Son Of Sparky

This is really good stats visualization.  Thought provoking too.  Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes – The Joy of Stats – BBC Four:

We all like cooking shows for the payoff at the end.  The bit where we drool over the beautifully presented finished dish.

Well, Sandra Lee (whoever she is) has a show in the states called semi-homemade.  She ‘bakes’ using tinned ingredients, and store bought fillers – essentially the stuff you find at the petrol station on the M7.  Cynical-C called her Kwanzaa Cake a ‘hate crime’.   I have to agree, this really is disgusting.   And the payoff- well the cameraman finally loses it and bludgeons her to death at the end.

Zorba the Greek – I never loved a man more than you…. I think Anto who sent me this link is trying to tell me something.  Hey, I love you too Anto

Music is Mikis Theodorakis, ‘Zorbas’ Dance’.

A scene from Thom Andersen’s film-essay masterpiece Los Angeles Plays Itself.

Dean Wareham plays The Workman’s Club, Dublin on Feb 12th.