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Adapted from the medieval English mystery plays by Tony Harrison, “The Mysteries” was first staged in 1977 at the National Theatre in London under the direction of Bill Bryden. It remained part of the repertoire of the Cottesloe Theatre for many years; the 1985 production was filmed for TV broadcast. [more inside]
posted by e-man at 11:59 PM PST - 3 comments

Steven Soderbergh talks to New York Magazine. For a while. About everything.
posted by eugenen at 10:02 PM PST - 26 comments

MAN - a short animated history of man's time on earth by Steve Cutts. (Via Nag on the Lake)
posted by madamjujujive at 8:17 PM PST - 14 comments

Manga artist Wisut Ponnimit has created a series of short animated vingettes that are sure to enthrall viewers (links are to the right). To get started, here's Back to Me (grab those tissues) , Morning, and Present. Prepare to say "awww".
posted by thermonuclear.jive.turkey at 6:22 PM PST - 6 comments

Magnus Walker and his wife talk about everything. About building exquisite 911s and giving them their own subtle differences - and why he won't do commissions. About moving from London to Los Angeles. About urban renewal and sewing. About big hammers, leather, race car driving, dreadlocks, and "that sensory overload type of thing." [Vimeo, 32:34] [more inside]
posted by Chutzler at 4:26 PM PST - 26 comments

Crosby, Stills and Nash recorded a great first album. How they got there.
posted by timsteil at 4:10 PM PST - 17 comments

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a story of people[0xCF36] as told by shaman.Accumulator.Overflows(true)
In the beginning, there were too many numbers, and nobody could tell exactly what they were. Everybody was confused about what was big and what was small, because everything was kind of big, but also kind of small. Nobody knew anything for sure....
posted by filthy light thief at 4:01 PM PST - 23 comments

What started out as a few EVE Online alliances forming up PvP fleets last night rapidly evolved into one of the largest PvP battles in the game's history. Reports indicate that a total of over 3,000 players may have been involved in the colossal battle. The video is insane. More on Reddit.
posted by seanmpuckett at 3:37 PM PST - 189 comments

In 1929, three young women (Edith, Dorothy, and Evelyn), ages 23 and 25, went on a three-month-long, 12,353-mile road trip. Learn more about their experience, and follow an effort to recreate the journey, at Three Months by Car. [more inside]
posted by Miko at 1:14 PM PST - 22 comments

"The Turret Anthem" - Portal turrets get their revenge. (SLYT)
posted by i less than three nsima at 1:05 PM PST - 19 comments

The Desi Cow – Almost Extinct "The idea of the cow, of course, is also emotively charged because of its mythical place in Hindu iconography, religion and culture: it is quite literally worshipped as goddess Kamdhenu: the cow of plenty... Again, this veneration is founded in hard pragmatics. Traditionally, India has been home to some of the most varied stock of cows in the world: the red-skinned Sahiwal that milks through droughts, the mighty Amrit Mahal with swords for horns or the tiny Vechur that stands no taller than a dog."
posted by dhruva at 11:50 AM PST - 46 comments

To the Best of Our Knowledge does a program on assholes. Much bleeping/blanking ensues, along with a lot of use of "a-word" to describe both word and the persons it names. [more inside]
posted by Mngo at 10:47 AM PST - 34 comments

It's not even February yet and we seem to have our worst movie of the year. [more inside]
posted by philip-random at 10:13 AM PST - 229 comments

Cub Scout Pack 442 of Cloverly, Maryland, has been forced by the BSA National Capital Area Council to remove a non-discrimination statement from its website that included sexual orientation. [more inside]
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 9:55 AM PST - 125 comments

On surgery and healing, illustrated on Post-it notes
posted by rockindata at 8:13 AM PST - 11 comments

A photographic guide to bookbinding.
posted by grouse at 7:55 AM PST - 17 comments

You may dance like nobody's watching, but what if your dancing is videoed and becomes the base of an internet meme and subsequent cottage industry, all without your knowledge and without you receiving any compensation for it? Should you have the right to stop this exploitation, or was the artist who first popularised you in his rights to create new artwork based on the original video? That's what's at stake in the lawsuit of the Techno Viking against Matthias Fritsch. [more inside]
posted by MartinWisse at 6:25 AM PST - 69 comments

A graduating member of The Animation Workshop in Denmark has produced a cool little short film that, like "Adventure Time", seems to owe a lot to Dungeons & Dragons.
posted by Ipsifendus at 6:24 AM PST - 18 comments

A Pep Talk from Kid President to You
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 6:16 AM PST - 9 comments

Why Hackers Should Be Afraid Of How They Write. Download JSAN here. (via)
posted by the man of twists and turns at 4:46 AM PST - 43 comments

Kate Bush album covers, reimagined as ZX Spectrum artwork. [more inside]
posted by Wordshore at 3:32 AM PST - 17 comments

Textures Processing... Loading Perlin Noise... Loading Worley Noise... Loading Terrain... Adding Pretty Lights... Enjoy the Refreshing Taste.
posted by lemuring at 2:40 AM PST - 8 comments