tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24865428497663039132018-05-28T03:05:01.948+02:00Archibald KobayashiArchibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-29495341873396145202008-11-23T09:00:00.002+01:002008-11-23T09:00:00.649+01:00Soundsystems on two wheels<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GsoL7NBScNY&hl=nl&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GsoL7NBScNY&hl=nl&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br />Made in Queens is a documentary about these yong folks who build complete soundsystems on their bikes. When we were young we attached a washing peg with a playing card to our wheel so it made a sound like 'tttrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr' when you drove your bmx. These youngsters do this. Creative, we say.Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-26389206138430042432008-11-22T09:00:00.001+01:002008-11-22T09:00:03.247+01:00Rowley Birkin, Cairo<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0BKRZTalEys&hl=nl&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0BKRZTalEys&hl=nl&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br />Ok people. We just decided to make a series of posts dedicated to the one and only Rowley Birkin. For the people who never have encountered this chap, he's a sketch character from the mother of all English sketchshows, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Fast+Show&search_type=">The Fast Show</a> (Monty Python is offcourse grand mother), created by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Whitehouse">Paul Whitehouse</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Higson">Charlie Higson</a>.<br />Some explanation: Birkin always talks about his adventures in a half understandable way, and always finishes with the famous frase "i'm afwaid I was fewwy fewwy dwunk"Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-81813569713281194262008-11-21T09:00:00.001+01:002008-11-21T09:00:03.583+01:00No comments necessary<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uuGaqLT-gO4&hl=nl&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uuGaqLT-gO4&hl=nl&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br />Only one thing we want to say: R.E.S.P.E.C.T. That is for the patience that guy or girl or group shows. We would have given up at the 3d frame...Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-24293771882112614152008-11-20T09:00:00.000+01:002008-11-20T09:00:04.314+01:00no wave / post punk / underground / new york / 1976-1980<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW6AjT1fXB4"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SSRkYb-UP_I/AAAAAAAAAIc/0ls3BdzHdA4/s400/nowaveparty2-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270447834919092210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Is the title of a new photo history book describing the collision of art and punk in that time, a rarely documented scene on which people like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Michel_Basquiat">Jean-Michel Basquiat</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000464/">Jim Jarmusch</a> evolved. The book was created by Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore and indie rock journalist Byron Coley. See more <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW6AjT1fXB4">here</a>.Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-62320172998450446432008-11-19T19:47:00.005+01:002008-11-19T20:03:45.321+01:00Kissing the ceiling<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SSRihaZkIqI/AAAAAAAAAIU/m5_F5EE8i0Y/s1600-h/kissing-the-ceiling-tamar-and-noah.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SSRihaZkIqI/AAAAAAAAAIU/m5_F5EE8i0Y/s400/kissing-the-ceiling-tamar-and-noah.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270445790092075682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SSRgZOBaU2I/AAAAAAAAAIM/YZfkBpXZAnY/s1600-h/muram7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SSRgZOBaU2I/AAAAAAAAAIM/YZfkBpXZAnY/s400/muram7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270443450307335010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Nice series of photos of Canadian born photographer <a href="http://www.fredmuram.com/">Fred Muram</a>.Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-34851169777397307802008-11-18T09:00:00.000+01:002008-11-18T09:00:02.242+01:00Here come the Germans!<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/L2bTwSfWtsE&hl=nl&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/L2bTwSfWtsE&hl=nl&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />This video of Jeux Sans Frontieres is just so good to watch. Not only because that laugh of the commentator kills you, but also because you can see how innocent everything was not that long ago. Who comes up with a TV show where people have to run around in penguin costumes carrying buckets of water on a huge turnig plate? Brilliant!Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-11814750692523473382008-11-17T09:00:00.000+01:002008-11-17T09:00:01.486+01:00Hobnox Audiotool<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SRrSjC9YZPI/AAAAAAAAAIE/xWUK_-Is7FI/s1600-h/Hobnox.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SRrSjC9YZPI/AAAAAAAAAIE/xWUK_-Is7FI/s400/Hobnox.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267754213694792946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />If you are into playing with software like Propellorhead Reason or Ableton try this online thing called <a href="http://www.hobnox.com/index.1056.en.html">Hobnox</a>. It isn't as sophisticated as te other two, but it's good fun. Just lay some cables between devices and see what kind of beats you can produce and maybe even record. Hobnox was awarded a <a href="http://www.flashforwardconference.com/">flashforward</a> nomination.Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-15691357232492933372008-11-16T09:00:00.000+01:002008-11-16T09:00:00.329+01:00What the fuck happens when we die?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SRrP7GvdwJI/AAAAAAAAAH8/IQ1klQ3SMN4/s1600-h/Tunnels_end.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SRrP7GvdwJI/AAAAAAAAAH8/IQ1klQ3SMN4/s400/Tunnels_end.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267751328492142738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We think they are coming close to an answer! After <a href="http://profezie3m.altervista.org/archivio/TheLancet_NDE.htm">the prospective scientific study</a> of our own Dr. Pim van Lommel on near-death experiences and out-of-the-body experiences, which appeared in the world's leading medical journal '<a href="http://www.thelancet.com/home">The Lancet</a>' in 2001, now the medical world seems to have woken up and are starting a a 3-year <a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1842627,00.html?xid=newsletter-weekly">exploration</a> of the biology behind "out-of-body" experiences. Since we all actually are secret science nerds @ AK, we will follow this closely and report here.Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-5247426660518831362008-11-15T09:00:00.000+01:002008-11-15T09:00:02.883+01:00Bad tattooing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ziza.es/2008/01/28/Tatuajes_no_demasiado_buenos__18_fotos.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SRrEzNdh9MI/AAAAAAAAAH0/xJ-0fUuMAdE/s400/06_bad_tatu.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267739098229109954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Nice <a href="http://ziza.es/2008/01/28/Tatuajes_no_demasiado_buenos__18_fotos.html">collection</a> of pictures with some really bad tattoos. But, are they really bad? Aren't they just advanced really? Because in 20 years from now they will probably end up in a book like <a href="http://www.archibaldkobayashi.com/2008/10/russian-criminal-tattoos.html">this</a> and then they will be looked upon as state of the art original pieces.<br />The one Archie has on his shoulder suits this collection pretty well actually! So that means we're pretty hip doesn't it? ;-)Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-80842794410590064072008-11-14T09:00:00.001+01:002008-11-14T09:00:01.835+01:00Machines that almost fall over<object height="327" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1609126&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1609126&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="327" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br />Woulnd't you like to build just an extra room in your house for this? So you can sit and stare and do nothing more then that all day? We would. That's just perfect relaxation in our eyes.Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-84991552538858933192008-11-13T09:00:00.007+01:002008-11-13T09:00:01.318+01:00Best track ever! Part IV: The Undertones-Teen age Kicks<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wAtUw6lxcis&hl=nl&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wAtUw6lxcis&hl=nl&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><span><span style="font-style: italic;">I'm gonna call her on the telephone</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Have her over cos i'm all alone</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I need exitement oh i need it bad</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And its the best, i've ever had</span></span><br /><br />Just like famous BBC I dj <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peel">John Peel</a> (they played this song at his funeral) this is our ultimate favourite track. Frontman Feargal Sharkey tried do do it solo in the late 80's again (<a href="http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx9qUR9P2ZQ&feature=related">A good heart thes days is hard to find tralalalala</a>) but never came close again to this one above.Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-28810487992027336162008-11-12T12:02:00.005+01:002008-11-12T12:17:43.056+01:00Dance Floor Dale<object height="302" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2119938&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2119938&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="302" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br />If you are too sensitive for some explicit scenery, better not watch this video. It contains some heavy 'not suitable for work' material. The video is banned everywhere so it probaly will be banned from Vimeo also. If so, you always can watch it <a href="http://www.dancefloordale.com/">here</a>. The track is called 'Parisian Goldfish' and was created by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/flyinglotus">Flying Lotus</a> on <a href="http://www.warprecords.com/">Warp Records</a>. Video is directed by Eric Wareheim (<a href="http://www.timanderic.com/">Tim & Eric</a>). We like!Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-83577708048997015072008-11-12T10:35:00.009+01:002008-11-12T13:17:22.925+01:00Crime Scene Amsterdam<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SRq0PQQtNfI/AAAAAAAAAHU/QGsP3BOtqd4/s1600-h/CrimeSceneAmsterdam_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 222px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SRq0PQQtNfI/AAAAAAAAAHU/QGsP3BOtqd4/s400/CrimeSceneAmsterdam_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267720888319292914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SRq1PvcdRJI/AAAAAAAAAHs/wZLopdNZZ6o/s1600-h/CrimeSceneAmsterdam_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 221px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SRq1PvcdRJI/AAAAAAAAAHs/wZLopdNZZ6o/s400/CrimeSceneAmsterdam_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267721996201706642" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SRq0Pm74cXI/AAAAAAAAAHk/1tr3iCPmo0A/s1600-h/CrimeSceneAmsterdam_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SRq0Pm74cXI/AAAAAAAAAHk/1tr3iCPmo0A/s400/CrimeSceneAmsterdam_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267720894405964146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We recently bought this book called '<a href="http://www.bol.com/nl/p/boeken/plaats-delict-amsterdam/1001004004736907/index.html#product_description">Crime Scene Amsterdam</a>'. It's a book full with <strong style="font-weight: normal;">forensic photography from Amsterdam's Police Archive 1960-1986</strong>. The photographs are pretty disturbing and sinister, but have a mysterious beauty and are of extremely high quality. Bushes where stiffs were found, people on their knees with their head in the oven, floating bodies in the canals... It's just something you really (don't) want to see.Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-15430897347061778182008-11-02T17:23:00.004+01:002008-11-02T18:00:28.377+01:00Daniel Eatock<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.eatock.com/project/trees/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SQ3ZGuHKdTI/AAAAAAAAAG0/eAEkLn2j0so/s400/197_p1060574.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264102248946496818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Daniel Eatock does very nice projects. Alone, or together with the rest of the world. "<span style="font-style: italic;">I am interested in connections between image and language, titles, punch lines, miscommunication, subversions, open systems, contributions from others, seriality, collections, discovery and inventing"</span>. Please take some time to wander around on his webspace (click the tree)Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-76544032962467405742008-11-02T16:31:00.002+01:002008-11-02T17:01:44.341+01:00No comments necessary<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sPKRnj038yE&hl=nl&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sPKRnj038yE&hl=nl&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />Hm, maybe one then...<br />Some research made it clear that this man is called Tommy Seebach and he's doing a cover of Apache (The Shadows). You can see it <a href="%3Cobject%20width=%22425%22%20height=%22344%22%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22movie%22%20value=%22http://www.youtube.com/v/GFGzGfym-7Y&hl=nl&fs=1%22%3E%3C/param%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22allowFullScreen%22%20value=%22true%22%3E%3C/param%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22allowscriptaccess%22%20value=%22always%22%3E%3C/param%3E%3Cembed%20src=%22http://www.youtube.com/v/GFGzGfym-7Y&hl=nl&fs=1%22%20type=%22application/x-shockwave-flash%22%20allowscriptaccess=%22always%22%20allowfullscreen=%22true%22%20width=%22425%22%20height=%22344%22%3E%3C/embed%3E%3C/object%3E">here</a>, but we're not sure if this one is less breathtaking than the one above. You may decide.Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-80991205745967918632008-11-02T15:51:00.005+01:002008-11-02T18:13:41.405+01:00A.D.E.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SQ2-9AEVhiI/AAAAAAAAAGs/h6PC8Pzki6w/s1600-h/ADE_archibald.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SQ2-9AEVhiI/AAAAAAAAAGs/h6PC8Pzki6w/s400/ADE_archibald.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264073494665463330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />To get our old Japanese ass on the dancefloor again we went with a couple of friends to the <a href="http://amsterdamdanceevent.nl/festival/">Amsterdam Dance Event</a> to attend the <a href="http://amsterdamdanceevent.nl/festival/more-info/1348">Innervisions</a> night at the Melkweg. As you can see on the picture we had great fun finding spots on the ceiling to point at, what usually means the night was A.O.K. As you can see on <a href="http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=SRwO7dp8_tI&feature=related">this film</a> more people where doing the same thing.Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-37016601990906420602008-11-02T14:41:00.007+01:002008-11-02T15:29:33.724+01:00Menno van Gorp<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7nN_BytgJa8&hl=nl&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7nN_BytgJa8&hl=nl&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br />Is the world champion breakdancing and he's from... Tilburg. That brings a small tear to our eyes. That's because our own Seacaptain Plonk E used to dance break in the streets of Tilburg the time <a href="http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=zNsMEP0i8aM">Beat Street</a> came out in the early eighties. Although he never even could fix the windmill, Da Plonk is ever so proud to see young <a href="http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=RqQPdQgpf_I">Menno</a> conquer that title.Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-81285497194445242982008-10-27T21:20:00.004+01:002008-10-27T21:50:45.380+01:00Monome<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7C_0fUjKHB8&hl=nl&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7C_0fUjKHB8&hl=nl&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Monome are a small company based in Philadelphia, who design and build a range of nicely designed controller/display boxes that can be interfaced to music software. Check for more info <a href="http://monome.org/">here</a>.Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-36499773336725370272008-10-27T20:42:00.004+01:002008-10-27T21:44:25.547+01:00Best track ever! Part III: Simple Minds - I Travel<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7J8rXEwzU_U&hl=nl&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7J8rXEwzU_U&hl=nl&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />We owe an apology. We owe an apology to Jim Kerr and his Simple Minds. That's because we hated them. We spat on them and called all Simple Minds fans stupid. Back in the days when we only had ears for The Cookie Crew and Fast Eddie. But now when we start realizing what great music they produced, <span style="font-style: italic;">I travel </span>earns the title of Archibald Kobayashi's 'Best Track ever! Part III'!Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-21257380969301990752008-10-14T07:28:00.002+02:002008-10-27T21:45:39.451+01:00Magnetic Movie<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G9NohlfWfQw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G9NohlfWfQw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Fantastic movie from <a href="http://www.semiconductorfilms.com/">Semiconductor</a>. If we understood it correctly this film is shot in <span>NASA's Space Sciences Laboratory, where they somehow recorded inaudible electro magnetic waves to then translate them to graphical images. Reading comments below their posted video you feel people wondering: can this be true? In our opinion it doesn't really matter if its true, fake or a bit of both. Its just an amazing piece of work.</span>Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-58135335687753063092008-10-13T20:48:00.003+02:002008-10-13T20:56:04.631+02:00Russian criminal tattoo's<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://nouvellerevuemoderne.free.fr/tattoo.htm"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SPOYF5HHCII/AAAAAAAAAGk/hgNwuerKrdo/s400/russiantattoo-r.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256712417068910722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In search for a fresh new tattoo for Archibald we found this gallery with pictures from Russian Criminals with some proper <a href="http://nouvellerevuemoderne.free.fr/tattoo.htm">old school shit</a> on their bodies.Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-82539562563566226992008-10-13T20:23:00.004+02:002008-10-27T21:47:07.902+01:00Go and see:<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xMJZ-_bJKdI&hl=nl&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xMJZ-_bJKdI&hl=nl&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><span>The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. </span><span>A documentary which follows a middle school science teacher as he battles a hot sauce mogul for the Guinness World Record on the arcade classic Donkey Kong. Prepare for some fantastic footage and unforgetable one liners from arcade hall youth. <span style="font-size:78%;">(Thanks Pikkesnijder!)</span><br /></span><div class="watch-video-desc description"> </div>Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-23983782790733647542008-10-13T19:51:00.003+02:002008-10-13T20:15:25.283+02:00Best track ever! Part II<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ldPf3yqq3-8&hl=nl&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ldPf3yqq3-8&hl=nl&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Forget our <a href="http://www.archibaldkobayashi.com/search/label/Best%20track%20ever">previous post </a>about Zappa's Peaches and Regalia being the best track ever. This here piece <span>Terra Aria from Italian cellist </span><span>Giovanni Sollima is our new best track ever... Seeing this man perform on Dutch TV show <a href="http://www.vpro.nl/programma/vrijegeluiden/afleveringen/39949548/items/40112913/">Vrije Geluiden</a> last sunday morning made us gaze at the screen for 6 minutes like that one emoticon with his eyes open wide...<br /></span>Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-5421214015839749082008-10-05T17:13:00.007+02:002008-10-05T17:39:41.267+02:00No comments necessary<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SOja_tHG_hI/AAAAAAAAAGc/zg64dpY54K8/s1600-h/0_15011_26393ba9_L.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2HKnl5rzZmw/SOja_tHG_hI/AAAAAAAAAGc/zg64dpY54K8/s400/0_15011_26393ba9_L.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253689753303711250" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ah well just one then..<br />We see a strinking resemblance between the man on the right and the <a href="http://images.google.nl/images?hl=nl&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:nl:official&hs=Kt&q=yeti%20tintin&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi">Yeti</a> from Tin Tin in Tibet. So the message goes out to Spielberg en Jackson: stop casting for that <a href="http://movies.ign.com/articles/875/875295p1.html">role</a>! We found your man!<br /><br />Tip: put on the <a href="http://www.archibaldkobayashi.com/2008/10/fair-weather-friends.html">Daedelus</a> track, 3 posts below and look at this image...Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486542849766303913.post-38926469284662949552008-10-05T16:44:00.004+02:002008-10-05T17:03:50.159+02:00Richard Pryor loaded on cocaine<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EvSgPowOO8c&hl=nl&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EvSgPowOO8c&hl=nl&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />It must have been the ultimate wet dream or at the same time the worst nightmare for a journalist to interview Richard Pryor in the early 80's, just when he was at his top of his career <span style="font-style: italic;">and</span> coke addiction. Wet dream, because you know you get crazy footage. Nightmare because there was no way to handle this man.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"I'm a rich black ignorant nigger. Fuck you all</span>". May he rest in peace.Archibald Kobayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863218222672818371noreply@blogger.com0