Dion Detterer

Watched Holy Smoke! for the first time the other day. Worth it just to see Harvey Keitel's Pulp Fiction persona get deconstructed as he goes batshit insane in the Outback.

Also, Kate Winslet's accent was flawless.

Trump declines to call for unity after Charlie Kirk killing in stunning move President tells Fox News ‘the radicals on the left are the problem’ and refuses to seek common way forward

Whatever you do, don't be like Trump.
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People keep trying to diagnose the real cause of the MCU's problems.

There's only one cause: bloat.

The market is oversaturated, the narrative demands on the audience are too great and the formula is stale.

Like any long-running series, it has a lifespan. The only fix is to end it.

All the huffing and puffing about Australia accepting American beef, and yet no one seems to notice that we've made a tokenistic concession that continues to protect our biosecurity and will result in absolutely marginal imports. This is how you play Trump: operate on a purely surface level.

Bizarrely, I just got dinged by Spotify for a violation of their Sensitive Content Policy. Why? Because I attached the album cover from the soundtrack Birdy to a playlist of the soundtrack Birdy, where the cover already exists on their servers.

Admittedly, it's racy stuff...

Peter Gabriel ('50)Shock The Monkey - 1982DISCORING Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey (Discoring) - 1982 HD & HQ

Despite a lip-synched performance without his actual band, this may be the truest glimpse of Peter Gabriel’s authentic artistic self. The makeup echoes his Genesis-era theatricality, but now it carries a deeper immediacy. It's transcendence via transparent mediation.

This is "Mindblender," a 1993 motion simulator ride produced by Palomar Pictures for Peter Gabriel, and captured from a Sony HDD-1000 HDTV master-quality tap... Peter Gabriel's Mindblender (1993 Digital HDTV HQ Kiss The Frog Amusement Ride Mix Music Video)

The full 4K/60fps "Mindblender" video for "Kiss That Frog", directed by Brett Leonard (The Lawnmower Man, Virtuosity).

Tracklist:SIDE ONE:1. "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" 00:00 - 04:412. "Fly on a Windshield" 04:42 - 07:433. "Broadway Melody of 1974" 07:44 - 09:184. "Cucko... Genesis [Midi]: The Lamb lies down on Broadway - 1975

For anyone who always dreamed of playing Genesis on a Genesis.

"But there's going to be this Luddite period when people will fight to hang onto jobs, when machines are going to be capable of doing their work better than they can."

"The good part of that is it will force people to use and develop parts of their personalities and their thought processes that separate them from machines--more instinctive things, more intuitive work, more creative work. I think that'll be beneficial in the long run.

"I think the same thing's happening throughout society. Repetitious, mechanical jobs are being replaced because they can be done more efficiently and more cheaply by the machines.

"For me it's something of a dream machine" - Peter Gabriel.Andy Batten-Foster interviews futurist Ray Hammond and former Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel about... 1983: The SYNTHESIZER - a BLESSING or a CURSE? | RPM | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive

This clip (from 1983, featuring Peter Gabriel) could easily be transposed to today regarding AI.

Well, the 2025 Australian federal election is over. This sort of loss by the Coalition means there isn't even enough of a party to rebuild. They're stuffed.

Hot tip, fellas: the answer is not to move further right.

Australia is repeating the Canadian narrative. Peter Dutton may not retain his own seat.

Strapping in to watch the election coverage on my favourite member of the Australian hate media, the ABC.

I've cut together the best sections of a British-made 1997 documentary following cartoonist Gerald Scarfe as he worked on Disney's 'Hercules'. *RARE*Making of Disney's Hercules w Gerald Scarfe

More of Gerald Scarfe's work on Disney's Hercules.

YouTube video by R. P. (Rael’s Porcupine) Peter Gabriel on the film Lorca and the Outlaws

Peter Gabriel in Starship aka Lorca and the Outlaws aka 2084.
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Vatican responds as crowds take 'creepy' selfies with Pope's body A Vatican official tells the ABC that taking pictures of, or with, the deceased pontiff is "frowned upon", as people snapping selfies becomes a phenomenon inside St Peter's Basilica.

Yo, just chillin' here with my boy the Pope, Weekend at Bernie's style. Like if you agree with the filioque!
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ANZAC Day isn’t glory--it's the loss of young lives spilled for the benefit of a distant empire. Gallipoli became our genesis because federation felt paper-thin; betrayal gave us blood, mud and myth. We gather at dawn to remember pain, not triumph.

And yet we keep repeating the mistake.

This film deserves a proper 4k scan and restoration. Absent that, I tried out one of the best AI upscaling and restoration tools, Topaz Video AI, using the ... Pink Floyd - The Wall Movie - The Trial [4k AI Upscale and Restoration]

Compare with, say, "The Trial" from Pink Floyd: The Wall.
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Hercules is a 1997 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures. The 35th Disney animated... Hercules (1997) - Hercules Versus Hydra [UHD]

More of Scarfe's influence on display is the Hydra scene.
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The Hades Underworld scene to Hercules in the highest audio and video quality available.Enjoy! Hades Underworld - The Gospel Truth II - Blu-Ray HD

And then there was the time Gerald Scarfe collaborated on Disney's Hercules.

A documentary about the artist, the highlight for me being his Royal Family caricatures. Gerald Scarfe - 'Drawing Blood' documentary BBC4 2010

Gerald Scarfe: Drawing Blood (2010)

This is a great window into Scarfe's grotesque style. The body warps and decays under his pen, with malevolence bursting out like diseased pustules. This is matter corrupted by psychic rot, not some external Demiurge messing things up.

Quitting twitter for bluesky

Dumbo 70th Anniversary Edition is now available to own on Bluray!! The scene in Dumbo in which Dumbo and Timothy have dreams of Pink elephants from being dru... Dumbo Pink Elephants on Parade HD

Pink Elephants on Parade, from Dumbo. Mischief and mayhem without apology.

Pope Francis dies at age 88 Francis is expected to be buried at the ancient Basilica of St. Mary Major, which lies outside the Vatican walls. A conclave will soon begin to elect the new Catholic leader.

A great man is gone. RIP.

YouTube video by onlyonestationrocks Triple M's Dr Dan Commercial. Featuring Slash

And here's Slash playing it!
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For anyone wondering about Mike Batt's Journey of a Fool, here is the classic Triple M theme.
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estino is an animated short film released in 2003 by The Walt Disney Company. Destino is unique in that its production originally began in 1945, 58 years bef... Walt Disneys Destino (Full)

That time Walt Disney collaborated with Salvador Dali.

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupTower Music - Let Us Pray · London Philharmonic Orchestra · Wendy CarlosTron℗ 2001 Walt Disney RecordsReleased on... Tower Music - Let Us Pray

Let us pray.