Minnesota native and Mission Impossible star Peter Graves has died of a heart attack at 83 years of age. Found at YouTube from AssociatedPress. Mission Impossible Opening Montage Found at YouTube from crocoboxer. Airplane Trailer Featuring Peter Graves Found at YouTube from aheutohmaluko. Stalag 17 Trailer Found at YouTube from StefanCichlidoShodan. Killers from Space Trailer Found at YouTube from drmilo. Peter Graves Discusses His [...]

I recently listened to this Fresh Air podcast of Terry Gross interviewing director Wes Anderson about his film Fantastic Mr. Fox. In the interview, Anderson discusses how the stop-motion animated film was made. For an animation freak such as yours truly, it was fascinating and prompted me to add Fantastic Mr. Fox to the top [...]

A group of University of Kansas researchers working with Chinese colleagues have discovered a venomous, birdlike raptor that thrived some 128 million years ago in China. This is the first report of venom in the lineage that leads to modern birds. Found at YouTube from KU.

Preppers are the new survivalists…and they’re soccer moms. Found at Newsweek via Holy Kaw!

The Web site PostSecrets now has a video trailer…about the book…that is based on the Web site. Found at Vimeo from Frank Warren.

Interviews with supporters at a Sarah Palin book signing in Columbus, Ohio. Found at YouTube from NewLeftMedia via SteveNet.

Paul Nicklen describes his most amazing experience as a National Geographic photographer – coming face-to-face with one of the arctic’s most vicious predators. Found at YouTube from NationalGeographic.

Artist Maya Lin discusses the meaning behind her once-controversial design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Found at YouTube from ForaTV.

David Lynch and Singer/Songwriter Moby discuss “Wait For Me” Moby’s new album influenced by David Lynch, the song “Shot in the Back of the Head”, and their collaboration on the accompanying music video. Oh, BTW, they also both like old factories. Found at David Lynch Foundation Television.

On 9/12/2009, New Left Media went to Washington DC to document the Tea Party protests against, well, a lot of things, including health insurance reform, the IRS, abortion, global warming, and our “socialist/communist/fascist/Nazi/Muslim” president, Barack Obama. Some of them called for a return to McCarthyism, while others called for Glenn Beck to run for office–indeed, [...]