Category: Minivideos
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Here is some news (or pre-news!)
I have been busy publishing the first ebook story collection by Jack Matthews, the first collection he has published in 23 years. Despite the somewhat small size, I consider this to be a major work — perhaps one of his best story collections. My company will be publishing his contemporary microfiction title, Abruptions this summer.…
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November Video Linkdump #1
Music Vids Basketball Jones song. I totally love this song. It appears nonsensically in the classic movie Being There even though it was originally a Cheech and Chong video that a lot of stars got involved on. George Harrison on guitar! Carole King on piano. Billy Preston on organ. Eddie Fisher. I’ll Hold you in…
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Linkdump: Video
Hot Girls Wage Lawsuit against Facebook privacy policy (satire). I’ll guess you do. Cynical animation by Mike Polk about relationships and marriage. I’m not sure whether men or women will find this video more depressing. Here’s the hilarious One Semester of Spanish Love Song and 2nd Semester of Spanish Love Song. iPhone4 vs. HTC Evo…
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Linkdump: Cultural and Literary
First, I am reading and very much enjoying Steven Moore’s landmark book on the Novel: An Alternative History. (Read this review by Steven Donoghue which is extensive and critical though somewhat fair): If authors had any genuine talent for categorization, they’d be accountants. Authors are nitwits – that’s what makes them holy; it’s the critic’s…
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Some Video Fun: Youth in Asia
Noam Chomsky answers Al Jazeera about his recent visa problems with a dry sense of humor. Ali G did an interview with Noam Chomsky (not to mention Andy Rooney). Here’s his book pitch to several NY publishers, his interview with a feminist and his interview with various art critics. Here’s a great interview with medical…
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The Inimitable Catherine Tate & Stephen Moffat
While stumbling upon random things on Youtube, I came across this hilarious comedy character called Lauren Cooper (played by Catherine Tate). Catherine Tate with David Tennant (of Dr. Who). The unspoken joke is that Catherine Tate was the female sidekick during Season 4 of the new Doctor Who show. Here’s the Cheerleading sketch (my fave).…
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Ipad, music vids, crime & media linkdump
I’m determined to actually get work done today and not do a lot of random stuff. So this blogpost will merely record some things I’ve found over the last few days. Totally random video by Steve Martin talking about the Jerk to the AFI. The movie is not that well-regarded, but is exactly right for…
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John Denver parody protests mountain top removal
Tonya Adkins uses a John Denver song to protest mountain top removal in West Virginia. Lyrics by Bob Kinkaid. Eloquent and heartbreaking. As I listened to the original John Denver song, I was shocked to discover that the song was specifically about West Virginia mountains (making the parody all the more poignant). Almost heaven West…
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Risque Music Videos: Nonsensical or Subversive?
Here are 3 songs that are going to infect your brain: nonsensical songs with obscene lyrics and a hard rhythm. (By the way, both were features on the 2009 SXSW mp3 torrent download). Here’s an amazing rap song and an amazing music video by hip hopper Bomani Armah called Read a Book! If you check …
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Walt Whitman & Levi’s Jeans
Here’s an amazing TV commercial for Levi’s Jeans starring…. Walt Whitman! Yes, that’s his actual voice reading the 1888 poem America in this video poem/commercial. Here’s another video poem for Whitman’s Pioneers from Leaves of Grass..this time read by actor Will Greer. (These pieces are directed by M. Blash of the ad agency Wieden &…
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Brilliant Schoolhouse Rock & Schoolhouse Rock Parodies
Here are some schoolhouse rock music videos. These were short educational songs that they showed on American TV in the 1970s. Most person over the age of 30 knows almost all of these songs by heart. These are great songs, and they reveal a lot about the style from the 1970s. There are countless examples,…
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Political Humor Pt 3551
David Letterman gives the top 10 presidential moments of George W. Bush. Here’s Letterman whining (and I do mean whining ) when John McCain cancelled an appearance. It’s funny how they have let Letterman become more political and opinionated over the past couple of years.
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Shut Up and Let me Eat my Fish!
I woke up at 4:00 AM in the morning determined to write a storm of fiction. Instead I end up catching on some random blogs! Time is a-wastin. Ok, let me get it out of the way. (Hey, it’s my birthday now). I really enjoy satirical blogs and don’t hype them enough. IOZ Interviews Malcolm…
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Funny TV Commercials
I love this comic TV commercial for a California county fair. Here’s a commercial for a totally bizarre board game called Ballbusters.
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How Not to Make a Marriage Proposal Video for Youtube
This wedding proposal video has so many things wrong with it I don’t know where to begin. Some lessons can be learned: Don’t call your video “Greatest Wedding Video of All Time.” Everyone says that. Don’t bring the girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend along! And don’t let the ex suggest things to say! If you are videotaping, please…