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Staten Island Dump: On closing the Dump
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News Music. Politics. Life. Gossip. Garbage. Friday, April 1, 2011. On closing the Dump. Roll up your windows". That's what we'd say when we drove by: "roll up your windows." Whether I was with my mother or brothers, or sister, driving on the highway that cut through those huge mountains of filth, we'd all say "roll up your windows" to each other. But it didn't matter. It got in anyway. The smell. It got in the car. That awful, putrid smell. Sure, now it looks like a postcard. But back then, those hi...
30frames.blogspot.com
30frames: Referential
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Inside the world of music videos - moving units and pimping culture. Thursday, March 03, 2011. Let’s talk about references in music videos. Yes, again. But I don’t wanna delve into who copied whom or how the new Gaga clip. Is either aping a variety pack of science fiction films. Or maybe just the opening credits. Of Tom Cruise’s Legend. I am interested in WHY. A bigger factor in my mind is that record labels are now asking. For videos that look like specific references. It seems clear to me that IDJ ...
