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Those wacky, romantic French (Okay, European) filmmakers do it again -- in this very gripping short film, from Kamel Films Talk about on the edge of your seat...

And it's pretty great. Watch:

The "Firehouse 5 + 2"  Best Video Christmas Cards Ever! -- -- Thanks to the great website, Dangerous Minds for inspiring me to explore this subject further.   And more vintage Disney Christmas fun *Disclaimer*  There are several  non-PC "retro" ideas found in some of these videos. Try to rise above the past's inability to live in our current Obama-world and tap into the joy aspect of it. CHECK OUT BELOW LINK TO AMAZING VINTAGE MEDLEY  OF CHRISTMAS ANIMATION GEMS: And a link to one of the best Christmas, holiday themed Disney retro and vintage animated loops, ever .

Race To Nowhere: A documentary about schools and our children: Today's students are simply being pushed too hard, too far, too fast, too much. It's insane to expect HS students to pull off the amount of responsibility and productivity that schools expect of them, especially in junior year. I'm disgusted that year after year people say this, but nobody does anything about changing this problem! There are just too, too many kids out there who are completely stressed out, exhausted, overwhelmed, demoralized, defeated, depressed. And schools tell us it's the college's fault because colleges reward the kids with the "best grades." Well, what about schools -- ALL schools, high schools and colleges figuring out what education really is: A chance to learn, to absorb, to creatively problem solve. Not memorize and churn out senseless junk that has no emotional resonance with the youth of today. Frankly, I'm totally fed up with the school system righ...

Newsflash: Two of my fav rock heroes, LCD Soundsytem's James Murphy and David Bowie, collaborate and come up with one very sexy, hypnotic, electrifying, meditation on the loss of love, in their music video not surprisingly called..."Love Is Lost." After watching, I'm thinking would could also be titled,  "This is your brain -- on love." -- Many thanks to that guy at Orange County Register for sending this to me.  (He knows me so well.) <3 "And this is your brain on loss of love..." Only these guys could make love-withdrawal seem as uber sexy and NWFW as they do, making me want to play it on a loop for the rest of the day.  Or night. For more insight into this collaboration read the Rolling Stone article, here. Music video by David Bowie performing Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA). (C) 2013 ISO Records, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment

LCD Soundsystem "Home" from FUNWUNCE on Vimeo . Tonight I jump in the car to pick up my kid from a play date. I flip on KCRW to catch what turned out to be the final song in Travis's dj set: "Home" by lcd soundsystem. HOME Home Home Home Home Home Home Take me home Just do it right Make it perfect and real Because it's everything No everything was never the deal So grab your things and stumble into the night So we can shut the door Oh, shut the door on terrible times Yeah, do it right And head again into space So you can carry on And carry on, and fall all over the place This is the trick, forget a terrible year That we can break the laws Until it gets weird And this is what you waited for But under lights, we're all unsure So tell me What would make you feel better? As night has such a local ring And love and rock are pick-up things And you know it Yeah, you know it Yeah, you know Take Forget your past...