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The New Dork (Jay-Z Spoof)

Thanks, Jenny!

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 Humor, Music, Technology, The Web, Video No Comments

Kick Ass (Trailer)

I’m seeing this the day it comes out.

Via My Own God.

Friday, March 5th, 2010 Featured, Humor, Movies, Video 1 Comment

Darwin Deez – Radar Detector

This shit is so hipster, I ****ing had to post it.

Thanks, Xaphoon Jones!

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 Humor, Music, Video No Comments

Symphony of Science – We Are All Connected

Religious people have over 1,000 years of music to call upon, but now, science is coming up with its own anthems.

Thanks, Colin!

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 Featured, Music, Philosophy, Video No Comments

OK Go – This Too Shall Pass

Amazing.

Via TechCrunch.

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Featured, Music, Seattle, Video No Comments

Mortal Kombat: Tyrone vs. Epic Beard Man

Thanks, Andy!

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 Humor, Video No Comments

Tim & The Space Cadets – Superhero

This track isn’t my taste, but I’m posting it because:

1) an acquaintance from high school (MTV VMA-award winner Josh Caldwell) of Meydenbauer Entertainment directed and shot the music video,

and

2) the little kids in the video are precious.

The band’s name, Tim & The Space Cadets, is right on–the lead singer seems so emphatically happy when he sings that he looks like a deranged space cadet. I cannot say I’ve seen a weirder lead vocal part (is this Christian rock?). This guy must just be high on life or something; there is no other explanation:

Great video, Josh. I wouldn’t have expected anything less.

You can hire Josh by emailing him at joshblog (at) meyd-ent (dot) com.

Via Hollywood Bound and Down.

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 Featured, Music, No F***ing Way, Seattle, Video No Comments

Dan Black feat. Kid Cudi – Symphonies (Remix) – The Music Video!

They actually chose to have a video made for Symphonies! Kid Cudi is awesome.

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 Featured, Music, Video 1 Comment

Polar Bear

Crazy ad.

Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Featured, Video No Comments

Boy Finds Own Real-Life E.T.

This is just too good not to post:


Boy Finds Own Real-Life E.T.

Thursday, November 19th, 2009 Featured, Humor, Video No Comments

Birdy Nam Nam – The Parachute

French electro-DJs got an AMAZING video put together that really makes the track much bigger than it would’ve been sans-video. Love the 60’s-style animation.

Via Wine and Bowties.

Sunday, July 12th, 2009 Music, Video No Comments

Office 2010: The Movie

Thanks, Andrew.

Thursday, July 9th, 2009 Humor, Seattle, Technology, Video No Comments

Don’t Stop Believin’ – Glee

People on the net have been making tons of noise over this. Apparently, they’ll have to wait until the fall for the show to actually debut. Smart Marketing.

Normally, this genre (acapella/glee) makes me want to cut myself. I would, if it wasn’t for the lead female vocalist being so hot, and the original song being so awesome.

Via Joe Sunga.

Friday, May 22nd, 2009 Music, Video No Comments

The Panasonic GH1 Kills The DSLR, TV-Industrial Complex

This is an amazing time to be alive, what with all the things that are changing, evolving, improving.

A major step was just taken that will revolutionize how video is produced and consumed. It’s called the Panasonic GH1.

Panasonic GH1

It dispenses with the traditional SLR mirror and optical viewfinder, allowing a shorter lens-to-sensor distance; in turn enabling smaller, lighter, and quieter cameras. The platform, called ‘Micro Four Thirds’, maintains the same-size image sensor as a traditional DSLR, and uses similar (though smaller) interchangeable lenses that allow for shallow depth of field, which is one of the defining characteristics that DSLRs have long had a monopoly on versus point-and-shoot consumer cameras.

So it’s smaller. Why is this camera so revolutionary, then?

Well, size is not the revolution. HD video functionality is.

Though hardly the first digital camera to shoot HD video (notable examples include the Canon 5D Mark II and the Nikon D90) the GH1 manages to provide jaw-droppingly-good HD video (1080p) in a smaller and less-expensive package* than its predecessors and rivals. This means that any idiot with a thousand bucks, a subject, and a PC can become a movie producer.

Here’s the freshest example of HD video shot off a Panasonic GH1 (if you watch the HD version closely and notice the shallow depth of field and fantastic quality, you’ll understand how revolutionary this is!):

Panasonic Lumix GH1. First footage from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.

What we’ve seen with print media–the replacement of the top-down newspaper/magazine model with a more democratic, user-generated model–is exactly what is going to happen with digital video. With the increased accessibility of cheap HD video recording, sites like Vimeo and FunnyOrDie are going to be swimming in quality user-generated content (if they’re not already). The losers are going to be the big studios, whose only advantages will be 1) bigger budgets for marketing/production, 2) star power, and 3) existing distribution channels (movie theaters, et cetera). The studios, however, will be at a massive disadvantage on the internet, coming up against small niche players who will be able to undercut them on production cost AND content pricing, providing the content for free (ad-supported). If the big studios eschew the free-content route, as print media did, and they’ll lose market share to the internet upstarts.

This is a MASSIVE opportunity for anybody with film-making experience. You have the opportunity to be involved in a revolution. Yes, the democratization of HD video will mean declining prestige, and an increasingly flooded content marketplace. But at the same time, it allows content creators to put more professional-looking creations on the web and garner maximum exposure before the big studios begin to adapt to the new platform.

If there is to be an internet video production star made, he/she will be made king very soon. As I said earlier, this is an amazing time to be alive.

*Note: the Panasonic GH1 may be priced similarly to the Nikon D90. We’ll have to see.

Kauai sunset: Lumix GH1 slow motion from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.

Nude Ice-Sliding (NSFW)

I’m posting this partly because it’s hilarious, but more because an acquaintance of mine happens to star as the sexy referee/judge for The People’s Champion Nude Ice-Sliding event. Video not safe for work.

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 Humor, Video No Comments