Rabbitcam

[imomus]

Never mind all the theory, I hear you saying, what's happening with Topo the rabbit? Find out with the Rabbitcam (Quicktime movie, 3.1MB, 3:12). If you're lucky you may see Topo attempting to drink without getting water up his nose, or chasing his favourite pair of blue socks around the room.

For more animal mysteries, check out this BBC Radio documentary about a strange motif -- an eternal ring of three interlocking hares with just three ears between them. The BBC explains: "The symbol appears in a carving in the roof of a medieval Devon church, but the hare-chasers trace its origins through medieval Europe; via an ancient casket said to have contained the bones of St Lazarus, a 13th century monastery bell, and a Chapter house roof where the hares are found rubbing shoulders with the pagan Green Man; all the way to the mountain Kingdom of Ladakh and 12th Century China." Very Wicker Man...

Comments

[imomus.livejournal.com]

I was going to make just the same point myself. My ears have been changed forever by the Hokkaido experience. There is already so much music in everything, even before we hire the composer. Most documentaries would be much better with the "music" produced by their sound recordists rather than the dire composers or stock music they bring in. American documentaries are the worst -- intrusive music fills every possible space, just to erase anxiety and ambivalence (science themes, after all, are full of potential for these emotions). The BBC is now following the American model, hoping to sell their documentaries to the world. I saw a doc. last night on BBC World about "The Memory of Water" (it was about homeopathy, and the attempts to substantiate it in studies) which had the worst use of music ever, bits of crummy drum'n'bass spliced into every quiet moment for spurious "impact". Scientist focuses his microscope: CUE D'N'B! Animation of water molecules: CUE D'N'B!

[jimyojimbo.livejournal.com]

Scientist focuses his microscope: CUE D'N'B!

This sentence will never be written anywhere ever again.

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Scientist focuses his microscope: CUE D'N'B!

This sentence will never be written anywhere ever again.

You provided the second iteration and I've just provided the third... TOO LATE, IT'S A MEME!

[jimyojimbo.livejournal.com]

Oh thought it was an unwritten rule that italics cancel content... :)

[intergalactim.livejournal.com]

bring back rigorous sound-theory a la 60's french cimema i say,
(musique concrete rather than drum n bass).