Tag archive for "Americana"

360 rainbow

Arts

Solar Halo 360º Rainbow

by , 11 July 2011 2 Comments

I leaped up like a boy scout and ran down expecting to see a deer playing backgammon with a chipmunk. A solar halo was smack center sky, high noon sun. I ran back to the cabin, threw on a fish eye lens and started filming.

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Reality TV puts a Human Face to the American Coal Miner

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Reality TV puts a Human Face to the American Coal Miner

by , 21 March 2011 0 Comments

The Economy of Coal
Tags: The Economy of Coal

I’m not a big fan of promoting TV shows. But Spike TV’s new series “Coal” seems to follow the theme of hardworking blue-collar American jobs that are fading fast through the eyes of coal miners in West Virginia. The trailer for “Coal,” from the Emmy-award winning creators of “Deadliest Catch,” does a good job of [...]

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Pinball Saves at Sin City’s Fringe

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Pinball Saves at Sin City’s Fringe

by , 17 September 2010 4 Comments

by Michael Atallah I’ve been working on the post production of a documentary and had to make my way into the sultry post-summer desert to pick up new material. Las Vegas. This wasn’t a Vegas freak out trip, more of the cut along the edge of town stay low-to-the-ground and stick to business kind of [...]

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Antoine Dodson to the Rescue, We Goin Find You

Arts, Music

Antoine Dodson to the Rescue, We Goin Find You

by , 14 September 2010 0 Comments

Here’s a three piece video meme that makes for an interesting cross-section of Americana as well as viral internet culture. Wikipedia defines an Internet meme (pronounced /ˈmiːm/, rhyming with “cream”[1]) as used to describe a concept that spreads swiftly via the Internet.[2] The term is a reference to the concept of memes, although this concept [...]

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as seen in Scottsdale

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Comedic Perils of the First Amendment

by , 31 August 2010 1 Comments

This just in from Scottsdale Arizona: Freedom of Speech includes the freedom to be creative, mobile and yes a bit, well ahem… you be the judge. The photographer who captured this shot asked to remain anonymous due to not being authorized to document this hilarious and unsettling slice of mobile Americana. We shall protect our [...]

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