Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint – JUDI BARI


NOVEMBER 4 — JUDI BARI
Homespun American humorist, speaker of truth to power.

NOVEMBER 4, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
England, Australia and New Zealand: MISCHIEF NIGHT.

ALSO ON NOVEMBER 4 IN HISTORY…
1870 — French proto-surrealist Comte de Lautreamont dies.
1879 — American humorist Will Rogers born, Oologah, Oklahoma.
1922 — Tut-ankh-amen’s tomb discovered, Egypt.
1949 — Earth First environmental activist Judi Bari born, Baltimore, Maryland.
1972 — U.S. Communist Party headquarters in New York City firebombed.
1979 — 65 American hostages taken in Iran.
1982 — Maverick Canadian classical musician Glenn Gould dies, Toronto, Ontario.

Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective

FWAF 2009 – 'THE PARACHUTE ENDING' by Steve Scott & Will Sweeney

BIRDY NAM NAM – THE PARACHUTE ENDING from Steve Scott on Vimeo.

Check out this incredible video for ‘The Parachute Ending‘ by French DJ group Birdy Nam Nam. All the illustrations are designed by Will Sweeney and the song is produced by Justice!  We’re very proud to screen this video at our Animation Fest later this month.

The 3rd annual Floating World Animation Fest features senses shattering video art and psychedelic animation from the secret world of motionography. 3+ hours of mind melting, soul loving psychedelicanimation… this summer’s ultimate videocation!  Floating World Animation Fest 2009 – Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, Portland OR – June 25th.