Published by Richard Parent on 20 Nov 2008
They say that man is the ultimate predator… and prey.
In today’s blog vote, we will see which blog has risen to the top of the blog food chain, and which… hasn’t.
As usual, vote and give a GOOD reason for your vote.
May the best blog win!
Published by Richard Parent on 20 Nov 2008
I mentioned in class a story about a team-writing assignment that went horribly, horribly wrong (kinda like A Million Penguins).
Here’s the link to that story, and Snopes shows us that it might even be true!
Published by Richard Parent on 04 Sep 2008
In Tuesday’s class I mentioned an unfortunate Internet incident that had befallen a high-ranking Department of Justice official. Here’s the post I referenced.
Definitely recommended reading.
Published by Richard Parent on 27 Nov 2006
We’re beginning our final unit this week on remix culture and revision, which has me thinking even more than usual about revision.
Specifically, I keep coming back to the questions of parody and satire as revisionary modes. Every parody is a revision of an earlier work, but is satire also inherently dependent on earlier productions? Counter-intuitively, the answer may be yes. Think of all the satires you know — do any of them not depend on clear generic conventions to make their point?
Further complicating matters: can you think of any satires that are not also parodies, and vice versa?
Now that we’re all befuddled and wrapped up in ever-shrinking Venn diagrams of parodicity, satiricism, and revisionary thought, here’s a fun example of a parodic satire revising Justin Timberlake’s mindless jiggle, “SexyBack“: The Grey Kid & Daniel Stessen’s “PaxilBack“:
(X-Posted to: Digital Digressions)
Published by Richard Parent on 19 Sep 2006
ARRRRR!!!!
It be Talk Like a Pirate Day again!
Fer all ye land-lubbers out there who don’t ken what Talk Like a Pirate Day be, here be a pirate chest full o’ links for ye:
And thar she blows — the Flying Spaghetti Monster, whose noodly arrr-pendage touches us all.
Fer more on Talk Like a Pirate Day, check out me Talk Like a Pirate Day blog post from last year. Ye’ll be glad you did.
P.S. Ye can shut yer traps! Aye, these images all be stolen. It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day, me beauties!
Published by Richard Parent on 12 Sep 2006
For Thursday’s class, delve deeply into the experience that is “lonelygirl15.” You’ve already dug up some info and maybe even had a chance to watch a video or two. These links should help you find out more:
We also discussed viral videos and viral marketing. Here are some examples we mentioned of viral videos. You should check them out — they’re insidiously entertaining.
Have fun!
Published by Richard Parent on 29 Aug 2006
Today in class we watched the short clip remixing the really terrible horror movie >Cabin Fever into a trailer for a terrible tear-jerker.
Here’s the clip, if you want to watch it again.
We’ll be discussing this trailer (and many others like it) later this semester as we examine remix culture.
