“Webcam is based on actual events and was shot entirely on a computer’s webcam.
The filmmakers hope that it will make people think more about the technology that
we use every day and the effects that it can have on all of us.”

People are loving Wendy MacNaughton’s comic, 6th and Mission, which led to us finding this song, Sixth Street, by the San Francisco band Thumper.

We don’t usually post political videos on The Rumpus. But when a leading Republican candidate gives a speech blitzed out of his mind, well, we make exceptions.

Book trailer for our November Rumpus Book Club selection, Peter Orner’s Love and Shame and Love.

Rumpus Morning Coffee editor and musician extraordinaire Dan Weiss is in a band called The Yellow Dress and this is their new music video!

Directed by Tiffany Parker
Shot and Edited by Errol Sabinano
Pick up the new album “Humblebees” at theyellowdress.bandcamp.com

Things get real weird around second 16.

(via @rollingskull)

For those of you wondering where “tres cool” came from in today’s Daily Rumpus email, it came from here:

“The Reader” by Nathan Englander – A Single Sentence Animation.

Fox News really likes Rumpus contributor Steve Almond’s new book, which is weird because they don’t really like Steve Almond.

(via Kottke)

You can’t unsee this.

I can barely draw a bath.

This reminds me of my time in Israel, basically.

(via @Jennifer_Sky)

(via @theHairpin)

(via @Bookslut)

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Because Leo was down with the people.

For anyone who doubts the importance of sound in great film, not to mention the effect of a strong ending…