He’s part of the nightly shows at the “Lake of Dreams” inside the resort and the highlight of my Vegas trip (as was the entire Wynn resort). The shows have an oddness to them that makes me think the designer was French but I can’t find any info on who the deserves the creative credit. [I shot the picture below but not the videos.]

One of six shows happens every hour and half-hour. The large “screen” is a waterfall when the show isn’t happening, and the lake is filled with bubbles during the show so the submerged LED units have something to bounce light off of. Here’s another show with a bullfighting theme:

First, Muse performs Invincible in a It’s a Small World-style attraction I’d so love to see built. (I’ve tried to track down the designer but emails to the production company have gone unanswered.) Below is the YouTube link, but a higher-res version is here.

Second, Goldfrapp’s Twist

The places you find walking by the LA river.

Here’s a three-part micro-documentary by Vice about Northern Colombians and their unique relationship with donkeys. Audio is SO NOT WORK SAFE.

And, yes, the kid above is taking about what you think he is.

I know Vice magazine gets a lot of crap, maybe deserved, but I think they do a great job addressing real things real people deal with that are either too sexy, or not sexy enough, for mainstream media. Now Vice has an online TV channel, webchannel, whatever, called VBS.TV and I watch it almost every day during lunch. Their series on heavy metal in Baghdad is probably the most accurate representation of what life is now like in Iraq, which is to say I almost crapped myself just watching it. There’s way more, so I’ll post my favorites here over the next weeks.

Unrelated: I’m eating Parrano cheese, it’s between Gouda and parmesan, and having a glass of Coppola’s Rosso Shiraz, which may or may not be a good pairing, but I don’t know any better.

Someone over at Dior thought Victoire de Castellane’s new flower and insect-heavy jewelry collection needed it’s own island inside Second Life. I made a visit, filmed it, and set it to Philip Glass, resulting in overly dramatic virtual home movie.

A couple weeks ago I appeared on the call-in show, Ring My Bell. Here’s the condensed video.

See it here.

What happens when the young alcoholic actor, Scott Plank, befriends an old crazy actor and it’s all on film? You get the haunting and unsettling documentary, The Last Days of Jonathan Perlo. Watch it, and other great films, online at WholphinDVD.com.

See Hussein Chalayan’s latest runway collection where garments change color, shape, and length - while being worn. The show concludes with an entire dress being consumed by the model’s hat. I’m shocked, stunned, and jolted.

Here’s a link to a high quality video of the entire show.

When Bitney Spears is refered to as one-dimensional, I wince. They mean to say two-dimensional, that is, she lacks depth. Likewise I cringe when a 3-D film that incorporates in-theater effects is promoted as “4-D.” The fouth dimension is time, not smell or water squirting on your face or seats that move.

For a flash film explanation of all 10 possible dimensions visit the site for the book, “Imagining the Tenth Dimension” and poke “Imagining the Ten Dimensions.” Your brain may explode before the narrator gets to number seven.

The same author is also working on, “The Anthropic Viewpoint” and other songs about the ten dimensions - yay!

Wholphin is a quarterly DVD magazine from Dave Eggers and the McSweeney’s people featuring all manner of filmed media, animated and live action, lost and found, old and new, all of it well produced yet rarely seen. Issue one had a Spike Jonze documentary of Al Gore which could’ve resulted in a different current president had more people seen it. There was also a film about a frozen wasteland inside Selma Blair’s vagina. Issue two is here bringing: sour death balls, Steve Carell, baby squid, Andy Richter, Martin Starr (of Freaks and Geeks), a crying contest, and Donald Trump on Citizen Cane. A bonus DVD included is the first of a three-part series, “The Power of Nightmares,” a documentary that will never air on American TV. You’re a silly person if you don’t subscribe.

Daniel Handler’s review in The Believer suggested getting more than one, so I got two, and now want nine. See, this Buddha Machine, created by the musical duo FM3, plays nine different ambient audio loops, which blend nicely if you turn on many silmoutaneously. I plugged one into my stereo speakers and left the other on my desk. Now I want more to hide around the apartment. There are other “praying to Buddha” machines but they use traditional chinese recordings instead. Get the FM3 version here.