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2010/3/7

A Trailer For Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever; file alongside Charlie Brooker's self-referential TV news segment.

(via MeFi) ¶ clichés film hollywood humour media self-reference 0

2010/1/29

Charlie Brooker presents a self-referential analysis of the visual language of TV news segments (or, at least, of BBC news segments; your mileage may vary):

(via Boing Boing) ¶ bbc charlie brooker media self-reference tv 0

2008/1/19

YouTube video of the day: Jeffrey Lewis - "Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror", a nice exemplar of New York hipster antifolk:

(via Tegan) ¶ antifolk hipsters jeffrey lewis self-reference trucker hats video will oldham williamsburg youtube 4

1999/9/8

Seen on mailing list: "Memes don't exist -- tell your friends."

¶ memes memetics self-reference 0

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2018/12/31

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