trying to catch up on all the magazines you subscribe to is hard, especially weeklies like businessweek. so forgive me for missing this aug 23 article:

pulitzer prize winning photographer borrowed a new 5d mark ii and . movie budget: $5000. lens budget: $25,000. they say it’s all in the glass, and this is a good example: the images look like moving pieces of art.

funny enough, the big controversy from the galley is canon’s use of . of course, if it had been, someone would cry that it didn’t include 60…

(thanks, trav.)

here’s a great raw rockin’ classic. it’s originally from the 1966 lp animalization, but i got it from their best of 2 collection. the hand claps really make the song for me.

eric burdon and the animals “cheating”

o’reilly has a in garageband, but also applicable for the fancier programs (live, logic, etc).

runner-up is back with some ol’ topical raps. expertly melding diss rhymes and sex rhymes, “sarah palin (i wanna lay pipe)” is guaranteed to and .

mp3:
john brown –

as a basketball junkie, late september is when i really start itching for the nba and college seasons to hurry up and begin. and as a patriotic american, late september of any election year is when my election fever adrenaline kicks in, as the candidates round the bend and the finish line starts to come into view.

this highlight video of barack obama’s 1979 high school basketball team playing in the hawaii state championship satisfies both of those cravings. after all the buildup for the past few years, it’s odd to think of the commentator so casually mentioning obama’s name.

two hoops-related tracks to kick off the weekend:

basketball (mp3): just a flat-out great song that makes it hard to not want to go outside and practice your finger roll. , 1984.

sirius (mp3): there’s probably a good reason that i’m not a campaign manager, but if i were i’d strongly push for obama to use the chicago bulls’ warmup theme song, off of the 1982 album “eye in the sky.” the chicago connection plus the tone that eludes to upcoming triumph make this seem like a perfect fit.

just days after nikon rocked the photo and video world with the first dslr to shoot hd video, canon responds in kind, majorly. - successor to what is a kick ass piece of photo gear – has a crazy set of specs that look to match or exceed those of the d700 (although a little slower at 3.9fps vs 5fps for the d700, and with an inferior autofocus system). features 21 megapixels, iso that ranges from 50-25.6k, 3″ lcd, and more…

the big buzz is the video mode. canon’s offering increases the resolution over nikon’s to a full 1080, at 30fps, using a full frame sensor for increased detail. and in a nod to moviemakers wishes, it has an stereo mic input option. the possibilities of this camera have the forum users .

canon’s inclusion of such a high quality video mode is an interesting move, as they are also a leader in digital video cameras, and specs like these put a lot of pressure on their video division (in addition, of course, to those of all the other manufacturers). with this and the nikon (plus the work that red has been doing – thanks red, for forcing these two giants to start giving us more of what we want), major revisions with be coming quickly. we’re at a stage where a huge shift in video capture has begun – expect everything to be completely different in one to two years.

check out the full specs on and , and or – they’re small but crispy clear (even in japanese).

price: $2700 body / $3500 with 24-105 lens (and it better be nice for $800 more). expected to be available in november 2008.

(thanks travis)

waiting for a delayed flights is a regular activity for most people, so when airports take it upon themselves to have interesting installations, it makes me say “hell yeah, this ain’t so bad after all.”

case in point: sfo’s tornado machine. tall enough for a grownup to stand inside of, the machine creates a very cool vortex of mist. the effect is truly and completely mesmerizing – the next thing i knew i had been staring at it for two hours straight, and it was time to board my flight.

love it enough to put one in your living room? the that steps you through all the materials and process to make your own. i personally think a desktop version would be badass.

i really like this new video. it’s pretty perfect, actually.

although i try hard not to, sometimes i let hype turn me off to music that i would really like if i only gave it a proper listen. mgmt is a great example. early on, i was resistant to check them out because every music blogger was jocking them sooooooo hard that i dumbly assumed that their sound was noisy 130bpm “banging club track” madness. but then i stopped being a dick and actually listened and now it turns out that they’re one of my favorite new bands.

anyway, in the guardian says that the chemical brothers are producing the next mgmt album – and that it won’t be dance music. that could be very very cool.