Dan Freeman

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• Commented on BB Video: "Ssshhh," by Hess is More, dir: m ss ng p eces (music video)
  Ooooh, now I want to see the video of the luge-r ("luge-rider"? "luge-person"? "lugey"?)! Can I get a link up in here?...
• Commented on The Marshallese in Arkansas and other unexpected diasporas
  The largest population of expat Japanese is in Brazil of all places, and I believe the same holds true in Japan (largest population of expat Brazilians). Wiki here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Brazilian ...and an interesting article about some of the issues Brazilians face...
• Commented on Barack Obama is Tired of Your Mthrfckng Sht (NSFW)
  @33 JCCALHOUN: "So how long until these lines are totally take out of context and passed around as "proof" that our president is an evil racists or something?" Here you go: http://obamasoundoff.com/ I'm just waiting for the hip-hop remix, a...
• Commented on Star Wars retold by someone who hasn't seen it
  AHA! Did no one (re) post "Coming to Alderaan"? I'm shocked! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utGXF5orynk...
• Commented on Holiday / Christmas Music: An Open Thread.
  I put together a series of holiday videos at one of my blogs, called Play I Some Music. Unfortunately, we nabbed a couple from BoingBoing itself so we are not the most original peas in the pod. But it's a...
• Commented on Iraqi Shoe-Tosser Guy DDOSes Boing Boing Sort Of
  Xeni, you rule. This is certainly the last, best meme of the year. Thank you BoingBoing by taking one for the team and bringing this to teh interwebz....
• Commented on Monster truck rally tilt shift video
  I am sick of the tilt-shift craze. While this (TS and the stop motion/ffw'd) video is well done, the meme is dead to me....
• Commented on Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White -- absolutely extraordinary comic fuses manga and French comics in a story of violence and lost boys in a surreal Japanese cityscape
  @#4 CodyDjango: one of the most impressive animations from recent history, with unique style and flow, memorable characters and excellent soundtrack... One of the more significant aspects of this film (and hence one reason for it's "uniqueness") is that it's...
• Commented on Voices of a People's History of the United States: Fantastic voice actors read the historic work of people who demanded justice from America
  My first thought was: 'Great Christmas present!' I read the APHOTUS in high school and found it quite inspiring - not just because of the lefty political slant (as any HS kid should be interested in) but simply because it...
• Commented on Tales from the underground economy
  Fascinating! Thanks for the link!...
• Commented on Jeannie C. Riley: Mini-skirted minx country singer
  When people say they think Sarah Palin is hot, this is who they're actually thinking of....
• Commented on Bizarre walking strategies of artifically evolved organisms
  I just watched the vice presidential debate and can I just say that this video chilled me waaaay out. It was the unicorn chaser if I ever saw one......
• Commented on Diamonds in the Rough: documentary on Uganda's politicized hiphop scene
  This post reminds me of an excellent documentary by some friends of mine called Democracy in Dakar. They covered the 2007 presidential election there through the lens of local hip-hop artists. They've followed up with similar documentaries on the French...
• Commented on Wal-Mart corporate archivist selling access to recordings of exec meetings to plaintiff-side lawyers
  Cory, what's with the goofy "exchange rates" you quote in this and an earlier story today? (http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/09/working-dollhousesiz.html) A subtle comment on the weak dollar, perhaps?...
• Commented on House votes against telcom immunity for illegal wiretapping
  Even if it makes it through the Senate, which I doubt it will, Bush doesn't necessarily face as stark a choice as described above, due to his copious use in the past of the line-item veto. As he's a lame...
• Commented on Four more podcasts I like
  I like the Radioclash podcast the best - it's mashups and remixes and general Brit banter from a guy named Tim. Great knowledge of all kinds of young people music! www.mutantpop.net/radioclash...
• Commented on Rosie the Riveter (North Vietnamese edition)
  Wait a minute, doesn't Rosie the Riveter not really count under communist regimes? I mean, it's not like she chose to go to work as an empowered female supporting the war effort in any way possible, as Rosie represents. She...
• Commented on Supremely awful Hungarian anti-war white rap video
  This is pretty old (I live in Hungary and it's made the rounds since about 2005) but is always amusing. I may have even suggested it as a link... Anyway, glad to see it's been imortalized on BB. jiii, kamon,...
• Commented on Why knockoffs are good for fashion
  This post reminds me of a recent Op-Ed in the New York Times about how buying counterfeit luxury bags contributes to funding terrorism. Read it here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/30/opinion/30thomas.html?_r=1&oref=slogin What I found so funny about the opinion piece is the way it...