This is ok, but Rick Beato doesn’t really like women artists all that much. Here’s a few women artists (in bands or alone) with songs that have good vocal intros.
“If I Die Young” by The Band Perry
“Down By the Water” by PJ Harvey
“Team” by Lorde (Really great vocal intro!)
I wish it had more actual “behind the scenes,” but Sophie Thatcher has a brain in her head so she’s worth watching in interviews. Incidentally, Companion is my favorite movie of the past couple of years.
One of the outfits Sophie is wearing isn’t in the film so that must’ve been from a deleted bit. And she does such a great job with the German scene.
Tire-to-tire contact has an insane amount of traction. It only takes a bit of that for cars to flip, roll over, climb another one, or do something else that seems at first glance improbable. I’ve seen a car flip from tire-on-tire contact at 5mph.
Here’s one example of low-speed tire-to-tire contact causing a rollover:
Me encanta su música. Está chido escucharla hablar.
Wow, what a filmmaking talent — Sadie Schoenberger, the director, editor and writer of that short film is only 17. That’s a great little work from anyone of any age. I hope we see a lot more from her in the future.
I love finding little gems like this on YouTube. Sometimes it is still possible.
Presence is such a good film. It’s not horror, really, for all you horror haters. It’s more of a psychological thriller with some few horror elements. It’s mostly about misogyny and family dynamics. And it’s shot so beautifully. Probably my favorite film I’ve seen in the last couple of years.
Good analysis of how it was shot. (And wow, Callina is so different than her character Chloe in the film!)
I remember this commercial. Lord, what a different world that was.
What an awesome fucking time capsule. I remember that world; I was about the same age these kids were in 1989. It was so very different than now, in ways that are hard to describe unless you lived it. Younger people cannot believe a world like that truly existed:
But it did. In important ways, it was a lot freer — there was far less surveillance. Kids were allowed to roam, and have their own lives. There was no social media (except BBSes, which few used). I would not want to go back, but this is one of the few examples I’ve ever found of what it felt like to live in that time. I knew kids just like this dude and his friend who did things just like they are doing in the video.
That car is a bit gaudy for me but I appreciate the care and artistry that goes into creating something like that. And like all the GM L-series engines, it sounds great.
“ Today, there is already preliminary information that the Russians have begun to use soldiers from North Korea in assaults – a significant number. The Russians are including them in consolidated units and using them in operations in the Kursk region. So far, only there. But we… https://t.co/imqQfHuscF
— Special Kherson Cat 🐈
(@bayraktar_1love) December 14, 2024
Open-field disorganized assault with no vehicular support. Alrighty then. What a colossal waste of people and purpose.
Below is real footage from the UHC CEO’s funeral after they had to replace the pallbearers with out-of-network ones.
You hate this video because it's full of women. I hate this video because it's full of Australians. We are not the same. https://t.co/L8xkrd7iWX
— Noah Smith 🐇
(@Noahpinion) November 10, 2024
And I hate this video because it’s filmed poorly.
Yes, it’s in odious fucking “YouTube Voice,” but it’s still a great look at how important editors are to films and exactly what they contribute.
This vid will piss a lot of people off and is half in “YouTube Voice” so it’s quite annoying, but it’s mostly true. Having done a similar upgrade myself, it has been odd and revealing to be treated as fully human by women now.
Women hug me randomly now in settings they never would’ve before. I had a woman at the DMV call and stay on hold for me with the DMV HQ for 20 minutes after I flirted with her and batted my eyelashes a little. She also waived all my fees. That never would’ve happened before my appearance changed. Not a freakin’ chance. When I am up to being charming and wear a tight shirt, there’s about a 98% chance I get what I want if there is a woman at the front desk or anywhere can she see me.
And it does also make me a little bitter.
2004 McDonalds Chicken Selects Commercials.
Wow, culture is very static compared to how frequently and drastically it used to change. These ads are twenty years old but they don’t feel all that dated. If the resolution were higher that could be be right now.
Imagine watching McDonald’s ads in 2004 from 1984 (same time separation). Back then, 1984 already seemed like a different world.
So for comparison, here are McDonald’s commercials from 1984-1985. Wow, that’s a whole different, weird universe there1.
Even I had kind of forgotten, though, how heavily McDonald’s ads were aimed at kids back then.
