Category: Video/Multimedia
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Some Amazing Podcasts & Video
Patrick McClean tells a true 30 minute audio story about getting shot. Hilarious, sardonic and profound. I had blogged about Patrick McClean in 2006 . Here’s some of his best storytelling pieces. By the way, it’s not really a story, but the Hans Solo Theory is intriguing. McClean now is blogging more regularly (not just…
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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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I should know better
Every time I watch a British historical costume drama, I tell myself that surely there has to be at least one example from the genre which is not a dreadful bore. Nope. Out of boredom, I started watching Dr. Who (2005 version). I found it a silly escapist time-waster, but at least it didn’t pretend…
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Please admire my restraint
I could probably read it forever, but instead I decided to stop reading the televisionwithoutpity.com forum about Lost after “only” 18 pages of a 37 page thread. Lost Season 6 has been as good as ever. It must be terrifying to write for the show, knowing that your fan base (we call ourselves “Losties”) is…
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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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Why, Netflix, Why?
I have one question for Netflix. I need an answer. If you click on the movie metadata, you can see other films by the same director or cast member. Why on earth would Netflix not also let you browse by the name of the script writer? They don’t even list it in the metadata. I…
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Netflix downloads are really cheap… and postage is expensive
In a story about the announcement that 5 different HDTV manufacturers will be equipped to show Netflix movies, Ryan Lawler reports on the economics of Netflix: That’s good news from a financial point of view, as streaming video comes with a much lower delivery cost than shipping discs. According to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings at…
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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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Why Phantom Menace was not a complete failure By Robert Nagle
Here’s a humorous 70 minute video review analyzing why Star Wars: The Phantom Menace didn’t work as film-making. (Don’t worry; it’s broken down into 10 minute chunks). The review is sarcastic/silly/vulgar, but the critiques are valid: the film has no protagonist; the plot is too complicated, the Jedi’s powers are too unclear and arbitrary, there’s…
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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.