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Henry Miller – “Dinner With Henry” (1979) Director: Richard Young

Brenda Venus wrote about the filming of this dinner, in her 1986 book Dear, Dear Brenda: The Love Letters of Henry Miller. Although her placement of the anecdote implies that it took place at the end of 1977, Miller says on film that he’s in his “88th year,” which would place the filming year as 1979 [1]. As Venus recounts, two filmmakers had requested to film Henry speaking freely about wine. When they arrived at Henry’s home, he was in “an ill temper” explains Venus, who guessed that he’d had a bad sleep. When dinner time arrived, Henry was asked to “speak frankly and spontaneously.” At first, his comments seemed negatively focused on the meal. It’s unclear who prepared the meal, but Henry does not spare anyone’s feelings by calling it “pitiful” and refusing to eat certain things, or complaining about the order of courses. With some coaxing from Brenda, Henry is finally set on track to various personal commentaries. Although he does offer some comparison between French and American wines, he doesn’t offering any real opinion of the wines set before him, which had been the whole point of the film. “I kept encouraging Henry to say something about the various wines he was sipping,” write Venus, “but he pointedly ignored me while regaling the camera with his powers as a raconteur” [all quotes from Venus, pp. 124-125].

via U B U W E B – Film & Video: Henry Miller – “Dinner With Henry”.

Israeli army nixes raid after Facebook leak

Israeli military called off a raid in Palestinian territory after a soldier posted details, including the time and place, on social networking website Facebook

via Reuters AlertNet – Israeli army nixes raid after Facebook leak -radio.

YouTube – OK Go – This Too Shall Pass – RGM version

Directed by James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs. Produced by Shirley Moyers. The official video for the recorded version of “This Too Shall Pass” off of the album “Of the Blue Colour of the Sky”. The video was filmed in a two story warehouse, in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The “machine” was designed and built by the band, along with members of Synn Labs http://syynlabs.com/ over the course of several months.

via YouTube – OK Go – This Too Shall Pass – RGM version.

Joseph Matheny interviewed by Technoccult about @HukilauNow + microbudget movies

basically, what we offer is the option to: Crowdsource funds or talent, use tools and resources we’ll provide through partnerships to develop and produce, and distribute through a two tier system of digital or traditional, depending on the project.

via Revolutionizing online video – Technoccult interviews Hukilau’s Joseph Matheny | Technoccult.

Chile quake may have tipped Earth’s axis – CNN.com

The massive earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday may have shifted the Earth’s axis and created shorter days, scientists at NASA say.

via Chile quake may have tipped Earth’s axis – CNN.com.

Dirty WordPress Hack Going Around, Cloaked to Search Engines (via @JessicaGottlieb )

Recently there’s been a WordPress hack going around which has been using cloaking to target Google IP addresses. That means, the spammers/hackers are somehow getting into your WordPress blog, and generating a bunch of spam content and links that only Google can see.

This particular hack uses some particularly dirty methods which include inserting spam keywords into your own content, which is probably to control your keyword density.

via Dirty WordPress Hack Going Around, Cloaked to Search Engines | Theme Lab.

also via @JessicaGottlieb

Suspicious substance at Utah IRS office

Staff from the local Weber-Morgan Health Department dispatched to the scene seized an envelope containing something that resembled seeds, department spokeswoman Lori Buttars said.

“There was an envelope that appeared to have seeds inside,” Buttars said. “What it was is not known yet.”

via Suspicious substance at Utah IRS office: FBI | Reuters.

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