Something else for the pan. :)
"Mr. Rogers Breakdancing"
Mr. Rodgers freaks me out.
Watch movie (, 3.2 min, 19.4 MB)
Original post, from Film Threat Video:
It's not that he doesn't have the moves, or that he's blatantly ripping off that time Mr. T tried to learn breakdancing, but he sounds creepy while he does it.
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"Laser Cats", Another short from SNL by the Andy Amberg and the Lonely Island Guys.
"Laser Cats"
Watch movie (, 3.5 min, 20.7 MB)
Original post, from Film Threat Video:
Cats that shoot lasers from their mouths. Another SNL digital short that shows that you really don't need to pay attention to anything that doesn't involve Andy Samberg.
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t-video.blogspot.com is a one of a kind video podcast I stumbled on quite some time ago and have been an increasing fan though I've never heard anyone else mention them. So I thought I would. I can't really explain it, it's just beautiful abstract video art. Think of it as time based photography. :)
Enjoy.
"Frommap"
Watch movie (Quicktime, 2 min, 12.9 MB)
Original post, from .t video:
iPod video installation 11
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C for Cookie
I couldn't not post this trailer mashup.
"V for Vendetta" meets "C for Cookie".
Elmo at his finest.
"C for Cookie"
Watch movie (, 1.8 min, 10.5 MB)
Original post, from Film Threat Video:
V for Vendetta meets Sesame Street so children everywhere can learn about anarchy.
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An interview with Dave Winer
Sweet, I'm re-vlogging rocketboom. And why the hell not, even though they have a zillion times the traffic as me, there's still value in saying, heh, this is great, I dig this. So here's an interview of Dave Winer, the much loved and often arguable, father of RSS 2.0 w/enclosures and therefore podcasting. I listen to him all the time on podcasts, but rarely do I get to see him on film, so this was a real treat.
Most important quote: "Myspace is training wheels"
I never quite could put my finger on it, but Dave nails it. This to me is what services like Youtube, livejournal and Myspace represent... they're easy little walled garden communities that act as an entry point for many young people and people who are new to the blogosphere. Eventually though most of them will hopefully move onto participating in a larger, more interoperable community, a global community, the world wide blogosphere. (global village anyone?) And there are many facets of the blosphere, in fact it's sliceable in an endless variety of ways, most obviously language, and media type (audio, photo, video) right now. But gradually I hope these soft boundries will continue to mix in a healthy manner, into an endless mix of communities with soft boundries, not hard inoperable boundries like Youtube. So, Enjoy the interview. Thanks Amanda. Oh, and if you follow the link to the original post there's even more interview segments. Be sure to leave some comments on rocketboom. Vloggers love comments! :)
"Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:35:10 -0600"
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Original post, from Rocketboom:
story links: interview with dave winer extended interview: on the future of advertising (mov|wmv), on the history of the personal computer (mov|wmv), on the holiday season (mov|wmv), on habits online (mov|wmv), on the ownership of rss (mov|wmv), on writing style (mov|wmv)
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This may be sort of old news to most. It was posted back on February 8th, but I thought it was interesting just the same.2004 CD sales : $7.5M
2005 CD sales: $10.3M
2004 digital sales: $0.76M
2005 digital sales: $3.1M
new CDs added in 2004: 28,285
new CDs added in 2005: 37,798
DVBlog has had a couple of great posts that caught my eye in the last week. If you enjoyed my recent post on the history of the amen break beat (also via DVblog) you'll certainly enjoy this clip from BENT 2004. It's a good introduction to the musical world of circuit bending and a great reminder to everyone who's going to be in New York on April 19-23 to swing by and check out the Third International Circuit Bending Festival, aka BENT 2006 (bentfestival.org).
Watch movie (Quicktime, 8.4mb, 5min)
Original post, from DVblog:
BENT (2004, 8.43MB, 5 min. ) This short documentary explains what circuit bending is and why you want to attend BENT 2006 , the Third International Circuit Bending Festival , April 19-23, in NYC.
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"Will the Summer Make Good for all our Sins"
A great short film / music video / animation
Watch movie (Quicktime, 4.3 min, 34.8 MB)
Band: MUM
Artist: Marc Craste
Studio AKA, London
Original post, from No fat clips!!!:
Múm revolves around the core trio of Icelanders Gunnar Örn Tynes, Örvar Thóreyjarson Smárason and Kristín Anna Valtysdóttir. Based between Reykjavik and Berlin, since their foundation in 1998, múm have forged a gorgeously warm, rich and melodic take on electronica, imprinting it with their own unique sound.
