Sock puppets (real, not metaphorical) deconstruct the symbolism of
George Orwell's 1984 in the latest BBtv afterschool special from Austrian subversive art collective
monochrom.
Kiki and Bubu explore the age-old question of whether sexuality exists on the internet, and the soft-sculpture proletariat struggle continues.
Previously:
* Monochrom's Marxist sock puppets
* Monochrom: MyFaceSpace, the musical
* Monochrom: Campfire at Will
* Monochrom: Falco Stairs
* Monochrom: Bar code artist Scott Blake / Falco stencil memorial
* Human USB Hack / Very Simple Motor
* Mark's Curie Engine / Monochrom's love song for Lessig
Xeni checks in with the authors of the
forthcoming O'Reilly HOWTO book "
iPhone Hacks" (David Jurick, Adam and Damien Stolarz) for a demonstration of how to unlock and jailbreak your
iPhone or
iPod Touch. The authors promise to teach you how to coax more out of these devices: little-known features, performance tweaks, and tips on great web-based apps to install -- video game emulators, IM and VoIP apps, and media players
that can handle a wider range of filetypes.
Boing Boing Gadgets editor Joel Johnson heads out into the mean streets of Brooklyn to test-drive a language translation gadget used by US military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The voice response translator is produced by
Integrated Wave Technologies, and is used in both combat and peacetime missions, with the ability to translate commonly used warnings, interrogation points, and commands into many different languages.
Joel, who describes himself as "an ignorant white doofus," says:
Some of the phrases were really quite violent, commanding people to get on the ground and put their hands over their heads. The guy who sits outside the five-and-dime all day on a folding chair thought those were especially funny.
Today on
Boing Boing tv, ambient animation from the prolific artist and filmmaker
Bill Barminski.
Drive-In is part of an ongoing series of immersive experiments by
Barminski that re-create childhood memories of night skies, thunderstorms, and fireflies, as he remembers them.
Link to previous BBtv episodes featuring Barminksi -- and coming soon on BBtv, interviews with the artist about the technical and creative process behind his work.
Music in this episode by Residential Sails.
UK-based
Russell Porter chronicles alt music culture in the
Porter Report with aggressive wit and offbeat charm. Today, the "professional chancer and well known layabout" brings Boing Boing tv an exclusive interview with the English geek rock / pop punk band
The Young Knives, whose name came from a bandmember's mis-reading of the phrase "young knaves", while leafing through a book.
From the
All Music Guide:
Hailing from Oxford, England, the Young Knives feature Henry Dartnall (vocals/guitar), Oliver Askew (drums), and Thomas Dartnall (bass) (aka House of Lords). These snarky post-punk revivalists initially started out playing Ned's Atomic Dustbin songs while living in their hometown of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, but a move to Oxford in 2002 gave the Young Knives their big break. An appearance at the Truck Festival led to the band issuing The Young Knives...Are Dead mini-album for Shifty Disco in 2002. Three years later, the trio was playing shows alongside the Futureheads and Hot Hot Heat while readying their debut EP for Transgressive. The limited-edition Junky Music Make My Heart Beat Faster sold out quickly; "The Decision," which was produced by Gang of Four's Andy Gill, followed in December 2005. In the new year, the Young Knives' growing popularity seemed unstoppable. Both "Here Comes the Rumour Mill" and "She's Attracted To" made the U.K. Top 40.
Here are previous BBtv episodes featuring Russell Porter. (special thanks to Jolon Bankey).
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