A wonderful short film by Tom Wrigglesworth & Mathieu Cuvelier about “Marc Manceaux, the owner of the oldest piano shop in Paris.”
Mitt Romney: I ‘encouraged’ writers of ‘Book of Mormon’:
“I actually encouraged the guys that did that play, ‘The Book of Mormon,’ because I thought that’d be really helpful,” Mr. Romney joked to The New York Times in an interview Wednesday. The creators of the musical, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, also created the television series “South Park.”
Mr. Romney said that while he had not yet seen the show, he would like to.
“I do want to see it, sure,” he said. “It’s a Tony-award winner, big phenomenon — yeah, I want to see it someday. But I don’t have a lot of time for Broadway shows.”
The musical tells a story that Mr. Romney knows well: A young, eager Mormon heads off on his mission, only to encounter resistance and challenges along the way, albeit with a satiric, “South Park” twist and plenty of lewd jokes.
“I Will Remain” – Matthew And The Atlas
Nothing like a little bluegrass to keep us going on a rainy/foggy/frickin’ cold Monday morning. Stay tuned for a treat at 1:15…A Deliverance-worthy banjo cameo. Crazy, foot-stompin’ good.
A short film by filmmaker Matt Morris about a barbershop in Drexel, NC where they cut hair in the front and get down with bluegrass music in the back.
A Very YouTube Christmas
Above is a mix of a few Christmas renditions I came across on YouTube. Hope they help set the mood for the Holidays.
The tracks, in order, are: 1. Jamie Cullum – Let It Snow, 2. John Mayer – I’ll Be Home For Christmas, 3. AJ Rafael, Cathy Nguyen, & Micha Williams – Little Drummer Boy, 4. Darren Criss – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, and 5. Kevin Massey, Jamison Scott & Justin Patterson – I’ll Be Home For Christmas.
Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer? | Vanity Fair:
“The only useful airport security measures since 9/11,” [security expert Bruce Schneier] says, “were locking and reinforcing the cockpit doors, so terrorists can’t break in, positive baggage matching”—ensuring that people can’t put luggage on planes, and then not board them —“and teaching the passengers to fight back. The rest is security theater.”
See the winners of this year’s Nat Geo Photo Contest in the categories of People, Places and Nature. There’s some stunning stuff here.
(via photojojo)
