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#49 Give it a rest Courtney

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Pedestrain.tv posted a humorous article on Courtney Love’s attempt to decode the MH370 missing plane. The article read:

“I’m no expert but” is usually how every logically-sound and highly-persuasive argument begins, so it’s good to see noted aviation enthusiast and search and rescue coordinator Courtney Lovefollowing the correct procedures and prefacing the submission of her artfully illustrated evidence into the whereabouts of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 correctly.
I’m no expert but, no.

 

 

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Hole is done, Courtney is no longer relevant. Just stop Courtney.

http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/music/no-expert-courtney-love-thinks-she-has-found-missi/fa78ca64-5695-439d-b0e0-d258ceb3c84d.htm

#48

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So Mick Jagger’s partner L’Wren Scott had died postponing the rest of the dates of The Rolling Stones Australian and New Zealand tour. Sad news for Mick and the family of L’Wren Scott, I was moved by his touching words on the bands’ website:

I am still struggling to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way.
We spent many wonderful years together and had made a great life for ourselves.

She had great presence and her talent was much admired, not least by me.

I have been touched by the tributes that people have paid to her, and also the personal messages of support that I have received.

I will never forget her,
Mick

 

 

 

 

#47 Response to Reading (Week 3)

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Wow this was long.

I reckon an important part was:

the vision presented by Astruc contains three implicit conclusions, in addition to the overarching one, that I shall attempt to apply to the contemporary situation for audio-visual media:

1. New technology provides new means of expression. As a result of this the film medium (i.e. forms of audio-visual expression) develops from being exclusive and privileged to a common and publicly available form of expression.

2. This, in turn, opens space for a more democratic use of the medium.

3. It also opens up new possibilities for modern (contemporary) and different forms and usages (avant-garde).”

 

I suppose that Astruc’s ideas are important to look back on, even so far in the past as they give us some scale of change that has occurred since.

Fin.

Sørenssen, Bjørn. “Digital Video and Alexandre Astruc’s Caméra-Stylo: The New Avant-Garde in Documentary Realized?” Studies in Documentary Film 2.1 (2008): 47–59. EBSCOhost. Web. 19 Sept. 2013. (Get it while it’s hot.)