MetaFilter posts tagged with Adam

Mr SuperNatural

elgilito — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:06:54 -0800

The Book of Genesis illustrated by Robert Crumb. Extracts of Crumb's latest work, years in the making and to be published in October, are serialized in the French cultural weekly Telerama during this summer (warning: bad interface, text in French). Short interview with the author here. A scan (in English) from the New Yorker preview can be seen here, but with some images messed up in addition to being illegal.

Friend or Foe?

wittgenstein — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:34:54 -0800

In 2007, Stuart Godard (alias Adam Ant) published his autobiography in which, among other things, he discussed his lifelong battle with manic depression (bipolar disorder). Our friends at YouTube have posted a tv special about his life: The Madness of Prince Charming Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Worth watching if you a) want to know the "secret meaning" of the Prince Charming choreography and b) want to hear what Marco and Merrick thought working with Adam was like.

I Feel Beneath The White There is a Burundi

wittgenstein — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:47:26 -0800

When Malcolm McLaren was managing Stuart Goddard (alias Adam Ant), there was one song that Adam says he listened to over and over -- Burundi Black. You can definitely hear the influence. My reference for this is a paperback copy of The Adam Ant Story which I am a bit embarassed to admit I was reading when I was a senior in high school.

The Trap on the Google Video

Burhanistan — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:25:46 -0800

Adam Curtis' "The Trap" is a documentary broadcast in 2007 on BBC exploring the development of modern concepts of individual freedom.
[Google video links] Episode one: F#@^ You, Buddy; Episode two: The Lonely Robot; Episode Three: We Will Force you to be Free Previously. Related. Two interviews. Bonus short film by Curtis.

Help the police.

nthdegx — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:07:47 -0800

Help the police (youtube).

Rama's Bridge or Adam's Bridge

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:35:56 -0800

Indian Government withdraws scepticism of bridge-building monkey army

The entire sequence takes 26 seconds. There’s too much to take in. Or, you don’t know what you’ve taken in, and how deep the impression has been.

acro — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:18:39 -0800

The Flow, by Paul Myerscough

That image gives way, quickly and successively, to a series of others: a young black woman smoking, smiling at the camera through a reinforced glass window; three teenage girls in a car, laughing, filmed through the windscreen; a whip-pan to the American flag, pierced by sunlight, drifting in the breeze; a DIY programme on a pixellated TV screen; a ride-along shot of a family in an oversized golf buggy; two different angles of a man alone in a lecture theatre; two more of traffic at night; a woman, suspicious of the camera, wearing a polka-dot dress and partly obscured by glassy reflections; a blurry shot of a long windowless corridor; a man wearing shades in a crowded street; a woman pursued down the cosmetics aisle of a supermarket; and, as Curtis comes to the end of his three short sentences, a woman seen jogging in the wing-mirror of a moving car. The entire sequence takes 26 seconds. There’s too much to take in. Or, you don’t know what you’ve taken in, and how deep the impression has been.

Guitar wankery as high art?

Civil_Disobedient — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:32:54 -0800

We've discussed guitar wankery here before, but this fellow (Polish virtuoso Adam Fulara) is the first I've seen who actually uses the techniques of tapping to enable the guitarist to perform classical pieces that have previously been unplayable (video: Bach BWV 784). Not good enough? He can also do it on two guitars simultaneously (video: Joplin, Maple Leaf Rag). Watch as his head nearly explodes from the sheer levels of concentration necessary (video: Bach BWV 848). More from his website.

Business and the decline of political liberty

ClanvidHorse — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:26:16 -0800

The Mayfair Set [Google Video]. A BBC Documentary series on how City of London bankers systematically dismantled British industry from the 1960s-90s and removed the power of the state to protect people from the greed of the market A thought provoking documentary from Adam Curtis whose other documentaries The Power of Nightmares and The Century of the Self have been previously discussed and well received on Mefi. It is almost four hours long but well worth the effort.

Who created who

gruchall — Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:23:22 -0800

Some believe that Michelangelo's famous work the Creation of Adam depicts God superimposed on a cross-section of a human brain. Michelangelo routinely made use of symbolism and humor in both his painting and sculpture. Was he suggesting man created God? If so, this is delicious irony.