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IMAX 3D. Two words you cannot escape these days. Recent releases Avatar and Alice in Wonderland immediately come to mind. Now we can add a collaboration between Björk and Michel Gondry to the list. The creative magic team are joining forces once again on an IMAX 3D project. “We have a very ambitious project, a sort of scientific musical,” Gondry said. “It’s a movie, but maybe more for museums. Like a 40 minute IMAX project in 3D.” Changing the venue from a ginormous movie theater to a museum sounds appropriate for what may indeed turn out to be a work of art. (When I hear Björk and the word museum mentioned together in a sentence, I can’t help but think of her husband artist Matthew Barney.)

Whether she is wearing a swan as a dress or acting opposite Catherine Deneuve in her critically acclaimed role in Dancer in the Dark, not to mention her music, Björk is always pushing the limits. Director/Screenwriter Michel Gondry has a long list of film and music video credits to his name, including The Science of Sleep and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Björk and Gondry have given viewers visual eye candy for years by collaborating on seven of her music videos. I definitely look forward to seeing their work together on a grander scale.

The legendary Japanese Hip-Hop producer, Nujabes, whose real name is Jun Seba, has been confirmed dead from a car accident. His death has been confirmed through his record label, Hydeout Productions and his friend/collaborator, Shing 02. The accident occurred on February 26th, on the same day Japan experienced a 7.0 earthquake almost one month ago. His family held a private burial in Shimeyaka. It is still unknown why news of his death had been kept quiet for so long.

From Shing 02’s website…

Today, I have very somber news for the international hip hop community, especially fans of the independent hip hop scene, and those who have followed my career.

It has been announced that Jun Seba, aka Nujabes, Japanese hip hop producer extraordinaire, passed away late February. Official statement from the label (in Japanese) here:
http://hydeout.net/hydeout/2010/03/_hydeoutproductions.html

We deeply regret the loss of a unique talent and a close friend. Through his soulful music, Nujabes has touched so many people around the world, even beyond his dreams. He was a mysterious character to most as he avoided the public limelight, rarely conducted interviews, so only a few got to know the man behind the signature production. Yet it continued to amaze me how young listeners of all backgrounds learned of his enigmatic name, and expressed support for his music.

As I write now from Japan, I had been leaving him messages the past couple of weeks, trying to get in the studio together, so the news could not have come any more unexpected. Even last week, I passed by his house and called him thinking he was still home.

I met Nujabes around 2000 and as an upcoming MC, I was fortunate to work on tracks such as Battlecry, F.I.L.O, Luv(sic) parts 1, 2 and 3. We had been working on the next trilogy of Luv(sic) over the past year (which we’re determined to see through). The last time we talked in January, Nujabes emailed me to wish Jeff Resurreccion, a 19-year old beatboxer who had just passed way from cancer, his heartfelt condolences.

While we continue to respect the privacy of his family, we will work to preserve his legacy, and pay tribute to the body of work, some unreleased, that he has left for us to enjoy. Jun Seba will be dearly missed by his family, friends, colleagues, and fans worldwide.

in peace,
Shing02

Nujabes had collaborated with many American artists as well as Japanese artists. His work was also featured as the opening song and background music for Samurai Champloo.

Nujabes was 36 years old.

Remember when you were a young kid and you used to play cops and robbers or cowboys and Indians or robbers and Indians or other make believe scenarios? It was all fun and games and no one batted an eye? What if you kept pretending to live in this imaginary world up to your senior year in high school?

That is the premise of the movie Mystery Team made by the famous internet sketch comedy group Derrick Comedy. Three soon to graduate seniors still run a detective agency known as the Mystery Team. They will help you solve any case, whether it be a stolen bike, damaged pie or other minor injustices. After being belittled by the towns people and constantly be told to grow up by their peers (and everyone else), they decide to take on their hardest case yet; a double homicide.

It is a concept that under a different set of hands would have led to a 90-minute one note joke stretched too far. But the guys from Derrick Comedy wrote a tight script and had some hilarious performances that led to a pretty damn funny comedy. It manages to walk that fine line of not becoming too stupid and childish or too horrific and over the top. The movie had a great script and the whole film flowed very naturally and organically.

Dominic Dierkes, DC Pierson (two of the main actors) and Dan Eckman (Direcotor) were there after the screening to do a Q&A and a meet and greet. They were some really nice and down to earth guys, willing to take a picture and talk to anyone who stuck around after the movie. I don’t know if they are going to be playing any more cities after their stop in LA but the DVD comes out in May and I urge everyone to BUY this movie. Buy it and then share it with friends and share it with their friends.

Check out the groups videos at www.derrickcomedy.com and be sure to check out the DVD when it comes out.

