You can watch the rest of his work here at your own risk.

Joke:

What did the phalanx of approaching anarchists say to the riot control barricade?

Punchline:

I really don’t know much about the issues that have these people marching down the street or why the authorities felt they needed to suppress them.

What  interested me the most about this situation is how many cameras are on the scene. There’s about as many people in cameras as there are protesters. Nothing destroys the revolutionary moment for me more than a heard of  photographers creeping around fluttering their shutters. It’s like protesting has become a sporting event.

And what ever moral high ground those anarchists thought they had is officially in that dumpster rolling down to the police.

Whatever bloc that was – - you just had a COMMUNICATION FAIL.

Media Tips for the anarchists:

• Drop the black. It’s scary.
• Don’t look like bandits.
• Get a logo that doesn’t remind one of the Soviet Union
• Handouts!
• Hand out candies for the kids with little coloring books attached that outline your views.
• Hand out magazines to the college kids, something they can carry above their books to coffee shops.
• To the Soccer Moms: Tricky…I’m thinking flowers tied to pamphlets that frame your ideology around the family… throw in some scrapbook stickers.  Get creative.
• Speak clearly and concise. Be the opposite of this.
• Don’t travel in a pack, canvas. That way you can avoid a mob mentality, disassociate from any of the crazy members, AND you might actually get an idea across. Learn from Greenpeace.
• Make a handbook.  Get organized.

…he’s hurtn’ Lynda.

Did you know Billy Bob directed this? And he acted in it. (He plays the retard). Why aren’t there more movies from Billy Bob. Tell me now.

This is one of many mashups Beck has been doing. Think of it as Beck the DJ. He’s combining a ton of different artists into one long track and mixing around all the elements from each.  It’s more focused on song structure and movements than maintaining a beat to dance to. You can find the rest HERE.

On top of all of that he’s just covered the entire Velvet Underground Album with Nico.

Yes, they’re actually the real deal. The album is amazing. No, they’re not from Arkansas but L.A. from what I’ve gathered but I’m still not convinced.

Listen to the whole album here:

Above is the last few minutes of Adam’s latest work, “It Felt Like a Kiss”. This I believe is being toured around art houses in Europe and has yet to make it over here in a legal format. Adam is best known for his documentary series “The Power of Nightmares” and “The Trap”.

What makes Adam Curtis brilliant:

Adam has found a way to take complicated, ambiguous content and fashion it into something so immersive that it plays like a feature film.  He puts these complex ideas into a narrative that anyone can latch on to and supports it with found footage. It’s in this footage spanning the past century that he builds these compelling montages .

Where the Zeitgeist art docs come off as condescending, Adam Curtis comes off as that cool British teacher that knows his shit (and doesn’t belong at your university). He also has impeccable taste in visual imagery. He never says too much or blatantly panders his position but rather leaves it to the imagery and a bit of your imagination. Still, you can sense there’s always a gentle nudge.

There’s a unique feeling that comes with watching an Adam Curtis series that I’ve never felt in any other news  delivery vehicles.  It’s a hearty feeling, one you achieve only when you’ve learned something. But beyond that and even more amazing …  I WAS ENTERTAINED.

Who thought news information and entertainment could mix in such a lovely fashion.

Cheers to Adam Curtis and the ilk soon to follow.