Video: Tour London and New York with Johnny Rotten and Iggy Pop

I found these two videos separately but I sort of sense a trend. After all, what better job for aging punk rockers than tour guides. First up, via Dangerous Minds,  the Sex Pistols John “Johnny Rotten” Lydon takes us on a bus tour of (2009) London, talks about the lack of drugs and how London…

Video: Super Mashup of Simpson’s Movie References

From the folks at /Film and NextMovie: A mashup of all of the movie references from the first 5 seasons of the Simpsons. All put together it comes to an astonishing 20 minutes and reminds me a bit of the film collages that get played regularly during the Oscar Award ceremony.

200,000 Cassini Photos Used to Create Saturn Music Video

To create the video below, filmmaker Fabio di Donato used 200,000 photos taken by the Cassini spacecraft between 2004 and 2012. Blow it up to fill the largest screen you have available and enjoy your 4 minute tour of Saturn: Around Saturn from fabio di donato on Vimeo. [via Mashable]

Fight Censorship & Protect Privacy: The Declaration of Internet Freedom

I’ve been waiting for someone to do something like this for awhile: Open Media International has created the ‘Declaration of Internet Freedom‘ which aims to prevent censorship and government control of information, reward innovation and protect personal privacy. The internet may be the greatest tool in the history of humanity, it also has the potential…

‘Ice Ice Baby’ as Performed By All the Movies

The apocalypse is definitely coming now. If the reality show “Vanilla Ice Goes Amish” isn’t a sign of the apocalypse then the whole thing is bullshit anyway. Another sign of the apocalypse is the video below. The actors and filmmakers involved probably did not know, at the time, that they were doing a Vanilla Ice cover,…

WNET Demonstrates the Need for PBS by Promoting Fake Reality Shows

There are currently hundreds of TV stations currently broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week but there are maybe 25 shows worth watching. Some of it may actually make you dumber and less informed. WNET has created a series of ads to show the state of television and demonstrate why public broadcasting is…

Watch the Full Game of Thrones Panel from Comic Con

Isn’t the internet great? Things like  Comic Con happen and you can relax, skip the expense, the travel and the crowds and rest comfortably in the knowledge that all the best stuff will eventually find its way to the internet. Here is the full 45+ minute Game of Thrones panel. [via io9] Follow your favorite Game…

Preview of Season 2 of Arrow

Super heroes are not normally my thing, but I loved the first season of Arrow. It’s not exactly mentally stimulating but it is dark, in a ‘Dark Knight Rises‘ sorta way, the plot is intricate, the characters multi-faceted, interesting and likable and the action is intense. The first half of this the Arrow Comic Con…