2081

The Powerful Short Film / From a Short Story By Kurt Vonnegut A short glimpse into a not-too-distant future of 2081. Produced by the Motion Picture Institute (MPI). The story taken from a 1961 short story by Kurt Vonnegut called “Harrison Bergeron.” The story of Vonnegut’s is full of Vonneguts usual satire and offers a […]

Leap Into The Void

A PARTICULAR PHOTO COMES TO ME OUT OF NOWHERE RIGHT BEFORE THE NEW YEAR … FROM AN ARTIST I HAD NEVER HEARD OF. THE SYNCHRONICITY OF EVENTS. Leap Into the Void (1960) by Yves Klein The Bitter Withy ________________________________ John Fraim (Don’t miss my friend Larry’s comment below. He asked Chat to give its impression […]

Making Star Wars

5757 / A Film by David Berry “The best STAR WARS behind-the-scenes film material I’ve seen!” – One of the comments to the film My cousin David Berry does not give out much information on this film he made in the 70s with a Super 8 camera. All David says on the Vimeo page hosting […]

Seasons Greetings 2024

Music “The Golden Age” by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour Each year, my cousin David Berry sends a video out each December. Usually, it’s a collection of the year interpreted in video around the Bay Area where David lives. His videos are a little different from other homemade videos. In 1985, David received an Oscar for […]

Symbolism of Elon’s Photo

A NEW GENERATION TAKES CONTROL OF WASHINGTON DC? River Man __________________________________ John Fraim If one follows Musk, like me and millions of others, you got the above message on X at 4:00 pm on December 19, 2024. Such a simply photo he probably snapped by himself. The quality of the photo does not matter. What […]

Pixabay

Two images from Pixabay Two images from the image aggravation site Pixabay downloaded and put into my iMovie program. In the program, I was able to make the camera pan down the leafs of the tree and expand into the tree using what is known as the Ken Burns Effect. Much more could be done […]

Lowering the Assisted Suicide Index.

WHEN GOVERNMENTS WANT TO BOOST THE INDEX John Fraim Re: Article about MAID 3:52 am Hi John, This article sent a shiver down my spine.  It was just announced in Canada that you will now qualify for MAID if you “just” have a mental issue, such as severe loneliness, and the once-needed physical disability or […]

Snoop & Dre … Meet Sinatra & Sammy

When Legends Meet “To see Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg alongside my dad and Sammy Davis Jr. in such a revolutionary way is both thrilling and surreal.” Tina Sinatra in (People Magazine) Four legends, two eras, one unforgettable night as Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg share Still G.I.N. with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. […]

The WASH House

An Idea from high school student Maya Fowler / Sacramento, CA And the legacy that influences this project. Maya Fowler (Read below before watching the above video) When I moved back to Columbus from Santa Rosa, California twenty years ago, it was not the diverse, growing city it is today. Rather, it was a much […]