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A Look Into NFL Pre-game Flybys
NFL Films takes an in-depth look at the tradition of pre-game flybys, including some insight into exactly how precise the pilot crews must be to get the timing right and avoid land-based obstacles. Just amazing to watch.
(via GF)
Sam in the city
Yeah, I know. Probably the most significant event in the history of online video.
Sorry.
John Mc_____
Hi, Folks. The Twenty120 site has launched and the video featuring me is up. I can’t direct link to the video, but I can send y’all directions — under films, the one featuring yours truly is #10. Directed by Henry Lu, Joe Rudge and Dan Maloney. I hope you enjoy my video as well as all of the others! Thanks to curator Conor Swegle for putting it all together.
penal code
Calvin Morrett, the young man in this video, has been ordered to write a letter of apology to the city of Saratoga Springs and pay to have it published in local newspapers.
Hello in There
I found a link to the Midler piece I referenced in my comment on c’flock. It wasn’t until I remembered it was the lead-in for Hello in There, a song by John Prine, that I found it. Now, this isn’t the exact rendition to which I referred from the live recording I had on 8-track. (I have not heard this for years.) The version I remember was edgy-er (edgier? How the fuck do you spel…? Don’t matter). The first was funnier and all the more poignant because of the edge with which she delivered it. This version has been softened, pablumized. I’d like to think it wasn’t Bette who changed her performance, that it was some soul-less, humor-less somebody from Disney or Corporate related to this broadcast who made her change it to make it more sentimental. Still, there’s something surreal in Emmett Kelly, sitting on the stage, in face. Here it is:
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Joss Whedon (the creator of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer Movie and TV Series, as well as Firefly and Serenity) has joined forces with friends of his to create Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. It stars Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day and is a supervillain musical that’s quite funny. It’s only going to be on the website for this week and will go away after Sunday the 20th. So click the image above and check it out.
For those interested, Neil Patrick Harris is best known as Doogie Howser and currently stars in “How I Met Your Mother” on CBS. Nathan Fillion was in Buffy, Firefly and Serenity ( as well as a bit part on LOST ). Felicia Day was also on Buffy and has a pretty funny web video called “The Guild” that’s based around World of Warcraft.
Sorry for the “ad”, but I thought this was funny and that their work should be appreciated by as large an audience as possible.
iPhone 3G: Will it blend?
Twenty 120
This year I was invited to have my Vote Free or Die Hard Campaign documented for a festival called Twenty 120. Henry Lu and Joe Rudge directed and our editor is Dan Maloney. This year’s theme is Truth vs. Deception and the website launch party is tomorrow, July 17th at Cinespace in Hollywood. Although the party is too far for me to attend, it is free with RSVP, (through the Twenty120 site) if any of you internet types in CA are out there. It should be a fun time, and the shorts will surely be a good time. More to come here soon.
Oobleck
Oobleck is a non-Newtonian viscous fluid that changes from liquid to solid by applying pressure and it looks pretty easy to make. (video via Coudal)
This is How We Roll in India
(via Coudal)
It’s Called epMotion
I don’t know what epMotion is (and probably neither do you), but that’s not really the point. Here’s a scientific equipment company that figured out how to break out of its traditional image to do some really creative marketing. This video is everywhere right now.
Just because you work in what’s perceived to be a dry or conservative industry doesn’t mean you can’t have some fun.
Godard’s Band of Outsiders
One of my favorites.
Gay Zombie
For some reason this just struck me funny.
Imaginary Madonna Video: “Scroggins To The Oldies”
Imaginary Zombie Film. Scene 1. 4 July 2008
They did not fear the fire and the noise meant nothing to them. It was the city - her meat, grease and gristle - that beckoned and cooed.
She dared peek and the graze is begun.
A DIY Rollercoaster
This World is Not My Home
Purdy much how I recollect it…
Stills Version of Gobbledigook Video by Sigur Rós
The video was inspired by and made in collaboration with photographer Ryan McGinley. See the full version at sigguros.com.
Brilliant Nude Remix
Big Ideas (don’t get any) from James Houston on Vimeo.
I’ve just graduated from the Glasgow School of Art’s graphic design course. This was my final project.
Radiohead held an online contest to remix “Nude” from their album - “In Rainbows” This was quite a difficult task for everybody that entered, as Nude is in 6/8 timing, and 63bpm. Most music that’s played in clubs is around 120bpm and usually 4/4 timing. It’s pretty difficult to seamlessly mix a waltz beat into a DJ set.
The Scroggins Deposit
Jim W, a Window Cleaner
I worked as a window cleaner for a short stint and, let me tell you, this is sick. Oddly enough, there is no dearth of window cleaning videos on youtube.
Roll Away the Stone
A gloss on sha-la-la-la push-push.
Two Million Dollar House “Staves Off Death”
I’m pretty sure this isn’t a spoof.