Our first production assignment in film school was to film and edit together a silent short, then give it a sound­track that completely altered the emotional response of the viewer. It was a demon­stration of the equally-​​​​matched emotional power of picture and sound. It was a chal­lenging exercise. Today, I present you with two videos, both of which use nearly the same sound­track, but with different pictures. This inverts the exercise. Watch them both, then tell me how each made you feel. Don’t think too much, and don’t try to limit yourself by thinking which is better. Just watch and observe your automatic response to each. [ . . . ]

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I research many things on the Internets. This is not one of them. But I found it and could not stop laughing. And it gives me an oppor­tunity to kick off the “Post-​​​​modernism” category. Via Manolo’s Shoe Blog, which itself comes to me via Mr. Flibbertigibbet, the Louis Vitton Frankenpurse: Apparently, it costs $52,500 and they’re only making two dozen. Beyoncé Knowles and the current Mrs. Rudy Giuliani are rumored to be among the elite few purchasers. Witness the Post-​​​​modernism at work here. Rather than make a new, classy, stylish bag that a beautiful woman wouldn’t have to compete with for attention, they [ . . . ]

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