June 25, 2004

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  The Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra  was awesome. An amazing ten-piece lively ska band we would love to see again. I agree with Mai that the guitarist was the best!

  Last Saturday a group of us headed out to the big lucha match at Frank & Sons. Keith has posted some great photos on the FPU site. (Pity I lost all my pics when my camera’s SD card got corrupted)

  Check out this hilarious music video - Elektronik Supersonik! It’s Molvania‘s entry into the Eurovision Song contest.

  Hillbilly Blog (via j-walk blog)

  Mini Euro 2004  by flipflopflyin.com

  Online Japanese lessons  (via clickopera)

  There’s a new playlist at Glubibulga. (which you can also stream here)

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  This Zagreb Animafest 2004 article (AWN Mag) lists the common recurring themes, locations and characters that animators like to use in their short films. 

  OBJECTS & CHARACTERS

  Adam and Eve
  Eggs
  Pirates
  Gangsters
  Dogs. Dogs. Dogs. Dogs peeing, Dogs pooing
  Frogs
  Penguins
  Butterflies
  Rats and mice
  A fly makes a face at the camera
  Striped shirts
  Cardboard box: as a prop, a home, or a character
  Cuckoo clocks
  Skulls and skeletons, bones, aging
  Mucus, especially nose picking
  Eyes falling out

  Pretty funny. We wonder that if we made a rough guess of what the recurring elements in US kids TV animation are, would the list look something like this?

  Robots
  Anime-looking characters
  Characters with baseball caps
  Kid superheroes
  Hybrid animal-human characters or vegetable-human characters
  Girls who kick ass
  Rats or mice
  Monkeys
  Characters that call out their signature moves before launching into action (we know two other shows besides Mucha Lucha now )

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