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…then this should do the trick. Big thanks to Stephen Chow who introduced me to the artist Blu a while back. And thanks to Jeff for sending me Blu’s latest stop-motion video.

Besides the art and the use of the environmental space, I love the sound design. It’s been such a long-time (relatively) convention to use music as a backdrop that I’ve kind of forgotten that well crafted sounds can fill that space just as compelling-ly. (I have two certificates from two different higher institutions of learning that qualify me to wordsmith my own words. So back off.) I especially dig the texturized tone that is used behind the more foreground sounds.

Some photographer stumbled on Mike Tyson’s abandoned mansion in Ohio and found it abandoned, but in good shape. Amazingly, no one chased him off while he poked around the massive estate. Even when he returned with a tripod for his camera. Visit his website to relish the deliciousness of CRAZY and expensive taste. (zebra carpets, faux gold ceilings, tiger cages, 8 car garage, sundae bars…don’t get me started on the toilets in his bathroom.) The story about the current ownership is a bit bizarre and even has some juicy questions regarding shitty DEA scams. Mike Tyson, TaeBo, DEA…what’s not to love?

http://illicitohio.illicitohio.com/tyson.htm