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Everything You Know is Wrong: U2: Zoo TV Live From Syndey
If I could build a time machine to take me to see any band in history, it would be a trip to the early 90s to catch U2 at any point along their legendary Zoo TV tour. New to DVD, director David Mallet’s Zoo TV: Live From Sydney documents the lads’ performance in Sydney during…
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The Dork Report for November 28, 2006
Because the Dork Report loves to quibble with lists of things: sharpen your fangs for Time Magazine‘s All-TIME 100 albums. The editors attempt to preempt criticism by admitting their exclusion of Pink Floyd, but I’d like to add a few more points: I think the inclusion of so many greatest-hits compilation albums is a cop-out.…
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The Dork Report for November 27, 2006
MacHeist 2 ended last week, so catching up: I’ve landed a free trial copy of 1Passwd; at first blush it looks like it might actually help me bring some sense to the password chaos of my online life. (Hubert, are you listening?) Information Architects Japan asserts Web Design is 95% Typography. Trailing the MacZot, MyDreamApp,…
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Is George Miller’s Happy Feet about bootyshaking or overfishing?
Happy Feet is a tough one to try to reduce to a single stars-out-of-five rating. It possesses two extreme split personalities, its lack of integration calling into question its integrity. Was there a struggle behind the scenes between a studio wanting another cookie-cutter cartoon animal kid flick vs. a filmmaker envisioning something of substance? The…
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The Dork Report for November 16, 2006
“Weird Al” Yankovic, not only a brilliant satirist, is also a shrewd collaborator: check out his new video with Jib Jab: Do I Creep You Out (no longer online: JibJab.com/weird_al/do_i_creep_you_out). Entertainment Weekly tasks a Star Wars virgin (no longer online: ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1558880_1_0_,00.html) to watch all six Star Wars films in chronological order (as opposed to order…
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The Dork Report for November 13, 2006
Download the new avant-garde ringtones (no longer online: www.techmundo.org/?p=106) for the N8800 Sirocco Edition phone by Brian Eno and Ryuichi Sakamoto. (spotted on NerveNet.info) Brian Eno profiled on Apple.com on the event of the release of the DVD-ROM 77 Million Paintings. Oddly, the “team used Macs almost exclusively,” but the vaunted “generative” aspect of the…
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The Dork Report for November 10, 2006
Superheroes’ political affiliations. Green Arrow a “Total Fucking Communist”? Wonder Woman’s “Sapphic Socialism”? Batman a paranoid independent? Somebody’s made a close reading of The Dark Knight Returns. Works for me! (guest submission from Andrea) A Vote for Zod is a vote against Kryptonian imperialism!
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The Dork Report for November 9, 2006
Jasper Hauser on designing Disco’s icon. (spotted on The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
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The Dork Report for November 7, 2006
New backlash against the world of Hubert. Rogue Amoeba harshes on MacHeist and The Unofficial Mac Weblog disses Disco.
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The Dork Report for November 5, 2006
The Telegraph interviews Peter Gabriel on freedom from choice, Lithuanian rap music, and passing on the Genesis reunion. Paul Cornell goes boozing with his fellow Doctor Who writers on his blog, the House of Awkwardness (no longer online: paulcornell.blogspot.com/2006/11/night-out-with-writers-of-doctor-who.html). The Guardian interviews The Restoration Team, miracle-workers regenerating vintage Doctor Who footage for DVD. Spotted on…
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The Dork Report for October 31, 2006
The marketing luminaries behind MyDreamApp are about to launch a project on an even larger scale: MacHeist (no longer online: macheist.com). Keeping it brief: U2 3D (no longer online: news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061031/film_nm/u2_dc_2). (guest submission from Andrea) A lost Stanley Kubrick treatment may see realization. (guest submission from Andrea)
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The Dork Report for October 30, 2006
Hack the Torchwood Secure Extranet (no longer online: torchwood.org.uk). Wired commissions very short stories (6 words, tops) from the best of the best (including Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Neil Stephenson, just to name a few), designed by such luminaries as Chip Kidd. (guest submission from Andrea) Three vintage Tom Baker television appearances: an Australian interview…