...The song merges hauntingly beautiful music with darkly sinister lyrics, a style synonymous with Marc Craste’s animations. (Source: Fat Cat)
...
Marc Craste is the director of numerous award-winning commercials. His short film Jojo in the Stars won both the 2004 BAFTA for Best Animated Short Film & the 2005 Cartoon d'Or.
If you like this short film you might also want to check out the trailer for Jojo in the Stars (Flash required) or this beautiful high res movie poster from 2003.
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I like mefeedia. Why?
Because unlike Yahoo! Podcasts (which I like), I can accumulate all my video feeds into a single feed which I can stream into my iTunes player. And this is great because I can only add video posts within feeds that match my tags selected.
And tags are well structured by place, topic, person, language or event. I find this service really easy to use. I can browse video podcasts or add my own feeds. It's nice and easy.
I also like their 'related tags' section which allows me to browse forever.Outside of adding feeds, you can manually add individual videos by clicking a 'queue' button.
This service is not pretty, but it's fun to use and easy to get going. I have no idea how they intend to make money though...
MeFeedia
Sector: media search
Secret Sauce: Mefeedia is a small startup company based in New York City whose mission is to make independent video on the internet easy to find and share. Mefeedia is a videoblog directory on the web, considered by many to be the first of its kind. In 2004, Jay Dedman and Peter Van Dijk started the videoblogging mailing list. Today, Mefeedia is building a ?kind of IMDB for independent video. Make independent video easy to find.? To find your way around our 248,616 videos, Mefeedia has tags and an extensive directory of vlogs (6,813 videoblogs). The service is free with future optional pro features in the works. Peter Van Dijck, founder of Mefeedia: ?Quite a few people have told me they?ve temporarily stopped watching regular television altogether, at least for a while. There is too much good stuff out there.? Mefeedia focuses on the video that is being produced by ?videobloggers?, thousands of people who are creating all sorts of short videos and publishing them on their blog. Mefeedia functions as an aggregator, a portal where you can discover these videoblogs.
Peter Van Dijck: ?The future is here: the video iPod, iTunes video, the PSP, the upcoming XBox: people are getting access to millions of channels of video. And at the same time regular people can now finally publish video online easily. In this future, your favourite tv channel might soon be someone you know.?
Competitors: PodZinger, PodScope
Headquarters: New York, NY
Founded: 2004
Management: Peter Van Dijck is the founder ? he is a well known information architect and author.
Seen and Heard: Named ?Best of the Web? by BusinessWeek and Forbes. Also Time wrote, ?If video blogs are your thing, try Mefeedia.?
ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind suggests that CRAP or Content, Restriction, Annulment, and Protection, is a catchier phrase than DRM - Digital Rights Management. Why does he think this technology is crap? Once you've bought music or other content to play on one device, it won't play on any other device because of the proprietary layer of CRAP.
Host: David Berlind, executive editor, ZDNet
Length: 00:03:00
The fascinating history of the Amen break beat
How six seconds from 1969 changed the future of music and jumpstarted a whole culture.
In an age when musicians are getting sued for sampling single beats a whole musical, commercial and advertising culture can be traced back to one beat.
If you're interested in remix culture, sampling, music and copyright you'll find this piece absolutely fascinating. At 20 minutes with perhaps the most simplistic visual track ever it's superbly well done. In fact, I'm listening to it a second time as I write this.
"Can I get an Amen? - Nate Harrison"
Watch movie (Quicktime, 20 min, 34.4 MB)
Original post, from DVBlog.org:
Can I Get An Amen? (2004, 34.3MB, 18:08 min.) from Nate Harrison. This documentation, of an installation by Nate harrison, includes an in depth lecture on the history of a single breakbeat. It...
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Today, March 25th Josh Leo cellebrated his first year of video bloging with this 7.6 minute action packed remix. Congratulations Josh!
"1 year recap"
Watch movie (Quicktime, 7.6 min, 42 MB)
Original post, from blip.tv (beta):
one year of vlogging!
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A vernon Robinson for Congress add that's been going around. Real deal or parody I don't know, but it's hilarious.
"BlogsNowFeedMov vernonrobinson.com - twilight - 320x240 0:60"
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Original post, from BlogsNow Videos:
BlogsNowFeedMov vernonrobinson.com - twilight - 320x240 0:60
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