoy, and wait, like me,for his
next twisted masterpiece
JIBARO
(MUSIC VIDEO VERSION)
WINDSCREEN WIPER
GENTRIFICATION
INTERVIEW
(MAKING OF JIBARO)
TORBAHEAD
HAYLEY CHIU
MINIMALIST SURREALISM FROM CANADA
RESONANCE FM
RADIO UNTAMED
I'd almost forgotten about Resonance FM until
I heard Stewart Lee singing its praises on
Radio 4 this week. Some years ago, I had gone
to one of their shows at Conway Hall, in London
and it was a bit too Avant Garde for my tastes
(I'm more experimental - a different thing)
Anyway, a radio station without setlists, poptarts
and general pandering to listener figures -
I should be celebrating it, too. I'm going to make
a bigger effort to listen more often.
TV and radio is pretty lousy right now.
Time to seek out some less trod paths ...
Excellent Stewart Lee interview on why everything is rubbish
THE END OF ART ?
I was going to post the work of a painter
I really liked, who has been working since 2009.
I then noticed he had started using AI in 2024.
In his own words:
"I went from producing one piece a week
to making one every day"
As a result, there are hundreds of pictures
on his site - with no indication which is which.
The way we are being railroaded into
using this tech in every part of our lives
is highly suspect. I've never found a
use for it and the art it produces
is just plain ugly and stupid
It's even infected blogging, too -
one of the big art blogs has just started
including AI art, making it utterly useless to me.
I've not found much good stuff this week.
This isn't a full time job - more a by-product
of archive research, but you only have to take
a look on reddit to see how AI has devastated
the art industry.
For those of us who still believe in an
independent internet - non - paticipation is
the only defence. If people label us
luddites, they're just proving how shady
they are. I'll be popping a few champagne
corks when the bubble finally bursts.
For those who are interested -
I use the brave browser to cut out a
load of the ads and spyware culture and
only ever use DuckDuckGo for searches -
I'm hoping the little bit of tech, below,
will help, too.
FREEWARE
A COLLECTION OF SMALL FREE UTILITIES
THAT MIGHT JUST SAVE YOUR SANITY
AUDIO
For creating that mp3 playlist
Normalizes the volumes in your playlist
Make your computer audio compatible
with that bluetooth speaker or
music keyboard
VIDEO
Helps your uploaded video start quickly
Plays all media files and isn't microsoft
Download any video from anywhere
Used to be brilliant,
but they filled it with annoying adware ...
This is a clean version, with the nasties removed
Recommended by MajorGeeks
IMAGES
Free and non-microsoft
Replace missing or damaged icons on your desktop
Replace missing program thumbnails on your computer
Easy but feature-rich animator with timeline by Ulead
INTERNET
Vastly speeds up your internet connection
- good for large uploads
Rock-steady, independent email client
Back-up email client
Same as above
HARD DRIVE
Auslogics' free program has an auto
backup and even dedicated online support.
Safe and fast
Vital when you have to set up windows again
Frees up the registry
The best partition manager I found -
intuative and stable
PLEASE NOTE:
The next 2 programs in this section
can be downloaded as trials. That should
be all you need to install / clone a drive
Helps your computer recognise
that new hard drive
Before AOMEI, I used this -
It never let me down
ESSENTIALS
Find out what's starting at bootup
Disable before you delete
According to MajorGeeks,
Tweaking.com haven't updated this program
since 2023 - Having said that, I just used it
to fix a major glitch in Windows 11
- It's like a reset for your registry.
For iso and DVD files
* All files tested safe, but check with your antivirus
BEN LEVIN
So twistedly cute that it's practically Dada.
TSUNAMI GIRL
KATRINA BABIES
Edward Buckles was a young child in
New Orleans when hurricane Katrina hit.
Years later, he became a director and
made a film about the aftermath
Podenco supplied the animated sequences
CHEMICAL MESSIAH
JOSHUA DUNLAP