1. You live in a country that doesn’t provide health care for all its citizens.  The proposed solution to the current situation makes as much sense as Lindsay Lohan suing the Etrade babies.

2.  If you are older than 21, you’ve seen the last of your good birthdays.  At 25, you get to rent a car but I think sprawling out in the back and lobbing comments to the driver is way more fun than driving.

3.  70% of African-American babies are born to baby mammas and baby daddies instead of to families.

4. Mean Girls has yet to be given the critical acclaim it deserves

All this stuff is hella depressing, right ?  Fear not.  Just in time to cure you of all that ails you is Miggedy March Madness snitches !  I literally can’t sit still on my couch right now.  This next 3 weeks is why  I live.  Well, that and short sneakily-chubby blond girls.  March Madness is the Rodney King of sporting events.  It simply can’t be beaten and it begs people to just get along.  Everyone loves rooting for their Alma mater, or for their parents’ Alma mater, or because they have a friend who banged the stud freshman center, or simply for Cinderella.   Either way, you should go to your nearest bar and crack open a PBR, and embrace the awesomeness that is this month.  If you see me, say hi and ask me what I think of the games because I’m probably the best college basketball mind this side of Ashley Judd.  Here are some great March Madness moments to get you warmed up…

But thats not why I write. Just now, on the elevator, I think I discovered something. I think there are less douchebags in this world than we think. I think most douchebag sightings stem from one thing, sobriety. Everyone is a douche bag when you are sober. Everyone! I was on my way up to my apartment with an Asian guy carrying a toolbox (no chance he was gong to fix electronics, right ?) and two other guys who had clearly been drinking. I think the drunk guys made our Asian visitor nervous because he says out loud “where is the 6 for 6 floor.” One of the drunk guy says “It’s right after the 5 and before the 7, Oooohhh!” He then says, “I bet our friend here (referring to the Asian Guy) is Irish and has had many Guinesses today, or is it Guinai?” Him and his buddy are laughing like they were watching a Youtube clip of chatroom roulette piano guy. I’m literally sitting there about thunderclapping both of them. But you know what? I’ve probably done something like that a million times.

On Saturday, when my idiot friends and I did our St. Patty’s day drinking, I brought out my HD flip camera and yelled to anyone I saw “Say something, you’re in High Definition.” I’m pretty sure everyone thought there was a 6′4 African douchebag loose in Chelsea on Saturday. So if someone could mistake me for a douchebag, it could happen to anyone right ? Maybe if I was drunk, I would have laughed at obvious overtures about an Asian man being Irish. Probably not, but I would have been willing to put my douche knife down.  Thus, the solution to the world’s douchebag epidemic is for everyone to just be drunk at all times they will be in contact with other people. And since you would never know when that is, that means you stay sippin’ sizyrup…. every minute of every day.

I like many others, enjoy St. Patrick’s Day with a pint, or two or three or four. If you are looking for some other Irish distractions, might I offer you a tall glass of Celtic fear. Leave it to them to have a treasure trove of the most terrifying creatures known to mythology. Many, like the Leprechaun have had movies made in their honor, and some really ought to.

See the above video. Despite what you’ve heard, they really are closer to the one in the movie and not the cute smiling midget on your St. Patrick’s Day greeting card. Leprechauns are mean sons of bitches with a penchant for dragging people into the sea, dark holes, or under a bridge. F-that.

Cute little hotties with wings? Umm no. These creatures are often thought of as fallen angels bent on screwing with humans, often to a highly detrimental degree. Anything descended from legendary sorceress, Morgan Le Fay, is not to be trifled with. If you’re in the mood for faery hotness though, you can’t beat Liv Tyler in Lord of the Rings.

It is also referred to as the “Oh, I just shit my pants” beast.  A large half man half horse creature that roams the moors and battlefields. Did we mention he doesn’t have any skin? Yeah that’s right, all sinew and black blood coursing through yellow putrefied veins. How’s that for a bed time story, kids? P.S., He thinks you’re really tasty. There are great references to him in Diana Gabaldon’s latest epic An Echo in the Bone.

It is often seen as a black horse roaming around lochs. You can spot it by the constantly dripping mane. In coastal areas, it appears as a seal. Whatever its form, the Kelpie likes to lure small children away from their families and take them down into the depths to live with it.  Want some family fun with Kelpies? Watch The Secret of Roan Inish.

These are the source of some of the most ass clenching ghost stories in many an Irish family. Their ghostly cries usually rise up when a family member is about to meet his maker. For the ultimate in B-grade horror, take a gander at the movie trailer for Banshee. Goggle that shit. You won’t be let down.

And thus, concludes our romp through the green meadows of Irish folklore. The moral of the story? Get wasted. Stay away from the water. And the short guy with the red beard? He’s here to drag you to your doom. Slainte!

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