Creep Level 101: Emma Watson

I just discovered Reddit's fascination with Emma Watson. Nerds obsession with Emma is creepy, but I don't mind being a subscriber here. I mean c'mon, when do you ever get to see one of your childhood crushes come out to be damn good looking?
An entire subreddit dedicated to Em. I'm in. http://www.reddit.com/r/EmmaWatson/
On the other note, Emma's The Bling Ring premiered at Cannes yesterday. 
Here's Em being naughty (says it in a British accent). 




Emma at Cannes with Sofia C:

Preview

Recently few good friends have been asking for resources such as sites/blogs I follow to learn few tips on slr/dslr photography and few sites on music and films. I dislike having to switch over to the old Google Reader since Google’s RSS feed: Google Reader is retiring. I’ve been using Google Reader for ages, and this is probably the only way for me to scan news and blogs. Signing into Chrome and bookmarking every website I follow is a bit tedious and a waste of time. I’ve must’ve deleted over 30 blogs considering most of them were bookmarks and had stop posting.  I tried feedly for few days thinking it was the only RSS feed available, until I discovered old Google Reader was still running. This is still a better way to scan important posts. Also, having twitter, blogspot, tumblr, website, linkedin, facebook page, vimeo and flicker is making all my work clustered into a big mess. I’ve decided by end of the summer I will get a proper website running.

Photography:

1: Leica Camera Blog

http://blog.leica-camera.com/

It is rather nifty and instructive.

2:  Cargo Collective

http://cargocollective.com/

3. Aperture Magazine

http://www.aperture.org/magazine/

4: Japanorama

http://japanorama.co.uk/

5: Digital Photography Review

http://www.dpreview.com/

Music/Film:

1:  This is fake diy

http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/

2: Bullet Media

http://bullettmedia.com/

3: Strictly Social

http://www.strictlysocial.com/

This is all for now. Ill post my film work as soon as I get my hands on espon v500. Patience, my friends, I have a preview of it on the bottom.  Also I’ve joined a group of bloggers around the world (US, Canada, UK and India) and we are starting a website like Vice. I will post the link whenever my first post is published. I’m super excited to work with them. Any guesses what my first post will be out?

This is Water: David Foster Wallace

"The really important kind of freedom involves attention and awareness and discipline, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them over and over in myriad petty, unsexy ways every day.  That is real freedom. That is being educated, and understanding how to think. The alternative is unconsciousness, the default setting, the rat race, the constant gnawing sense of having had, and lost, some infinite thing." - D. Wallace 

Read the full speech here:
web.archive.org/web/20080213082423/http://www.marginalia.org/dfw_kenyon_commencement.html

I never liked the Chinese interference/business in other countries.

The Chinese are on a roll this year from Ecuador auctioning off Amazon to Chinese oil companies and  Chinese (and the Talibans who once cared about their own country) destroying the last remaining Buddhist sites in Afghanistan. I wish Ecuador and Afghanistan would care about their heritage. These sites are rare. 
New York Times video and article by filmmaker, Brent Huffman, "A Chinese Threat to Afghan Buddhas."

Here's an expert from Brent Huffman, "But I worry that nothing positive will come from this mining project. I fear the mineral resource is being undervalued, that money will be lost to corruption in the Afghan ministries and that jobs at the mine will go to Chinese immigrants. Geologists tell me that, as a result of the open-pit style of mining, the site will most likely become so toxic that nothing can ever live there again. Money can come and go, but these precious historical artifacts will be gone forever." 


I will wait till the full-documentary is released. I honestly think the Chinese are there for the profit and so are the countries investing in them. For example, the Chinese have exploited the workers, environment, and the laws in Africa. 

Record Store Day: 4/20/2013

People who buy vinly know what Record Store Day is and when it is. 
I went to Cactus yesterday, and there was a long line. Probably about an hour wait just to get into the store and then wait another 30 more minutes to get to the Record table.
I didn't buy many vinlys as much this year because I'm saving up for school, trips, and other necessary expense. However, I did buy Phoenix's entertainment 7'' vinly. 
I wanted to buy Elliot Smith's alternative version from Either/Or, but it was sold out.
Here's a list of the songs from the EP:
1. Angeles
2. Alameda
3. Ballad of Big Nothing
4. Punch and Judy
I miss Elliot Smith. I listen to him occasionally now and then. He was quite an inspiration during the whole "experiencing relationship phase" in high school. I'm going to post one of my favorite track from his album XO. Also special mention to Pavement. They were my second obsession. 
"I'm never gonna know you now, but I'm gonna love you anyhow."



Two pictures from Cactus:
Also, ill be seeing Foals at Cactus and Fitz this Thursday! 

Nicolas Winding Refn: Only God Forgives

Finally. Finally. Finally. It has been way too long since Nicholas Winding Refn made a film. Two years ago he came out with a kick ass film: Drive with Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan. Two years later, he makes Only God Forgives with Ryan Gosling. Seriously, Nicholas Winding Refn will become one the greatest modern age directors in the history of filmmaking. Here's a sample link to the script: http://i.imgur.com/JADQEOP.png This film is going to be gory. Music is by Cliff Martinez, he also did the music for Drive. He was the first drummer for Red Hot Chili Peppers. 
Below is a photo of them making bromance at Cannes. And the trailers are posted below this picture. Film out in theaters July 19th! 

Trailer 1:




Trailer 2:

Upstream Color