Escape From City 17

Escape From City 17 is a short film created by the Purchase Brothers, two Canadian film makers from Toronto. The film is set in the Half Life 2 world of City 17 and follows two resistance fighters as they try to flee the city. The film will make a lot more sense to those of you who've played half life 2 but even if you haven't it's still quite interesting. The level of detail and quality of shots these guys pulled off on a budget of $500 and presumably a lot of blood, sweat and tears is quite stunning. Acting is a bit understated at times but regardless it is a very impressive effort.

Also, this is only part one. I've embedded the low definition version of the film so that everyone can watch but if you have a decently new computer, the menu should allow you to stream a hi-def version of the clip.

North America South America (NASA)

North America South America is a joint project between DJ Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon. It has a prolific lineup of guests on the album. Just checkout the list for their soon to be release LP The Spirit of Apollo :

01 Intro
02 The People Tree [ft. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift of Gab & Z-Trip]
03 Money [ft. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge & Z-Trip]
04 NASA Music [ft. Method Man, E-40 & DJ Swamp]
05 Way Down [ft. RZA, Barbie Hatch & John Frusciante]
06 Hip Hop [ft. KRS-One, Fatlip & Slim Kid Tre]
07 Four Rooms, Earth View
08 Strange Enough [ft. Karen O, Ol' Dirty Bastard & Fatlip]
09 Spacious Thoughts [ft. Tom Waits & Kool Keith]
10 Gifted [ft. Kanye West and others TBD]
11 A Volta [ft. Sizzla, Amanda Blank & Lovefoxxx]
12 There's a Party [ft. George Clinton & Chali 2na]
13 Whachadoin? [ft. Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold & Nick Zinner]
14 O Pato [ft. Kool Kojak & DJ Bãboa]
15 Samba Soul [ft. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien & DJ Qbert]
16 The Mayor [ft. The Cool Kids, Ghostface Killah, DJ AM & Scarface]
17 N.A.S.A. Anthem

They've released a video for the single 'Money' which features David Byrne, Chuck D, Seu Jorge, Ras Congo and Z-Tip and happens to be quite awesome, enjoy: