Entries from July 2009

Slo-Mo Surfing

July 28th, 2009 · Tangential

Ryan posted this on his blog but I couldn’t resist reposting it here. It’s too epic. I literally felt my hairs stand on end. I’ll get to experience (something like) this one day, when the long-awaited trip to La Union finally pushes through.

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Amazing.

July 20th, 2009 · Music

The newest song I can’t get out of my head comes from the truly creative, truly great Kanye West (featuring Jeezy). There’s some autotune, but thankfully it’s not as blatant as what T-Pain does. This was originally used as part of the publicity campaign for the 2009 NBA Playoffs, but people will probably recognize it [...]

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Gaslight Batman – Tall, Dark, Awesome.

July 13th, 2009 · Comics and Graphic Novels

Just recently, I got clued into Gotham by Gaslight, a version of the Batman story set in 1889 where he’s pitted up against Jack the Ripper, who comes to Gotham City, presumably to eat more kidneys. I haven’t read it yet though, finding a copy without buying one straight from Amazon is looking to be [...]

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Ong-Bak Chase Scene – Holy Shit!

July 6th, 2009 · Movies

I was watching Ong-Bak for the first time a while ago, and I came across the alley chase scene. Those who’ve watched the movie before will already know what the fuss is about, but for those who haven’t, thankfully YouTube exists. It has the protagonist, played by Tony Jaa, jumping through hurdles (aka crowds of [...]

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