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   NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 16: TOURETTE'S, DAVROS & TONY HART
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 This Week:
 - John's not mad
 - Davros sends us email
 - Tony Hart's gallery
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 B3ta email 16 - 02 NOV 2001 - "We're saving the web"
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 : JOHN'S NOT MAD POP VIDEO
   80s swear-fest fun.
   In 1989 the BBC ran a documentary about a
   boy with Tourette's syndrome - a condition
   with symptoms including compulsive swearing.
   Called "John's not Mad", it starred an
   overweight boy in a track suit who called
   his mother "cunt". A lot.
   Of course - kids loved it.
   In 2001 cut-up video terrorists Cartel
   Communique and sample weirdo Osymyso have
   turned him into a pop-star. Mike from Cartel
   says, "John is an inspiration to us."
   The end result is dark, nasty and very
   funny. (Requires realvideo software
   and a fast link.)
 http://www.cartelcommunique.co.uk/johnsnotmad.htm
   (BTW: A follow up to the TV show has
   been commissioned, and will be on UK
   screens next year.)
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 : HAWKING/DAVROS ANIMATION - FOLLOW UP
   Davros sends us email.
   Last week B3ta member Mike Trindler
   released his touching Davros animation
   - in which the leader of the Daleks fell
   in love with Stephen Hawking.
   Terry Molloy - the actor who played
   Davros in the TV series - got in touch:
     "Wheeey!  Serious shit or what?
     Loved it. Have you thought of doing
     a Davros Christmas special? With all
     the little Daleks round the tree whilst
     the Doctor is roasting on an open fire?"
     "And the Daleks could sing carols
     too."
   (BTW: Terry sends his email under the
   alias Davros. Respect.)
   
   Watch it again - Davros loves it:
 http://www.b3ta.com/hawking/
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 : THE B3TA GALLERY
   Our favourite images - together at last.
   AndyK rocks. He's taken some of the images
   that people have placed upon the B3ta board
   and created a fantastic animated gallery -
   all in the style of the UK TV kids art show,
   Take Hart.
   AndyK says, "There's some images in there
   which made me ache with laughter. I wanted
   to share that with others."
   It's a wondrous thing, and the music - a
   glockenspiel track called Left Bank 2 -
   is fantastic.
 http://www.mopoke.co.uk/b3ta/tonyhart.swf
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 : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE
   Results - winner - new challenge.
   Each week we run a competition to test your
   creative skills. We find an image, and you
   mess with our heads by mucking it up.
   Last week was frogs. The work was stunning:
 http://b3ta.com/board/3/1/1/4/
   The winner? Sul's Frog Invader animation:
 http://www.sulsplace.com/archives/spacefrog.gif
   This weeks challenge? Ali G:
 http://www.b3ta.com/board/4/2/6/3/
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 : LINK OF THE WEEK
   Mame - I want to live forever
   This old school arcade tribute uses the theme
   tune from the movie Fame, cut together with
   scenes from old computer games. It's an
   amazing celebration of chunky graphics and
   gaming nostalgia.
   The author Pantazis C. Houlis, 31, only
   started using the Flash authoring tool
   at the start of October this year.
   He says, "I knew that the modification of
   an 80's song would ideally fit with the
   classic arcade games. I just had to find
   the right song."
 http://www.homepromotions.net/Tehkan/mamesong.swf
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 : JOIN IN!
   We're saving the web - and we need your help.
 http://b3ta.com/board/

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